Bao Choy Yuk-ling, journalist and former producer of RTHK (local media), was found guilty of obtaining vehicle license information for making “721, Who Owns The Truth?” a special episode for the axed program Hong Kong Connection in 2019. On Nov. 7, the High Court judge rejected Choy’s appeal. At the same time, the judge proposed…
Journalist’s Appeal Rejected, Remains Guilty for Investigating the Truth
November 17, 2022
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Congressional Panel Report: Hong Kong ‘Increasingly Isolated and Further Subordinated’ by the CCP
November 16, 2022
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The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission recently released its annual report, presented to Congress on Nov. 15. In its chapter on Hong Kong, the advisory panel pointed out that Hong Kong has become increasingly isolated and controlled by Beijing and has entered a new era of total control by mainland authorities. The influence of the mainland…
Minors Account for Third of 140,000 Hongkongers That Have Emigrated to UK Under BNO Visa Scheme
Since the implementation of the BNO visa programme by the UK government last year, about 142,000 Hong Kong applications had been approved by the end of June this year. The majority of the applicants are aged between 24 and 54. About a third of the applications are from persons under 18. Some commented that such…
UK Government Urged to Sanction Hong Kong Officials
November 15, 2022
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The UK government was urged on Monday to sanction 16 current and former officials in Hong Kong, including Chief Executive John Lee and his predecessor Carrie Lam. A report (pdf), published by campaign group Stand with Hong Kong, was launched in Parliament on Monday evening at an event hosted by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hong…
HK Pro-Democracy Protest Song Played as Anthem at Asia Rugby Match in Korea
The second leg of the Asia Rugby Sevens Series in Incheon, South Korea, was held on Nov. 13. During the men’s final between Hong Kong and South Korea, a widely known song, “Glory to Hong Kong,” which was adopted as the anthem of the protests of the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement in 2019, was played…
Construction Worker Hoisted Into the Air by Tower Crane, Then Fell as He Was Being Lowered
On the morning of Nov. 10, a construction worker was hoisted into the air by the tail rope of a tower crane and later fell to the ground. The Association for the Rights of Industrial Accident Victims believes the accident was linked to the lack of communication between workers and strongly condemned its delayed report…
Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai Is Allowed to Hire British UK Barrister for National Security Case
The founder of the now-closed Next Media and its pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, was charged with colluding with foreign forces under the National Security Law (NSL). Hong Kong’s Department of Justice (DOJ) lost its appeal against the High Court’s decision on Nov. 9 to let a UK barrister represent Lai in his…
Survey: 76 Percent Respondents Agree HK COVID-19 Policies Place Hefty Burden on Economy and Society
A day after John Lee Ka-chiu, Chief Executive (CE) of Hong Kong, stated that the government would not cancel the COVID-19 vaccine pass and mask mandates, the Democratic Party published the results of a survey on citizens’ opinions. The survey showed that over 75 percent of the public do not agree that the current epidemic is…
More Books Removed From Public Libraries for Suspected Violation of Hong Kong National Security Law
On Oct. 5, Wen Wei Po, a local Hong Kong mouthpiece for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), named seven books in public libraries and accused them of smearing the CCP by “inciting soft confrontation.” The named books and a total of 17 books in the same series have been removed from the shelves. The books…
Report: 45 Percent of HK Young Generation Suffer From Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Syndrome
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and the University of London recently published a report stating that under social unrest and the pandemic, 45 percent of the younger generation in Hong Kong suffer from suspected post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) syndrome. The Institutes of Health Equity (IHE) at CUHK and University College, London (UCL), which…
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