A pro-Beijing community group in Hong Kong has applied to host a food carnival on June 4 at Victoria Park, the former location of annual candlelight vigils to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown for three decades.If the event is...
“Many common law jurisdictions, including Western countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, as well as Singapore, have enacted multiple pieces of legislation to safeguard national security,” he said.“Turning a blind eye to...
SINGAPORE - Labour chief Ng Chee Meng has dismissed speculation about his appearance at a community event in Bukit Batok, and asked that people not “read too much” into it. When asked if he intends to contest the next general...
His remarks came amid soaring cross-strait tensions. Beijing has denounced Lai as a “troublemaker” and an “obstinate separatist”, and has tried to downplay the significance of the ruling party’s electoral victory. The DPP won just 40 per cent of the...
“Secretary Hui looks forward to deepening cooperation between Hong Kong and British enterprises and investors in these areas, opening up greater opportunities for both markets,” it added.The treasury chief was the first local official to meet Trevelyan during a tour...
Doreen Kong Yuk-foon said it was important to safeguard national security, but questioned whether specific clauses needed to be incorporated into service agreements when the 2020 Beijing-imposed legislation and the city’s Safeguarding National Security Ordinance applied to the whole of...
A former Chinese propaganda chief who was responsible for promoting its official line on Tibet and human rights is facing bribery charges, prosecutors said on Wednesday.He was first placed under investigation for suspected corruption in July last year, making him...
The new local regulation was jointly issued by Jiangsu’s anti-spy agency, the state security department and the provincial postal bureau and took effect on April 15, making it the first government document in China to reward delivery companies and delivery...
Beijing has accused the US of using its latest human rights report to smear the situation in Hong Kong, saying Washington should stop “lying” and meddling in local and national affairs.The commissioner’s office of China’s Foreign Ministry arm in the...
Previously the worst affected areas were in the north of the province, with floods and landslides displacing more than 110,000 people along the Bei River, a tributary of the Pearl River.State news agency Xinhua said the Bei had recorded its...
