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October 19, 1996, was just another day for many Hongkongers, apart from a minor typhoon which brought heavy rain. Some enjoyed time with their families that Saturday, others went to the races, a few went to church. The weather that day failed to deter art lovers, with 122 separate events staged across the city. In those final months of British colonial rule, there were few boundaries between art and politics. Earlier in 1996 a play had been performed which featured Article 23 of the Basic Law, due to come into force after the Handover to China on July 1, 1997. There was also much speculation a...
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The Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) voted in a new Executive Committee (ExCom) and chair on Saturday as Channel C’s Ronson Chan stood down as head of the press group. The Wall Street Journal’s Selina Cheng took the helm at the Association’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Jordan, having secured 100 votes, with two voting against. Two candidates, the Justice Centre’s Preston Cheung and the BBC’s Danny Vincent, dropped out of the race for Executive Committee seats, though both were voted in on Saturday with Chan saying there was no mechanism for them to withdraw. Cheung told HKFP he wou...
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A man has been charged under Hong Kong’s new security legislation over the publication of “seditious” statements on social media. Au Kin-wai, 58, did not apply for bail and was taken into custody after he appeared before Magistrate Don So at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts on Friday morning. The social media posts allegedly involved the words “Revolution is no crime, to rebel is justified,” a slogan dating back to China’s Cultural Revolution, the court heard. Au, who faces one count of “knowingly publishing publications that had a seditious intention,” was not required to enter a plea. So...
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Hong Kong’s health chief has drawn criticism from lawmakers after likening women’s fertility to “soil,” saying it deteriorates over time and therefore couples in the city should give birth to children while they are young. Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau on Thursday said women should not forget that fertility declines with age and that freezing their eggs may not help them conceive later, as he addressed a legislature debate on a motion for policies supporting assisted reproduction. “It is not just a problem with the eggs, it is also a problem with the soil. Even if you have frozen your eggs...
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The government has said that a sculpture formerly on display outside the Hong Kong Cultural Centre was being repaired after it was covered by hoarding boards and later removed, sparking censorship concerns online. The artwork by the late Taiwanese sculptor Ju Ming features 10 figures standing in a line – some in black suits, one in pink and two in yellow raincoats. Local media reported on Wednesday that it had been covered with hoarding, which bore a photo of the sculpture on in. However, the two figures in yellow raincoats in the image were obscured by a notice, informing people that a reinfo...
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The executive editor of The New York Times has criticised the “corrosive effect” of Hong Kong’s national security laws on press freedom during a journalism awards ceremony in the city, but said that local news media continued to produce impactful coverage despite facing such challenges. Speaking at the ceremony for the Society of Publishers in Asia awards on Thursday evening, Joseph Kahn said journalists in Hong Kong had to navigate “potential red lines” since Beijing imposed a security law on the city in 2020 and further security legislation was enacted in March. Kahn cited a recently-release...
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Two Hong Kong unions have opposed the government’s decision to further expand the quota for imported care workers, citing “huge harm” to the local labour force. The labour and welfare chief Chris Sun said on his official blog on Wednesday that starting from the third quarter, the quota for hiring non-local care workers in residential care homes would be increased by 8,000 to 15,000. In order to tackle a widespread labour crunch, the government last June announced it was expanding a series of labour import schemes. The quota for non-local care workers increased from 4,000 to 7,000. The Health S...
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Tuition fees at Hong Kong universities will rise by about five to six per cent annually over the next three years after being frozen for more than two decades, the government has announced. The annual tuition fee for programmes funded by the University Grants Committee (UGC) currently stands at HK$42,100, unchanged since 1997. From next year, there will be an annual increase of about HK$2,500 to bring the figure to HK$49,500 in 2027, the government said on Thursday. By comparison, British universities charge £9,250 (HK$91,671) in annual tuition fees. Speaking to reporters after attending an ev...
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Prosecutions relating to the illegal use of bright lights for fishing in Hong Kong waters soared last year, as authorities vowed again to step up patrols to combat the improper use of LED lamps to lure fish to the surface. There were 31 cases relating to the illegal use of bright light fishing activities that resulted in prosecution in 2023, a Marine Department (MD) spokesperson told HKFP by email on Monday, almost double the number of prosecutions over such activities in the previous four years, which stood at 17. Fishing with bright lights is permitted in parts of Hong Kong waters, but there...
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