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· Celine Pun
Watch: Hong Kong residents bid farewell to Jumbo Floating Restaurant as it is towed to secret location
The Jumbo Floating Restaurant offered Chinese banquet-style fine dining and was known for their Cantonese cuisine and seafood dishes. The venue boasted more than 45,000 square feet over three floors and had the capacity to accommodate 2,300 diners. During the start of the…
· Bryan Ke
Edgar Cheung Ka-long wins Hong Kong’s 2nd gold medal at the Asian Fencing Championships
Fencing star Edgar Cheung Ka-long won Hong Kong’s second gold medal at the Asian Fencing Championships in Seoul on Sunday, beating China’s Mo Ziwei 15-6 in the grand finals of the men's individual foil event. “I fenced quite well and am satisfied with my performance,” Cheung…
· Bryan Ke
Iconic Hong Kong landmark Jumbo Floating Restaurant is sinking — and no one may save it
Hong Kongers are seeking help for the iconic landmark Jumbo Floating Restaurant days after its kitchen barge sank on May 31. Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor declared in a statement released in late May that the local government has no intention to invest in…
· Michelle De Pacina
Hong Kong student pleads guilty to using animal sacrifices to solve clients’ love woes
Tong Cheuk-him, 19, pleaded guilty to animal cruelty charges after running a business that performs animal sacrifices for clients with romantic problems. The Hong Kong student created an Instagram account for his “fortune-telling” business in August 2021, and he offered services…
· Rebecca Moon
Dad in Hong Kong forced to pay $4,200 after son knocks over gold Teletubbies figure in toy store
A father in Hong Kong was forced to pay HK$33,600 (approximately $4,255) at a designer toy store after his son knocked over a golden Teletubbies figure. The incident occurred at the KKPlus store in Langham Place mall in Hong Kong on Sunday evening. Staff members at the store…
· Jane Nam
Hong Kong’s next leader: Beijing favorite and ex-security chief John Lee
Sunday marked Beijing loyalist and former security chief John Lee’s election victory for Hong Kong chief executive. An overwhelming majority — 97 percent — of Hong Kong’s largely pro-Beijing Election Committee of 1,461 members voted Lee in as the next leader for the city’s 7.5…
· Bryan Ke
Hong Kong star Andy Lau goes viral for doing housework
Hong Kong actor, singer-songwriter and film producer Andy Lau garnered millions of views on Chinese social media after posting a video of himself cleaning his home. His now-viral video gained 3.6 million likes and over 1 million comments in just two days. The 30-second video,…
· Michelle De Pacina
Chinese student pleads guilty to attempted murder of 4 Hong Kong women in hopes of death penalty
Liu Yueteng, a 26-year-old former university student at a mainland tertiary institution, reportedly tried to murder four women in Hong Kong in the hopes of receiving the death penalty following multiple suicide attempts. Liu recently confessed to carrying out a knife attack…
· Michelle De Pacina
Hong Kong man arrested after passerby sees him moving rolled-up quilt with legs sticking out of it
Hong Kong police responded to a call from a passerby who witnessed a pair of legs sticking out from a rolled-up quilt being dragged with a wheel board by a man on Friday. Officers arrested the 25-year-old man after they found the body of a 30-year-old woman, whose head was…
· Michelle De Pacina
Hong Kong student sentenced to 5 years in jail for sending pro-independence messages on Telegram
Lui Sai-yu, a 25-year-old undergraduate student in Hong Kong, was charged with “incitement to secession” in April 2021 under the 2020 Beijing imposition of the national security law. He was sentenced to 5 years in jail on Friday for advocating the city’s independence from the…
· Grace Kim
Veteran Hong Kong actor Kenneth Tsang, who appeared in ‘A Better Tomorrow’ and ‘Supercop,’ dies at 87
Veteran actor Kenneth Tsang was found dead inside his hotel room in Hong Kong on Wednesday. The actor was following quarantine orders, as he had just returned home from Singapore two days prior. Tsang’s career spanned over 60 years with over 200 acting credits. While he was…
· Michelle De Pacina
Hong Kong mother pleads guilty to fatally strangling, slashing wrists of her 16-year-old daughter
A 54-year-old mother in Hong Kong, Kwok Lin-choi, pleaded guilty before the High Court to manslaughter for drugging, strangling and slashing the wrists of her 16-year-old daughter. “I felt that my daughter had changed, so I gave her some sleeping pills and then killed her with a…
· Michelle De Pacina
24-year-old mother arrested after her baby is found fatally strangled in their Hong Kong home
A 24-year-old mother was arrested on suspicion of fatally strangling her 19-month-old daughter in the Eastern District of Hong Kong. Officers found the mother and the baby with neck injuries at a residential building in North Point on April 23. The baby was pronounced dead at…
· Bryan Ke
China says US has ‘evil intentions’ after YouTube channel of Hong Kong chief executive candidate shut down
Google terminated the YouTube campaign channel of Beijing-backed Hong Kong chief executive candidate John Lee Ka-chiu in compliance with U.S. sanctions on Wednesday. Lee was one of the Hong Kong and Chinese officials who were sanctioned by the U.S. in July 2020 after passing…
· Michelle De Pacina
Hong Kong actor apologizes for ‘brownface’ portrayal of Filipino character following backlash
Canadian actor Franchesca Wong apologized to her Instagram followers after receiving backlash for using “brownface” to portray a Filipino domestic worker character in a Hong Kong TV show. “I genuinely have no intention to disrespect or racially discriminate any ethnic group,…
· Jane Nam
Fencer Edgar Cheung becomes Hong Kong’s first athlete to rank No. 1 in the world in men’s foil
The International Fencing Federation (IFF) released its world rankings on Saturday, putting Hong Kongese fencer Cheung Ka Long, also known as Edgar, at No. 1 in men’s foil. It is the first time a Hong Kongese fencer has reached the ranking, which was held by Italy’s Alessio…
· Michelle De Pacina
Chinese actor’s ‘brownface’ portrayal of a Filipino character on Hong Kong TV show draws backlash
Hong Kong horror TV show “Barrack O’Karma” sparked outrage when Chinese actor Franchesca Wong darkened her skin with make-up to portray a Filipino domestic helper character. A clip posted to Instagram by one of Wong’s colleagues shows the actor applying dark make-up on her legs…
· Jane Nam
Leader of Hong Kong protest crackdown favored to be the city’s next chief executive
Former Hong Kong Chief Secretary and security official John Lee announced on Wednesday that he is running for election to become chief executive of the global financial hub. Lee, 64, led the crackdown on pro-democracy and anti-government protests in Hong Kong during 2019, which…
· Bryan Ke
Hong Kong actor Wong He suffers horrifying nosebleed after PCR test in Taiwan
Hong Kong actor Wong He shocked his Facebook fans on Sunday after posting a series of pictures showing his bloodied nose following a PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test in Taiwan. The 54-year-old actor, who is sometimes credited as Wong Hei and is best known for his role as a…
· Daniel Anderson
UK judges withdraw from top Hong Kong court in opposition to China’s security law
The U.K.’s Foreign Office announced it was pulling its judges from Hong Kong’s top court, with two Supreme Court justices resigning immediately over growing concerns with China’s national security law passed in 2020. Hong Kong’s Basic Law allows for top judges from overseas…