Category: HK Current Affairs

Taiwan Rejects Hong Kong Immigrants Who Work for Companies With China Links

Since the implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law (HKNSL), there has been a wave of emigration from Hong Kong. In addition to the United Kingdom and Canada, Taiwan is also one of the famous spots for immigration. However, the Taiwan government has handled more than 70 administrative complaints for Hong Kong residents to…


5 Hong Kong Teenagers Sentenced in First National Security Case Involving Minors

HONG KONG—Five Hong Kong teenagers were ordered by a judge on Saturday to serve up to three years in detention at a correctional facility, for urging an “armed revolution” in a national security case. The five, some of whom were minors aged between 15 and 18 at the time of the alleged offense, had pleaded…


Hong Kong Online Radio Host Jailed For Sedition and Money Laundering

“Giggs” Edmund Wan Yiu-sing, host of a D100 Radio programme in Hong Kong, who had pleaded guilty to one count of sedition and three of money-laundering, was handed a jail sentence of 32 months on Sept. 7. On Feb. 7, 2021, officers from the national security department arrested Wan on a charge of “seditious intent,”…


Anti-Communist Writer ‘Hong Kong’s Voltaire’ Lee Yee Dies At 86

Lee Yee, a famous Hong Kong writer, died of illness in Taipei on Oct. 5 at the age of 86. His daughter posted an obituary on her Facebook page. “The funeral arrangements will be announced soon,” she said. Hong Kong columnist Chip Tsao and scholar Simon Shen pointed out that Lee had recently been diagnosed…


Sanctioned Russian Oligarch Anchors Mega Yacht in Hong Kong

The superyacht Nord, believed to belong to Alexey Mordashov, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s third-richest oligarch, was anchored in Hong Kong waters on Oct. 6, 2022. After the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war, the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and other countries imposed sanctions on tycoons who are…


Judge Found Man That Played ‘Glory to Hong Kong’ Innocent After Police Charged Him Multiple Times

The Hong Kong Police charged a 68-year-old retiree for playing “Glory to Hong Kong” with his er-hu in many places in public. Lee was found not guilty for one of his charges, “playing an instrument without a license” on Oct. 3. The other two similar charges were postponed and will be settled on Oct 31….


Body of Hong Kong Student Found in Taipei Temple, Taiwan

On Sept. 29, 2022, the body of a young female student was found inside a locked toilet cubicle in the basement of  Longshan Temple, Taipei. The student left a note warning people to not communicate with the spiritual world. Her parents rushed to Taiwan after learning of her death. Mr. Chung, the student’s father, said his…


Shangri-La Guest Database Hacked

Shangri-La Group issued an announcement on its official website on Sept. 30, stating that its 8 hotels were found to have been hacked by professional cyber attackers, bypassing the group’s security monitoring system, and after investigation, it was found that the contact information of some guests was leaked. The group apologized to the affected customers…


Breast Cancer Patients Under 40 Are Less Likely to Survive

The Hong Kong Breast Cancer Database of the Hong Kong Breast Cancer Foundation shows that the ten-year survival rate of Chinese breast cancer patients was 87.7 percent. While the ten-year survival rate of patients with the early diagnosis was almost 90 percent, the rate dropped to less than 30 percent with stage 4 cancer. The…


90-Year-Old Cardinal in Dock ‘As Dark Awaits Dawn’

The nonagenarian Cardinal Zen, Bishop Emeritus of the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong, belonging to the very highest echelon of the Roman Catholic Church, who was arrested by the Hong Kong government (HKgov), stood in the dock on Sept. 26. The silence of the Holy See has been criticized both inside and outside the Catholic…