Tag: Hong Kong

Students’ Demonstration During Graduation Ceremony of CUHK Interfered With by Security Guards and Police

During the graduation ceremony on Nov 24, some students from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) held an artistic demonstration expressing opinions for discussion about the CUHK. Some campus security guards tried to stop the presentation, claiming no unauthorized slogans are allowed on campus. As reported by the University Community Press (CUHK student media),…


Frequent Urination at Night: 3 Types, and How to Treat It

A good night’s sleep is key to helping your body recover from daily exertion. However, frequent trips to the toilet at night will interrupt sleep and make one physically and mentally exhausted. Although nocturia (frequent urination at night) is not a serious disease, it can worsen one’s quality of sleep and even endanger one’s health….


Hong Kong Court Convicts Cardinal Zen, 5 Others Over Fund for Pro-Democracy Protesters

HONG KONG—A 90-year-old Roman Catholic cardinal and five others in Hong Kong were fined after being found guilty Friday of failing to register a now-defunct fund that aimed to help people arrested in the widespread protests three years ago. Cardinal Joseph Zen, a retired bishop and a vocal democracy advocate of the city, arrived at…


6 Former Executives of Apple Daily Plead Guilty to Collusion With Foreign Powers Charges

Former Next Media Founder Jimmy Lai Chi-ying and six former Apple Daily executives have been charged with conspiring with others to collude with foreign powers or forces to endanger national security. Six former Apple Daily members except Lai pleaded guilty to the charge at High Court on Nov. 22. The court has adjourned sentencing per…


Report: 13 Percent of CEOs Plans to Leave Hong Kong

Bupa Global released the latest “Bupa Global Executive Wellbeing Index 2022” report on Nov. 23, indicating that high-net-worth (HNW) individuals and top executives, especially in Hong Kong, are planning a career change next year, and 13 percent of CEOs are planning to relocate out of Hong Kong. According to the report, business leaders are under…


Real Estate Group Founder Expects HK Property Prices to Fall 20 Percent in 2022

With increasing supply of properties due to more Hongkongers emigrating overseas, property prices plummet and are getting worse rapidly. According to the Centa-City Leading Index, since the beginning of 2022, HK property prices have fallen by more than 12 percent. The trend is also not too optimistic, as, in just the past 18 weeks, the…


Wrong Anthem, Wrong Title Used at Hong Kong Rugby Team Games, Government Responds

Recently, various international rugby games misplayed and/or miswrote the national anthem of Hong Kong. During the matches, the organizers mixed up the correct anthem with the anti-extradition movement anthem “Glory to Hong Kong” as the national anthem of Hong Kong instead of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) anthem. The Hong Kong government and pro-CCP politicians…


Bill Ackman Bets Big Against Hong Kong Dollar, Says Currency Peg Doomed to Break

Billionaire Bill Ackman said that his hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management has taken a significant short position against the Hong Kong dollar and expects the currency’s peg to the U.S. dollar to break soon. Ackman shared Richard Cookson’s article, “Pressure on the Honk Kong Dollar Peg Keeps Building,” published on Bloomberg that talked about…


Hedge Fund Mogul Questions Peg of Hong Kong Dollar to US Dollar

Bill Ackman, billionaire founder of hedge fund Pershing Square Holdings Ltd., wrote on Twitter Nov. 24, “By holding put options, we have a large nominal short position on the Hong Kong dollar.” He said that the linked exchange rate system no longer makes sense for Hong Kong. It is just a matter of time before…


CCP’s Hero ‘Journalist’ Died at 30

Fu Guohao, allegedly a former reporter for a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) media, Global Times who claimed to support Hong Kong police in their suppression of pro-democracy protestors in 2019, died at the age of 30 on Oct. 25, 2021. Almost one year later, his father posted his son’s death on a social media platform….