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With the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown on Tuesday, people will remember, reflect and hope for happier times in the future.
After 14 defendants are found guilty of subversion and two acquitted under the national security law, Hong Kong judges have explained in detail the reasoning behind their decisions.
Washington seems intent on destroying international law as it stands with Israel, which is under a cloud of genocide charges and arrest warrants.
Anniversary of anti-corruption body serves as a reminder of just how far city has come and how it has to continue the battle.
As the Hong Kong Bar Association turns 75, improved relations with Beijing have allowed it to express its views on pressing legal issues, including the new domestic national security law
‘Sting’ operations by cabbies to expose ride-hailing drivers are uncalled for, especially when the government should really be clarifying the status of on-demand car services
Hong Kong public hospitals plan to streamline procedures for adding new medications to their formulary, cutting approval time for effective remedies in half to five months.
With an average rise of 9 per cent, the time has come for Hong Kong’s much criticised cabbies to be subject to an annual adjustment mechanism.
- Lawmakers say they fear some people working with children may escape prosecution for failing to report suspected cases because their jobs are not well defined in bill
- Audiologists, clinical psychologists, dietitians, educational psychologists and speech therapists are those affected
Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan says current administration had to ‘start from scratch’ with rolling out food-waste collection bins.
Tommy Tam of the Society of IATA Passenger Agents says Cathay has ‘unshirkable responsibility’ to provide more direct flights to 8 new locations.
US Department of State’s says it is ‘taking steps’ to apply new visa restrictions on mainland Chinese and city officials over implementation of national security law.
Finance chief confident that candid exchanges with US businesses during four-day visit helped improve mutual understanding
US State Department announces restrictions on officials following ruling in Hong Kong 47 case, but city government says it is not ‘intimidated by such despicable behaviour’.
New Labour Department code of practice means employers will have to set up video cameras at ways in and out of confined spaces to ensure safety of workers.
US Department of State spokesman Matthew Miller says country ‘deeply concerned’ over recent guilty verdicts in case of 47.
Kerim Evcin, Turkey’s consul general in city, says visit of TCG Kinaliada corvette underscores strong friendship between his country and China.
Top Catholic leader Stephen Chow Sau-yan’s comments come in wake of first arrests made by Hong Kong police under local national security law.
Ex-police officer John Tse, the chief executive’s communications secretary, to take on government information coordinator’s role unfilled since 2017.
Competition heats up as one taxi consortium says it will invest HK$100 million in new cabs and provide extra training for up to 700 drivers if its application under new licensing scheme is successful.
High Court earlier handed down guilty verdict to 14 opposition figures in subversion case involving unofficial Legislative Council ‘primary’ in 2020, while acquitting two.
Ordinary residents with no intention of breaking law are unlikely to be troubled by the implications of court’s ruling, scholar says.
Lawrence Lau and Lee Yue-shun freed on bail after court says it cannot ascertain their intention in regards to plot to ‘veto’ budget and paralyse government.
Most of 47 have been remanded in custody since they were arrested on January 6, 2021, on subversion charges over unofficial legislative ‘primary’ election.
Hong Kong national security judges convicted 14 of 16 opposition figures contesting subversion charges.
Three High Court judges find unofficial ‘primary’ election part of a wider plot to ‘undermine, destroy or overthrow’ government by creating constitutional crisis.
Suspects released as China’s foreign ministry arm in Hong Kong hits back at the United States and European Union for their ‘irresponsible comments’ on the arrests.
Legal scholar Albert Chen says residents who engage in speech or publication have to judge for themselves whether it is considered seditious under new ordinance.
A landmark national security trial of Hong Kong’s opposition figures will conclude this week with the judges handing down a verdict on whether 16 of them had committed subversion by taking part in an unofficial election they called a primary. The aim of the election was to maximise the opposition’s chances of gaining control of the Legislative Council and bringing down the government.
Judges find 14 of 16 accused guilty over roles in unofficial Legco ‘primary’ that was part of plot to ‘undermine, destroy or overthrow’ government.
Hong Kong Federation of Fujian Associations, one of many community groups hosting “Hometown Market”, says organisers hope activity from June 1 to 5 will become yearly event.
Group is among 47 people prosecuted for what Beijing calls a ‘blatant challenge’ to the law after estimated 610,000 voted in July 2020 to pick candidates for Legco election.
Detainees include Chow’s mother, a former district councillor and former volunteers of a now-defunct pro-democracy group that organised vigils on June 4th.
