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Anne Curtis (Madame Tussaud/Released) Madame Tussauds Hong Kong on Wednesday, November 27, launched the wax figure of the multi-talented star, Anne Curtis. Anne is the first actress and TV host in the Philippines to be immortalized in the star-studded Hong Kong museum. She joins other Filipino legends honored with wax figures at Madame Tussauds Hong Kong: Miss Universe […]
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The debate over the sustainability and rising cost to the public purse of Hong Kong’s concessional fare scheme for elderly and disabled residents rages on. The government revealed last week that public spending on the scheme had risen for the third straight year. About HK$4 billion (US$513.9 million) was allocated for the scheme in the […]
Hong Kong actress Chung Suet-ying won the best actress trophy at the prestigious Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan on Saturday, while a directing duo from the city took top honours in the category for best documentary short film. Chung, 29, earned the accolade for her performance as a deaf girl in The Way We Talk, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
HONG KONG (AP) — Forty-five ex-lawmakers and activists were sentenced to four to 10 years in prison Tuesday in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case under a Beijing-imposed law that crushed a once-thriving pro-democracy movement. They were prosecuted under the 2020 national security law for their roles in an unofficial primary election. Prosecutors said their […]
Canadian studio Ste Marie has designed Meo cocktail bar and restaurant influenced by 1970s and ’80s Hong Kong in Vancouver‘s Chinatown, using pink hues, floral patterns and red accents. Meo is tucked into the lower storey of a faded building in the heart of the neighbourhood, the largest of its kind in Canada, and is […]