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Jan 24, 2025 | 
scmp.com | Jess Ma |Kahon Chan
Hong Kong police have arrested two more people in connection with a knife attack in Yuen Long that left one man dead and another injured, bringing the total number of those apprehended to six. The force announced the fresh arrests in a Facebook post on Friday, giving no further details on the pair’s identities or the circumstances behind their detention. The two men, aged 26 and 23, are alleged members of a local triad and work as construction workers, the Post has learned.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
scmp.com | Kahon Chan
Hong Kong must preserve its cultural advantage of having a “high tolerance” of differing views, the city’s justice minister has said, citing press freedom and the free flow of information as critical to the financial hub’s global status. Secretary for Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok also said on Saturday that Hong Kong’s political predictability was a key attraction for outside investors, though he conceded it would be difficult to fix the city’s perception problem in the short term.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
scmp.com | Kahon Chan
Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu has voiced his appreciation for Hong Kong Island’s views while touring a soon-to-open HK$1.7 billion (US$218.3 million) harbourfront boardwalk located underneath a major expressway. The city leader also rode bicycles and jogged with a group of youngsters down the boardwalk below the Island Eastern Corridor on Saturday morning, greeting local residents at a seaside park as he stepped out in the company of the media and other city officials.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
scmp.com | Kahon Chan |Ambrose Li
Nobel-winning economist James Robinson has hailed Hong Kong for its “amazing” inclusive society, calling on the city to deepen such inclusion and stay true to how it became great to further its “incredible success story”.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
scmp.com | Kahon Chan
Hong Kong’s justice minister has defended his department’s failed legal attempts to challenge the rights of same-sex couples amid calls from a top government adviser for officials to be held accountable for pursuing cases that were expected to have a “low success rate”.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
scmp.com | Kahon Chan
A Hong Kong party headed by a top government adviser has suggested increasing traffic fines, tunnel fees and property rates, as well as freezing civil service salaries, in a bid to reduce the city’s deficit. Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, chairwoman of the New People’s Party and convenor of key decision-making body the Executive Council, also proposed a 5 per cent cut in government recurrent spending, following a meeting with finance chief Paul Chan Mo-po on Wednesday.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
scmp.com | Kahon Chan
Hong Kong’s Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said his administration will “go ahead as planned” to redevelop three towers in Wan Chai into a new wing of the Convention and Exhibition Centre despite moving a former leader’s office into one of the buildings to “save government money”.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
scmp.com | Cannix Yau |Willa Wu |Kahon Chan
President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to retake the Panama Canal to safeguard US national security has raised questions about the possible impact on Hong Kong and mainland Chinese companies operating there. CK Hutchison Holdings, founded by Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing, is a major player as its subsidiary, Hutchison Ports PPC, has operated two ports at either end of the canal since 1997.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
thestar.com.my | Kahon Chan
Hong Kong lawmakers have accused authorities of inaction against ticket touts and expressed concern over their impact on mega-event tourism after learning that no one had been convicted under a decades-old law over a 2½-year period since 2022. The government also told the Legislative Council on Wednesday that it “has been studying” options to outlaw ticket scalping at the Hong Kong Coliseum and its other venues, reiterating a pledge made more than six years ago. Already a subscriber? Log in.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
thestar.com.my | Olga Wong |Kahon Chan
Former Hong Kong opposition lawmaker Shiu Ka-chun has died at the age of 55 after a battle with stomach cancer. The career social worker died at 12.41am on Friday surrounded by family and friends, according to a post on his Instagram account. Already a subscriber? Log in. Get 30% off with our ads free Premium Plan! Billed as RM9.73 for the 1st month then RM13.90 thereafters. RM12.33/monthRM8.63/month Billed as RM103.60 for the 1st year then RM148 thereafters.
