HKFP Buzz • HKFP History • Politics & Protest History: On this day in 1984, Britain signed the Hong Kong Handover agreement 19 December 2016 23:00
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Development Sec. Paul Chan urges lawmakers not to filibuster HK$90bn of funding proposals 19 December 2016 18:13
Politics & Protest • SinoBeat Activists hold photo campaign to demand release of Chinese human rights activist Liu Xiaobo 19 December 2016 16:50
Politics & Protest • SinoBeat Six years on, China ends diplomatic freeze with Norway after Nobel Peace Prize row 19 December 2016 16:40
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest The legislature’s luxury locks: President urges return of keys worth ‘several hundred dollars’ 19 December 2016 16:15
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest ‘CY, I love you’: Chief Exec. CY Leung thanks supporters after a hundred attend rally 19 December 2016 14:16
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Regina Ip has ‘better grasp’ of democracy thanks to supervision of Stanford scholar Larry Diamond 19 December 2016 14:15
Environment & Health • SinoBeat China chokes under heavy smog with worse ahead; 23 cities issue red alerts 19 December 2016 14:00
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Media speculate Chief Sec. Carrie Lam may meet Chinese officials during visit to Beijing this week 19 December 2016 12:06
Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Ousted lawmaker urges legislature to ‘be just’ and await final court verdict as HK$1.86m deadline arrives 19 December 2016 12:05
Hong Kong • Law & Crime • LGBTQ & Gender Police probe complaints of sexual harassment by inspector, indecent assault at drinks party 19 December 2016 12:00
Defence & Foreign Policy • Politics & Protest • SinoBeat Donald Trump’s tweets on China ‘more dangerous than funny’, state media says 19 December 2016 11:59
Hong Kong • Travel & Transport New air traffic system malfunctions again; Aviation Dept. says no safety breach 19 December 2016 10:30
Animals • Hong Kong • Politics & Protest Regina Ip restates support for fur trade, dismisses criticism as ‘frivolous, unfounded’ 19 December 2016 00:23
Defence & Foreign Policy • Politics & Protest • SinoBeat China to return seized US naval probe, slams ‘hyping’ of incident 19 December 2016 00:01