Leticia Wong Man-huen, former Civic Party Shatin District Councillor, and her then district councillor assistant were issued Fixed Penalty Tickets for violating the social gathering ban in Hong Kong when they set up the booth outside City One MTR (Mass Transit Railway) Station for distributing anti-pandemic materials with several members of the “Hong Kong Student’s…
Hong Kong Police Arrest High School Student They Shot in the Chest in 2019
Four protesters in the anti-extradition movement, including Tsang Chi-kit, a former high school student shot in the chest by the police, were arrested on July 13 in Pak Tam Chung, Sai Kung. The court had wanted them for failing to appear on the appointed date. They were reportedly arrested when they were about to flee…
DOJ Accused Survivor of Police Brutality, of ‘Disliking’ Hong Kong Police
A man filed a claim to the District Court for being violated and tortured by Hong Kong police. He claimed compensation of HK$1.6 million (US$203,840) from the Hong Kong Police Force Commissioner. The Hong Kong Department of Justice (DOJ) questioned whether he does not like Hong Kong police. Siu Che-hung, about 50, is a self-employed transporter…
GOME Retail Suspends Share Trading Pending Release of Information
GOME Retail Holdings (HKEX 00493), a Hong Kong-based holding company involved in online sales of electrical and domestic products and audio equipment and with retail outlets in China, announced before the market opened on July 21 a temporary suspension of shares trading pending the publication of the company’s information announcement. GOME Retail was trading at…
Chinese Chairman of Inter Milan Football Club Ordered to Repay US$255 Million Debt
Steven Zhang Kangyang, chairman of Italian Serie A team Inter Milan and son of former Suning Appliance Group chairman Zhang Jindong, was ruled by the Chinese High Court on July 19 to pay a debt of US$255 million. Zhang Kangyang was petitioned by China Construction Bank (CCB) last year on behalf of his creditors to…
‘Extension of Control’: Concerns Raised Over Hong Kong’s New Cybercrime Legislation Proposal
The Hong Kong government recently published a 268-page consultation paper on a legislative proposal aimed at extending jurisdictions to information and communications technology. However, experts have warned that the proposal, which they see as on par with Hong Kong’s national security law, could be used by the Hong Kong government to set up mass internet…
Hong Kong: New Traumatology Therapy Cures Fractures, Saving Lives
Hong Kong doctors share their life-saving findings in a new book discussing the development of traumatology treatments. Dr. Lee Kin-yan and Dr. Mina Cheng, two specialists in general surgery at Queen Elizabeth Hospital of Hong Kong, have co-written a book that compiled years of their clinical experience. Their book entitled “Current Practice and New Developments…
‘Let Hong Kong Be Hong Kong’: US Consul General Hanscom Smith Bids Farewell
July 26, 2022
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“We want Hong Kong to succeed. Let Hong Kong be Hong Kong,” said U.S. Consul General Hanscom Smith in his Farewell Remarks this July as he leaves the land where the National Security Law and ‘patriots only’ sham elections have altered Hong Kong’s democracy and high degree of autonomy originally promised by Beijing. “America’s vision…
Hong Kong Trials COVID-19 Virtual Doctor to Provide Free Consultation, Medicine and Delivery
To reduce the potential pressure on public hospitals from COVID-19 and hospital admissions, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) in Hong Kong has launched “Virtual Doctor,” which started on July 11. The service provides free consultation, medicine, and delivery to patients who are 18 or above with symptoms or those tested positive with mild symptoms so…
Hong Kong’s US$1 Billion Fund for National Security: How Much Has Been Spent?
Since the enactment of the Hong Kong National Security Law in 2020, the Hong Kong government’s expenses for “safeguarding national security” are unknown to the public, except that the government allocated HK$8 billion (US$1 billion). Recently, the government submitted “The Report on the Control and Management of the Special Fund to Meet the Expenditure for…
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