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HONG KONG, China (AFP) – A group of refugees who sheltered fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong are facing deportation after the city’s authorities rejected their bid for protection, their lawyer said Monday. The Philippine and Sri Lankan refugees helped the former National Security Agency contractor evade authorities in 2013 by hiding him in their cramped homes after he initiated one of the largest data leaks in United States history. They have spent years, […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte asked Filipinos to give him three or four years to turn around the country, as he spoke with overseas Filipino workers in Hong Kong. “Give me time. Three to four years, I will have solved almost all of the problems by then,” he said. In his speech, the President said he would fulfill his promise to rid the country of graft and corruption. But he told OFWs in Hong […]
President Rodrigo Duterte, together with members of the Philippine delegation, is now meeting with representatives from more than 355 Filipino community organizations during his working visit in Hong Kong at the Regal Airport Hotel on May 13, 2017. As of March 2017, there are around 16,000 residents and 193,000 are household service workers. Most of the 355 Filipino community organizations are composed of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). The Philippine Association of Hong […]
HONG KONG, China (Reuters) — Hong Kong police units were put to the test in an anti-terror drill performed in front of media and senior police on Thursday (May 11). In their ninth anti-terror exercise this year, Hong Kong police units, including more than 200 officers, responded to a mock scenario where terrorists – played by colleagues – drove a van into a crowd and held people hostage. The scenario was part of the city’s […]
HONG KONG, China (Reuters) — Some of the world’s top track cyclists were training in Hong Kong on Monday (April 10) ahead of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships. The five-day event starts on Wednesday (April 12) and Britain will be the nation to beat after their performances at last year’s world championships in London and the 2016 Olympic Games. Britain finished top of the medals table in London with five golds and nine in […]
by Elaine Yu HONG KONG, China (AFP) — A giant diamond named the “Pink Star” broke the world record for a gemstone sold at auction when it fetched $71.2 million in Hong Kong on Tuesday. The 59.60-carat “Pink Star,” the largest in its class ever graded by the Gemological Institute of America, was sold to the city’s Chow Tai Fook jewellery chain. “Sotheby’s Hong Kong is very proud to have this record,” its Asia chairman […]
HONG KONG, China (Reuters) — The most complicated Patek Philippe watch has been previewed at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong ahead of its auction in Geneva. With 33 complications, the Calibre 89 is a leader in innovation and importance. After research began in 1980, Patek Philippe unveiled the Calibre 89 in 1989 to mark their 150th anniversary. The horological masterwork is one of the most important watches ever to be offered at auction according to Sotheby’s, […]
HONG KONG (AFP) — Carrie Lam was voted leader of Hong Kong Sunday by a mainly pro-China committee according to unofficial media counts, in an election rejected as a sham by pro-democracy activists. Widely seen as Beijing’s favorite candidate, her victory comes as semi-autonomous Hong Kong remains deeply politically divided with concerns growing that China is tightening its grip.
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong’s troubled flagship airline Cathay Pacific on Wednesday posted its first annual loss since the height of the financial crisis as it was hit by “intense competition” and a drop in demand from business travellers. The firm is struggling despite an expansion of international air travel in the region as lower cost carriers, particularly from mainland China, eat into its market share. Companies like China Eastern and China Southern […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Former Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang was on Wednesday sentenced to 20 months in prison after a high-profile corruption trial found him guilty of misconduct during his time at the helm of the city. Tsang, 72, held the leadership post of chief executive for seven years from 2005 and is the most senior city official ever to be convicted in a criminal trial. © Agence France-Presse
(Eagle News) — This man caught on camera by an Eagle News Service correspondent in Hong Kong trying to douse off the fire off his pants is now in the hot seat. Police is now investigating him as the suspect who started the fire in the Hong Kong subway. Witnesses interviewed by Eagle News Service in Hong Kong said this man in the photo was the one who threw a molotov bomb inside one of […]
Chaos on the platform of the packed Tsim Sha Tsui station is captured in this video taken by a correspondent of Eagle News Service in Hong Kong after a man said to be mentally unstable reportedly set himself on fire accidentally. A train carriage on fire and one man lying on the floor can be seen with his clothes ablaze as bystanders tried to help him. Police have ruled out the possibility of […]
