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POLITICSJul 25Hong Kong mandates fire escape hoods in hotels and guest houses to boost safetyHong Kong hotels and guest houses are required to provide fire escape hoods to ensure customer safety, the city’s home affairs minister has said, with authorities giving the sector a one-year grace period. Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs Alice Mak Mei-kuen also said on Saturday that the government would discuss implementation arrangements with the sector soon, after some representatives flagged that they had not been consulted before the requirement was introduced. “We have heard different...South China Morning Post
POLITICSJul 24Xia Baolong urges lawmakers to ‘assume a greater role’ in helping Hong Kong leaderBeijing’s point man on Hong Kong affairs has called on lawmakers to better support the city’s leader, enhance governance, inject new momentum into local development and address residents’ needs. Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, made the call as he met 88 legislators on Friday at a seminar during their unprecedented week-long national affairs study tour to the capital. Meeting the group in the Hong Kong Room of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Xia affirmed...South China Morning Post
POLITICSJul 24Hong Kong can act as ‘super converter’ for mainland China, Paul Chan saysHong Kong can take on a new role as a “super converter” for technical standards, legal norms and innovations exchanged between mainland China and the wider world, the city’s finance chief has said. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po stressed that Hong Kong’s reputation for quality had established the city as a “brand name” that was trusted by the international community. Citing the Middle East as an example, he said: “In general they will automatically give the go-ahead to those products that...South China Morning Post
POLITICSJul 24Hong Kong must wake up to the cold hard geopolitics of AIOfficials talking about artificial intelligence (AI) often speak in terms of the next industrial revolution or existential risks. Such rhetoric ultimately does little to capture how AI filters into the ordinary workings of a city like Hong Kong. The geopolitics of AI are no longer abstract. They are beginning to shape who can use which tools – and on what terms. Over the past few months, two major international banks in the city have reportedly felt the impact. Anthropic’s Claude, a generative...South China Morning Post
POLITICSJul 23US sanctions on 39 Hong Kong , mainland Chinese officials will remain in place : RubioSenator Rubio stated that US sanctions on 39 officials from Hong Kong and mainland China will remain in place. This signals a continuation of US foreign policy pressure on China.scmp.com · China
POLITICSJul 23Hong Kong’s competition watchdog tightens tender clauses to target bid-riggingHong Kong’s competition watchdog has revised its tender clauses to require bidders make a statutory declaration they have not engaged in collusion on a project, as part of a wider move to criminalise bid-rigging following the city’s deadliest fire in decades. Senior Counsel Jat Sew-tong, chairman of the Competition Commission, also said on Thursday the body was considering proposing to raise the maximum penalty for the proposed criminal offence from seven to 10 years. Tendering practices came...South China Morning Post
POLITICSJul 23US sanctions on 39 Hong Kong, mainland Chinese officials will remain in place: RubioUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that there will be no change to the remaining sanctions on 39 Hong Kong and mainland Chinese officials in the “near future”, while acknowledging the issue came up in a meeting with Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Rubio, Washington’s top diplomat, also said on Thursday that US President Donald Trump had allowed a national emergency declaration on Hong Kong to expire last week after determining that the “circumstances had changed”, though he did not elaborate...South China Morning Post
POLITICSJul 23Hong Kong police officers lose appeal over framing homeless man, evidence cover-upFour disgraced Hong Kong police officers have lost their appeal against convictions and jail terms for framing a homeless man for drug possession and destroying evidence of the cover-up six years ago. In a written judgment on Thursday, the Court of Appeal said the officers must have intended to pervert the course of justice when they tried to obstruct surveillance cameras while colleagues fabricated evidence against a street sleeper during an anti-drug operation on February 4, 2020. The three...South China Morning Post
POLITICSJul 23Ex-Hong Kong opposition leader reportedly denied UK entry, faces deportationA former Hong Kong opposition leader has reportedly been denied entry to the United Kingdom and faces deportation back to the city after seeking residence using his British National (Overseas) passport, according to local media. The Times reported on Thursday that Wu Chi-wai was refused entry and told he would be deported, citing his friends. Wu had served a sentence of four years and five months in a landmark subversion case and was released from a Hong Kong prison in late June. If confirmed,...South China Morning Post
POLITICSJul 23Time for deeper, detailed exchanges between Hong Kong and mainland Chinese courtsOne of the main features of the “one country, two systems” principle is that, despite our physical proximity, Hong Kong has a very different set of laws from those of mainland China. Very often, we talk about our differences when explaining the system to one another. But at heart, both legal systems seek to deliver justice in real-life situations. Indeed, our connections with the Chinese mainland, in particular the Greater Bay Area, are growing closer every day. Many economic and commercial...South China Morning Post
POLITICSJul 22Hong Kong High Court judge Wilson Chan to be reprimanded again for plagiarismHong Kong’s chief justice will once again reprimand a High Court judge and require him to undergo training after he was found to have plagiarised large swathes of submissions for a judgment, in what is at least his sixth instance of extensive copying. In a response to the South China Morning Post on Wednesday, the judiciary said that Wilson Chan Ka-shun would face a “serious reprimand” from Chief Justice Andrew Cheung Kui-nung for the second time since 2023. The judiciary said that in light of...South China Morning Post
POLITICSJul 21Hong Kong clerk says normal life ‘ended’ after taxi hit her during 2019 protestA Hong Kong kindergarten clerk who was seriously injured by a taxi during the 2019 anti-government protests has told the High Court she has been unable to resume a normal life, citing ongoing mobility limitations, extensive leg scarring and the likelihood of future knee replacement surgery. Park Hoi-lam’s lawyers on Tuesday urged the court to find taxi driver Henry Cheng Kwok-chuen liable for at least HK$8.4 million (US$1.07 million) in damages after his vehicle mounted a pavement and struck her...South China Morning Post
POLITICSJul 21Retrial ordered after Hong Kong judge caught plagiarising again in rulingA Hong Kong High Court judge previously reprimanded for plagiarism has been found to have done so again, after an appeal court determined that almost 95 per cent of a previous judgment was lifted from the defendant’s counsel. In a ruling dated July 15, which came to light on Tuesday, a panel of three Court of Appeal judges found that Mr Justice Wilson Chan Ka-shun had engaged in “impermissible judicial copying” in a case he oversaw in 2024. The original case stemmed from a dispute between Nam...South China Morning Post
POLITICSJul 21Hong Kong vows to launch smart system, speed water mains replacementHong Kong authorities have vowed to introduce a smart management system and speed up the replacement of water mains to reduce the number of pipe bursts and leakages, after residents in Shau Kei Wan went without fresh water for more than a day. The Water Supplies Department announced on Monday night plans to accelerate the replacement of water mains. It said improvement works were already under way for about 50km (31 miles) of water mains, while new works covering about 40km were scheduled to...South China Morning Post
POLITICSJul 21Hong Kong’s first-time lawmakers ask fewer questions but attend Legco more oftenHong Kong’s first-time lawmakers have raised fewer questions than their veteran counterparts but recorded a higher attendance rate, a South China Morning Post check has found. Alan Chan Chung-yee, who is also the chief operating officer of Miramar Group, and athlete turned legislator Vivian Kong Man-wai were among those who submitted the fewest questions to the government. Political observers attributed the trend to newcomers seeking to balance respect for the executive-led system with their...South China Morning Post
POLITICSJul 20Mentally disabled Hong Kong waiter gets 28 months for inciting subversionA Hong Kong court has sentenced a man with an intellectual disability to two years and four months in prison for inciting subversion, promoting a pro-Taiwan party and disseminating anti-Communist Party messages, with the judge noting that his condition had affected his moral judgment. District Court Judge Stanley Chan Kwong-chi on Monday sentenced Chan Ho-hin, a 23-year-old waiter, who had earlier pleaded guilty to publishing 118 subversive messages on his social media accounts between June 27,...South China Morning Post
POLITICSJul 20Hong Kong prepares for sweeping reforms following end of Tai Po blaze inquiryHong Kong authorities are set to roll out sweeping reforms following the conclusion of the investigation into the city’s deadliest fire in decades, including criminalising bid-rigging and overhauling fire safety and property management laws. Political observers also expected senior officials, including ministers, to take accountability for the blaze once the committee submits its report, which sources said would be delayed by a month to late October due to the extra time needed to review...South China Morning Post
POLITICSJul 19Hong Kong’s 5-year plan will shore up market with governance and visionHong Kong’s decision to introduce its first five-year plan has prompted familiar questions. Does this signal greater government intervention at the expense of the free market? Will it make Hong Kong’s development model more similar to that of the mainland? Could it overlap with the annual policy address and budget? And without detailed key performance indicators, might it become little more than a symbolic document? These concerns deserve a serious response. For Hong Kong, the purpose of a...South China Morning Post
POLITICSJul 19Is the end of US sanctions on some Hong Kong officials an olive branch?Washington’s decision to end sanctions on nine Hong Kong and mainland Chinese officials, including Secretary for Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok and two national security staffers, is an olive branch from the US to China to improve relations after their two presidents met in May, political observers have said. They and legal experts said the lifting of sanctions on the nine individuals marked a “friendly gesture” and was “significant”, but little had changed for dozens of others whose sanctions had...South China Morning Post
POLITICSJul 19Hong Kong to tighten contractor oversight after Tai Po blaze, minister vowsHong Kong’s development minister has vowed to tighten monitoring of contractors and explore harsher penalties for industry misconduct following criticisms that the government’s reliance on their self-supervision was partly to blame for the deadly Tai Po blaze. But Bernadette Linn Hon-ho also defended the current regulatory system, stressing that violations were penalised. “The monitoring system has never been designed to allow the professionals to do whatever they like unchecked. But the...South China Morning Post
POLITICSJul 19U Hong Kong declaration lapses | The Arkansas Democrat - Gazette - Arkansa Best News SourceA declaration concerning Hong Kong has lapsed, as reported by The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. This event signifies a notable change in the international standing or agreements related to Hong Kong.arkansasonline.com · United States
POLITICSJul 19Hong Kong will press ahead with dog-friendly dining despite backlash, pulloutsHong Kong will press ahead with its new dog-friendly dining scheme despite a public backlash and the withdrawal of 11 participating restaurants, the environment minister has said, describing the situation as part of an initial adjustment period. Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan said on Sunday that authorities would step up inspections and public education to reduce rule violations. The scheme took effect on July 9. “Photos posted by internet users are not fake. These things...South China Morning Post
POLITICSJul 19Hong Kong-based mediation body adds at least 1 more successful case to tallyAn intergovernmental mediation body headquartered in Hong Kong has resolved at least one more dispute since settling a case involving parties from Singapore and mainland China, as the number of signatory states grew to 46 and contracting nations reached 16. Teresa Cheng Yeuk-wah, secretary general of the International Organisation for Mediation (IOMed), also said on Sunday that her organisation had persistently explained its work to parties with “a certain attitude” due to geopolitical...South China Morning Post
POLITICSJul 19Hong Kong’s Legco sets off for Beijing on week-long national affairs study tripHong Kong’s lawmakers have embarked on an unprecedented week-long study visit to Beijing, with the Legislative Council’s president saying the trip would help their work of ensuring the city better aligns with national development. Starry Lee Wai-king on Sunday highlighted the significance of the trip, which marks the first time the entire legislature has travelled to the capital for such a “national affairs study visit”. “It is a good time for lawmakers to gain a first-hand understanding of the...South China Morning Post
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