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Hong Kong national security police arrest 2 more over possible bomb plots
Two men, aged 27 and 29, detained for manufacture of explosives and inciting others to cause grievous bodily harm.
Hong Kong logs 1,794 Covid cases; hospitals can handle surge, official says
Number of new cases remains in the four-digit range for the 11th day straight.
Hong Kong’s largest public healthcare workers union opts to dissolve
Former chairman of Hospital Authority Employees Alliance confirms group voted to disband after special general meeting.
Buyers snap up Grand Jete flats in Hong Kong to pre-empt rate increases
Hong Kong’s biggest mortgage lenders kept their prime rates unchanged immediately after the monetary authority’s June 16 move, giving homebuyers the opening to get ahead of higher borrowing costs.
Hong Kong business chambers urge Beijing’s liaison office to help ease quarantine curbs
Liaison office held series of closed-door individual meetings with city’s major foreign business chambers to ‘directly’ gauge their views on issues, sources say.
Hong Kong’s redevelopment projects should take ‘organic city’ approach
The decision to bulldoze Kowloon Walled City in 1993 wasted a chance to create a cultural treasure that celebrates its history and character. Instead of cookie-cutter shopping centres and residential towers, Hong Kong needs development t...
No need of a Covid-only hospital as HK sees 1,794 new cases
Hong Kong saw 1,794 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday as health authorities ruled out the possibility of transforming a hospital that receive patients infected with the coronavirus only at this point.
Boy, 14, among three arrested for underground weapon deals
A 14-year-old boy was among three people arrested on Friday for selling weapons online and inciting others to kill cops, although police stressed there is no evidence that their crimes target the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover.
Chinese President Xi to visit Hong Kong for 25th anniversary of handover
Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Hong Kong for the 25th anniversary of the city's handover to mainland China, state news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday.
Mahjong parlor guest arrested after showing another person's vaccine pass
A man from mainland was on Friday night arrested by police at a Tsuen Wan mahjong parlor after officers caught him showing a vaccine pass that belongs to another person.
Uncertainty looms over Xi Jinping's 'physical visit' to Hong Kong
Although state media reported that Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend a celebration for the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover, it remains doubtful whether Xi will physically be in the city with two incoming top officials inf...
'Magical number' as over 8 million downloads for LeaveHomeSafe
There have been over 8 million downloads for Hong Kong's Covid-19 contact tracing app LeaveHomeSafe, IT minister Alfred Sit Wing-hang said as he described the downloads as a “magical number.”
HK must make its choice and open to international societies first
With Hong Kong failing to fulfill conditions to reopen borders with mainland, the city must make its choice and open to international societies first, said Frederick Ma Si-hang, former Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury.
China's envoy calls on new Australian government to repair bilateral ties
China's ambassador said on Friday Australia had fired the "first shot" in deteriorating trade relations but that there was an opportunity to improve bilateral ties if the new government in Canberra took action.
China approves ICBC-Goldman joint venture to start offering wealth services
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (601398.SS), (1398.HK) (ICBC) said on Friday its wealth management joint venture with Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) had received the country's banking regulator's approval to begin operations.
In an Illegal, inhuman and non binding ruling, US Supreme Court overturns Roe vs Wade, ends constitutional right to abortion
The illegal ruling of the Supreme Court in America is not binding because it transcends the territory in which any court has the power to intervene: the woman's body is outside the jurisdiction of dubious lawyers chosen by politicians to...
Hong Kong customs officers seize tonnes of frozen meat worth HK$4.5m in sea-going sting operation
Tonnes of contraband frozen meat seized by customs officers from ship in the city’s southern waters.
Hong Kong court orders firm to apologise to ex-employee over sexual harassment claim
Writer Shaun Tan wins lawsuit against Euromoney Institutional Investor for its pro-female bias, after being sacked over unsubstantiated sexual harassment complaint.
Hong Kong Book Fair on July 20, some publishers banned ‘with no reason’
This year’s event is themed ‘Reading the World: Stories of Hong Kong’.
First phase of new cable works completed, Hong Kong power firm says
CLP Power says its first 132kV high-voltage cable successfully activated in Yuen Long, aims to complete works for remaining two cables by Tuesday.
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