Hong Kong should improve its sports-related laws and regulations to better align with international standards and address the increasingly complex demands of the emerging sector, the chief justice has said. Andrew Cheung Kui-nung said on Saturday that bolstering the legal environment was crucial as sports had evolved into “a massive industry”. He cited competition rules,…
Bid by Hong Kong to develop a clear and effective mechanism for resolving sports disputes is gathering pace. The starting gun was sounded in the chief executive’s October policy address, with a pledge to explore the creation of a centralised system for athletes, sports associations, sponsors and broadcasters. An advisory committee held its first meeting…
China’s judges and prosecutors must pay more attention to solving conflicts and ensuring fairness rather than just closing cases, a senior judicial official said in a rare commentary, as authorities reflect on a string of mass killings in recent weeks. Wang Chengguo, secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of Zhejiang province, wrote in…