Category: HK Current Affairs

Hong Kong Falun Gong Wins Case for Banner Fine, Court Refuses DOJ’s Appeal to Review

A Hong Kong court has rejected an appeal from the the Hong Kong Department of Justice (DOJ) over a lower court’s decision to acquit a woman for holding a banner. Dong Ming, a Falun Gong practitioner in Hong Kong, was pushing a trolley with a banner that read “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance is good”…


Hong Kong Man with Asperger’s Syndrome Refused Entry to Macau for Remarks on Public Affairs

Tsang Hing-kwong, a Hong Kong citizen diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome, was unexpectedly held for questioning on arrival in Macau on Jan. 11. He was accused of “seditious (online) remarks” and was deported the same evening. Tsang recounted the incident in a Facebook post on the afternoon of Jan. 13. he recalled taking the ferry from…


HK Ranks Last in Latest Asia-Pacific Region’s Happiness Index Survey

Two surveys of Hongkonger happiness have been released in the last month. Market research consultants, Votee conducted a survey of seven Asia regions over the last year asking people for their happiness rating, and the Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute (HKPORI) undertook a poll in early November 2022 and released the results in December….


Jimmy Lai’s Lawyers Meet British Minister to Discuss Release

The global legal team of Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, founder of Next Media, who has been imprisoned for two years to date, proposed to meet with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak urgently, hoping to discuss ways to ensure Lai’s release. The British Prime Minister’s spokesperson confirmed on Jan. 10 that Lai’s legal team met with Anne-Marie…


Unemployed, Homeless Man Suffers Stroke After COVID-19 Vaccination, Risk Another Jab for Work

During the three-year pandemic, a 50-year-old laborer in Hong Kong lost his job, was evicted by his landlord, and suffered a stroke 16 days after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine. Being homeless, he had to risk getting a third shot to try to find a job. Known only as Cheung, he is currently taking temporary refuge…


A New Way to Synthesize mRNA’s Protein Enhancing Effectiveness of Cancer and COVID-19 Treatment

A team from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has recently developed a new technology that could increase synthetic mRNA’s protein production efficiency, thereby strengthening the efficiency of cancer treatments and COVID-19 vaccines. The finding was recently published in the online version of the journal Molecular Therapy—Nucleic Acids. mRNA is a genetic…


Man Who Threw Himself Onto Moving Car Arrested on Suspected Fraud

A Hong Kong man is going viral on social media for his exaggerated act of being hit by a car after dash cam footage showed him throwing himself at a slow-moving car before rolling continuously on the ground for an extended period. In the past 20 years, there have been numerous cases in mainland China…


Cardinal Joseph Zen Had a Private Meeting With Pope Francis

When Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, the honorary bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong and ex-trustee of the 612 Humanitarian Support Fund, was in Rome to attend Pope Benedict XVI’s funeral, he also had a meeting with Pope Francis. Cardinal Zen, who was in jail on suspicion of violating the National Security Law, was…


COVID-19 Cases, Deaths and Hospital Bed Occupancy in Hong Kong at Start of New Year

In the recent COVID-19 escalation in Hong Kong, the daily cases increased throughout December and peaked at 24,895 on Dec. 28, 2022, and in the first week of the new year, although cases were falling, they were still running at a 7-day average of 20,500 on Jan. 6. Center for Health Protection Report On Jan….


Political Cartoonist Forced to Leave Hong Kong After His Work Attracted Police Attention

A former assistant professor at the School of Visual Arts of Baptist University (HKBU) and political cartoonist has emigrated to the UK after he was reported to the police for an academic article on the anti-extradition movement in September 2021. Justin Wong, who had focused primarily on satirizing the current social situation in Hong Kong, was…