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A Hong Kong man accused of writing “seditious” graffiti on bus seats is set to indicate his plea next month in the city’s third case under a new security law. His lawyer has told the court he did not expect it to go to trial. Chung Man-kit appeared before Chief Magistrate Victor So at the West Kowloon Magistrates Courts on Thursday afternoon. The 29-year-old has been detained for almost two months pending trial since he first appeared in court on June 25. He faces three counts of “doing with a seditious intention an act or acts that had a seditious intention” and two counts of “destroying or d...
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Beijing has told Hong Kong-based foreign consular officials to seek approval from the Chinese authorities 10 days in advance before they pay any business visits to the Greater Bay Area (GBA) – including Macau and cities in Guangdong – according to a letter obtained by HKFP. The letter from the Commissioner’s Office of China Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong SAR, dated August 1, stated that – if any foreign consular official needed to perform official duties “outside their consular districts within GBA,” they should obtain “prior consent.” To seek consent, the consulates will need to send a not...
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The Hong Kong government has issued a statement opposing what it called a “biased” report by Bloomberg, which quoted US firms’ concerns over a proposed cybersecurity legislation meant to enhance safeguards for critical infrastructure. The bill is expected to cover cyber systems of sectors including energy, information technology, banking and financial services, land transport, air transport, maritime, communications and broadcasting, and healthcare services. Under the proposed legislation, computer system operators behind critical infrastructure could be fined up to HK$5 million for lapses in ...
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A student from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has been found guilty of committing indecent assault in a dormitory in 2021. Defendant Poon Kai-yiu was remanded in custody after he was convicted at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts on Tuesday, local media reported. He will face sentencing on September 3. Poon stood trial in June after he denied two counts of indecent assault. He was said to have touched a female student with his genitals inside her room at Lee Shau Kee Hall on December 31, 2021. According to media reports, the victim, identified as “X” in court, testified that she was friends w...
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Top Beijing officials have urged for a resolution against Taiwan independence at a conference held in Hong Kong, with one of them saying the city’s One Country, Two Systems political framework is a key to “China’s reunification.” Hong Kong on Tuesday hosted the annual Overseas Chinese World Conference for Promoting Peaceful Reunification of China, a conference that is organised by a body under the Chinese Communist Party’s United Front Work Department. The conference has historically aimed to promote the unification of China and Taiwan. The United Front strategy seeks to coordinate efforts to ...
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Hong Kong press freedom has fallen further according to a survey of media workers in the city, who separately said that that a recently enacted security law had “significantly impacted” the industry. According to the results of the Hong Kong Journalists Association’s (HKJA) annual press freedom index, published on Tuesday, the rating recorded by reporters was just 25 out of 100, the lowest since the survey was first conducted in 2013. Reporters said they were more hesitant to criticise the city’s government, that it was more difficult for the media to function as a watchdog, and that it had be...
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A Hong Kong man has been released on bail pending an appeal against his eight-week jail term for insulting the Chinese national anthem at an international volleyball game last year. Chan Pak-yui was sentenced to eight weeks behind bars at the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts on Monday afternoon, almost a month after he was found guilty of insulting the Chinese national anthem during a match at the Hong Kong Coliseum last June. Chan filed an appeal against his conviction and sentence immediately after Magistrate Kestrel Lam meted out his prison term. Considering that the length of Chan’s impris...
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More than 60 per cent of Hong Kong workers have expressed their opposition to importing more labour to ease widespread manpower crunches, citing concerns about employment prospects and further pay cuts, a survey has found. Nearly 30 per cent of 3,288 union members interviewed in July reported having had their pay docked, with 48 per cent saying they were worried about employment prospects under government labour importation schemes, according to a survey by the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU). Citing its findings, the city’s largest labour union on Sunday called on the government to...
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Hong Kong law was being “weaponised” against the city’s democracy movement, and British lawyers and judges should not sit on cases in the city, the director of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) has said. The Judiciary, in response, has said judges “decide cases impartially and independently.” The statement came on the eve of UK judge David Neuberger quitting the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom, which advises the Media Freedom Coalition, an NGO that advocates for press freedom at the state level. IBAHRI is secretariat for the High Level Panel...
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The engine for global economic growth has shifted to the East amid uncertainties underpinned by the upcoming US presidential election, a volatile interest environment, and regional conflicts, Hong Kong’s leader John Lee has said. Lee made the remarks on Sunday during the first public consultation event ahead of his third Policy Address since he took office in 2022. It is scheduled to be delivered in October. Around 120 residents were invited to the two-hour consultation at a primary school in Tai Po, which was attended by Lee and his team of principal officials. “Hong Kong is largely safe and ...
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