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HONG KONG, China (Reuters) — Social media video footage showed Typhoon Nida damaging houses and tearing down tree branches as it swept through Shek O, a beachside village in Hong Kong on Tuesday (August 2). Twitter user Marianne Bray, a freelance journalist and journalism teacher at Hong Kong University, shared her videos with Reuters, showing strong winds at dawn and damage in the village where she lives. Hong Kong’s first major typhoon this year brought […]
by Dennis CHONG HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong shut down Tuesday as Typhoon Nida brought violent winds and torrential rain, with hundreds of flights cancelled and the stock market, schools and businesses closed, as the storm headed across southern China. Gusts of 151 kilometers (93 miles) per hour whipped the city and rain lashed down during the night, and authorities warned of floods and landslides. Streets were deserted Tuesday morning as school was […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — A senior Hong Kong delegation will head to Beijing for talks following explosive revelations by a bookseller who said he was detained for eight months on the mainland, the city’s leader said Monday. Lam Wing-kee, 61, has said he was seized after crossing the border into the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, taken away blindfolded and then kept in a cell without access to a lawyer for alleged involvement in […]
(Courtesy CCTV) — Hong Kong celebrates the 19th anniversary of its return to the motherland of China on Friday, with its chief executive expressing confidence for a better future. A flag-raising ceremony marking the anniversary was held at the Golden Bauhinia Square in the morning. Attending the ceremony were Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, and officials from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government and from the central government. About 1,000 Hong […]
by Laura MANNERING HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Angry protesters gathered in Hong Kong Friday after a city bookseller broke silence to reveal how he was blindfolded, interrogated and detained in China for eight months for trading titles critical of Beijing. In a surprise interview sure to infuriate Beijing, Lam Wing-kee late Thursday vowed to break bail, refusing to return to the mainland, and further defied Chinese authorities by blowing the lid on how he […]
by Aaron TAM Dennis CHONG HONG KONG , China (AFP) — Hong Kong protesters angry at a visit by a top Beijing official shouted pro-democracy slogans Wednesday but were kept well away from a mission seen as an attempt to bridge the city’s growing political divide. The three-day trip by Zhang Dejiang, who chairs China’s communist-controlled legislature, is the first by such a senior official for four years. It comes as concerns grow that freedoms […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) – by Dennis Chong One of China’s most powerful officials said he would listen to political demands from Hongkongers in a conciliatory start to a visit Tuesday that has stirred anger in a city resentful of Beijing’s tightening grip. The three-day trip by Zhang Dejiang, who chairs China’s communist-controlled legislature, is the first by such a senior official in four years and comes as concerns grow in semi-autonomous Hong Kong that its […]
Seven Filipino overseas voters who were not registered at the Philippine Embassy in Moscow were able to vote at the Embassy on April 26 following a new Comelec rule allowing this. The new Comelec rule provides that all registered overseas voters with active registration status may vote at the Foreign Service Post (FSP) near their current residence or work. A day after the Philippine Embassy in Moscow circulated this new rule, six voters registered in Hong […]
by Kate BARTLETT HONGKONG, China (AFP) — Twerking, selfie-taking, picnicking and performing impromptu dance routines — Hong Kong’s 180,000-strong community of Filipino workers fill the city’s public spaces on Sundays, their day off, to relax and party. But for the past few weeks the colourful gatherings have turned political, as the Philippines heads towards an election in which its migrant workers could swing a tight race. Bands thrash out rock ballads backing their favourite […]
HONG KONG, China (Reuters) – The largest imperial seal used by Chinese emperor Kangxi went under the hammer in Hong Kong on Wednesday (April 6) and fetched $11.8 million. Sotheby’s said an Asian buyer won the bid and that it set the third highest price for any Chinese imperial seal sold at an auction. It added that the price also set a world auction record for a seal carved for Emperor Kangxi, who ruled China […]
HONG KONG, China – A 5.03-carat green diamond, believed to be the largest ever to appear on the market, was the highlight of Christie’s Hong Kong 30th anniversary celebrations on Thursday (March 31). Called the ‘Aurora Green’ the natural fancy vivid green diamond is expected to fetch between USD 16-20 million when it goes on the block in Kong Kong on May 31. Christie’s Asia Pacific Chairman, Francois Curiel said green diamonds were the rarest […]
HONG KONG, China (Reuters) — Political tensions in Hong Kong are hurting the economy, said the city’s financial secretary in his annual budget speech on Wednesday (February 24), as he rolled out a multi-billion dollar package of sweeteners to bolster growth hit by a slowdown in China. In unusually blunt comments for a budget address, John Tsang said “political volatility” was threatening to undermine the economy and warned disputes would intensify ahead of legislative elections […]
