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by Elaine Yu in Hong Kong with Purple Romero in Tuguegarao Agence France Presse Typhoon Mangkhut rocked Hong Kong before striking mainland China on Sunday, injuring scores and sending skyscrapers swaying, after killing at least 49 people in the Philippines and ripping a swathe of destruction through its agricultural heartland. The world’s biggest storm this year left large expanses in the north of the main Philippine island of Luzon underwater as fierce winds tore […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVPjY3pZbx0 (Videos taken on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018 by Eagle News Service correspondents in Hong Kong)
(Eagle News) – Super typhoon Mangkhut lashed Hong Kong which placed the whopper hurricane at signal no. 10, the highest local hurricane signal, which will remain in force until Sunday afternoon, Sept. 16, according to the Hong Kong Observatory. Mangkhut, with maximum gusts recorded at 232 kilometers per hour, continues to move steadily towards the coast of western Guangdong and poses a severe threat to Hong Kong, according to the Observatory’s latest advisory. Mangkhut […]
(Eagle News) – The Hong Kong Red Cross has given recognition to the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) for its recent blood donation drive in Hong Kong that helped its campaign to save lives. The Hong Kong chapter of the Red Cross cited the “high participation” and the “contribution to social responsibility” of the INC members and awarded the “Give Blood Alliance” Gold, Silver, Bronze award to the Church. The INC was also […]
(Eagle News) — The head of the Hong Kong based firm Landing International Development Ltd., — which had earlier entered into a controversial 75-year lease contract for casino gambling with Nayong Pilipino Foundation that was stopped by President Rodrigo Duterte — was reported missing. Landing International Development said in a filing to the Hong Kong exchange Thursday that chairman Yang Zhihui could not be found, hours after its share price had crashed 35 percent […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets mostly fell on Friday as China-US trade talks wrapped up with little progress being made, while the dollar held gains ahead of a key speech by the head of the Federal Reserve. The Australian dollar was among the worst performers as the country is gripped by political uncertainty with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull ousted and the governing Liberal Party set to choose a new leader. Officials from Beijing […]
(Eagle News)—-The Commission on Audit has flagged Nayong Pilipino Foundation’s lease contract with Landing Resorts Philippines Development Corporation for the use of almost 10 hectares of land in Paranaque City. According to COA, Nayong Pilipino entered into the contract “without conducting independent appraisal of prevailing rental rates of the leased property within the vicinity, feasibility study and without posting of notice to public to solicit offers from other interested Filipino investors.” COA said it had […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian equities were mixed on Friday after another painful week as fears of an all-out trade war between Beijing and Washington keep investors on edge, while China’s stock market was toppled by Japan as the world’s number two. While Apple provided a boost for Wall Street after hitting the $1 trillion market capitalization mark, the prospect of the world’s top two economies exchanging painful tariffs on hundreds of billions […]
by Yan Zhao Agence France Presse HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong’s flag carrier Cathay Pacific and major American airlines moved to comply Wednesday with Beijing’s demand that they list Taiwan as part of China, sparking anger on the self-governed island. Taiwan condemned what it called the “insolent actions” of Beijing which it said was wielding its political and economic clout to pressure international firms. “Taiwan’s existence in the international community is an […]
(Eagle News) — The Iglesia Ni Cristo recently conducted its outreach activity in Hong Kong. Thousands of Overseas Filipino Workers (attended the event including those in the two venues in Macau, via video link. (Miguel Gutierrez)
Protesters marched through central Hong Kong on Sunday in one of the city’s major annual pro-democracy rallies as organisers said the event was coming under unprecedented pressure from authorities. Beijing has become increasingly intolerant of signs of dissent in semi-autonomous Hong Kong since massive pro-democracy rallies in 2014 brought parts of the city to a standstill and led to the emergence of activists demanding independence from China. Hong Kong has rights unseen on the mainland, […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs announced that there were no Filipinos affected in the shooting incident at a Hong Kong park near to a busy shopping mall on Tuesday, June 26. The announcement came following the gun attack in Hong Kong that left two persons dead and two others wounded. The DFA in a Twitter post announced that no Filipino was hurt during the incident. “The Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong […]
