Hong Kong will introduce electronic driving licences in mid-September following the passage of a bill by the legislature, but lawmakers have questioned the need to spend HK$12.5 million (US$1.59 million) to fund a related mobile application. Some legislators also urged authorities to take a flexible approach to enforcement, especially in cases in which drivers had…
Beijing’s point man overseeing Hong Kong affairs is set to visit the city later this month as it marks the fifth anniversary of the imposition of the national security law and he will speak on the occasion, the Post has learned. Sources told the Post that Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau…
Beijing’s point man overseeing Hong Kong affairs is set to visit the city later this month as it marks the fifth anniversary of the imposition of the national security law and he will speak on the occasion, the Post has learned. Sources told the Post that Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau…
Top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi will arrive in Hong Kong on Thursday afternoon and meet the city’s leader ahead of a ceremony for the establishment of an intergovernmental mediation organisation in the financial hub, the Post has learned. A source familiar with the itinerary said on Wednesday that Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu would greet…
An international mediation body to be inaugurated in Hong Kong and backed by mainland Chinese authorities could open its office as early as the end of this year, a senior official has said. Legal experts said they expect it to burnish the city’s status as a top jurisdiction to resolve disputes between states amid rising…
Hongkongers can take photos of six premises belonging to Beijing’s national security office deemed “prohibited places” but disobeying law enforcement officers’ orders to stop will risk running afoul of the newly gazetted subsidiary legislation, senior officials have said. In another move to fast track scrutiny of the newly enacted subsidiary legislation to the city’s domestic…
The leader of Hong Kong’s opposition Democratic Party has said there is no turning back on the group’s proposed dissolution, adding that he has no plans to stand in future elections as an independent candidate or to emigrate. Chairman Lo Kin-hei on Tuesday also said on a talk show hosted by former party chairwoman and…
A former Hong Kong police officer is facing 30 counts of bribery and fraud after he was previously charged by the city’s anti-corruption agency with accepting an unauthorised loan from someone linked to an investigation. Magistrate Frances Leung Nga-yan on Friday approved an application by prosecutors to charge 50-year-old Mak Kwok-hung with the extra counts…
A PhD student earlier fined HK$5,000 (US$643) for splashing semen onto a woman’s buttocks has left Hong Kong before prosecutors could apply for a stricter penalty. Lai Changwei, 26, failed to appear at Thursday’s West Kowloon Court hearing after the Department of Justice sought to review his sentence on the basis it was manifestly inadequate….
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures while standing next to Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s son X Æ A-12,, before President Trump departs for Joint Base Andrews en route to Florida. US President Donald Trump had an unexpected viral moment on Friday as he walked out onto the South Lawn of the White House, accompanied by an…