Hong Kong’s political elite begin selecting a powerful committee on Sunday that will choose nearly half the legislature. It is also decided that later on a new leader will be selected too under a new patriot system imposed by Beijing. The first poll under that new system, dubbed patriots rule Hong Kong, will take place today as members of the …

The Cannes film festival aims to have a documentary on the 2019 crackdown on Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement on Friday get screened, although it also puts diplomatic tensions with China at risk. Revolution of our Times which is a late entry to the Cannes film festival have been slotted. It chronicles the Hong Kong’s government violent suppression of protests which …

After a passenger from Singapore Airlines tested positive for the Covid-19 virus, Hong Kong do not allow incoming passenger flights from Singapore Airlines until the middle of April. The authorities of Hong Kong also said that three of the passengers from the March 31 flight where the carrier is in, failed to observe strict precautionary measures to prevent the spread …

Seven leading Hong Kong pro-democracy personalities were convicted on Thursday of organizing and participating in an unauthorized assembly during massive anti-government protests in 2019 including media tycoon Jimmy Lai, marking the territory’s latest crackdown on disagreement. The four-week trial was heard in West Kowloon Court, where Judge Amanda Woodcock read the verdict on Thursday morning. Prosecutors accused the seven activists …

SINGAPORE – After successfully reaching an in-principle agreement to establish a bilateral Air Travel Bubble with Hong Kong, Singapore is now aiming to make a similar agreement with its neighbor, Malaysia. According to Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung, The country would really like to have an air bubble with Malaysia. He said that the initiative will have to wait and …

SINGAPORE – Hong Kong and Singapore announced on Friday that it has agrred to set up a travel bubble that will allow residents to travel between the two countries as long as they passed the Covid-19 screening. Under the agreement, residents of both cities wanting to travel must test negative for the Covid-19 virus and will be flying only on …

Hong Kong court rejected on procedural grounds a challenge by pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong to his disqualification from last year’s district election in the city. Opposition leaders and activists were closely watching Wong ‘s struggle as they pushed through traditional politics and demonstrations to push for greater democracy in the Chinese-ruled region. Wong, 23, was the only candidate to be …

Hong Kong had previously complained about the American move, which takes effect on Nov 9, 2020. The government of Hong Kong has officially complained about the decision by the Trump administration to mark goods from the city as “Made in China” rather than “Made in Hong Kong,” as the United States and China continue to spar on fronts ranging from …

Hong Kong demonstrators yelled out-of-court anti-government slogans as more than two dozen high-profile democracy campaigners gathered over a banned vigil to mark the attack on Tiananmen Square. Tens of thousands of Hong Kongers defied a ban on protests to mark the anniversary of the deadly repression of students calling for democracy by Beijing. The annual vigil has been held in …

KUALA LUMPUR – The Malaysian Police has reached out to the Hong Kong autorities in its 1MDB investigation including the hunt for Jho Low, the alleged brains behind the billion-dollar scandal. According to the Malaysian Police, they have sent the letter and other information to their Hong Kong counterparts to assist with the probe. Inspector-General of Police Abdul Hamid Bador …