A Hong Kong government lawyer has urged a court to dismiss an activist’s judicial challenge against a prison rule barring women inmates from wearing shorts in summer, saying individual preferences should not override the need to maintain a “humane and decent” custodial environment. The High Court on Monday heard oral arguments arising from Chow Hang-tung’s…
A Hong Kong court has thrown out a judicial challenge against the government’s approval of an environmental study of the San Tin Technopole project, after dismissing the applicant’s request to have another activist take over his case. The High Court on Friday allowed social worker Eddie Tse Sai-kit to withdraw the challenge, but found insufficient…
Hong Kong’s top court has called for renewed public consultation over contentious plans to build 12,000 public homes on a portion of the prestigious Hong Kong Golf Club. Despite this development, City’s leader John Lee maintains that the city’s long-term housing supply targets remain unaffected. Last year, the 100-year-old golf club challenged an…
A Hong Kong man convicted of inciting secession has complained of procedural unfairness over the prison service’s refusal to grant him early release under the domestic national security law. Adam Ma Chun-man’s lawyers said on Tuesday that the Correctional Services Department had failed to provide timely reasons in support of a decision on March 23…
Hong Kong lawmakers have questioned a government proposal to build a HK$700 million (US$90 million) exhibition hall at a prime site to showcase major development projects including the Northern Metropolis. They also urged the government on Tuesday to lower the cost of the first-stage development of the San Tin Technopole, a hub near the border…
Hong Kong authorities will seek about HK$30 billion (US$3.86 billion) in funding for the first-stage development of a technology hub near the border with mainland China despite an ongoing legal challenge to the project. Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn Hon-ho also revealed on Saturday that the government sought to open bidding next year for the…