A Hong Kong pastor, 59, and a woman, 68, were convicted of “uttering seditious words” and other crimes for applauding from the public gallery and shouting to the magistrate, “You have lost your conscience,” when they were watching a hearing of the June 4 vigil (commemorating Tiananmen Massacre) of organizer Chow Hang-Tung in January. They…
Applauding in Court, and Shouting Remarks Led to Convictions for Sedition
November 2, 2022
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Four CEOs Confirm Not Attending Global Financial Leaders’ Investment Summit in HK
The “Global Financial Leaders Investment Summit” being held Wednesday (Nov. 2) claimed to have about 200 financial leaders on its list of participants. But just a few days before the event, two of them informed the organizer that they were not coming, one due to work arrangements and the other due to physical discomfort. There…
3 Winning Poetry Collections Suspected of Violating the National Security Law Disqualified From Literary Competition
Entries for the 16th “Hong Kong Biennial Awards for Chinese Literature” organized by LCSD Hong Kong Public Libraries, were submitted in April 2021, and the competition results would normally be expected to be released in November 2021, but the results for the 16th competition were delayed and were not released until Oct. 24; about a…
Hong Kong Judge Orders the Tiananmen Massacre Be Referred to as ‘June 4th Incident’
October 31, 2022
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A member of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China (HKA), which the Hong Kong government caused to disband, is in court for refusing a National Security Office request, made in 2021, to hand over information. When former HKA vice-chairman Chow Hang-tung used the words “Tiananmen massacre” and “killing” when…
Pandemic a Likely Reason for Drop in New Cancer Cases for First Time in 2 Decades
Cancer is the number one killer among Hong Kong citizens. According to the latest “Overview of HK Cancer Statistics of 2020” released by the Hong Kong Cancer Registry (HKCaR) of the Hospital Authority (HA), there were 34,179 new cancer cases in Hong Kong, that is, an average of 94 people were diagnosed with cancer every…
Hong Thai Travel Closes After 50 Years in Business
Hong Thai Travel Services (Hong Thai), in business for over half a century, announced on Oct. 28 that it will start liquidation proceedings due to insolvency. Some commented that its demise was a result of the Hong Kong government’s paradoxical and sometimes contradictory anti-pandemic policy and the related containment measures. The benefits granted to the…
Man Who Hid Girlfriend’s Dead Body Under a Bunk Bed After Gruesome Murder Given Life Sentence
A 50-year-old unemployed male, Law Wai-man, was charged with killing his 34-year-old girlfriend, Sony Lau Lai-chi, who he was living with at the time in Po Kin House, Po Lam Estate, Tseung Kwan O in Hong Kong in 2019. Law subsequently hid Sony Lau’s body under a bunk bed after beating and killing her. Law…
HK Customs Makes Biggest Methamphetamine Trafficking Haul
Hong Kong customs seized the biggest haul of trafficked methamphetamine in Hong Kong’s history on October 23. An amount of 1.8 metric tons (2 tons) of suspected high-purity liquid methamphetamine was concealed in a coconut water cargo shipment from Mexico. The market value is estimated to be about HK$1.1 billion (approx. US$140 million). It is…
HKDC Blocked from Internet After Criticizing Foreign Firms for Helping HK Government Suppress Human Rights
October 30, 2022
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The Hong Kong Democracy Council (HKDC), an American non-government organization with a number of exiled Hong Kong pro-democracy figures as its core members, issued a report on Oct. 25, criticizing the Hong Kong government for lobbying international companies to support the “Hong Kong National Security Law (NSL).” The report also revealed the names and conduct…
U.S. Congress, CECC, and Human Rights Groups Urge US Capital Giants to Boycott the Upcoming Global Investment Summit Hong Kong
October 30, 2022
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The upcoming Global Financial Leaders’ Investment Summit in Hong Kong will be held at the Four Seasons Hotel on Nov 2, and at Hong Kong HKEX Connect Hall on Nov 3. Some of the said attendees include senior executives of Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, and other U.S. financial institutions. The U.S. Congress and Congressional-Executive Commission on…
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