Youngest Hong Kong protester sentenced for rioting
A Hong Kong teenager became the youngest person so far to plead guilty to rioting during 2019’s huge pro-democracy protests on Wednesday, as he admitted throwing a petrol bomb at police when aged just 14. The judge accepted advice from the city’s correctional services and sent the 16-year-old boy to a detention centre, an alternative […]
Hong Kong police stamp out national anthem law protests
Hong Kong police cast a dragnet around the financial hub’s legislature on Wednesday, firing pepper-ball rounds and arresting hundreds as they stamped down on protests against a bill banning insults to China’s national anthem. The latest unrest comes days after China announced separate plans to impose a sweeping national security law on Hong Kong following […]
Hong Kong police embrace China’s security law plan
Hong Kong’s security chief on Monday welcomed China’s plans to impose a national security law on the financial hub, saying it was needed to defeat “terrorism” and calls for independence. Beijing plans to write a new security law for Hong Kong that bans treason, subversion and sedition after months of massive, often-violent pro-democracy protests last […]
‘This is the end of Hong Kong’: China pushes security law after unrest
China’s parliament said it will introduce a proposal Friday for a national security law in Hong Kong at its annual session, in a move the US warned would “highly destabilising” for the financial hub. The announcement late Thursday was quickly decried by pro-democracy lawmakers and activists as “the end of Hong Kong”, with fears it […]
COVID-19: How global real estate markets are bracing up for impact
By Kingsley Adegboye with Agency report Uncertainty is not good for development. The tide of speculations surrounding possible ill effects of the Covid19 spread is delaying investment decisions across the globe. According to a report by Colliers Research, the decisions over commercial real estate acquisition are expected to be delayed due to Coronavirus scare, especially […]
Hong Kong stocks close on a high
Hong Kong stocks closed on a positive note Tuesday, in line with a broad Asia advance and following a rally on Wall Street, while investors welcomed a surprisingly strong factory activity report out of China. READ ALSO: WHO urges Asia-Pacific to brace up for long-term battle against Covid-19 The Hang Seng Index jumped 1.85 percent, or […]
