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By Holmes CHAN et Anagha NAIR Hong Kong (AFP) - Sur les instructions de leur entraîneur de bateau-dragon, des sportifs malvoyants membres d'une même équipe "défient l'impossible" et pagayent à l'unisson sur une rivière de Hong Kong, tout en retrouvant confiance en eux. Les Darkness Fighters ("Combattants de l'obscurité" en français) sont la seule équipe de la mégapole financière à faire naviguer côte à côte des personnes déficientes visuelles et des bénévoles voyants pour concourir lors de la fête des bateaux-dragons, qui a lieu lundi à Hong Kong. Cette manifestation à la fois culturelle et sp...
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Hong Kong on Monday announced an indefinite delay to a long-debated waste charging scheme, which was initially discussed by the government back in 2005 as a way to address what was described at the time as an “urgent waste problem.” Under the policy, residents and businesses would have been charged according to the amount of rubbish they disposed of – with each litre priced at HK$0.11 – through the use of government-designated bags. The idea was that people would reduce the volume of waste that went straight in the trash, and increase the amount sent for recycling. Originally set to be rolled ...
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Two protesters jailed for rioting in a Hong Kong shopping mall in July 2019 have been ordered to pay up to HK$1.7 million each in damages to cover the injury-related costs of two police officers. Leung Pak-tim and Lee Man-him – who served time in prison over their involvement in a protest in New Town Plaza, in Sha Tin, on July 14, 2019 – recently received letters from the Department of Justice (DoJ) demanding money to cover paid sick leave and other expenses for two officers deployed to the demonstration. The DoJ said it was representing the police chief in making the demand. The letters, date...
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Hong Kong’s justice secretary, chief justice, and its two professional legal bodies, have backed the city’s judicial independence, after two of the top court’s overseas judges resigned on Thursday. Meanwhile, the city’s leader said rights and freedoms have been maintained after one of the judges cited the “political situation” as his reason for quitting. British judges Lord Jonathan Sumption, 75, and Lord Lawrence Collins, 83, quit the Court of Final Appeal, with the latter citing the “political situation.” Chief Justice Andrew Cheung said in a statement in the early hours of Friday that Non-P...
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The court has allocated 14 days to hear the mitigation pleas from 40 prominent Hong Kong democrats involved in the city’s largest national security case. When the submissions begin on July 2, most of the defendants will have already been detained for over three years. Activist Joshua Wong, journalist-turned-activist Gwyneth Ho, and veteran activist Leung Kwok-hung, who is better known as “Long Hair”, as well as former lawmakers, are among those due in court for mitigation before a panel of three judges arrive at sentencing. According to the court schedule, the defendants will appear in court i...
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Three people have been released on police bail after being arrested on suspicion of insulting China’s national anthem during a 2026 World Cup Asian qualifier in Hong Kong. Two men and one woman were apprehended under the National Anthem Law on Thursday night at Hong Kong Stadium, where Iran secured a 4-2 victory against the city’s team in a qualifying match for the international football championship to be held in 2026. According to police, the trio arrested, aged 18 to 31, were suspected of turning their backs to the field and not standing when the Chinese national anthem was played at the be...
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Approximately one in five Nepalese youths in Hong Kong has been sent to Nepal by their parents, with most being made to go against their will, a NGO has said as it highlighted an alarming student dropout rate among the ethnic minority community. Hong Kong Unison, an NGO that focuses on the equal rights and integration of ethnic minorities in the city, conducted a study of 268 Nepalese youths between last April and May and found that about 50 had been forced by their parents to spend time in Nepal, Executive Director John Tse said on Thursday. The average age of those surveyed was 22. “The size...
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The Chief Executive’s Office has defended comments about puberty by leader John Lee, after videos went viral of him referring to Executive Council member Ronny Tong. Lee was speaking after Tong at the Path of Democracy (PoD) party’s 9th Anniversary Fundraising Gala Dinner on Thursday: “I congratulate Ronny on his energy, commitment and more importantly, the puberty he always has,” he said. “And I hope that puberty is not just on developing new talents, but also on other things.” Social media users were confused by the comment about the party chief, and the video spread online as an official tr...
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Hong Kong police have condemned claims that a press group chief received an “unreasonable warning” from an officer while covering the 35th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown. Police on Wednesday rejected a statement from the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA), which criticised police officers over obstructing reporting, issuing an “unreasonable warning” and taking a photojournalist aside in Causeway Bay on Tuesday. Crackdown anniversaryTuesday marked 35 years since the Tiananmen crackdown occurred on June 4, 1989, which put an end to months of student-led demonstrations in China...
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An elderly Hong Kong man known for launching legal challenges against government policies has been released on police bail after being arrested on suspicion of defrauding welfare benefits. Veteran litigant Kwok Cheuk-kin, better known as the “king of judicial reviews,” was arrested in Cheung Chau on Thursday on suspicion of fraud, police said in a statement later that day. The 85-year-old was accused of making false statements and providing false information between 2013 and 2022 to withhold information regarding his personal income and assets. Police alleged Kwok had fraudulently accessed gov...
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