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Greater Bay Area opportunities found!

A Bloomberg story… Hong Kong’s third-largest supermarket chain U Select, run by state-owned conglomerate China Resources Holdings Co., has almost halved its network in less than a year as the city’s retailers struggle with economic headwinds and residents flock across … Continue reading

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Neither LegCo nor priests what they used to be

Security Secretary Chris Tang answers questions about ‘absconders’ – a major bug-bear of the NatSec system. Under the Article 23 NatSec law, the authorities will cancel travel documents and (it seems) professional qualifications after a six-month period. If an absconder’s … Continue reading

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Public consultation, 1st and 2nd readings over already

Full text of the ‘Safeguarding National Security’ Bill. A full round-up from HKFP.  Among other things: life sentences for treason, insurrection and sabotage; a maximum 10-year sentence for sedition; possible extended detention without charge for NatSec suspects; powers to limit … Continue reading

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A NatSec-heavy Friday

DJ-activist Tam Tak-chi loses his appeal against his 2022 sedition conviction. From AFP… The sedition offence, formerly a little-used relic of Hong Kong’s British colonial era, was dusted off as Beijing launched a crackdown on dissent in the financial hub … Continue reading

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You reap what you sow

A major mouth-froth eruption over headlines on Bloomberg’s subscriber-only terminal news service… The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government today (March 6) strongly disapproved of and condemned Bloomberg’s news headlines “HK says Telegram should be prohibited in Article 23 … Continue reading

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OK, but can we stick pins in their effigies?

‘Villain hitting’ is more popular than ever this year. But police advise the elderly women who will curse your enemies by hitting pictures of them under the Canal Road flyover not to use photos of people. This presumably means pictures … Continue reading

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More space for cars – outside Hong Kong

Renewed relevance for the HK-Zhuhai Bridge – parking spaces for (eventually) 6,000 cars at a location much but not all of the way from Zhuhai to Hong Kong… “You can also park your car there even if you don’t have … Continue reading

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Saving ‘two sessions’ excitement for later

Bloomberg’s report on the US Consul General’s comments on Article 23… US Consul General Gregory May cautioned that connectivity issues and data security concerns had prompted some American companies to use burner phones and laptops when visiting the once free-wheeling … Continue reading

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Few abscondees reply

The one-month public consultation on the Article 23 NatSec law legislation concludes, with a stunning and breathtakingly wonderful 98.64% of responses saying they absolutely love it … A spokesman for the Security Bureau said, “While it takes time to take … Continue reading

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Budget snooze

HKFP’s Budget round-up. Quick summary: a lack of any original thinking. We must scrap various stamp duties on property transactions in an attempt to push housing prices up, thus – in theory – enabling government to go back to relying … Continue reading

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