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During his national security trial on Monday, Apple Daily newspaper founder Jimmy Lai also pushed back against the allegation that he sought the United States to engage in hostile activities against China.

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1/ As Hong Kong’s most transparent news outlet, HKFP is externally audited annually, disclosing all of our income/spending online. Full report: buff.ly/WLIfZIg

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Whilst the remains of civil society jitter this year, it now seems the demise of Unison HK was more to do with internal strife... hongkongfp.com/2025/03/03/f... (Claims of "mission accomplished" on equality was damaging nonsense to put out last week.)

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Over one-third of women in Hong Kong said they experienced sexual harassment at work, a survey has found. Reasons for not reporting workplace sexual harassment included believing harassment was not unusual, fearing that reporting would worsen the situation, & thinking that reporting would not help.

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Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour engulfed in fog - here are four more shots from Lance Lam, Waddle Kong, Walter Leung, Alan Kwok & Sean Cheng.

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There are 2.4 million people in Hong Kong who are over the age of 60

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NEW: “Elon Musk’s Starlink is installed above all the buildings in the campus where we are now. Now the fraud work is running normally," a human-trafficking victim wrote. A WIRED investigation into reports of criminals running multibillion-dollar empires across Southeast Asia using Starlink:

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Hong Kong has condemned "baseless allegations" and "smearing" of its two security laws after US politicians introduced a resolution on Thursday criticising perceived rights abuses in the city. In full: buff.ly/43zpHPB

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Only around 360 people eligible for the HK$2 transport subsidy take more than 240 trips each month, Hong Kong’s welfare chief has said, following the government’s plan to limit the concessionary fare. hongkongfp.com/2025/02/28/b...

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Two ex-employees of Hong Kong Unison, an NGO dedicated to serving the city’s ethnic minorities, have accused the organisation of making an “irresponsible decision” to disband after over two decades of operation. hongkongfp.com/2025/02/28/e...

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Racism solved: hongkongfp.com/2025/02/28/e...

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HK's finance chief has defended the gov't's plan to cancel the HK$2,500 student subsidy after being quizzed by lawmakers over the lack of consultation. In full: buff.ly/4blVk0I

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Senator Jim Risch urged US firms to "reconsider their business presence in Hong Kong," as the city condemned "despicable political manoeuvring and reckless clamouring." hongkongfp.com/2025/02/28/h...

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An HKFP shoutout in Asia's best media newsletter: splicemedia.com Cheers @alansoon.bsky.social & team!

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🚨BREAKING: 1/ Ex-#HongKong @HKDemocrats lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting has been sentenced to 3 years and 1 month in prison after being convicted of rioting in the 2019 Yuen Long mob attack. hongkongfp.com/2025/02/27/b... (Readers are invited to seek out the video on this one.)

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Reuters Inst.: People are turning away from the news. Here’s why it may be happening reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/people-...

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Only 5% of UK medical school entrants are working class, data shows

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"No you can't go to the toilet, and sunglasses aren't allowed in the chamber."

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Cutting aid to fund defence, Mr Starmer, is both cruel and self-defeating. I agree we need to defend ourselves. But creating a less stable, less humane world is no way to do it.

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The League of Social Democrats said that it was calling off its pre-Budget demonstration owing to "immense pressure," without giving further details. It called on authorities to be “open to criticism,” so that a “free Hong Kong could bring back migrants and investment.”

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LIVE: #HongKong Budget 2025 live stream -- hongkongfp.com/2025/02/26/l... Stay tuned to www.hongkongfp.com for updates throughout the morning, as the city tackles mammoth deficits and a faltering economy.

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A debate on Reddit about Asia's 'events hub': www.reddit.com/r/HongKong/c... - see the comments.

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1/ Another civil society group mulls disbandment. hongkongfp.com/2025/02/25/n... Unison chair Alice Chong: “The consideration is not due to financial reasons or political pressure... It is more that the historical mission of Unison has been complete after 24 years working for ethnic minorities.”

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The Digital Art Fair 2025, scheduled to run in March, would have been part of the Hong Kong Art Week, coinciding with flagship art events such as Art Basel and Art Central. It comes after the cancellation of Creamfields festival and the Photofairs photography and video art fair.

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In the UN vote today on Russian aggression, Trump's America sided with Russia, North Korea and Belarus in defending Putin's war. The U.S. was not even as independent-minded as Cuba and Iran, both of which abstained. In the world's fight for liberty, I fear the U.S. has just switched sides.

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Veteran members of Hong Kong’s Democratic Party, which announced on Thursday that it would take initial steps to disband, are split over the decision. hongkongfp.com/2025/02/21/n...

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🚨BREAKING: Hong Kong's opposition Democratic Party will set up a special task force to discuss steps to disband, party chair Lo Kin-hei has announced, three decades after the political party was established. hongkongfp.com/2025/02/20/b...

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Trending today on the "Leopards Ate My Face" subreddit. www.reddit.com/r/LeopardsAt...

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[email protected] was registered exactly ten years ago, with our website launching in June 2015. Many said 'give it a year' -- I'll promise you now, we'll be around in 2035. 💪 Many thanks to our readers & 1,000 monthly donors: support.hongkongfp.com/en/ & to the early supporters!

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YoungReporter: The number of Hongkongers who are willing to pay for online news has dropped from 29% in 2020 to 18% in 2024. tyr-jour.hkbu.edu.hk/2025/02/19/s...

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Very normal city. Via Reddit. www.reddit.com/r/HongKong/c...

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1/ 📢BREAKING: Press union, the HKJA, has said its venue booking for their annual fundraising gala next Monday has been cancelled by Eaton HK Hotel, with no reason given. hongkongfp.com/2025/02/20/b...

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Historically, the @HKDemocrats have been able to meet #HongKong leaders 👇 and - for decades - fielded legislative candidates successfully. Now, the 30-year-old party say they don't get the invites: hongkongfp.com/2025/02/19/h... - they may consider disbanding at a Thur meeting.

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A Hong Kong taxi union has called off a planned strike demanding a government crackdown on unlicensed ride-hailing services – a day after Chief Executive John Lee warned that “drastic action” would not receive public support.

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A new Light Rail Sightseeing Route “Tuen Mun Voyager” will operate on weekends and public holidays, supporting development of the regional tourism economy, the MTRC says.

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A ton of International Women's Day events at the under-rated Lamma Art Collective: www.eventbrite.com/cc/internati... - next month, some free.

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1/ Meta just announced it's deleting everyone's Facebook livestream archive in 30 days. In places like #HongKong, media outlets' precious record of news events, like the 2019 demos, will be lost.

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That's how it should - and has - worked... But unfortunately this will just leave the clown car of Breitbart, OANN, social media figures etc... with a monopoly, and I doubt Trump et al will care. They may welcome it.

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🚨 #HongKong's Democratic Party, founded in 1994, may convene this week to discuss future plans, inc. potential disbandment. They have discussed disbanding before, but several ex-leaders and even the party's founder were unaware this time. Comes days after HKPORI said it may shutter.

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Wanted former lawmaker Ted Hui, who is now based in Australia and is wanted by Hong Kong’s national security police, said the city’s High Court had issued an order to confiscate assets held by his mother and wife in Hong Kong, as well as trust money held by a Hong Kong law firm.

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