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Authorities in the UK should “let the public know the truth” behind the death of a British man accused of spying for Hong Kong, the city’s commerce and economic development chief has said after meeting with a British Consulate-General representative. The UK should handle the high-profile national security case involving three men linked to Hong Kong’s trade office in London “fairly,” Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Algernon Yau said in a statement on Thursday evening. First official moveThe statement came after the minister met with Deputy Consul-General in Hong Kong Sarah Robi...
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Only about 20 per cent of residents in one housing block taking part in Hong Kong’s waste charge trial were using the government’s pay-as-you-throw bags to dispose of waste, the estate’s property manager has said. Hong Kong is set to implement a waste charging scheme on August 1 after multiple delays. But the scheme has sparked controversy over its feasibility and enforcement, as opinion polls suggest a majority oppose introducing it as scheduled. Stephen Poon, the chairperson of the Hong Kong Association of Property Services Agents, said on Thursday that authorities should consider further po...
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Almost 70 per cent of Hong Kong’s small- and medium-sized restaurants are still offering disposable utensils for free, the government has said as the city marked one month of its single-use plastics ban. The Environment and Ecology Bureau (EEB) said in a Facebook post on Wednesday that while most major chain restaurants had adopted non-plastic alternatives, smaller eateries had yet to make the switch. Most small- and medium-sized restaurants still provided disposable utensils for free. Others charged HK$1 or HK$2 for plastic cutlery, the bureau said. “The restaurants that have not made the swi...
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A huge scheme to build a housing and business hub along Hong Kong’s border with mainland China, known as the Northern Metropolis, will cost more than HK$224 billion, the government has estimated. The price tag of the project that seeks to provide more than 900,000 homes for some 2.5 million people was unveiled in the Legislative Council (LegCo) on Wednesday. It was disclosed more than two and a half years since the project was introduced in October 2021 during the last Policy Address of then-chief executive Carrie Lam. The project calls for an additional 500,000 homes to be built in addition t...
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A 28-year-old Hong Kong man who donated HK$800,000 to a children’s cancer fund while he was himself battling terminal cancer has died, his family announced on Thursday. Gabriel Yeung, who was diagnosed with stomach and liver cancer last year, announced his donation to the Children’s Cancer Foundation Hong Kong last October. “I would like to leave what I can’t take away to the children who are bravely fighting against cancer,” Yeung said in a Facebook post last year. “Because they are supposed to be enjoying a carefree childhood, but they have to face the hardship of going through cancer, that’...
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Hong Kong’s justice minister ended a five-day visit to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Thursday, as the city seeks to enhance ties with the two Middle Eastern countries. Secretary for Justice Paul Lam arrived in Riyadh on Sunday alongside government representatives – including those from the Department of Justice, Invest Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, and the Dubai Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office – and figures from the private legal sector. The purpose of the trip was “to promote Hong Kong’s legal and dispute resolution services,” according to a stat...
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Hong Kong’s legislature has passed a bill that will raise the maximum penalty for feeding wild animals to a HK$100,000 fine and imprisonment for one year and expanded the ban to cover feral pigeons. The new law will take effect on August 1. The new penalty would better reflect the adverse impact and serious consequences of illegal feeding on wildlife, ecology and the public, Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan told lawmakers on Wednesday, when the Wild Animals Protection (Amendment) Bill 2023 was tabled for approval. Under the newly passed bill, the city’s ban on feeding wild an...
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The arrangement concerning the office of former chief executive Carrie Lam will be reviewed when the lease expires next year, the Hong Kong government has said, after a lawmaker raised questions about its cost and location. The government revealed in early April that it spent HK$9.17 million on rent, salaries and other expenses to fund Lam’s office in Grade A Pacific Place in Admiralty in 2023, 32 per cent more than in the previous year. Of that amount, HK$5.67 million was spent on “rent and related expenses, ” which was HK$472,500 per month. In response to questions about these costs from pro...
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The Hong Kong government will not comment on the death of a British man accused of spying for the city, finance chief Paul Chan has said, hours after the Briton was confirmed dead in the UK. Former Royal Marine and security contractor Matthew Trickett, one of three men involved in a high-profile UK national security case, was found in Maidenhead’s Grenfell Park on Sunday, a week after he was granted bail. Police officers provided emergency treatment but Trickett was pronounced dead at the scene. Trickett was arrested earlier this month alongside Bill Yuen and Peter Wai, and charged with assist...
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Hong Kong police have arrested 100 suspects linked to scams with losses totalling HK$180 million as part of a crackdown on fraud and money laundering. Sham Shui Po district police said on Wednesday they had arrested 75 men and 25 women, aged 17 to 75, in a two-week operation between May 6 and May 20. The suspects were linked to 82 cases of deception and money laundering involving 295 victims. The biggest single loss was HK$23.7 million, police said. The cases involved fraudulent activities related to investment, online job-seeking, online dating, e-commerce, and phone scam, they added. Chief I...
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