Jeffie Lam

2 days ago | scmp.com | Jeffie Lam |Jess Ma

Hong Kong has announced plans to introduce new subsidiary legislation to allow Beijing’s office overseeing national security in the city to better carry out its work while declaring its premises “prohibited places”. The proposed subsidiary legislation, which would supplement the domestic national security law enacted more than a year ago, came amid heightened geopolitical tensions between China and the United States.

1 week ago | scmp.com | Jeffie Lam

Hong Kong authorities have met with three universities competing to establish the city’s third medical school, with a minister co-chairing the scheme’s task force pledging its assessments will be completed by the end of the year. Members of the government’s Task Group on New Medical School met with representatives from Baptist University, Polytechnic University and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology to learn more about the institutions’ submissions for the scheme.

1 week ago | scmp.com | Jiang Chuqin |Jeffie Lam

Hong Kong rail giant the MTR Corporation has pledged to upgrade its internet capacity after scores of travellers, many of whom were mainland Chinese, were stuck at a border station struggling to generate their QR code tickets with an overloaded network during the Labour Day “golden week” holiday.

1 week ago | scmp.com | Jeffie Lam |Fiona Chow

Hong Kong national security police have charged the father and brother of wanted activist Anna Kwok Fung-yee for allegedly handling the funds or financial assets of an absconder, the Post has learned. A police source said on Friday that national security officers also arrested the brother of the United States-based Kwok for the same offence during an operation on the same day. He has been granted bail pending further investigation.

1 week ago | scmp.com | Jeffie Lam

Former Hong Kong lawmaker Claudia Mo Man-ching broke her silence after finishing a jail sentence handed down to her for a subversion charge, sharing how she managed to ward off loneliness and boredom during her “Kafka-esque” life behind bars. Mo, who was released earlier this week alongside three former legislators, also said on Friday that she had read more than 300 books while in jail, and expressed her gratitude to her friends and family.