A three-judge panel of the Court of Appeal has overturned a lower court’s decision granting spousal benefits to the husband of a gay Hong Kong civil servant. Court of Appeal Chief Judge Andrew ...
The boss of a Hong Kong film prop company has been given a suspended sentence after being convicted of keeping some 200,000 fake bank notes labelled “props” used in the award-winning crime th...
MTR Corporation Chairman Frederick Ma faces backlash after he insisted on not disclosing further information about a recent report that the wheels on the express link’s new trains experienced h...
Thirty-eight civil society groups and political parties have urged the Hong Kong government to withdraw a national anthem bill, arguing that it violates citizens’ rights to fundamental freedoms...
Several politicians, lawyers and academics from the UK and US have presented letters of mitigation to the High Court in support of localist Edward Leung after he was convicted of rioting last wee...
Two political parties have called on authorities to defend judicial independence and condemned suspected threats against the nine jurors in a high-profile prosecution over the 2016 Mong Kok unre...
https://hongkongfp.com/2018/05/21/hong-kong-parties-condemn-threat-jurors-mong-kok-unrest-trial/
A group of Hong Kong activists flew kites in Sai Kung on Sunday to commemorate the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen massacre and call for the release of those jailed for rights advocacy in China. Th...
The student unions of eight Hong Kong universities will not attend the annual June 4 vigil this year to commemorate the 29th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre. They said it was “not ...
The Hong Kong Baptist University has asked two students involved in a protest against the school’s Mandarin language requirement to issue an apology within ten days and remove videos relating t...
Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng has said that Wednesday’s assault against a Hong Kong journalist in Beijing while reporting on a prominent human rights lawyer’s hearing was “very strange...
A Rohingya refugee has been granted legal aid to defend his claim for protection in Hong Kong – a rare successful case as the percentage of legal aid awards granted to judicial review applicant...
Hong Kong activists have called on Ocean Park to phase out animal shows and artificial breeding as part of a global effort to end cetacean captivity. “Ocean Park has for years ignored criticis...
https://hongkongfp.com/2018/05/12/hong-kong-ocean-park-urged-end-dolphin-shows-empty-tanks/
Civic Party chair Alan Leong has urged the international community to keep a close watch on Hong Kong, as the semi-autonomous city provides an example of what China will to do with liberal democr...
US Senator Marco Rubio has challenged three Florida universities that have agreements with Confucius Institutes to hold open discussions on topics deemed sensitive by China, such as the 1989 Ti...
Hong Kong ousted lawmakers Yau Wai-ching and Baggio Leung and their three assistants have been found guilty of participating in an unlawful assembly during a chaotic episode at the legislature in...
Hong Kong activist Avery Ng faces up to one year behind bars after being convicted of revealing the identity of a government official being investigated by the Independent Commission Against Corr...
Hong Kong activists have slammed the government for its “ridiculous” policies after it prevented them from using Causeway Bay’s Victoria Park football pitches for their annual July 1 pro-de...
Former chief executive Leung Chun-ying has defended calls for Hongkongers to embrace a new “Bay Area people” identity and has accused a critic of advocating Hong Kong independence. “The tra...
Hong Kong’s highest court has overturned the conviction of a university student for engaging in sexual conduct with a 13 year-old girl because he “honestly and reasonably” believed the chil...
The European Union Office to Hong Kong and Macao lit up the Tsim Sha Tsui Clock Tower on Wednesday in celebration of Europe Day and the office’s 25 years in Hong Kong. “This symbolic bridge ...
The number of registered homeless people in Hong Kong continues to climb and is now over 1,000. Secretary for Labour and Welfare Law Chi-kwong told the legislature on Wednesday that there were 1...
The Hong Kong Observatory issued the first “very hot” weather warning this year as temperatures soared across the territory on Thursday. It is the earliest hot weather warning issued in any g...
The number of Hongkongers who migrated overseas last year has dropped to the lowest level in 12 years, with around 6,500 people leaving the city according to the Security Bureau. The figures are ...
https://hongkongfp.com/2018/05/03/around-6500-people-emigrated-hong-kong-2017-12-year-low/
Hong Kong Baptist University has held an open meeting to review a controversial Mandarin exemption test following a student stand-off with the administration. The meeting took place on Tuesday,...
Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng has disclosed that illegal structures were found at another property she owns, promising to rectify them as soon as possible. In a statement issued in the early...
Localist activist Edward Leung has pleaded guilty to assaulting police officers during the Mong Kok clashes in February 2016, but has denied three rioting charges. Another defendant, Wong Ka-kui,...
The air pollution in Hong Kong on Monday morning was five times worse than in Beijing, according to the World Air Quality Index Project Team. The Air Quality Index shows air pollution level in H...
https://hongkongfp.com/2018/01/22/monday-air-pollution-hong-kong-five-times-worse-beijing/
Animal groups have called on police to do more to find the suspects behind the killing of a wild pig. The boar was found beheaded last Thursday on a trail near Lung Hang Estate in Tai Wai. Witne...
A woman has been arrested for allegedly insulting a magistrate following a series of protests against the recent jailing of retired superintendent Frankly Chu. The 63-year-old woman, surnamed Kw...
Lawyers acting for nine leaders of the 2014 pro-democracy Umbrella Movement protests have said that their public nuisance charges were “unconstitutional” and “unnecessarily” formulated to...