KOWLOON Top Stories

After decades touting openness, Singapore sees foreign meddling threat
Illustration photo - The Gardens by the Bay in Singapore
European Community / Danial Hakim
2024-02-27, Al Jazeera
Singapore – For decades, Singapore marketed itself as one of the world’s most open and globalised economies to compensate for its diminutive territory and lack of natural...
Hong Kong tycoon pleads ‘not guilty’ to 3 national security charges
A prison van carrying activist publisher Jimmy Lai arrives at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts, where Lai's trial takes place, in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024
AP / Billy H.C. Kwok
2024-01-02, La Prensa Latina
Hong Kong, Jan 2 (EFE).- The trial against Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and media magnate Jimmy Lai resumed Tuesday with a hearing in which he officially pleaded “not...
Hong Kong media tycoon’s plea to dismiss sedition charge rejected
Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, founder of Giordano International Limited and Next Media Limited
Public Domain
2023-12-22, Anadolu Agency
A court on Friday rejected the plea of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying to dismiss charges of sedition against him. JusticeEsther Toh Lye-ping at the West...
Closing of Hong Kong’s Kitec: venue was key stepping stone for musical acts on journey ...2024-05-04
South China Morning Post: After 28 years, curtain is coming down on Kowloon BayInternational Trade and Exhibition Centre, which offered ideal venue for acts, including boy band Mirror, as they progressed from halls to city’s biggest concert spaces. ......
Social work officer and elderly home operator jailed over bribery for patient referrals2024-05-03
Hong Kong Standard: An assistant social work officer was jailed eight months on Friday for accepting HK$83,000 in bribes to refer patients discharged from Princess Margaret Hospital to a private elderly home, the operator of which was also jailed for six months and 18 days. ...
North West business briefs: NWCRC; enee.io; Bed Factory Direct; Transmission Studio; Soul Padel; Clever Carbon Company2024-05-03
The Business Desk: The North West Cyber ResilienceCentre (NWCRC) has announced that Three Business – the B2B arm of Three UK – has joined it as a new regional ambassador. The telecommunications business will use its technical expertise to help the NWCRC tackle the...
Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong collaborates with corporates in a concerted drive for sustainability2024-05-03
Hong Kong Standard: Previous Next As a vanguard in the social service sector, ChineseYMCA of Hong Kong (YMCA) has adopted the principles of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) in its management and service delivery, and has received multiple awards in recognition of its...
Manager faces manslaughter charges over crane collapse2024-05-02
Hong Kong Standard: WallisWang A 35-year-old former project manager, Kan Ho-kai, faced charges of manslaughter at the Kwun TongMagistrates' Courts yesterday. The charges were related to a crane collapse that occurred at a construction site owned by Aggressive Construction...
Free net-zero emission bus ride2024-05-02
Hong Kong Standard: Citybus will hold a free ride day on Sunday on 20ANathan Road line as the bus company will deploy both hydrogen and electric double-decker buses to run on the same route for the first time. Hong Kong's first...
Over 460,000 visitors enter Hong Kong on 1st day of Labor Day holiday2024-05-02
Xinhua: HONG KONG, May 2 (Xinhua) -- More than 460,000 travelers arrived in Hong Kong from the Chinese mainland and elsewhere on Wednesday, the first day of the Labor Day "golden week" holiday, braving the rains. Figures from the Immigration...