An election for Hong Kong's new Election Committee (EC) which only allowed "patriotic" candidates to run has concluded. The committee is responsible for choosing the city's next leader.

Hong Kong sees patriots inducted into new election committee

Fears of contagion from the potential collapse of battered Chinese real estate giant Evergrande sent property shares plunging in Hong Kong on Monday, with the firm expected to default on upcoming interest payments this week.

Evergrande contagion fears hit Hong Kong stocks, with default expected

The Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions has decided to disband itself. This is amid growing security concerns.

Hong Kong's Confederation of Trade Unions decides to dissolve itself

Fewer than 5,000 people from mostly pro-establishment circles in Hong Kong began voting on Sunday. This polling vetted as loyal to Beijing will pick the city's next China-backed leader and some of its legislature.

Hong Kong's first 'patriots-only' polling kicks off

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken took down a tweet in which he declared the US would "stand with the people of Hong Kong," accusing Beijing of undermining the city's long-term political stability.

'US would stand with people of Hong Kong', tweets Blinken; later deletes it

The 2022 Gay Games due to be held in Hong Kong will be postponed for a year because of the coronavirus, a delay to Asia's inaugural hosting of an event that could raise hope in a region where intolerance is common, organisers said on Wednesday.

Hong Kong 2022 Gay Games postponed amid COVID-19 travel restrictions

On Wednesday, nine Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were sentenced to between six and 10 months in prison for their role in an unauthorised assembly at last year's vigil for the victims of China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on protesters.

Nine Hong Kong activists sentenced to prison for unauthorised Tiananmen vigil

Hong Kong football coach Matt Holland speaks to WION's sports editor, Digvijay Singh Deo on UEFA Champions League.

Hong Kong football coach Matt Holland speaks to WION's Sports Editor, Digvijay Singh Deo

Fishermen of Tai O community fear for their life in Hong Kong after devastating typhoons hit the community.

Fishermen in Hong Kong fear for their life after devastating typhoons

Hong Kong police have charged the group that organises the city’s annual Tiananmen candlelight vigil and three of its leaders with subversion under the national security law, amid an ongoing crackdown on dissent.

Tiananmen vigil organisers charged with inciting subversion

Three leaders of a group behind Hong Kong's Tiananmen vigil were charged Thursday with inciting subversion following an earlier police raid at the museum the group ran commemorating Beijing's deadly crackdown in 1989.

Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil leaders charged with 'inciting subversion'

The group behind the annual Tiananmen Square memorial vigil in Hong Kong on Sunday said that it will not cooperate with police conducting a national security investigation into the group’s activities, as they termed it as an abuse of power.

Group behind Hong Kong’s Tiananmen vigil denies foreign ties

The Hong Kong media group owned by jailed tycoon Jimmy Lai said on Sunday that it aimed to go into liquidation. The announcement said that board of directors of Next Digital Ltd had resigned to facilitate the process.

Hong Kong: Jailed tycoon Jimmy Lai's media group to wind down

In Hong Kong, where land is at a premium and burials are expensive, pet owners can choose "green burials" at more than a dozen animal crematoriums.

Hong Kong pet funerals aim for respectful farewell rather than landfill waste

Taking forward the case against the pro-democracy activists of Hong Kong, the court has handed a 16 months long jail sentence to seven activists. Activists including Figo Chan, a former convenor of the now-disbanded Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF); Raphael Wong and Avery Ng of the League of Social Democrats political party; and former legislators Cyd Ho, Yeung Sum, Albert Ho and Leung Kwok-hung, who is known in Hong Kong as “Long Hair”, have been handed down jail sentences ranging from 11 to 16 months.

Hong Kong: 17 pro-democracy activists jailed for 16 months

Hong Kong will scrutinise past films for national security breaches under a tough new censorship law announced on Tuesday in the latest blow to the financial hub's political and artistic freedoms.

Hong Kong censorship law to check old films for national security breaches

A council member of a professional group of solicitors in Hong Kong on Saturday dropped his bid to seek re-election next week, citing fears for his safety and that of his family.

Candidate pulls out of Hong Kong lawyers' group election over safety fears

Two Hong Kongers accused of being part of a group that campaigned for international sanctions against China pleaded guilty under the city's national security law on Thursday in a case that is linked to jailed pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai.

Hong Kongers plead guilty to 'national security' charge over sanction calls

Two Hong Kong residents who were accused of working with a group that campaigned for international sanctions on China on Thursday pleaded guilty under the city's national security law.

Hong Kong: Activists plead guilty to 'national security' charge over sanction calls

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam may warned that Hong Kong government may cut ties with one of the city's key legal profession associations if it gets involved in politics.

Hong Kong leader warns solicitors' group to stay out of politics

Pro-Beijing candidates are running uncontested for most seats in a Hong Kong election committee tasked with choosing the city's leader, with the pro-democracy camp almost absent, government announcements showed on Friday.

First Hong Kong election under revamped system to be largely uncontested

Hong Kong's population declined by 1.2 percent in the last year, including nearly 90,000 more residents departing than moving to the city, figures released Thursday showed, as Beijing cracked down on dissent and the pandemic kept the finance hub sealed off.

Hong Kong saw net outflow of 90,000 residents over the last year

China's anti-sanctions law will be implemented in some form in Hong Kong, the city's leader confirmed Tuesday, a move that will add fresh regulatory pressure on international companies in the finance hub.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam backs China's anti-sanctions law

Hong Kong's justice secretary said on Sunday that a mainland Chinese law to counter foreign sanctions could also be adopted in the China-ruled city by writing it into Hong Kong's mini-constitution, pending a decision by the Chinese parliament.

Hong Kong minister signals path to adopting China anti-sanctions law

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