Human rights organisation Amnesty International has opened a new Hong Kong office based overseas led by diaspora activists following its exit from the city in 2021, in what the group described as its first section operated entirely “in exile”. The NGO announced on Tuesday that Amnesty International Hong Kong Overseas would be led by the…
Hong Kong schools recorded a net increase of about 4,500 students for the past academic year, with an industry leader attributing the shift from past trends to the diminishing emigration waves and an influx of young dependants linked to the city’s talent trawl. The city saw more than 80,000 pupils depart its schools between 2019-20…
A Canadian politician who encouraged supporters to turn a wanted Hong Kong activist over to the Chinese consulate for a HK$1 million (US$128,540) bounty has announced he will not run in a coming election after the country’s police said they were investigating his comments. Paul Chiang, a member of parliament for the governing Liberal Party,…
But the earlier acquittal of six defendants in the case raised eyebrows, while police said they would consider whether to appeal against some of the sentences given to the eight people jailed over the thwarted plot. Aside from the mastermind, the seven others were given jail terms ranging from five years and 10 months to…