カテゴリー: Hong Kong
District council elections are usually a quiet affair. But young candidates sense changeClarisse Yeung believes the road to full democracy in Hong Kong will pass through a dog park. Specifically a dog park that she has promised to build if her coalitio…
Karen Yuen responds to letters about the Hong Kong government and allegations of police brutalityI am writing in response to the letter from Winky So, director general of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London (22 November). Her claim that H…
Medics warn of humanitarian crisis as protesters trapped inside campus for sixth dayHong Kong’s university siege stretched into a sixth day on Friday, as medics warned of a humanitarian crisis and the city prepared for weekend elections that will be a …
This weekend the government and protest movement claims of public support will be put to the test at the polling boothThis Sunday Hong Kong holds district council elections. Normally a sleepy affair with low turnout, this year they have become a focus …
Last British governor of region urges Foreign Office to object to Chinese remarksChris Patten, the last British governor of Hong Kong, has warned that China’s threat to overrule the Hong Kong judiciary represents a dramatic threat to the autonomy of th…
Letters from Winky So, director general of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London, and from Hong Kong resident Koh-Ann ChuYour editorials (19 November and 13 November) allege that actions by the Hong Kong special administrative region govern…
Letters from Winky So, director general of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London, and from Hong Kong resident Koh-Ann ChuYour editorials (19 November and 13 November) allege that actions by the Hong Kong special administrative region govern…
Simon Cheng, a former UK consular employee, has only been offered a two-year visaQuestions have been raised about Britain’s treatment of a former UK consular worker from Hong Kong, who said he was asked to resign after being detained and allegedly tort…
People trapped inside campus are using increasingly desperate measures to escapeYanny Man, 23, had no time to think about it before crawling over the ledge of a bridge, eight metres high, grabbing a rope and pushing off toward the ground below.Behind h…
Simon Cheng, who worked at consulate, alleges repeated mental and physical abuseA former employee of the British consulate in Hong Kong has alleged he was tortured while being detained in China during a 15-day ordeal in which he said he was accused of …
Beijing brands human rights bill, which Trump has yet to approve, a ‘whitewash’ as university standoff continuesThe US Senate has passed legislation aimed at protecting human rights in Hong Kong amid a crackdown on the pro-democracy movement, as dozens…
Social workers say between 30 and 50 left after hundreds leave site of days-long confrontationDozens of protesters remain holed up at a university in Hong Kong surrounded by police as a days-long standoff appears to be coming to an end.Police said that…
Move could jeopardise rule of law that underpins city’s success as a business hub, say expertsChina’s top legislature has said Hong Kong courts have no power to rule on the constitutionality of legislation under the city’s Basic Law, which includes a p…
Volunteers and supporters streaming towards Polytechnic University were fearful of what might befall the demonstratorsAs hundreds of protesters were trapped inside a university on Monday night, besieged on all sides by riot police, thousands of Hongkon…
Ambassador to London says UK government is ‘interfering in China’s internal affairs’Latest Hong Kong news – live updatesThe Chinese ambassador to London has accused Britain of being two-faced in its approach to Hong Kong – pretending to be even-handed …