A newly established international mediation body headquartered in Hong Kong can fill a gap in existing global dispute resolution systems, the city’s justice minister has said, as he stressed the importance of institutional support. Secretary for Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok said on Friday that Hong Kong’s advantages under the “one country, two systems” governing principle…
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…
Beijing’s point man on Hong Kong and Macau affairs has urged business leaders from both cities to defend national interests, a move seen by analysts as a “wake-up call” for firms such as tycoon Li Ka-shing’s CK Hutchison group, currently embroiled in the Panama ports saga, to choose a side. Xia Baolong, director of the…