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A Hong Kong NGO has urged authorities to amend “outdated” sexual offences legislation, after noting a sharp rise in sexual violence cases involving private images and intimate partners in the city. Anti-sexual violence group RainLily publishes publishes the Retrospective Study Statistical Report 2019-2023 on October 29, 2024. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. There was a “steady increase” […]
McDonald’s was sued on Tuesday by consumers in a proposed class action stemming from the E coli outbreak linked to onions in the fast-food chain’s Quarter Pounders. Amanda McCray of Chicago and William Michael Kraft of Davie, Florida, said they experienced many symptoms associated with E coli infection after buying Quarter Pounders this month. Both […]
阿根廷布宜諾斯艾利斯省格塞爾鎮一家酒店，周二（29日）凌晨出現部分崩塌，造成1人死亡、1人受傷，另有數人受困。 當地政府表示，涉事的酒店樓高10曾，在當地時間凌晨1時左右，酒店部分建築出現倒塌。事發時，當時酒店內約有7至9人，當中包括一些懷疑非法施工人員。救援人員已發現一名男性死者，一名受傷婦女被送醫治療。 布宜諾斯艾利斯省安全部長哈維爾·阿隆索說，300多名救援人員正在清理廢墟並營救被困人員，搜 Source link
JIUQUAN, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) — Chinese astronauts Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze will carry out the Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceflight mission, and Cai will be the commander, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced at a press conference on Tuesday. Cai complet Source link
Cici Cao The government must have control over land arrangements to ensure supply, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu says in response to an “overcorrection” warning issued by former leader Leung Chun-ying, as home prices hit an eight-year low last month. Lee said the lack of land creation at the start of the century failed to […]
Wallis Wang The mainland’s largest coffee chain Luckin will open its first branch in Hong Kong – right next to a shop belonging to its main rival Starbucks. Xiaohongshu users discovered that the Luckin Coffee branch have begun renovations in Mira Place, Tsim Sha Tsui, with boards saying “A Lucky… Source link
Staff reporter Over 70 percent of Hongkongers agreed that this year’s policy address will boost the city’s economy, while another 60 percent are satisfied with it, revealed a survey conducted by Sing Tao Daily, The Standard’s sister paper. The online survey, aimed at garnering public views on the policy address delivered by Chief Executive John […]
Hong Kong’s main technology park operator and Saudi Arabia’s start-up incubator have agreed to collaborate, giving fintech companies in the city access to financing from a Middle East fund to pursue their growth ambitions. Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks (HKSTP) and Beta Lab signed an agreement in Riyadh on Tuesday as the annual Future […]
行政長官李家超今日（29日）與國家生態環境部黨組書記孫金龍會面，就雙方共同關心的議題交換意見。李家超歡迎孫金龍率領代表團訪港，出席第十九屆國際環保博覽開幕式，並透過調研了解香港在改善海港水質和廢物管理方面的工作。他感謝中央和國家生態環境部對特區政府在保護生態環境方面的工作的大力支持。 李家超說，二十屆三中全會指出，聚焦建設美麗中國，加快經濟社會發展全面綠色轉型，健全生態環境治理體系。特區政府未來會繼續與國家生態環境部和粵港澳大灣區各省、市政府緊密合作，推動大灣區環境治理，包括提升深圳河的水質和改善區域空氣質素等，為建設美麗中國、美麗香港而努力。 他又表示，特區政府會把握好背靠祖國、聯通世界的獨特優勢，引入內地和國際生態環境保護和發展技術，發展香港成為綠色科技示範基地。香港會發揮「超級聯繫人」和「超級增值人」的角色，結合香港具國際水平的專業服務和投融資優勢，為生態環境保護和發展作出貢獻。 環境及生態局局長謝展寰和行政長官辦公室主任葉文娟亦有出席。 Source link
New Delhi [India], October 29 (ANI): They worked long and hard for that dream for over a year, and were within four minutes of realising that. But it wasn’t meant to be for the spirited Blue Colts, whose 2-3 loss to Thailand brought an end to their U17 Asian Cup and World Cup dreams. Crestfallen, […]