Written by 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
China’s securities regulator has given his strongest endorsement yet to expand and add financial products to a transborder investment channel with Hong Kong, in a boost to the city’s role as the mainland’s offshore financial centre. Commodities may be added to the stocks, bonds, options and wealth management products that are currently tradeable in the […]
HONG KONG, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) — All eyes in the maritime-related industry are watching as the World Maritime Merchants Forum 2024 kicked off here on Monday to pool wisdom and consensus along the global shipping value chain on building resilience, going green and navigating the cycles. The two-day conference, the fourth of its edition, is […]
A line of at least 60 people had formed on Monday outside a Hong Kong courthouse where 45 pro-democracy advocates are set to face sentencing in a landmark national security trial the following day. On Monday evening, the Judiciary announced the number of seats that would be available in the public gallery of the main […]