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Sun, 08 Aug 2021 15:43:03 +0800
Hong Kong reports two more imported Covid cases
Health authorities on Sunday reported two new Covid infections, both imported. One of them, a 30-year-old man, arrived in Hong Kong on August 6 from the United States. He was vaccinated in the US in April with the BioNTech jab, and was found to ca...

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 15:39:10 +0800
Police seize HK$57m of ice, ketamine in Yuen Long
Police on Sunday said they had seized HK$57 million worth of drugs in Yuen Long, and made two arrests. Detectives said they found the 106-kilogramme haul hidden inside two containers at a logistic firm’s storage site in Yuen Long, during an anti-d...

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 12:22:47 +0800
Anti-sanctions law can be added to Basic Law: SJ
The Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng said on Sunday that Beijing’s anti-sanctions law could be imposed on Hong Kong in the same way that the national security law was – by adding it annex three of the Basic Law. Cheng said this would be the â€...

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 12:11:54 +0800
Business group says shift to e-payments long overdue
The president of the Hong Kong Small and Medium Enterprises Association, Pam Mak, said on Sunday that some businesses are finding it difficult to familiarise themselves with electronic payment platforms – but the shift is long overdue. "You can se...

Sat, 07 Aug 2021 20:54:51 +0800
Massage parlour scandal wasn't criminal: police chief
Police commissioner Raymond Siu said on Saturday that no "criminal element" was involved in an incident in which the director of the police's national security bureau was found at an unlicensed massage parlour. It was revealed in May that senior as...

Sat, 07 Aug 2021 17:23:01 +0800
Veteran democrat Lee Wing-tat leaves Hong Kong
The Democratic Party on Saturday confirmed that its vice-chairman, Lee Wing-tat, has left the SAR. Earlier, the pro-Beijing Wen Wei Po reported that Lee has been seen at the airport boarding a flight to London on Friday night. The party's chair, L...

Sat, 07 Aug 2021 15:03:31 +0800
HK reports seven imported cases, all vaccinated
Health authorities on Saturday reported seven new Covid infections, all imported and all fully vaccinated. Three flew in from the United States, while the others were from Tanzania, Austria, Spain, and France. Among the seven patients, five had re...

Sat, 07 Aug 2021 12:36:57 +0800
Expert urges caution on shorter quarantine policy
A government adviser on the pandemic on Saturday called for caution ahead of a change under which the SAR will allow some arrivals to undergo shorter quarantine. Starting from Monday, people arriving from medium-risk areas only need seven days in q...

Sat, 07 Aug 2021 11:55:24 +0800
No Covid cases found during Sheung Wan lockdown
The government said on Saturday that it didn't find any Covid-19 infections after testing around 300 residents of a block in Sheung Wan during an overnight lockdown. Health officials put Sea View Mansion on Connaught Road West under lockdown on Fri...

Sat, 07 Aug 2021 11:32:02 +0800
HKU student leaders not being punished: Kevin Yeung
Education minister Kevin Yeung on Saturday denied suggestions that a group of University of Hong Kong students were banned from campus as a punishment for mourning a man who stabbed a police officer before killing himself. After speaking on a radio...

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 17:14:58 +0800
Customs 'smash largest cannabis-growing den ever'
Customs officers said on Friday they have uncovered the city's largest cannabis-growing facility ever in an operation in which HK$70 million of suspected cannabis plants were seized. The haul was made at a house in Yuen Long which was described as a...

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 17:08:03 +0800
Jab centres to stay open longer after bookings boom
Hong Kong's coronavirus vaccination centres will stay open for an extra month after a recent uptick in bookings, the government announced on Friday. The territory's 29 vaccine sites were due to close at the end of September, but 26 of them will now ...

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 16:07:07 +0800
Patriotic elites scramble to join election committee
Politicians, businesspeople and other prominent Hongkongers have started throwing their hats into the ring for a seat on the city's election committee, boasting of their patriotic credentials and setting out what they expect of the next chief executi...

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 15:56:37 +0800
HK records two imported Covid infections
Health officials on Friday reported two imported Covid-19 infections, with both patients asymptomatic. The Centre for Health Protection said one of them, a 41-year-old man from Russia, was infected with the potentially more contagious L452R mutant ...

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 12:54:56 +0800
I'll root out those who don't truly believe: John Lee
Chief Secretary John Lee has vowed to leave no stone unturned when it comes to vetting those who hope to join Hong Kong's Election Committee (EC), to make sure only true believers make it through the selection process. His warning came as the nomina...

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 12:41:49 +0800
Hypocritical of US to offer haven for HKers: Beijing
The Foreign Ministry office in Hong Kong on Friday condemned a move by the United States to offer temporary "safe haven" to SAR residents, saying its plot to oppose China and upset the city's order is bound to fail. US President Joe Biden earlier si...

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 11:28:17 +0800
HKU court members demand end to student ban
Seven members of the University of Hong Kong's legislative body have demanded the institution's governing council end its campus ban on all students who attended a controversial union meeting last month. In an open letter issued late on Thursday, th...

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 11:24:14 +0800
'Table tennis medal shows transformation of HK team'
The chairman of the Hong Kong Table Tennis Association, Tony Yue, says an historic bronze won by the women’s team in the Tokyo Games has shown their transformation from relying on athletes from the mainland, to producing home-grown paddlers. The ...

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 11:14:33 +0800
Man arrested over body found in playground
Police say a 30-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after an elderly man's body was found in Hoi Chu Road Playground in Tuen Mun on Thursday night. The 70-year-old victim had suffered multiple stab wounds, mostly to his face and ne...

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 05:49:05 +0800
Man arrested after corpse found in Tuen Mun park
Police on Friday said they had arrested a man on suspicion of murder after the body of a 70-year-old man was found in a Tuen Mun park, with stab wounds to his head and neck. A passer-by, who was walking through a playground on Hoi Chu Road, made th...



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