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Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:20:55 +0800
Govt urged to better protect freelancers
The government has been urged to provide more labour protection for freelancers, as a survey suggests that moving from gig to gig is becoming more popular among young people. The Concern for Grassroots Livelihood Alliance says of 220 people aged be...

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 13:38:58 +0800
Govt dismisses lawmakers' call for more PE in schools
The Education Bureau has rejected calls by lawmakers for schools to set aside more time for physical education lessons. At a home affairs panel meeting on Friday, councillors said more time spent on PE could help improve sport development in Hong Ko...

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 12:54:35 +0800
Schoolchildren drop in for jabs before term starts
Some schoolchildren taking advantage of the new walk-in service for Covid jabs said on Friday that they wanted to get inoculated before the new term starts, as they're hoping their school life will soon get back to normal. Students aged 12 or above ...

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 12:38:44 +0800
Student accused of advocating terrorism freed on bail
A University of Hong Kong student charged under the national security law with advocating terrorism was on Friday released on bail by the High Court. Yung Chung-hei, 19, is one of four students from the university accused of promoting terrorism, aft...

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 11:20:22 +0800
Home prices rise to near-record levels
The latest figures released by the government on Friday showed Hong Kong’s home prices went up at a faster pace, to near-record levels in July. The home price index released by the Rating and Valuation Department increased by 0.46 percent to 396....

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 10:40:35 +0800
Govt not getting rid of different voices: Paul Tse
Independent lawmaker Paul Tse has dismissed suggestions that the disqualification of Cheng Chung-tai as a legislator demonstrates how the government is trying to eliminate opposition voices. “Cheung Chung-tai only represents one colour, and maybe...

Thu, 26 Aug 2021 22:03:30 +0800
Green groups still have misgivings about waste plan
Green groups said the lack of a clear start date for the city's solid waste disposal scheme, which was endorsed by Legco on Thursday, is a cause for concern. The government said it expects it will be another 18 months before people have to start pay...

Thu, 26 Aug 2021 16:57:44 +0800
'Unpatriotic' Cheng Chung-tai loses Legco seat
Civic Passion’s Cheng Chung-tai was on Thursday stripped of his seat in the legislature after national security officials decided he isn't fit to be on the Election Committee (EC) because he isn’t loyal to the SAR. Announcing the authorities’ ...

Thu, 26 Aug 2021 15:23:21 +0800
Household rubbish charging scheme approved by Legco
Lawmakers have approved the government's plan to charge households for their rubbish disposal, based on the amount they throw away. The move has been years in the planning and on Thursday the relevant bill was backed by 37 lawmakers and opposed by o...

Thu, 26 Aug 2021 14:50:53 +0800
HK reports three new imported Covid cases
Health authorities on Thursday reported three new Covid-19 cases, all of them imported. The patients, aged between 34 and 47, arrived from Nepal, Pakistan and Greece respectively. The Centre for Health Protection said the three men were asymptomat...

Thu, 26 Aug 2021 14:13:15 +0800
Domestic helpers can start flying in from Monday
The government has announced that foreign domestic workers can start flying in from Indonesia and the Philippines once again from August 30, after new arrangements were hammered out with authorities in the two countries. SAR officials have conceded,...

Thu, 26 Aug 2021 13:04:43 +0800
Two men feared drowned, two women arrested
The police on Thursday launched an investigation into suspected illegal entry to Hong Kong after a man apparently drowned in waters off Lung Kwu Tan in Tuen Mun and another was reported missing. The force said it received a report from a 24-year-old...

Thu, 26 Aug 2021 12:22:29 +0800
Ban the unjabbed from public venues, urges expert
A medical expert on Thursday called for a ban on unvaccinated people entering crowded public places, only to be shot down by one of his peers who said such a move would never work. The government says fewer people are now booking jabs, and while aro...

Thu, 26 Aug 2021 11:28:01 +0800
Lawmakers to be allowed to vote on bills remotely
The government has proposed allowing lawmakers to vote remotely on important matters under exceptional circumstances such as the pandemic. Legco panels and subcommittees have been holding virtual meetings since last year, but councillors must atten...

Wed, 25 Aug 2021 20:51:18 +0800
Five people sentenced over quarantine breaches
Health officials said five people had been sentenced in the Magistrates' Courts on Wednesday for breaching quarantine rules. They said in a statement that the five cases involved three men and two women, aged between 29 and 74, who had been ordered...

Wed, 25 Aug 2021 15:37:13 +0800
HK is now optimistic and patriotic: Beijing official
A Beijing official overseeing Hong Kong affairs on Wednesday said the SAR is now teeming with patriotism and positive energy after the national security law was implemented and electoral system improved. Speaking after a seminar organised by the Hon...

Wed, 25 Aug 2021 15:35:34 +0800
Five new imported Covid cases in Hong Kong
Health officials on Wednesday reported five new imported Covid-19 infections. One of them is a 44-year-old woman who flew in from the Philippines and had received both doses of the BioNTech jabs. Another is a 61-year-old woman from Dubai. She had ...

Wed, 25 Aug 2021 15:07:28 +0800
Police seek alliance info in national security probe
National security police have reportedly written to core members of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, asking for information related to the group's ties with foreign groups. According to Chow Hang-tung, v...

Wed, 25 Aug 2021 13:07:58 +0800
Cross-border drivers used to launder money: Customs
Customs officers said they have for the first time smashed a money-laundering case involving cross-boundary drivers. Officers said on Wednesday they arrested five men aged 40 to 43 in the past week on suspicion of laundering HK$170 million. Three ...

Wed, 25 Aug 2021 12:51:06 +0800
Students can take walk-in Covid jabs from Friday
Students aged 12 or above can take their coronavirus jabs at 24 vaccination centres without a booking from Friday. Currently, people who are 60 or older can get a same-day ticket to receive a Covid-19 jab on a walk-in basis. The government decided...



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