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Government plans to overhaul the Social Workers Registration Board reflect a distrustful attitude to social workers, a union has said, claiming that authorities’ undervalue the sector. The Hong Kong Social Workers’ General Union, established in 1980, said on Facebook on Sunday that – while it expected the licensing body would be revamped – it was surprised by the speed of the government’s move, which left little space for discussion or consultation. The city’s welfare chief Chris Sun wrote on May 10 on Facebook that the licensing body was failing to bar those convicted of national security off...
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Lawyers for Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai have said they will argue the tycoon has no case to answer in his national security trial, in which he faces three conspiracy charges involving foreign collusion and sedition. Senior Counsel Robert Pang, representing Lai, said on Monday that the defence would contend that the prosecution’s evidence was insufficient to support the tycoon’s conviction. He asked the court for time to prepare a “no case to answer” written submission. Pang raised the matter before the prosecution began playing Lai’s past interviews with overseas media outlets and a talk s...
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Hong Kong’s economic outlook has been improving, with a marked increase in the city’s property sales and a significant rebound in the stock market, Financial Secretary Paul Chan has said. On his official blog on Sunday, Chan wrote that the total number of residential property sales had bounced back, with sales in April totalling 8,551 – a more than 115 per cent increase from last March’s figures. The price index for private residential properties rose by one per cent in March, according to the Rating and Valuation Department, marking an end to a downward trend that began in May 2022. The rise ...
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Deputy Secretary for Security Apollonia Liu will head up the government’s PR department from Friday, replacing Fletch Chan as the Information Services Department (ISD) chief. Liu does not have a background in media, communications or PR. She has been serving as a deputy security chief since 2018, following a seven-year stint as the deputy director of administration and development at the Department of Justice. She joined the Administrative Service in August 1990, rising through the ranks and becoming an Administrative Officer in April 1990, according to a government press release on Friday. Du...
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Hong Kong’s environmental authorities have conditionally approved an ecological report into a planned technology hub near the city’s border with mainland China, giving the project the go ahead despite green groups’ concerns. Director of Environmental Protection Samuel Chui on Friday defended the environmental impact assessment report for the San Tin Technopole project as “scientific, professional and comprehensive,” adding that the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) had proposed additional ecological mitigation measures on top of the eight suggested in the report. One of the main measur...
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Four years on from the 2019 protests and unrest, Hong Kong was finally able to legally restrict the performance and distribution of the movement’s anthem Glory to Hong Kong – a move that its composer foresaw back in 2020. But why is the song controversial, and where did it come from? How did the government win at the appeals court? Was the song already illegal? And how did YouTube seek to comply with the legal ruling? HKFP examines how the government enacted the ban, and how a city – once a bulwark of free expression in Asia – came to insist that a song was a threat to China, the world’s secon...
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The media can “ask questions” but not provoke conflicts or make slanderous remarks, Chief Executive John Lee has said at an awards ceremony for the city’s news industry. The news industry must abide by professional ethics and provide readers with accurate and comprehensive information, as well as pertinent and unbiased reports, Lee said at the Hong Kong News Awards on Friday. He offered the organiser, the Newspaper Society of Hong Kong, his support for “promoting the development of high quality journalism,” and added that Hong Kong’s economy needed the power of the media to spread the news of ...
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Featuring artists like Fouad Ceet, known for his colorful chicken characters, and Korean artist Jung Chan Boo, who creates sculptures from single-use plastic straws, the fair promotes both creativity and sustainability. With artworks priced between €118 and €11,852, the fair attracts a wide audience. Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the event runs from May 16-19, 2025, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center. The next stop in Europe is Vienna, where the Affordable Art Fair will be held from May 22-25, 2025, at Marx Halle, Karl-Farkas-Gasse 19, 1030 Wien, Austria.
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Pro-establishment lawmaker Rebecca Chan has urged the government to postpone the waste charging scheme for a second time, citing a survey conducted by the legislator which showed a large percentage of interviewees supported a delay. The online survey, conducted from April 30 to May 6, collected 959 effective responses. Chan said at a press conference on Thursday that, while 58 per cent of people supported recycling and waste reduction, 78.1 per cent said they “agreed” or “highly agreed” to postpone the official roll-out of the waste tax. The waste tax, a policy to encourage recycling by asking...
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Hong Kong officials have warned against thrill-seeking activities such as chasing storms and searching for big ocean waves during extreme weather, saying offenders could face jail time and a fine. Undersecretary for Security Michael Cheuk said on Thursday authorities are considering invoking legislation that would close beaches and country parks under extreme weather. Violators could face a HK$2,000 fine and 14 days in jail. “Do not attempt to defy nature for the sake of thrill-seeking or satisfaction, because you will not succeed,” Cheuk told reporters in Cantonese. Cheuk added that the lives...
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