Hong Kong has advised residents to avoid non-essential travel to Israel and Iran despite lowering the risk levels for visiting the two countries from black to red. A government spokesman said in a statement on Monday that a red outbound travel alert still “signifies a significant threat”. “The [Hong Kong] government advises Hong Kong residents…
Hong Kong authorities have lambasted the “harbouring of criminals by countries” as Australia and the United Kingdom granted asylum and residency status respectively to a pair of opposition activists wanted for national security offences. Fugitive former lawmaker Ted Hui Chi-fung, who lives in Adelaide, and activist Tony Chung Hon-lam, based in London, announced separately on…
The transaction, which marked the Hong Kong government’s first residential plot sale this financial year, involved a site at Hoi Chu Road in Tuen Mun, a district in proximity to Shenzhen Bay. “The sought-after site presents enormous potential,” Sino Land executive director Victor Tin said on Wednesday. “With beautiful sea views, proximity to the Greater…
The Hong Kong government is facing mounting calls to mandate stricter health checks on elderly cabbies, but the taxi industry has pushed back and demanded that drivers be fully subsidised for annual medical screenings. The taxi trade, under fire after a number of crashes involving cabbies in their eighties in recent years, also warned on…
Hong Kong authorities have deployed three “mobile powerful pumping robots” for the first time to drain at least 24 flooded locations on a day when the city’s forecaster recorded the heaviest daily rainfall for August since 1884. According to the Drainage Services Department, multiple pumping robots, including three known as “water-pumping dragons” in Chinese, tackled…
Hong Kong collected HK$189 million (US$24.1 million) from a hotel tax on guests for the first quarter following its reintroduction, with industry leaders raising concerns as to whether a HK$1.1 billion annual income target can be met. Industry veterans also called for more government support, saying the tax figures reflected that hotels were struggling and…
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Hong Kong authorities have proposed reclaiming 190 hectares of land in waters off the western New Territories for the development of four core modern industries in a bid to create future growth in a sluggish market. The Development Bureau said on Friday that the government was open to any financing model for the reclamation work…
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong tightened prison rules, allowing authorities to restrict visits, including those by certain lawyers and religious personnel, on national security grounds, in the latest expansion of its stringent control. Under the new rules, effective Friday, magistrates can issue warrants on application by correctional service officers to bar exchanges between specific…
It is often assumed that those put behind bars are under close watch and are therefore unable to pose any danger to society. But the Hong Kong government is not leaving anything to chance as it seeks to suppress and punish acts jeopardising national security. That is why the prison rules are up for a…