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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 […]
by Xinhua writer Liu Yinglun HONG KONG, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) — Hong Kong will dazzle as an international financial center as investors worldwide renew confidence in the markets of the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong, said financial industry heavyweights at the third Global Financial Leaders’ Investment Summit on Tuesday. The continued opening-up of the financial […]
NewsFeed Hong Kong’s High Court has sentenced 45 pro-democracy activists to up to 10 years in prison, over a move to challenge Beijing’s influence on Hong Kong elections. The trial has been criticised as political and unfair. Published On 19 Nov 202419 Nov 2024 Source link
Hong Kong’s High Court on Tuesday sentenced 45 pro-democracy activists to jail terms of up to 10 years in a landmark national security trial that has damaged the city’s once feisty democracy movement and drawn international condemnation. A total of 47 pro-democracy activists were arrested and charged in 2021 with conspiracy to commit subversion under […]
The Hong Kong government will consider whether to appeal for longer sentences of certain democrats jailed on Tuesday in the city’s largest national security case. Convicted of conspiring to commit subversion, 45 former legislators, ex-district councillors, and activists received jail sentences ranging from four years and two months to 10 years, with prominent legal scholar […]
HONG KONG, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) — Hong Kong should seize opportunities to deepen financial reform and innovation, said Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng on Tuesday in Hong Kong. Delivering a speech at the Global Financial Leaders’ Investment Summit held in Hong Kong, He said that with the strong support of the central government, effective leadership […]
Hong Kong 47: Top pro-democracy leaders jailed for years BBC.com Joshua Wong shouts ‘I love Hong Kong’ as more than 40 leading democracy leaders handed lengthy prison terms in mass trial CNN HK47: dozens of pro-democracy activists jailed in Hong Kong’s largest national security trial The Guardian HK Jails Benny Tai for 10 Years in Longest Security Law […]
The 45 defendants, including Joshua Wong, were at the forefront of the opposition movement crushed by Beijing. Many had already been in jail for years. Source link