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Hong Kong activists erase online content
Published on 18/09/2021
» HONG KONG: A prominent pro-democracy group in Hong Kong known for its yearly vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown has deleted its publications on the internet, including photos of the protest at the Beijing square, to comply with police orders.
Economist reporter refused Hong Kong visa
AFP, Published on 13/11/2021
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong has refused to renew the visa of an Australian correspondent from The Economist, the newspaper's chief editor said, as authorities in the Chinese city tighten a crackdown on free speech and dissent.
Hong Kong introduces contactless immigration channels
Published on 01/12/2021
» HONG KONG: Contactless immigration clearance channels using QR codes and facial recognition technology were introduced for the first time on Wednesday at three Hong Kong border control points.
Hong Kong university dismantles Tiananmen statue
AFP, Published on 23/12/2021
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong's oldest university launched an overnight operation on Thursday to dismantle a statue commemorating those killed in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in the latest blow to academic freedoms as China cracks down.
Hong Kong plans mandatory Covid tests
Published on 18/02/2022
» Hong Kong is making plans to test every one of its 7.3 million residents for Covid-19 as a surge in Omicron cases threatens to overwhelm its healthcare system.
Virus-hit Hong Kong considering lockdown
Published on 28/02/2022
» Hong Kong may impose a China-style hard lockdown that confines people to their homes, authorities signalled Monday, with the city's zero-Covid strategy in tatters and bodies piling up in hospitals.
Hong Kong eases international arrival rules
Published on 23/04/2022
» Hong Kong will allow arrivals of all non-residents from overseas starting next month — albeit with a quarantine requirement — in a sign that it is taking some steps to ease the world’s strictest pandemic travel rules.
Kenneth Tsang, Hong Kong actor, dies
New York Times, Published on 28/04/2022
» HONG KONG: Kenneth Tsang, a Hong Kong actor known for his tough-guy supporting roles as cops, crime bosses and kung fu masters, and as a ubiquitous television pitchman for hair dye, died Wednesday while in hotel quarantine in the city. He was 87.
Hong Kong pounces on Tiananmen vigils
Published on 04/06/2022
» Hong Kong authorities on Saturday detained multiple people as they pounced on any attempt at public commemoration of the 33rd anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown, as China vies to remove all reminders of the deadly event.
Goodbye 'Little Thailand' in Hong Kong?
Published on 06/06/2022
» HONG KONG: Warayutha Sridadet could not be prouder of a snack shop in Kowloon City run by his family, with the place having become a popular meeting spot for fellow Thais in the neighbourhood and beyond.