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Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai has testified at his national security trial that urging other countries to speak up for the city’s pro-democracy movement does not amount to seeking foreign interference. Jimmy Lai. File photo: Kelly Ho/HKFP. The 76-year-old, who wore a green sweater and a suit jacket, stands accused of two counts of taking […]
National security cases, criminal trials and Juvenile Court proceedings will be excluded from remote hearings in Hong Kong, under a bill entering the legislative process next month. The Courts (Remote Hearing) Bill, gazetted by the government on Friday, will also introduce new offences under which those who record, publish or broadcast proceedings without authorisation will […]
Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority has proposed holding senior managers at public healthcare facilities accountable for blunders that happen on their watch as part of wide-ranging reforms aimed at better defining roles and reducing the risk of potentially life-threatening mistakes. The authority also suggested on Friday that hospitals make better use of technology to ease the […]
The trial of eight people who were allegedly involved in three bomb plots in early 2020 has begun, with seven of them facing the same charge that saw a man sentenced to almost 24 years in prison days ago. High Court. File photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. The defendants – Ho Cheuk-wai, Lee Ka-pan, Ng Tsz-lok, Cheung […]
Hong Kong authorities have proposed requiring new private homes and other buildings frequented by elderly to fulfil certain design requirements, while exempting some senior-friendly facilities from gross floor area calculations as incentives to developers amid the city’s ageing population. Details of the proposal, released to lawmakers in a paper on Thursday, had gained support from […]
Former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has revealed he had access to “internal” US government information but denied a former top aide’s allegation he had pressured his now-defunct Apple Daily tabloid to draft a sanctions list for Washington after Hong Kong adopted the 2020 national security law. Lai, 76, returned to the witness box on […]
Detained media mogul Jimmy Lai wanted to “explain” the thinking behind protesters’ storming of the legislature in 2019 through his newspaper Apple Daily to ensure the movement’s survival, the tycoon’s national security trial has heard. Lai, whose defence questioning expected to take 15 days, took the stand for the second day on Thursday. Under defence […]
Hong Kong authorities have urged companies to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) to bolster data protection amid a slight increase in the city’s cybersecurity readiness index over last year. The Enterprise Cyber Security Readiness Index rose to 52.8 this year, up 5.8 points from last year, according to results jointly released by the Office of the […]
The office of Hong Kong charity Love 21 Foundation in San Po Kong is not your typical workplace set-up. Its two floors consist of a big exercise hall, a smaller fitness training room and plenty of gym equipment. It’s a favourite hang-out spot for Nathan Leung Hiu-fung, a 26-year-old with Down’s syndrome. “The sports I […]
Former world No 1 and four-time grand-slam tournament winner Naomi Osaka will play in the WTA 250 Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open this month, organisers confirmed on Tuesday. Japan’s Osaka joins a roster featuring another former world No 1 in Simona Halep, defending champion Leylah Fernandez, British No 1 Katie Boulter and former US Open […]