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Transgender individuals in Hong Kong who have not completed full sex reassignment surgery may now apply to change the gender marker on their identity card, the government has announced, more than a year after a landmark ruling by the city’s top court. The government on Wednesday said it had expanded the scope of eligibility for an individual to apply for amending the gender marker on their Hong Kong identity card. The amendment application was previously restricted to people who had undergone full sex reassignment surgery, but the Court of Final Appeal ruled in February last year that such a r...
Hong Kong Free Press
A Hong Kong transgender activist has launched a legal challenge over the government’s delay in issuing him an identity card matching his gender, despite securing a landmark victory at the top court. Henry Edward Tse filed the bid at the High Court last Friday, alleging that by declining to process his application for a new identity card was discriminatory and a breach of his rights. According to the bid, Tse said he had applied for the gender marker on his identity card to be amended to male last February. His application was made after the Court of Final Appeal ruled that a government policy ...
Hong Kong Free Press
The 1.25 million mainland Chinese tourists who visited Hong Kong during the Lunar New Year holiday “intensified the city’s ambience” and boosted the catering and retail industries, the government has said. The Immigration Department recorded around 1.436 million inbound visitors through multiple sea, land and air control points between February 10 and 17, the government said in a statement on Sunday. Around 1.255 million tourists – or close to 90 per cent – were from mainland China, where its residents enjoyed an eight-day break during Lunar New Year. The daily average of mainland Chinese visi...
Hong Kong Free Press
Hong Kong is to axe visa-free travel for arrivals from Eswatini, Taiwan’s sole ally in Africa, from next week, the Immigration Department has announced. Currently, nationals of the Kingdom of Eswatini may visit Hong Kong without a visa for up to 90 days but – from next Tuesday – a visa will be required. Visas will also be required for Eswatini nationals hoping to transit at Hong Kong’s airport. “Hong Kong has all along adopted an open visa policy, under which nationals of about 170 countries and territories may visit Hong Kong visa-free for periods ranging from seven to 180 days,” an Immigrati...
Hong Kong Free Press
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