Hong Kong’s police chief has pledged to ramp up collaboration with Asean countries to fortify the force’s role as a “superconnector” in law enforcement, as the city gears up to host Interpol’s top annual meeting in November for the first time. Commissioner of Police Joe Chow Yat-ming, who worked at Interpol’s Lyon headquarters as a…
A semi-private school in Hong Kong has said accommodation arrangements and scholarships have to be addressed when admitting non-local students under a new government trial scheme. Chan Wai-kai, principal of HKBUAS Wong Kam Fai Secondary and Primary School in Sha Tin – one of the schools under the Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS) – said the…
Hong Kong’s police chief has met top security authorities from four countries in the region, including Cambodia and Singapore, to discuss closer collaboration in combating scams and enhancing training as efforts are made to expand an international law enforcement coalition. Commissioner of Police Joe Chow Yat-ming told the Post on Friday that the four meetings…
Hong Kong should develop new markets in Africa and South America as it faces obstacles in its traditional ones in Europe and North America, the head of the city’s trade promotion body has said. Trade Development Council chairman Frederick Ma Si-hang also said on Saturday that the city had to increase the size of its…
All but one of the 21 Hongkongers who were in Israel or Iran have left those countries safely, Hong Kong’s leader has said, adding that escalating tensions in the Middle East will not affect the city’s efforts to develop markets there. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said on Tuesday that the Immigration Department had received…
A Hong Kong delegation making an official visit to Qatar has signed 35 memorandums of understanding (MOUs) and agreements to deepen cooperation between the two places, ranging from investment to innovation and technology, with city residents also given 30-day visa-free access to the Gulf nation. Wrapping up his two-day visit to the country in Doha,…