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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 […]
Former media boss and opposition activist Jimmy Lai Chee-ying took to the witness stand for the first time on Wednesday in his high-profile national security trial, admitting he had donated money to local and overseas groups but denying that he used those connections to manipulate foreign policies on Hong Kong and mainland China. Beijing rebuffed […]
The Hong Kong government has condemned the throwing of a bottle filled with red paint at its headquarters, warning authorities will follow up on the attack. Security personnel called police on Wednesday at about 7.40am after discovering red paint had been splashed near a flower bed at the headquarters in Tamar, Admiralty. Glass debris was […]
HONG KONG, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) — The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government on Wednesday released a development outline for the Hong Kong section of a sci-tech innovation cooperation zone jointly developed by the southern tech hub Shenzhen and the HKSAR. The Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone, located on the […]
Bob Prince, the co-chief investment officer of the world’s largest hedge fund, has bought a luxury home in Hong Kong, joining an A-list of global financiers who have begun to put down roots in Asia’s third-biggest capital market. Prince, who oversees the US$100 billion of assets under management at Bridgewater Associates, paid HK$95 million (US$12.2 […]
The sentencing of 47 pro-democracy activists and the trial of medial mogul Jimmy Lai show how Hong Kong’s courts are a tool for repression, legal analysts say. Source link
The US has said it is taking steps to impose new visa restrictions on Hong Kong officials after 45 of the city’s most prominent pro-democracy advocates were sentenced to prison on Tuesday. A Correctional Services Vehicle leaves West Kowloon Law Courts Building on November 19, 2024, after 45 pro-democracy figures were sentenced to up to […]
Unjust Sentencing under Hong Kong’s National Security Law Press Statement Matthew Miller, Department Spokesperson November 19, 2024 The United States strongly condemns the sentences announced today in Hong Kong’s National Security Law (NSL) trial of pro-democracy advocates, known as the NSL 47. The 45 defendants sentenced today were aggressively prosecuted, and many now face […]