Tag: Hong Kong

Second Pfizer Jab Taken After Shorter Interval May Have Higher Myocarditis, Pericarditis Risk, Doctor Says

An 11-year-old Hong Kong girl vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine had symptoms of myocarditis. Since then, the Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection extended the interval between the first and second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine from three to eight weeks for people between 18 and 59. Dr. Edmund Lam Wing-wo, a member of the Scientific Committee…


Rita Fan: Embarrasses the Communists over the Textbook Issue

Hong Kong has never been a colony, as claimed by all the four Citizenship and Social Development (CSD) textbooks submitted for approval, is a blatant distortion of history, on which I have been interviewed by five media up to now. Since there are no alternative voices left under the National Security Law, we no longer…


British Academy Award Winning Director Produces Pro-CCP Documentaries

With only a few days to go before the 25th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong’s sovereignty, the brainwashing propaganda of the pro-Communist camp follows one after another.  Two-time Academy Award winner for Best Documentary Short Film, British director Malcolm Clarke recently released a series of documentaries about the 2019 Anti-extradition Law Amendment Bill…


Deloitte: Hong Kong Exchange Ranked 9th in Global IPO’s in First Half of Year

Deloitte said at a press conference on June 22, that the Hong Kong Exchanges (HKEX) ranked ninth in the world in terms of Initial Public Offering (IPO) capital raised in the first half of this year. The number of IPOs in Hong Kong in the first half of this year fell 48 percent to 24,…


Brain Drain in Hong Kong Due to Wave of Emigration

Due to the worsening political landscape and to strict ‘Zero-COVID’ anti-COVID measures, there has been a ‘wave of emigration’ out of Hong Kong in recent years. According to the Hong Kong Government’s figures, approximately 140,000 citizens departed from Hong Kong in the first three months of 2022. Even the vice-chairperson of the Hong Kong Federation…


Hong Kong Airport Ranking Falls to 20th; Not International Aviation Hub Due to Tough ‘Zero-COVID’ Target

Hong Kong International Airport dropped 10 places in the latest ranking of the world’s best airports, falling to 20th, even lower than Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport. The international air transport rating organization Skytrax released its annual ranking of the world’s best airports. The first is Hamad International Airport in Doha, located in the capital of…


In Remembrance of Apple Daily

June 20, 1995 was the first print edition of Apple Daily in Hong Kong. June 24, 2021 was the last print run of Apple Daily. The raid of Next Digital, the parent company of Apple Daily and Next Magazine in Cheung Kwan O by 500 police in June last year, has been more than surreal….


Hongkongers Reflect on Taiwan, an Imperfect Exile

TAIPEI, Taiwan—For Lam Wing-kee, a Hong Kong bookstore owner who was detained by police in China for five months for selling sensitive books about the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), coming to Taiwan was a logical step. An island just 640 kilometers (400 miles) from Hong Kong, Taiwan is close not just geographically but also linguistically…


New Book Reveals 5-Year Diary Record of Hong Kong’s Last Governor

Lord Christopher Patten, the last governor of Hong Kong, responded to the controversy over whether Hong Kong was once a colony at the launch of his new book on June 20. He said, “As the last Governor of Hong Kong, I do exist, and I am not a person made out of imagination.” This question…


Survey Shows Nearly 80 Percent of Hong Kongers Intend to Emigrate Within Two Years

Hong Kong’s recent emigration fair was very popular, the number of attendees increased significantly relative to the previous fair. Many said that they are planning to leave Hong Kong within the next two years. Renowned actress Lana Wong Ha-wai says that she will leave Hong Kong in August this year. The 3rd “International Immigration and…