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The head of the national security department of the Hong Kong Police Force has warned of security threats going “underground” into arts and extremism despite the enactment of two security laws in the city. Andrew Kan, the deputy police commissioner for national security, said on Sunday that security threats had “transformed” after Beijing imposed a national security law in 2020 and the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance was enacted in March. “I think the threats have only transformed, they are still here,” Kan said in a Cantonese interview with TVB news. “We must remain vigilant and not ...
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Organisers behind a harbourfront installation featuring inflatable, white sculptures of world landmarks have defended the show, after the artist called the display “very ugly.” She said she had not given her approval for the final design, and hoped the exhibition would be axed. The disagreement came days after organiser – Central Venue Management (CVM) – set up the large-scale replicas along the Central Harbourfront, each surrounded by large concrete weights and guy ropes. The free exhibition – funded by the organiser and not by the government – has since been the target of mockery online, wit...
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Months of poor business forced Hongkonger Emma and her husband Wai to close one of their Japanese omakase restaurants in February, despite its prime location in Causeway Bay. With their lease not yet expired, the pair swiftly transitioned to fast-food-style chicken chops costing less than HK$100 per meal. The up-market omakase – typically priced around HK$1,000 per person – just could no longer generate enough income, they told HKFP. The bold move may have saved them from joining a wave of shops and restaurants which have closed down in recent months. Shutters and rental posters have become hi...
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The banquet hall in Hong Kong’s Eaton Hotel has seen countless weddings celebrations – but never like this before. There was not one newlywed couple, there were 10. The wedding officiant appeared not before them but on a screen via Zoom, her time zone in the US state of Utah putting her 14 hours behind the city. Standing beneath a flower arch and the words “Pride to Wed,” the newlyweds took turns exchanging their vows and giving speeches to their partners. Some wiped tears from their eyes as they spoke. Metres from the stage, friends and family members held up their phones to capture the momen...
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Activist Joshua Wong frequently helped others in the community, his lawyer has said as he attempted to convince judges that his client should be given a lesser sentence in the city’s largest national security case. Wong, 27, was among six defendants who appeared at West Kowloon Law Courts Building on Friday for a mitigation hearing. The defendants, who included ex-lawmakers and district councillors, face up to life imprisonment for taking part in a conspiracy to commit subversion linked to an unofficial primary in July 2020. Wearing a blue shirt and a grey cardigan, Wong nodded to people in th...
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A Hong Kong court has refused to allow jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai to ask the city’s top court to overturn a ruling that effectively barred him from hiring a British lawyer for his ongoing national security trial. The Court of Appeal on Friday rejected Lai’s application for leave to appeal to the final appellate court. The 76-year-old Apple Daily founder wanted to challenge the appeal court’s ruling in April, when it sided with a decision from the Committee for Safeguarding National Security. The committee – chaired by Chief Executive John Lee – said last January that the proposed represent...
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Over 30 students were found to have used forged degree credentials and other documents to enrol in master’s programmes at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) Business School. In a statement sent to HKFP on Friday, HKU Business School said it had in May launched a probe into the credentials of all students currently enrolled in master’s programmes after finding out that some had hired agents to produce fake documents to secure admission. The school said the police had started investigating the incidents, but as the agents involved in the forgeries were believed to be located in mainland China and...
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A Hong Kong court has denied a former Tiananmen vigil activist’s application to replace a judge presiding over a national security trial. The court ruled on Friday that Madam Justice Anna Lai, who has been handpicked to preside over national security cases, would remain on the bench in the upcoming subversion trial of detained rights activist Chow Hang-tung. Chow had earlier applied for Lai’s recusal on the grounds that Lai’s access to materials kept from Chow’s defence team in a separate case meant Chow would not receive a fair trial. Lai is on the panel of designated judges overseeing the tr...
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By Xinqi SU Hong Kong (AFP) - Accrochés aux gratte-ciels ou immortalisés sur les billets de banque, les logos conçus par Henry Steiner sont omniprésents à Hong Kong qui lui rend hommage dans une exposition rétrospective. Hong Kong est "l'endroit le plus excitant que je connaisse en Asie", confie Henry Steiner à l'AFP en se promenant au milieu de ses oeuvres, exposées au M+, le musée d'art contemporain de la ville. Né en Autriche, le créateur de 90 ans est arrivé à Hong Kong à l'âge de 27 ans, en 1961, après avoir signé un contrat de quelques mois au sein d'un magazine. En 63 ans passés dans la...
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The Hong Kong government has selected a new chief for the Social Workers Registration Board, two days after the opposition-free legislature passed a bill that gave government appointees a majority in the licensing body. Chief Executive John Lee on Friday appointed solicitor Herman Hui as the new chairperson of the board that is tasked with issuing qualifications for the city’s social workers. He and other newly appointed members will serve on the board for three years from Friday. Hui is the vice-chairperson of the Hong Kong Social Service Professional Alliance of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau...
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