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Fri, 01 Oct 2021 16:04:14 +0800
Police investigate report of burnt national flag
Police said on Friday that they have found a burnt national flag at Wong Tai Sin, and suspected that it was set on fire. The police said they received a report at 6:30 am on National Day of the flag, which was found under a bridge in Wang Tau Hom Es...

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 15:02:45 +0800
Hong Kong records four new imported Covid cases
The Centre for Health Protection on Friday reported four new imported Covid-19 cases. The three men and one woman, who returned from the Philippines and Pakistan, were all fully vaccinated. Separately, health authorities ordered residents at block...

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 13:32:24 +0800
Govt vouchers help boost the economy, public told
Dozens of people were seen queuing outside a convenience store in Tai Koo Shing on Friday, as they waited to redeem the second installment of consumption vouchers. The HK$36-billion voucher scheme was part of a raft of government measures to help t...

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 12:45:20 +0800
Minister denies pressure over care home jab scheme
The minister in charge of the vaccination programme Patrick Nip on Friday denied putting pressure on relatives of elderly people in care homes over a pilot scheme to get residents inoculated against Covid-19. Under the scheme, doctors will visit re...

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 10:34:43 +0800
HK is in best position since handover: CE
Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Friday that thanks to the "double safeguards" of the National Security Law and the revamped electoral system, Hong Kong was now "truly" on the right path of the "one country, two systems" principle. Speaking at a ...

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 08:20:26 +0800
Man killed after motorcycle hits lamp post
Police said they are investigating a fatal traffic accident early on Friday in which a 44-year-old man died near the Central-Wan Chai Bypass Tunnel.. They said that at about 12.18am the man was riding the motorcycle through the tunnel in the directi...

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 05:09:48 +0800
Second instalment consumption voucher payments begin
Hong Kong residents, who were among the first batch to register electronically, received their second instalment of consumption vouchers on Friday. The government announced the HK$36 billion scheme in last February's budget as a way to boost the pa...

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 17:51:21 +0800
Apple Daily staff national security case adjourned
Six former senior executives and editors of the now-defunct Apple Daily made brief appearances in court over national security charges on Thursday. Next Digital’s former CEO Cheung Kim-hung, the paper’s former editor-in-chief Ryan Law, executiv...

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 17:26:12 +0800
Public consulted on regulating single-use plastics
Hongkongers have been asked to give their views on regulating single-use plastic items that are non-essential and difficult to recycle, such as umbrella bags, hotel toiletry bottles and cotton buds. Officials also want to know if the current HK$0.5 ...

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 17:17:26 +0800
Vigil organiser denied bail over subversion charge
West Kowloon Court on Thursday denied bail to June 4 vigil organiser Chow Hung-tung, who is charged with inciting subversion of state power. Chow, the vice-chairwoman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China,...

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 15:33:58 +0800
HK sees three imported Covid-19 cases
Hong Kong reported three new imported Covid-19 cases on Thursday, all involving the L452R mutant strain. They include a 51-year-old man arriving from Pakistan, as well as a man and woman who arrived from France. All of them have been inoculated....

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 12:31:11 +0800
Police to deploy over 8,000 officers on National Day
Sources have told RTHK that the police are planning to deploy more than 8,000 officers across the city on Friday, to ensure various ceremonies and public activities are conducted in an orderly and safe manner on National Day. There will be a strong...

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 12:02:59 +0800
Recycling store 'sorry' for dumping recyclable items
The head of the operator of a government-commissioned recycling outlet in Tin Hau has apologised, after a media report revealed that staff at the facility had thrown away items that were meant to be recycled. Speaking on an RTHK show on Thursday, S...

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 21:42:17 +0800
Parties urge govt to boost land supply in NT
Political parties on Wednesday called on the government to unleash the supply of land in the New Territories for housing and business development, such as making it easier for indigenous villagers to sell their ancestral plots and developing wetlands...

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 19:42:53 +0800
Ten district councillors unseated over invalid oaths
Ten more district councillors were disqualified on Wednesday after their oaths of allegiance to the SAR were ruled invalid. Those losing their seats include former Democratic Party lawmaker James To and barrister Lawrence Lau, who's been charged wit...

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 19:01:59 +0800
Full-year housing target 'met within 9 months'
The government said on Wednesday it expects the number of private flats generated in the first three quarters of the 2021/22 financial year to exceed its full-year target. Development Secretary Michael Wong said two residential sites will be put on ...

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 18:17:29 +0800
Govt moves to have Next Digital wound up
Financial Secretary Paul Chan exercised his powers on Wednesday to seek the winding up of Next Digital, saying the move was in the public interest. The government said Chan presented a petition to the court, in accordance with the Companies Ordinanc...

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 17:22:50 +0800
Lawmakers approve law to better protect Chinese flag
Lawmakers on Wednesday passed changes to the law aimed at safeguarding the dignity of the Chinese flag and national emblem, spelling out in detail how they should be treated with respect and setting out rules on ceremonies in schools. The SAR had a ...

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 16:18:44 +0800
RTHK issues new editorial guidelines
Radio Television Hong Kong on Wednesday issued a new document to its staff, saying the station must support the government in safeguarding national security and interests. It also reminds staff members to act responsibly on social media to protect t...

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 15:45:12 +0800
Police block HK Alliance from bank accounts, property
National security police have frozen assets belonging to the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, days after members voted to dissolve the group. The police order involved bank accounts and property in Mong Kok ...



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