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Hong Kong’s opposition-free legislature has unanimously passed new homegrown security legislation, making treason, insurrection and sabotage punishable by up to life in prison, and rejecting Western criticism that the law would further restrict the city’s freedoms. Lawmakers gathered in the Legislative Council (LegCo) Chamber on Tuesday to vote on the Safeguarding National Security Bill, just days after a draft was introduced to the legislature. All 89 legislators voted in favour of the bill’s passage. In an unprecedented move, LegCo President Andrew Leung also cast a vote, saying: “As the pre...
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Hong Kong’s opposition-free legislature is set to pass new security legislation, after the second reading of a proposed domestic security bill resumed earlier than expected. Members of the “all-patriots” legislature threw their weight behind the Safeguarding National Security Bill on Tuesday, when the proposed legislation required under Article 23 of the Basic Law was tabled for final rounds of comments before it is expected to be passed later on Tuesday without opposition. Article 23 of the Basic Law stipulates that the government shall enact laws on its own to prohibit acts that endanger nat...
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Hikers, trail runners and nature lovers are petitioning the government to halt a “disastrous” use of plastic in the construction of countryside trails. The authorities, in turn, have insisted that wood plastic composite (WPC) is environmentally-friendly. Petition signatories stated they were “astonished” to see that a plan for Lantau Island’s new, 100 kilometre round-the-island trail, involved the use of “massive amounts” of WPC for step frames and railings. “Plastic wood is a synthetic composite material made of plastic and wood chips. It is by no means environmentally friendly and applying i...
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Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai’s aide acted as an intermediary for handling donations raised through a crowdfunding campaign in 2019, a pro-democracy activist has testified in a high-profile national security trial. Andy Li continued the fourth day of his testimony at the West Kowloon Law Courts Building on Monday. Li, who was charged alongside Lai over conspiring to collude with foreign forces under the national security law, has pleaded guilty and is now testifying against the media mogul. Wearing a long-sleeved white shirt and black-rimmed glasses, Li was led into the courtroom by correcti...
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Hong Kong’s flagship carrier Cathay Pacific lacked the experience and digital capability to predict a manpower shortage, the Civil Aviation Department has found, after the flagship carrier cancelled more than 780 flights from December to February. Cathay attributed the cancellations over the peak travel period to an “unanticipated and sustained increase in pilot sickness, most likely caused by a peak in seasonal influenza,” according to the airline’s report submitted to the department. The carrier said it had conducted projections to ensure that it had enough pilots for the rest of the 2024 sc...
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The planned redevelopment of parts of Hong Kong’s historic Flower Market has come under fire, with a lawmaker and a former city leader urging the authorities to give greater consideration to the area’s cultural importance. The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) announced last Friday a plan to redevelop six sites around Mong Kok’s flower market, citing traffic congestion and limited space for pedestrians. The project would involve 33 ground floor shops and 275 households and is expected to be completed in 2035-2036. Writing on Facebook last Friday, former leader Leung Chin-ying, who is also a charte...
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A Hong Kong minibus driver has been arrested after allegedly hitting three vehicles within 10 minutes and fleeing the scene, leaving three people injured. A 64-year-old minibus driver was arrested on Sunday afternoon over his suspected involvement in three hit-and-runs in Yuen Long that left three people injured, police said. He was apprehended on suspicion of dangerous driving, failure to stop after an accident and failure to report an accident. According to the police, the minibus first hit another minibus at Au Tau Interchange at 12.27 pm, injuring one male and two female passengers on that...
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The Hong Kong government has condemned Britain’s public service broadcaster over “smearing” the Beijing-imposed security law in an article about the sentencing of 12 Hongkongers convicted of rioting. Published on Saturday, the news piece from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported on the sentencing of 12 Hongkongers over the 2019 storming of the city’s legislature, a milestone event during the protests and unrest that year. They received jail terms ranging between 54 and 82 months on Saturday morning. After covering the court case, the article mentioned the national security law, ...
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Hong Kong (AFP) - Douze Hongkongais ont été incarcérés samedi après avoir écopé de peines allant jusqu'à sept ans de prison pour avoir pris d'assaut le parlement en 2019, au plus fort des manifestations pro-démocratie. Cet épisode avait été le plus violent du début de la contestation massive qui avait secoué le centre financier cette année-là, avec des semaines de manifestations et de rassemblements, constituant un défi sans précédent à l'autorité de Pékin. Durant la nuit du 1er juillet 2019, au 22e anniversaire de la rétrocession de Hong Kong à la Chine par le Royaume-Uni, des centaines de ma...
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Mary Kwan moved into Tai Hang Sai Estate soon after it was completed in 1965. Almost 60 years later, the 80 year-old is preparing to quit her eighth-floor flat for a transitional housing project in Tai Po. Tai Hang Sai Estate, Hong Kong’s only privately-owned low-rental housing estate, is set to be demolished and redeveloped, which is why Kwan – and many of her former neighbours – must vacate their homes. Because the deadline to move out was initially set for mid-March, Kwan has already packed most of her bags, which were stacked next to her sofa when HKFP spoke to her on Tuesday. Built in 196...
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