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Hong Kong lawmaker Michael Tien calls for HK$8,000 cash handout in upcoming gov’t budget
Hong Kong pro-establishment lawmaker Michael Tien has urged the city’s finance chief to distribute HK$8,000 to citizens in the upcoming annual budget, saying the handout would help people get through difficult times amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The Roundtable politician met with Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Tuesday to propose 16 policy suggestions related to the […] More
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Hong Kong must ban bananas
By John Glenis Following a ban on yellow masks during a court hearing, certain people were quick to criticise the move. However, it may just be a fantastic opportunity to build on it, and take the argument a step further. The government is here to safeguard national security and as such, protect us from anything […] More
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Good riddance to Trump the demagogue, but Hong Kong won’t be high on Biden’s agenda
As US President Donald Trump petulantly departs the White House this week, leaving a legacy of dishonour and disgrace, it is worth remembering that not so long ago this bloviating demagogue was seen as a hero and saviour by far too many Hongkongers. Joe Biden. Photo: Joe Biden via Flickr. That’s because Trump and his […] More
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Hong Kong unemployment rate hits 6.6%, highest in 16 years, as the city struggles with Covid-19
Hong Kong’s unemployment rate hit a 16-year high of 6.6 per cent in the final quarter of last year, figures released on Tuesday showed, as the economy struggled during the coronavirus pandemic. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased by 0.3 per cent from 6.3 per cent in the September to November period, with over 245,000 […] More
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Hong Kong’s Lam says Covid-19 spike has ‘nothing to do with ethnicity’ after health official’s comments
Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday the recent rise in Covid-19 infections has “nothing to do with ethnicity” after a senior official at the Centre for Health Protection suggested that ethnic minorities were engaging in “behaviour that put them at risk.” “There is absolutely no suggestion of the spread of disease relating to […] More
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Covid-19: Hong Kong experts recommend BioNTech vaccine as city records over 100 new infections on Mon
An expert panel has recommended the use of BioNTech coronavirus vaccines in Hong Kong ahead of a mass roll-out which could begin as early as next month. The advisory panel on Covid-19 vaccines announced on Monday that it would recommend the use of BioNTech vaccines, acquired by Fosun Pharma, a Shanghai-based pharmaceutical company, to the […] More
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Save Hong Kong’s Covid-stricken economy, don’t fritter away our reserves on white elephant projects
Governments around the world are stirring themselves to prepare for a new era once the Covid-19 pandemic has been brought under control. Not so in Hong Kong, where what passes for a government is preoccupied with measures to stamp out freedom of expression, eliminate the political opposition and purge critical thinking from the education system. […] More
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in ChinaHKFP Lens: ‘Dear Hong Kong’ celebrates city’s diversity with new photo book
With a series of portraits of people from all over the world, a non-profit social project called Dear Hong Kong celebrates their contribution to Hong Kong in a 200-page photo book. In addition to the book, Dear Hong Kong is holding an exhibition to share stories and portraits of inspiring people from all around the […] More
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UK demands China grant UN access to Xinjiang over ‘appalling’ abuses
Britain’s government on Sunday pressed China to allow UN rights inspectors to visit Xinjiang after raising anew allegations of “appalling” human rights abuses against the Uighur minority people. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab last week introduced import controls on firms that may have sourced goods from the region in northwest China using forced labour from the mainly Muslim Uighur community. […] More
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‘Freedom is most important’: The Hong Kong families gambling on a new life in Britain
At 63, Coby is decades older than many of the Hongkongers fleeing to the UK. But the energetic grandmother, who bursts into hearty cackles as she talks, is stoic about leaving the city behind. What matters now is supporting her family as they start again in England, she says. Coby, who had previously visited Britain […] More
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How Hong Kong’s national security law and common law system collided head-on
Enforcing Hong Kong’s new national security law may not be so easy after all. On the face of it, political life here has been turned upside down in just six months. The new law was promulgated by the central government in Beijing on June 30 last year. But trying to enlist Hong Kong’s existing common […] More
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The storming of Hong Kong’s LegCo and the US Capitol do have one thing in common – a broken political system
Last week’s mob invasion of the US Capitol has been the source of much delight among the pro-Beijing crowd. The superficial similarities between that incident and the 2019 takeover of our own LegCo were quickly blown away by my colleague Ilaria Maria Sala. In our case, nobody was killed, the Council was not in session […] More
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