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Hong Kong jails five over ‘seditious’ children’s books

HONG KONG: Five Hong Kong speech therapists were sentenced on Saturday to 19 months in jail for conspiracy to publish seditious children’s books, featuring cartoons of sheep and wolves that prosecutors had deemed anti-government.

Bangkok Post

Five Hong Kong speech therapists jailed for conspiracy to "brainwash" children with cartoons

Five Hong Kong speech therapists were sentenced on Saturday to 19 months in jail for conspiracy to publish seditious children's books, featuring cartoons of sheep and wolves that prosecutors had deemed anti-government.

Reuters

Hong Kong speech therapists sentenced to 19 months for books

A Hong Kong court has sentenced five speech therapists to nearly two years in prison for their role in the publication of children's books deemed seditious

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Research: Hip fractures will double worldwide by 2050

The research was presented today at the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research's annual meeting in Austin, Texas, by Associate Professor Ching-lung Cheung of the University of Hong Kong's Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy. Read more on Dynamite News

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Hong Kong eases airport Covid checks

Hong Kong will end temperature checks for some passengers at its international airport, and relax quarantine requirements for local air crews, after some of the city’s most prominent voices called for an end to virus-related travel restrictions.

Bangkok Post

Hong Kong govt scraps quarantine rules for air crew

Hong Kong will scrap its quarantine rules for locally based airline crew from Saturday, the government said on Friday, a key step in unwinding draconian COVID-19 rules which have isolated the Asian financial hub.

Reuters

Hong Kong ranked the world’s freest economy by Canadian think tank for the 26th time in a row

Think-tank says it was difficult to assess how much impact China’s ‘economic and political crackdown’ or coronavirus had on the rankings

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Why Alibaba, Nio And Other Stocks Are Shooting Higher In Hong Kong Today

Hong Kong stocks opened in the green on Friday, taking cues from Wall Street where major indices gained following clarity on the U.S. Federal Reserve’s policy path. China’s slower-than-expected consumer price inflation rise also lifted sentiments.

Benzinga

Evergrande lenders appoint receiver to seize Hong Kong HQ

Crisis at debt-laden Chinese property developer deepens in wake of default last year and failure to sell building

The Guardian - UK

With Only One Star in Its Sky, Era Jade Media Eyes Hong Kong IPO

Key Takeaways: Integrated marketing services provider Era Jade Media, famous for its self-produced finance programs, has filed for a Hong Kong IPO for a fourth time The company is extremely reliant on its CEO, who was behind 64.6% of the company’s revenue in the first half of this year By…

Benzinga

Nigeria seizes donkey penises to be smuggled to Hong Kong

Nigerian officials say they have seized thousands of donkey penises that were about to be exported to Hong Kong

The Independent UK

Hong Kong to extend COVID vaccine pass scheme to 5-year-olds

Hong Kong will include children aged five and above in its COVID-19 vaccine pass scheme from the end of September, the government said on Thursday, as authorities try to boost inoculation levels there.

Reuters

Alibaba, Nio Rise Over 1% As Hong Kong Tech Stocks Cheer Wall Street Rebound: Cautious Investors Eye Key Fed Event

Major U.S.-listed Chinese tech and electric-vehicle stocks rose in Hong Kong on Thursday, with Alibaba and Nio adding over 1%, tracking an upbeat overnight finish on Wall Street.

Benzinga

Hong Kong court finds five guilty of sedition over sheep books

The five face potential jail terms for publishing books that sought to explain the democracy movement to children.

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The Independent UK

Hong Kong police arrest chairman of largest journalist group

The chairman of Hong Kong’s largest journalists' association has been arrested for allegedly obstructing police and public disorder while reporting, the latest case sparking concerns of declining media freedom in the city

Reuters

Five in Hong Kong found guilty of sedition for 'anti-government' children's books

Five Hong Kong speech therapists were found guilty on Wednesday of a conspiracy to publish seditious children's books that were deemed anti-government, a decision denounced by rights campaigners as a blow to free speech in the China-ruled city.

The Independent UK

Hong Kong speech therapists convicted of sedition over books

Five Hong Kong speech therapists have been convicted of sedition law after they printed a series of children’s books about sheep and wolves that a court said was aimed at inciting hatred against authorities

France 24

Nathan Law on the future for pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong

In the past 25 years since Hong Kong was handed over to China from British rule, the self-government and freedoms it was originally promised have gradually been eroded. After the Umbrella Movement in 2014, Beijing's controversial extradition law in 2019 and its equally controversial national security law a year later,…

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Alibaba, Nio Fall Over 2% In Weak Hang Seng Opening: Why Investors Are Focused On Fed's Beige Book, ECB Move

Hong Kong stocks opened lower on Wednesday, with the benchmark Hang Seng Index down 1.43%, as investors braced for the release of the U.S. Federal Reserve's Beige Book (a commentary on economic conditions) due later today and the European Central Bank's policy decision on Thursday.

Glasgow Live

Glasgow artist's remarkable rise from £1 Sauchiehall Street caricatures to sell out exhibitions

Gordon Wilson started selling caricatures for £1 as a teenager on Sauchiehall Street as a 16-year-old - now he's had exhibitions in London, New York and Hong Kong, with a new exhibition in Glasgow this month.

InsideEVs

Tesla Quietly Removes Type 2 Cables From Superchargers In Hong Kong

Many Tesla owners have recently reported some of the early and popular V2 Supercharging locations missing the Type 2 cables leaving only the CCS2 for charging.

Dynamite News

Sanjay Verma appointed India's next High Commissioner to Canada

Among his other postings, Sanjay Verma has served in Indian missions in Hong Kong, China, Vietnam and Turkey. Read more on Dynamite News

Reuters

Hong Kong discovers first case of monkeypox

Hong Kong has reported its first case of monkeypox, health authorities said on Tuesday, after symptoms were discovered in a 30-year old man who arrived from the Phillippines after travelling in the United States and Canada.

Nottingham Post

Family travels 6,000 miles from Hong Kong to Nottingham to find better education for daughters

The family travelled to the UK in February 2022

Bangkok Post

China to enforce nationwide health code system after public complaints about travel hassles

HONG KONG: China's National Health Commission has announced that it will enforce mutual recognition of its health code system nationwide, as travellers continue to battle with health code apps that do not communicate well between provinces.

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