HKFP Guide: Peng Chau – a quiet, rustic, green antidote to Hong Kong’s...
The delightful island of Peng Chau is an effective antidote to inner-city exhaustion. A day spent exploring, sunbathing and hiking will leave you feeling like you’ve just been on a relaxing holiday –...
View ArticleMen overestimate women’s sense of safety and access to services in Hong Kong,...
Men tend to overestimate women’s sense of safety and access to education and health services, a survey on gender equality in Hong Kong has found. Civil servants. File photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. The study,...
View ArticleUN rights chief says China violating ‘fundamental rights’ in Xinjiang and...
UN human rights chief Volker Turk on Monday said China was violating fundamental rights in its Xinjiang and Tibet regions and called on Beijing to change course. Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for...
View ArticleNew Tourism Board-backed TV show to promote Hong Kong as ‘hospitable...
A local broadcaster has debuted a Tourism Board-supported television show promoting Hong Kong as a welcoming city, part of an official “courtesy campaign” to boost the ailing tourism industry....
View ArticleChina boosts defence spending amid Taiwan, South China Sea tensions
By Ludovic Ehret China announced Tuesday it would boost its defence spending in 2024, as hostility over Taiwan and in the South China Sea grows. A member of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) band...
View ArticleHong Kong should continue ‘patriotic’ administration, China’s no. 2 official...
Hong Kong should continue implementing the governing principles of “One Country, Two Systems” and “patriotic administration,” China’s Premier Li Qiang has said during a key political meeting in...
View ArticleJimmy Lai’s views were ‘guidelines’ for writing and picking commentary...
The views expressed by Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai in his Apple Daily column were “guidelines” for writing and choosing commentary articles to publish in the now-defunct newspaper, a former...
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