The election of the head of the Hong Kong government, scheduled for March, will be postponed to May as the financial center of Asia fights to control the escalation of COVID-19 cases, according to what was announced today by Governor Carrie Lam. The nomination period will be delayed until April 3-16 and the elections until […]
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Xi Jinping calls on Hong Kong to ‘take all measures’ to end pandemic
Chinese President Xi Jinping today called on the Hong Kong authorities to take “all necessary measures” to bring an unprecedented wave of Omicron strains under control, pro-Chinese Hong Kong newspapers reported today. The announcement came a day after the head of government in the metropolis, Carrie Lam, ruled out a complete lockdown of the city, […]
Hong Kong: Supermarket shelves empty due to food supply problems
Hong Kong residents flooded supermarkets and neighborhood fresh food markets today to supply large quantities of vegetables, noodles and other essentials following a record number of COVID-19 outbreaks in the metropolitan area and transportation problems. . The metropolis of 7.5 million people announced a record number of 614 coronavirus infections today, in the biggest test […]
Hong Kong suspends transit flights from about 150 destinations due to coronavirus
Hong Kong authorities announced on Friday that the city’s airport would suspend transit flights from about 150 countries and high-risk areas due to the coronavirus for a month, in a move that is intensifying the isolation of the global financial center. It is noted that last week, authorities banned incoming flights from Australia, Canada, France, […]
Hong Kong: Restrictive measures due to rising cases – Arrivals of flights from 8 countries banned
The Hong Kong government has announced that it is banning arrivals from its territory from eight countries in a bid to stem the spread of the coronavirus Omicron strain and reintroduce new restrictive measures as the global financial center is on the brink of a new wave of outbreaks. -19. The countries covered by the […]
The ‘shackle’ tightens in Hong Kong: Third pro-democracy media closes
Journalists at Hong Kong’s CitizenNews news site today reported the deterioration of press freedom in the area, hours after the site announced that it was shutting down due to security concerns. The suspension of CitizenNews was announced less than a week after a similar decision was made by the pro-democratic news website Stand News. The […]
Hong Kong: Stand News closes after police raid and arrest of journalists
Hong Kong-based pro-democracy news agency Stand News closed today after police raided its offices, froze its assets and arrested senior staff members on charges of “insurgent publications” in yet another crackdown. information in the metropolis. Created in 2014 as a non-profit organization, Stand News is the well-known pro-democracy media outlet in Hong Kong following a […]
China: Two more Tiananmen monuments removed from Hong Kong campuses
Two other universities in Hong Kong today removed public monuments for the 1989 Tiananmen protests in Beijing, after the demolition of a statue erected in memory of the victims of repression at another university this week. The removal of monuments from the University of China and Lingnan University to the World Financial Center took place […]
China: New Legislature with Only ‘Patriots’ Highlights Hong Kong
Hong Kong residents are voting today to elect a “patriot-only” Legislature in an election that critics say is anti-democratic and the local government is trying to mobilize voters to prove its legitimacy. Officials are urging people to vote, fearing that low turnout could be seen as a form of protest. Security has been stepped up […]
Hong Kong: Tycoon Jimmy La Sentenced for Participating in Prohibited Rally
Hong Kong press mogul Jimmy Lai and two other pro-democracy activists were convicted today of participating in a 2020 rally in Tiananmen Square to pay tribute to the victims of the crackdown. Jimmy Lai, 74, the owner of the now-defunct Apple Daily, was found guilty of participating in a banned rally, along with former journalist […]
