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by Elaine YU Agence France Presse ZHUHAI, China (AFP) — The world’s longest sea-bridge connecting Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China will be launched Tuesday at a time when Beijing seeks to tighten its grip on its semi-autonomous territories. President Xi Jinping is expected to officiate at an opening ceremony in the mainland city of Zhuhai Tuesday morning, but details of the cloak-and-dagger event have been kept secret. The 55-kilometre (34-mile) crossing, which includes a […]
(Eagle News)—The Communist Party of the Philippines lashed out at President Rodrigo Duterte for what he said was the chief executive’s “callous show of affluence” when he went on a trip to Hong Kong. In a statement, Jose Maria Sison, CPP founder, said Duterte showed “cruel indifference to the millions upon millions of Filipinos who are suffering from skyrocketing prices of rice and fuel, low wages, widespread joblessness and general deterioration of social conditions.” “With […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong’s leader Tuesday refused to say why the city had denied a visa to a leading Financial Times journalist, despite escalating demands for an explanation of the unprecedented challenge to freedom of the press. Victor Mallet, the FT’s Asia news editor and a British national, angered authorities in Beijing and Hong Kong by hosting a speech at the city’s press club by Andy Chan, the leader of a […]
(Eagle News)—-Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Martin Andanar on Monday, Oct. 8, defended President Rodrigo Duterte’s trip to Hong Kong, saying he deserved some private time. “I really believe that he deserves private time. He has to stop and smell the flowers too,” he said in a television interview. According to Andanar, “if there’s anything about that, it’s the president showing his love for his family and he works so hard, he deserves it.” “Family is […]
HONG KONG (AP) — Britain has expressed concern over freedom of speech in its former colony Hong Kong after authorities refused to renew the work visa of a senior editor of the Financial Times. A statement dated Friday said Britain has asked for an explanation as to why Victor Mallet’s visa renewal application was rejected. “Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy and its press freedoms are central to its way of life, and must […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets swung on Thursday as investors considered the prospect of more US interest rate hikes and Donald Trump’s latest broadside in his trade war with China. The US central bank lifted borrowing costs for the third time this year, as expected, citing an increasingly strong economy and jobs market, with governor Jerome Powell saying he saw no vulnerabilities in the financial system. The post-meeting statement removed mention of being […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Most Asian markets rose on Wednesday with energy firms surging with oil prices, while traders await the conclusion of a key Federal Reserve policy meeting. While worries about the China-US trade row continue to claw at confidence, the strong US economy and healthy corporate outlook are providing some buoyancy for now. The weekend decision by major producers from inside and outside OPEC to maintain output — despite Donald Trump’s call […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong stocks fell in the first few minutes of trade Monday after China called off planned trade talks with the United States, fuelling fears of an escalation of their long-running tariff standoff. The Hang Seng Index slipped 0.72 percent, or 200.87 points, to 27,752.71 in early trade. Mainland Chinese markets are closed for a public holiday. © Agence France-Presse
by Elaine YU Agence France Presse HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong commuters clambered over fallen trees and piles of debris Monday in a battle to get to work, as the workaholic city strove to get back to business after a devastating typhoon. Commuters crammed into stations to try to board infrequent trains after the rail system was slowed by damaged power lines. All buses were canceled because many roads were blocked by falling […]
(Eagle News) — These pictures provided by EBC correspondents show fallen trees on Hong Kong roads as Typhoon “Mangkhut” battered the territory. This was after “Mangkhut,” locally named “Ompong,” unleashed its fury in the Philippines and left at least 50 people dead. “Ompong” made landfall in northern Luzon early Saturday, and left the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Saturday night.
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong began a massive clean-up Monday after Typhoon Mangkhut raked the city, shredding trees and bringing damaging floods, in a trail of destruction that has left dozens dead in the Philippines and millions evacuated in southern China. The death toll in the Philippines, where the main island of Luzon was mauled with fierce winds and rain, rose to 65 overnight as rescuers pulled more bodies from a huge landslide […]
