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Have you explored the artsy side of Hong Kong’s yet?

If artwork and museums are your calling, give the regular Hong Kong itinerary a break and check out the artsy side of the country

Doryun Chong, Artistic Director and Chief Curator, M+ during out visit; Hong Kong Museum of Art and Christie’s Hong Kong(Photos: Soumya Vajpayee/HT)

htcity

Published on Apr 16, 2025 02:01 PM IST

BySoumya Vajpayee

Deepfake scammers impersonate executives in video call, dupe company of $26m

Scammers impersonate senior executives in video conference call to trick victim

Deepfakes refer to digitally altered media (audio or video) of a person to make him or her appear to be someone else. (Pic for representation)

technology

Updated on Feb 06, 2024 10:35 PM IST

AFP |

Artists among 8 detained in Hong Kong on eve of Tiananmen Square anniversary

Police said late Saturday that four people have been arrested for allegedly disrupting order in public spaces or carrying out acts with seditious intent.

Police officers take away a member of the public in the Causeway Bay area on the eve of the 34th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square massacre, in Hong Kong, Saturday.(AP)

world news

Published on Jun 03, 2023 11:39 PM IST

AP |

Hong Kong to cut democratically elected seats on local councils

The decision is another setback for the city's pro-democracy movement, which has been under pressure since Beijing's enactment of national security law in 2020.

Candidates would also need to go through a thorough vetting process to weed out those who oppose the Hong Kong or Chinese governments in addition to being nominated by local committees. (File)

world news

Published on May 06, 2023 03:31 PM IST

ANI |

Hong Kong holds first protest in two years under strict rules

Hong Kong protest: In mid-2020 Beijing imposed a National Security Law (NSL) to stamp out dissent in the southern Chinese city.

A group of residents hold the first authorised protest and march in two years in Hong Kong.(AFP)

world news

Published on Mar 26, 2023 02:52 PM IST

AFP | | Posted by Shobhit Gupta

Chinese reporter beaten by Hong Kong protesters in 2019 died: Report

Fu Guohao died in October 2021 aged 30 after suffering from depression, the South China Morning Post reported.

Hong Kong: Police officers guard outside the building of Stand News' office in Hong Kong. (AP)

world news

Published on Nov 18, 2022 03:20 PM IST

Bloomberg |

Dozens missing in shipwreck during South China Sea typhoon

An engineering vessel that was 160 nautical miles southwest of Hong Kong "suffered substantial damage and broke into two pieces" and the 30-member crew abandoned ship, according to the Hong Kong Government Flying Service.

An aerial view shows of Itu Aba, which the Taiwanese call Taiping, in the South China Sea.(REUTERS)

world news

Published on Jul 02, 2022 03:20 PM IST

AFP |

Hong Kong to cull 2,000 hamsters amid Covid-19 risk

According to the reports, authorities are also working to track customers who purchased hamsters from the affected store after January 7 and are asking the owners to quarantine as per the mandate. They will also undergo a mandatory Covid test.

A wildlife officer with personal protective equipment is seen outside a temporarily closed pet shop in Hong Kong.(REUTERS)

world news

Updated on Jan 19, 2022 08:23 AM IST

Byhindustantimes.com

Hong Kong's Stand News shuts down after police raid, arrests

The online news site stated that its website and social media will no longer be updated and will be taken down soon.

Stand News chief editor Patrick Lam is brought to the news outlet's office building in handcuffs after police were deployed to search the premises in Hong Kong's Kwun Tong district.(AFP Photo)

world news

Published on Dec 29, 2021 02:19 PM IST

AFP | , Hong Kong

Hong Kong police arrest 6 journalists for sedition

More than 200 officers were taking part in the search, police said. They had a warrant to seize relevant journalistic materials under a national security law enacted last year.

Police officers guard outside the building of Stand News' office in Hong Kong, Hong Kong police say they have arrested several current and former staff members of the online media company for conspiracy to publish a seditious publication. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)(AP)

world news

Published on Dec 29, 2021 06:47 AM IST

AP |

Hong Kong university dismantles and removes Tiananmen statue from campus

The artwork, of anguished human torsos, is one of the few remaining public memorials in the former British colony to remember the bloody crackdown that is a taboo topic in mainland China, where it cannot be publicly commemorated.

world news

Published on Dec 23, 2021 09:12 AM IST

Reuters |

Hong Kong police arrest 86 for protesting on China holiday

Four district councilors were among those arrested on suspicion of ‘unauthorised assembly’ on National Day Holiday, which celebrates the founding of the People’s Republic of China, but has become a day of protest in Hong Kong.

A man argues with riot police on China's National Day in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

world news

Updated on Oct 02, 2020 11:17 AM IST

Hong Kong | ByPress Trust of India | Posted by Karan Manral

Google to stop responding directly to data requests from HK govt

Google notified Hong Kong police on Thursday that it would direct officials to pursue any requests for data through a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty with the United States, which involves routing through the US justice department, The Washington Post reported.

Google reviewed all requests for user data and pushed back on “overly broad ones” to protect the privacy of users, the statement added.(REUTERS)

world news

Published on Aug 15, 2020 04:31 AM IST

Hong Kong | ByReuters

Still time for China to reconsider Hong Kong security law: UK

Foreign secretary Dominic Raab said he remained “deeply concerned” by China’s intention to implement the security law on Hong Kong. According to him, this would undermine the ‘One country, two systems’ framework agreed at the time of the former colony’s 1997 handover.

Beijing has rejected London’s criticism as interference in China’s internal affairs.(AFP)

world news

Updated on Jun 11, 2020 11:04 PM IST

Hindustan Times, London | ByPrasun Sonwalkar| Posted by Susmita Pakrasi

In daring escape, Hong Kong protesters shimmy down rope to awaiting bikes

Clashes rumbled throughout the day between protesters and police who had threatened to use deadly force to dislodge activists holed-up in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU).

Police watch from a flyover as protesters return to the Hong Kong Polytechnic University campus after failing to escape during protests in Hong Kong, China, November 19, 2019(REUTERS)

world news

Updated on Nov 19, 2019 10:35 AM IST

Hong Kong | ByAgence France-Presse

Hong Kong police, protesters clash in trains as violence rages

Police arrested more than 50 people in running battles across Hong Kong and fired two warning shots in a standoff with a crowd.

It’s the 13th straight weekend of historic political unrest in Hong Kong as rallies over a now-suspended bill to allow extraditions to China widened into a push for greater democracy.(REUTERS)

world news

Updated on Sep 01, 2019 01:21 PM IST

Bloomberg | ByShamim Adam and Daniel Ten Kate

Love in a time of tear gas: Politics and romance on Hong Kong’s barricades

Most of the frontline protesters driving the months-long pro-democracy demonstrations are students -- so-called “braves” facing pepper spray, rubber bullets and arrest in defence of their city’s values.

Demonstrators react to tear gas as they clash with riot police during anti-extradition protest in Hong Kong, China.(Reuters Photo)

world news

Updated on Aug 30, 2019 03:05 PM IST

Hong Kong | ByAgence France-Presse

Hong Kong police arrest 36, youngest aged 12, after running battles with protesters

The protests saw some of the fiercest clashes yet between police and demonstrators since violence escalated in mid-June over a now-suspended extradition bill that would have allowed Hong Kong people to be sent to mainland China for trial.

Hong Kong police said that they arrested 36 people, the youngest aged 12, after violence during anti-government demonstrations escalated.(Reuters Photo)

world news

Updated on Aug 26, 2019 08:55 AM IST

Hong Kong | ByReuters

Here’s what you need to know before travelling to Hong Kong

Months of protests in Hong Kong have made travelling to the city a potentially dicey proposition. Here’s a rundown of what you need to know to get around and avoid areas most likely to see flare-ups.

Months of protests in Hong Kong have made travelling to the city a potentially dicey proposition.(Unsplash)

lifestyle

Updated on Aug 23, 2019 07:43 AM IST

Bloomberg | ByEric Lam

KLeave ASAP, passengers told at Hong Kong airport, all flights cancelled

The increasingly violent protests have plunged the Chinese-ruled territory into its most serious crisis in decades, presenting Chinese leader Xi Jinping with one of his biggest challenges since he came to power in 2012.

Anti-extradition bill protesters attend a mass demonstration after a woman was shot in the eye during a protest at Hong Kong International Airport, in Hong Kong, China August 12, 2019.(REUTERS)

world news

Updated on Jun 13, 2020 09:20 PM IST

Hong Kong | ByReuters

Hong Kong: Law and order must be upheld | Analysis

The most important task is to punish violent criminal acts, restore social stability, safeguard law and order

Some protesters blocked the streets for long hours and impeded traffic; some radical ones even stormed the Hong Kong Legislative Council building, destroyed public facilities, attacked the police with petrol bombs and damaged the national flag of China(AP)

analysis

Updated on Aug 11, 2019 07:09 PM IST

ByLi Bijian

Hong Kong’s protests will roll into history’s footnotes

The mass resistance of Hong Kongers may come to be seen as a symbol of what much of the world may have to do in a more structured manner against the global variant of the “China dream.”

Barring an unforeseen turn of events, the anti-government movement will, like previous demonstrations in Hong Kong, be rolled into the history footnotes. But the protests will probably result in the shelving of the extradition law that triggered all this upheaval in the first place and the premature replacement of the chief executive(AP)

editorials

Published on Jul 08, 2019 08:10 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByHT Correspondent

Hong Kong protests against extradition bill were ‘riots’: Beijing

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang Thursday said the largely peaceful protests were “an act that undermines Hong Kong’s stability.”

Protest organisers have announced plans for another mass rally for Sunday.(AFP File Photo)

world news

Updated on Jun 13, 2019 03:37 PM IST

Beijing | ByAgence France-Presse

‘I was like a prisoner’: Saudi sisters trapped in Hong Kong recall beatings

The pair, who say they have renounced their Muslim faith, arrived in the Chinese territory from Sri Lanka in September.

Two sisters from Saudi Arabia who fled the conservative kingdom and have been hiding out in Hong Kong for nearly six months said they did so to escape beatings at the hands of their brothers and father. (Representative Image)(AFP)

world news

Updated on Feb 23, 2019 07:37 PM IST

Hong Kong | ByReuters

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If artwork and museums are your calling, give the regular Hong Kong itinerary a break and check out the artsy side of the country

Scammers impersonate senior executives in video conference call to trick victim

Police said late Saturday that four people have been arrested for allegedly disrupting order in public spaces or carrying out acts with seditious intent.

The decision is another setback for the city's pro-democracy movement, which has been under pressure since Beijing's enactment of national security law in 2020.

Hong Kong protest: In mid-2020 Beijing imposed a National Security Law (NSL) to stamp out dissent in the southern Chinese city.

Fu Guohao died in October 2021 aged 30 after suffering from depression, the South China Morning Post reported.

An engineering vessel that was 160 nautical miles southwest of Hong Kong "suffered substantial damage and broke into two pieces" and the 30-member crew abandoned ship, according to the Hong Kong Government Flying Service.

According to the reports, authorities are also working to track customers who purchased hamsters from the affected store after January 7 and are asking the owners to quarantine as per the mandate. They will also undergo a mandatory Covid test.

The online news site stated that its website and social media will no longer be updated and will be taken down soon.

More than 200 officers were taking part in the search, police said. They had a warrant to seize relevant journalistic materials under a national security law enacted last year.

The artwork, of anguished human torsos, is one of the few remaining public memorials in the former British colony to remember the bloody crackdown that is a taboo topic in mainland China, where it cannot be publicly commemorated.

Four district councilors were among those arrested on suspicion of ‘unauthorised assembly’ on National Day Holiday, which celebrates the founding of the People’s Republic of China, but has become a day of protest in Hong Kong.

Google notified Hong Kong police on Thursday that it would direct officials to pursue any requests for data through a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty with the United States, which involves routing through the US justice department, The Washington Post reported.

Foreign secretary Dominic Raab said he remained “deeply concerned” by China’s intention to implement the security law on Hong Kong. According to him, this would undermine the ‘One country, two systems’ framework agreed at the time of the former colony’s 1997 handover.

Clashes rumbled throughout the day between protesters and police who had threatened to use deadly force to dislodge activists holed-up in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU).

Police arrested more than 50 people in running battles across Hong Kong and fired two warning shots in a standoff with a crowd.

Most of the frontline protesters driving the months-long pro-democracy demonstrations are students -- so-called “braves” facing pepper spray, rubber bullets and arrest in defence of their city’s values.

The protests saw some of the fiercest clashes yet between police and demonstrators since violence escalated in mid-June over a now-suspended extradition bill that would have allowed Hong Kong people to be sent to mainland China for trial.

Months of protests in Hong Kong have made travelling to the city a potentially dicey proposition. Here’s a rundown of what you need to know to get around and avoid areas most likely to see flare-ups.

The increasingly violent protests have plunged the Chinese-ruled territory into its most serious crisis in decades, presenting Chinese leader Xi Jinping with one of his biggest challenges since he came to power in 2012.

The most important task is to punish violent criminal acts, restore social stability, safeguard law and order

The mass resistance of Hong Kongers may come to be seen as a symbol of what much of the world may have to do in a more structured manner against the global variant of the “China dream.”

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang Thursday said the largely peaceful protests were “an act that undermines Hong Kong’s stability.”

The pair, who say they have renounced their Muslim faith, arrived in the Chinese territory from Sri Lanka in September.

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