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Published on May 17, 2025Source: Daily Nexus - California - Pending
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Published on May 17, 2025
Hong Kong police smash cross-border syndicate that laundered HK$118 million
Hong Kong police have dismantled a cross-border syndicate that laundered HK$118 million (US$15 million) through stooge bank accounts, arresting 12 people as officials seek tougher sentencing for those renting or selling their personal bank details. In an …
Source: South China Morning Post - Indeterminate -
Published on May 17, 2025
Queer liberation of Hong Kong’s burgeoning underground drag and performance scene
Wings are unfurled. Horns glint under purple lights. Figures strut and spin down a narrow runway as music throbs and cheers echo off the walls in a studio tucked away in Kennedy Town. It is a balmy Saturday night in April, and this is no ordinary costume …
Source: South China Morning Post - Indeterminate -
Published on May 16, 2025
Europe: Ireland Agrees Mutual Recognition of Funds Framework With Hong Kong
The Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) and the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong (SFC) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding on 14 May 2025 establishing a framework for the mutual recognition of funds (MRF) between the two jurisdictions. SFC …
Source: National Law Review - Neutral -
Published on May 16, 2025
Hong Kong economy expands 3.1% in first quarter
HONG KONG :Hong Kong's economy expanded by 3.1 per cent in the first quarter from a year earlier, the government said on Friday, supported by an increase in exports of goods and services, and a resumption of growth in overall investment expenditure. …
Source: Channel News Asia - Pro-Government -
Published on May 16, 2025
Hong Kong Woman Convicted Of Leaving Dead Baby In Hospital Freezer
Quick Reads Summary is AI generated, newsroom reviewed. A Hong Kong woman has been convicted for abandoning her stillborn baby. The incident occurred in Taiwan at a hospital in 2022. Huang, 25, delivered the stillborn baby boy at 21 weeks of pregnancy. A …
Source: NDTV - Center-right -
Published on May 17, 2025
Hong Kong children urged to get Covid jabs as ‘whole paediatric ward full’
The head of a paediatric infectious diseases unit at a Hong Kong public hospital has said his ward is now full of young, unvaccinated Covid-19 patients, urging parents to get their children inoculated to prevent severe symptoms. Mike Kwan Yat-wah warned on …
Source: South China Morning Post - Indeterminate -
Published on May 16, 2025
Hong Kong Q1 GDP expands 3.1% y/y
HONG KONG :Hong Kong's economy expanded by 3.1 per cent in the first quarter from a year earlier, the government said on Friday, supported by increases in exports of goods and services, and a resumption of growth in overall investment expenditure. The …
Source: Channel News Asia - Pro-Government -
Published on May 17, 2025
Hong Kong jails Thai parrot egg smuggler as customs cracks case amid rising trend
A traveller from Thailand has been given a two-year jail sentence in Hong Kong for smuggling 187 parrot eggs valued at an estimated HK$1.4 million, with an expert saying the seizure is part of a global uptick of such cases involving endangered species. A …
Source: South China Morning Post - Indeterminate -
Published on May 17, 2025
Beijing supports Hong Kong to fast track subsidiary security law amid China-US trade talks
Amid intensifying geopolitical tension, the Hong Kong authorities deliberated “for months” over the need to provide clearer legal guidelines on the role of Beijing’s national security office in the city through a subsidiary legislation, and the idea was …
Source: South China Morning Post - Indeterminate