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Wed, 10 Feb 2021 15:47:58 +0800
Woman files complaint over 'aggressive policing'
A woman who said police officers pushed her to the ground and dragged her while she was heavily pregnant has filed a complaint with the force, saying the alleged assault has led to the premature birth of her son, who is still being hospitalised. Th...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 13:56:26 +0800
Challenge against helpers' live-in rule thrown out
The High Court on Wednesday dismissed a legal challenge by a foreign domestic helper against the live-in requirement for those on maternity leave. Yvette Dingle Fernandez had sought to challenge the refusal by the labour commissioner and immigration...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 13:00:48 +0800
No Covid cases found in To Kwa Wan lockdown
Authorities said on Wednesday no new Covid-19 cases were found among 1,700 residents tested for the virus during an overnight lockdown of two buildings in To Kwa Wan. The government ordered the testing of residents after sewage samples collected at ...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 12:02:57 +0800
Security trial without jury 'not rational'
A legal scholar on Wednesday criticised a decision by the Department of Justice not to use a jury for the first trial under the SAR's national security law, saying the reason given for the move is “strange and ridiculous”, but an executive counci...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:38:18 +0800
Jimmy Lai still has a chance of bail: scholar
University of Hong Kong legal scholar Simon Young says media tycoon Jimmy Lai still has a chance of being granted bail while awaiting trial on national security charges, despite a ruling against him by the Court of Final Appeal. Young, a former dire...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:53:40 +0800
Hong Kong film makes Oscars shortlist
Hong Kong's nominee for the best foreign film Oscar has been included on the 15-strong shortlist for the award, raising hopes of a first Academy Award nomination for the territory in more than 25 years. "Better Days", a mainland-set drama about teen...

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 22:46:47 +0800
Woman arrested for allegedly grabbing officer's gun
Police said a 33-year-old woman was arrested on Tuesday afternoon after she allegedly snatched an officer's gun just outside the Lantau North police station. A spokesman said in a brief statement that the officer had been busy handling a case when ...

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 22:23:16 +0800
Larger cull ordered as swine fever spreads in farm
Authorities on Tuesday order all 3,000-odd pigs at a Yuen Long farm to be slaughtered after a smaller cull last week failed to limit the spread of African swine fever there. The outbreak of the disease – that’s deadly to pigs but harmless to hum...

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 19:28:38 +0800
Two buildings in To Kwa Wan put on lockdown
Two residential buildings in To Kwa Wan are the latest to be placed under ambush-style lockdown by the government. It's the 10th straight evening officials have launched such operations, requiring residents to get tested for Covid-19. People who l...

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 17:45:45 +0800
Civil service to get lessons on constitutional order
Authorities say a provisional civil service academy will be completed within this year, and it will be tasked with strengthening government workers' knowledge of national affairs as well as the SAR’s constitutional order. In a report submitted to...

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 17:39:55 +0800
Kwun Tong care home residents put in quarantine
About 80 residents and staff of a care home for the disabled in Kwun Tong have been sent to a quarantine centre after one resident was confirmed to have Covid-19 and two workers tested preliminary positive for the virus. Officials found that one of ...

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 16:35:01 +0800
School principals concerned about frequent testing
A survey of more than 300 secondary school principals shows that most of them are concerned over the requirement for teachers to get regular coronavirus tests, and half of them are worried a resumption of face-to-face classes will increase the risk o...

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 15:13:57 +0800
Police say they've foiled a 'bloody attack' on HK
The police said on Tuesday that they had arrested two men after finding 23 kilogrammes of bomb-making chemicals, foiling a potential "bloody attack" around Lunar New Year. The men, aged 62 and 42, were suspected of conspiracy to manufacture explosi...

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 13:52:15 +0800
Outdoor sports facilities now open for check-in
Some government-run outdoor sports venues reopened on Tuesday – many weeks after the latest closures due to the pandemic – with users obliged to check-in at the venues either with the government's tracing app, or by handing over their contact det...

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 12:29:31 +0800
Court of Appeal upholds Wilson Fung's guilty verdict
Disgraced former official Wilson Fung has failed to overturn his conviction for misconduct in public office at the Court of Appeal, as the court struck down his bid for an appeal on Tuesday. Having already finished serving his nine-month prison sent...

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 12:12:53 +0800
'Denial of consular help conforms to int'l practice'
Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that Hong Kong is only going by the book when disallowing foreign consulates from offering protection to people with dual citizenship here. This comes after the British consulate said it may not be able to ...

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 11:51:20 +0800
'Move to quarantine schoolchildren is too much'
An infectious disease expert on Tuesday said it was too strict of the authorities to order around 130 students at a secondary school to be sent to a quarantine centre after two fellow pupils caught Covid-19. Dr Wilson Lam, the vice-president of Hong...

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 11:07:52 +0800
Social distancing rules to be relaxed after CNY: CE
Chief Executive Carrie Lam says some businesses that were ordered to close as part of social distancing will be allowed to reopen after the Lunar New Year holiday, now that the number of new coronavirus cases is finally starting to come down. She d...

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 10:03:52 +0800
Top court rules against Jimmy Lai in bail case
The Court of Final Appeal on Tuesday upheld a government challenge to a lower court's decision to grant bail to the media tycoon Jimmy Lai as he awaits trial on a charge of colluding with foreign forces under the national security law. The case was ...

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 08:58:15 +0800
1,500 tests, no cases in Jordan and Sham Shui Po
Overnight "ambush-style" lockdowns in areas of Jordan and Sham Shui Po on Monday saw more than 1,500 people tested for Covid-19 but no new cases, officials said on Tuesday morning. Officials allowed people who could show a negative test result to le...



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