An international animal rights group and a veterinary organisation have called for a public boycott of Hong Kong’s major online retailer, HKTVmall, after its parent company revealed a life science project testing the viability of detached animal heads and limbs. The two groups staged an hour-long protest on Friday outside the HKTVmall building in Tseung…
The parent company of Hong Kong online retailer HKTVmall has defended its life science project involving testing the viability of detached animal heads and limbs, responding to animal ethics concerns by saying no pet animals were experimented on. Hong Kong Technology Venture Company Limited revealed the project on Monday in its annual results, and said…
Hong Kong political heavyweights and former leaders gathered on Friday to pay tribute to the late ex-commerce minister Gregory So Kam-leung, as family and friends honoured his devotion to public service. Among those who attended the memorial service for So, who died on December 13, were former chief executives Donald Tsang Yam-kuen and Leung Chun-ying,…
Hong Kong political heavyweights and former leaders gathered on Friday to pay tribute to late commerce minister Gregory So Kam-leung, as family and friends honoured his devotion to public service. Among those who attended the memorial ceremony for So, who died on December 13, were former city leaders Donald Tsang Yam-kuen and Leung Chun-ying, along…
Hong Kong’s former commerce minister Gregory So Kam-leung has died at the age of 67. It was understood that So, a lawyer by trade who served as the city’s Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development between 2011 and 2017, had been in hospital for some time before he died on Saturday morning. He oversaw a…