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Hong Kong must educate, engage young on rule of law: top judge
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Hong Kong taxi driver, passenger arrested after HK$2.5 million in Ice found in car
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Hong Kong Health & Environment
Covid-19 rule relaxation for visitors to Hong Kong backed by tourism sector
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Hong Kong woman given suspended sentence for posting fugitive politician’s call
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Hong Kong Politics
Hong Kong must educate, engage young on rule of law: top judge
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Hong Kong Law & Crime
Hong Kong taxi driver, passenger arrested after HK$2.5 million in Ice found in car
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Hong Kong Health & Environment
Covid-19 rule relaxation for visitors to Hong Kong backed by tourism sector
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Hong Kong Law & Crime
Hong Kong woman given suspended sentence for posting fugitive politician’s call
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‘Business as usual’: What are the highlights from the Global Financial Leaders Investment Summit and what it means for Hong Kong? Find out more in this week’s Global Impact edition. https://sc.mp/mz8d
South China Morning Post
Back to business for Hong Kong as global financiers return
In this edition of the Global Impact newsletter, we look back at the highlights from the Global Financial Leaders’ Investment Summit and ponders what it means for Hong Kong’s future as a global financial hub.
Hong Kong taxi driver, passenger arrested after HK$2.5 million in Ice found in car
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South China Morning Post
Hong Kong taxi driver, passenger arrested after HK$2.5 million in Ice found in car
Police stopped the vehicle in the early hours of Friday at a roadblock in Mong Kok.
Hong Kong’s GDP forecast lowered to 3.2 per cent contraction; among region’s worst
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South China Morning Post
Hong Kong’s GDP forecast lowered to 3.2 per cent contraction; among region’s worst
Regional rival Singapore earlier revised its GDP forecast for this year to 3-4 per cent.
Mirror probe suggests Hong Kong event organisers should hire independent inspectors
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South China Morning Post
Mirror probe suggests Hong Kong event organisers should hire independent inspectors
Report by interdepartmental task force says Mirror concert organisers failed to certify stage was safe.
Hong Kong schools to inform officials of national education uptake on campus
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South China Morning Post
Hong Kong schools to inform officials of national education uptake on campus
Education Bureau also says final comments from inspectors on overall performance of schools to be made public.
Hongkongers welcome Beijing’s reduction of quarantine but they want more
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South China Morning Post
Call to raise daily cross-border quota of 1,000 for Hong Kong travellers
Beijing’s new policy allows inbound travellers to serve five days of hotel quarantine – down from a week – and three in home isolation.
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Hong Kong Transport
Hong Kong’s MTR Corp working overnight to repair station damage after derailment
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Business
Hong Kong home price slump is ‘sharper than it appears’, agents say
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Hong Kong Society
Muslims cheer KFC’s halal move, hope they’ll have more food choices in Hong Kong
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Hong Kong Society
Beijing must explain where ‘red lines’ lie, says Hong Kong’s Catholic bishop
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Hong Kong’s MTR Corp working overnight to repair station damage after derailment
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Business
Hong Kong home price slump is ‘sharper than it appears’, agents say
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Hong Kong Society
Muslims cheer KFC’s halal move, hope they’ll have more food choices in Hong Kong
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Hong Kong Society
Beijing must explain where ‘red lines’ lie, says Hong Kong’s Catholic bishop
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Who wants to visit Hong Kong under ‘0+3’? Not many people, travel agents say
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South China Morning Post
Who wants to visit Hong Kong under ‘0+3’? Not many people, travel agents say
City’s ‘0+3’ health measure remains off-putting to travellers, agents say.
Hong Kong finance chief not optimistic about city’s economic outlook
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South China Morning Post
Hong Kong finance chief not optimistic about city’s economic outlook
Financial secretary doubles down on prediction that city will record more than HK$100 billion deficit.
Mirror’s Keung To to headline Hong Kong youth music charity’s 2022 festival
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South China Morning Post
Mirror’s Keung To to headline Hong Kong youth music charity’s 2022 festival
Keung To of Cantopop boy band Mirror and Grammy-winning soprano Sumi Jo are the headline acts for the 2022 Hong Kong Generation Next Arts (HKGNA) Music Festival, which begins on November 18.
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Hong Kong demands probe after protest song played in error at Korean rugby event
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Hong Kong keeps crypto commitment after FTX collapse rattles market
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Hong Kong Transport
Displaced metal fence to blame for train derailment, Hong Kong’s MTR Corp says
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Hong Kong Law & Crime
Hong Kong police detain unlicensed driver on suspicion of drug trafficking
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Hong Kong Politics
Hong Kong demands probe after protest song played in error at Korean rugby event
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Hong Kong Economy
Hong Kong keeps crypto commitment after FTX collapse rattles market
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Hong Kong Transport
Displaced metal fence to blame for train derailment, Hong Kong’s MTR Corp says
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Hong Kong Law & Crime
Hong Kong police detain unlicensed driver on suspicion of drug trafficking
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Hong Kong news roundup: What steps is the city taking to remove the Covid curbs and who is suspected of being responsible for the tragic July concert accident?
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South China Morning Post
Hong Kong this week: further reopening, legal education and Mirror arrests
In this issue of Hong Kong Update, we look at how the city is further easing Covid curbs as it hosts more key events, while a tragic concert accident in July returns to the spotlight as police detain suspects.
Hong Kong’s first locally trained turbaned Sikh solicitor not afraid to stand out
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South China Morning Post
Hong Kong’s first locally trained turbaned Sikh solicitor not afraid to stand out
Newly admitted solicitor hopes others from ethnic minority communities will also seek higher education and pursue law.
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Hong Kong food delivery firms say business will still boom after Covid-19
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Luxury home sales in Hong Kong expected to hit 9-year low in 2022: Centaline
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Hong Kong Society
Hong Kong Mirror concert organisers banned from renting public venues for now
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Hong Kong Law and Crime
Hong Kong police step up patrols at graveyards after 160 urns smashed
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Hong Kong food delivery firms say business will still boom after Covid-19
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Luxury home sales in Hong Kong expected to hit 9-year low in 2022: Centaline
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Hong Kong Society
Hong Kong Mirror concert organisers banned from renting public venues for now
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Hong Kong Law and Crime
Hong Kong police step up patrols at graveyards after 160 urns smashed
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Hong Kong funds’ FTX exposure is ‘immaterial’, securities regulator says
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South China Morning Post
Hong Kong funds’ FTX exposure is ‘immaterial’, securities regulator says
The Securities and Futures Commission checked with fund managers and determined their exposure risk to the company and its FTT cryptocurrency is limited
Hong Kong lawmakers: proposed penalties in new child abuse law too lenient
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South China Morning Post
Hong Kong lawmakers: proposed penalties in new child abuse law too lenient
Labour and welfare secretary defends three-month maximum jail sentence and says it is in line with offences of similar gravity.
Pici and The Pizza Project restaurants operator plans regional expansion
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South China Morning Post
Pici and The Pizza Project restaurants operator plans regional expansion
Chances are, if you are in Hong Kong, you have been to one of Pirata Group’s restaurants. Now its CEO wants people further afield to have that opportunity too.
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Hong Kong Health & Environment
Don’t be fixated on ‘0+0’, Hong Kong leader John Lee says
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Hong Kong Politics
Hong Kong sports officials tasked to look into improvements over protest song saga
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Hong Kong Economy
Hong Kong’s John Lee set for Apec charm offensive in Thailand
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Hong Kong Society
Carcinogen found in over half of fish oil supplements tested: Hong Kong watchdog
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Hong Kong Health & Environment
Don’t be fixated on ‘0+0’, Hong Kong leader John Lee says
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Hong Kong Politics
Hong Kong sports officials tasked to look into improvements over protest song saga
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Hong Kong Economy
Hong Kong’s John Lee set for Apec charm offensive in Thailand
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Hong Kong Society
Carcinogen found in over half of fish oil supplements tested: Hong Kong watchdog
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Superstar ballerina Natalia Osipova headlines 2023 Hong Kong Arts Festival
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South China Morning Post
Superstars Anna Netrebko, Natalia Osipova headline Hong Kong Arts Festival
Performances by the Russian soprano and ballerina and the premiere of a musical about Sun Yat-sen are among the highlights of the 2023 festival.
Hong Kong’s MTR tests new trains fitted with old system in bid to replace ageing model
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South China Morning Post
Hong Kong’s MTR tests new trains fitted with old system in bid to replace ageing model
Insider reveals operator has not ruled out train defects as a cause of Sunday’s derailment at Yau Ma Tei station.