politicsprotest
The Hong Kong government has defended its monthly spending of HK$3.75 million to maintain defunct Covid-19 isolation centres after one legislator described the bill as “shocking.” Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn addressed lawmakers in the Legislative Council on Wednesday as meetings to discuss the financial year’s budget continued. As part of initial questions asked by lawmakers ahead of the meetings, legislator Chan Hoi-yan had asked the Development Bureau how much the city was spending on maintaining the Covid-19 isolation facilities. The Development Bureau said in a written reply ...
Hong Kong Free Press
A Hong Kong lawmaker has questioned how a government film subsidy fund vetted projects, citing “views” that the scheme had backed movies promoting “soft resistance” and with “negative energy.” Lawmaker Joephy Chan raised the matter as part of the legislators’ questions to different government departments ahead of Legislative Council meetings to discuss the budget for this financial year. ”There are views suggesting that the projects funded by the Film Development Fund (FDF) are suspected of containing ‘soft resistance’ and negative energy, and lacking elements of ‘telling the good stories of H...
Hong Kong Free Press
Jimmy Lai had mentioned in late November 2019 the idea of conducting a primary poll to “continue the momentum” of the pro-democracy camp in a legislative race originally scheduled for 2020, an activist has told the media tycoon’s landmark national security trial. The Apple Daily founder said organising a primary election could unite the votes of pro-democracy electors and secure the legislative seats of the democrats, paralegal Chan Tsz-wah testified in court on Wednesday. Chan has pleaded guilty to with conspiring with Lai and others to collude with foreign forces. According to Chan, Lai made...
Hong Kong Free Press
A Hong Kong court has refused three activists’ applications to challenge their convictions over refusing to comply with a data request from national security police at the city’s top court. Chow Hang-tung, a human rights lawyer and the former vice-chair of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements, the group that once organised the city’s annual candlelight vigils in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, represented herself in court on Wednesday. Chow appeared before High Court Judge Anna Lai along with former Alliance members Tang Ngok-kwan and Tsui Hon-kwong ...
Hong Kong Free Press
A team established to rebut criticism of Hong Kong’s new security law will continue to operate, the government has said, citing continued “misinformation and slanders from time to time.” In a written response to questions raised by pro-Beijing lawmaker Starry Lee, the Security Bureau said there remained a “need for the continued operation of the ‘Response and RebuttalTeam’.” Authorities announced on January 25 that a special team would be set up to respond and rebut “smears” against new security legislation under Article 23 of the Basic Law, days before they launched a one-month public consult...
Hong Kong Free Press
Hong Kong’s government has revealed that it spent HK$9.17 million on rent, salaries and other expenses to fund former leader Carrie Lam’s office last year, a figure 32 per cent higher than the previous year. Authorities set up an office for Lam after she finished her chief executive term in 2022, in line with practices for past leaders. The offices are intended for ex-chief executives to conduct activities such as receiving dignitaries and giving media interviews. Traditionally, the government sets up offices for Hong Kong’s chief executives following the completion of their terms at the Offic...
Hong Kong Free Press
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai wanted to “lead” protesters in 2019 amid concerns that the violent actions of “radicals” would threaten the movement’s international support, an activist has testified during the Apple Daily founder’s national security trial. Paralegal Chan Tsz-wah, who stands accused alongside Lai and is now testifying against him, said on Tuesday that the media mogul hoped to set up a leadership group to re-orient radical protesters in 2019. Lai hoped to establish peaceful, non-violent actions as the primary mode of protest after a man who expressed pro-establishment views was...
Hong Kong Free Press
A routine UK government report on Hong Kong that described the city as being on a “negative trajectory” has been met with condemnation from authorities over what they called “wanton slander and political attacks.” The latest six-monthly report, published on Monday, details political, judicial and constitutional developments in Hong Kong from July through December 2023. According to the UK government, the reports reflect a “commitment to the faithful implementation of the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration,” a treaty between the UK and China that guaranteed Hong Kong a high degree of autonomy ...
Hong Kong Free Press
A Hong Kong man who tried to flee to Taiwan while facing a charge linked to the 2019 protests has been jailed for three years and 10 months, after he pleaded guilty to a petrol bomb plot and perverting the course of justice. District Judge Ernest Lin put defendant Tang Kai-yin behind bars on Tuesday, almost eight months after the 34-year-old finished serving a three-year sentence in mainland China, local media reported. He was among 12 Hongkongers intercepted by Chinese coastguards in August 2020, when they attempted to escape to Taiwan on a speedboat. Most on board were on bail pending trial ...
Hong Kong Free Press
Hong Kong held a raft of events across the city on Monday to mark National Security Education Day, with a top Beijing official saying the city should prioritise economic development after the recent passage of a new security law. At Victoria Park in Causeway Bay, a colourful carnival featured exhibitions about national security and the police’s counter-terrorism vehicles. Chan Kwai-lan, an insurance worker in her 40s volunteering at the carnival, said the city’s efforts to safeguard national security were “good, very good.” “At least everyone is living in peace and working happily, and the eco...
Hong Kong Free Press
閲覧を続けるには、ノアドット株式会社が「プライバシーポリシー」に定める「アクセスデータ」を取得することを含む「nor.利用規約」に同意する必要があります。
「これは何?」という方はこちら