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The mandatory reporting law is a necessary measure, if overdue. Photo: Shutterstock
Law

Editorial | Guidelines overdue on Hong Kong child abuse law

Hong Kong professionals subject to mandatory reporting measures on the mistreatment of youngsters must understand their responsibility.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong father’s anguish after inquest rules teen died of natural causes

Abby Choi - murder of a model

Duo jailed for 6 months for helping Abby Choi’s ex-husband in Hong Kong escape bid

Hong Kong national security law

Hong Kong’s new bounce, 5 years post-national security law

There are signs that the city has bounced back, but worsening US-China tensions keep storm clouds lingering.

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen
Hong Kong protests

Former Hong Kong protester challenges travel ban in bid to study law

Authorities block To Kai-wa from leaving Hong Kong during his post-release supervision, citing potential national security risk.

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong DSE documentary star gets probation after second theft offence

Tang Ngai-hong sentenced to a year of probation after pleading guilty to stealing bag of fruit and two packets of potato chips on January 5.

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Legal Tales | Interstate mediation in a multipolar world: how can Hong Kong best play a role?

Hosting the International Organization for Mediation is a strong first step for Hong Kong on the road to providing a lasting contribution to international law.

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The International Organization for Mediation is based in Hong Kong. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong national security law

What’s next after 5 years of national security law in Hong Kong?

Hong Kong has put economic development and livelihood issues at the top of the agenda since the return to stability.

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Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong mother sentenced to 9 months of psychiatric treatment for killing son

Prosecutors earlier accepted homemaker Stephanie Tam had suffered major depressive disorder episode during murder-suicide bid in 2022.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong firm, designer fined over illegal removal of load-bearing flat wall

Space Envision and Lai Chun-kit fined HK$200,000 and HK$60,000, respectively, for removing load-bearing wall of luxury Lohas Park flat.

Director of Buildings Clarice Yu Po-mei at the Buildings Department office in Yau Ma Tei in May 2023, explaining structural issues of the case at The Capitol, Lohas Park in Tseung Kwan O. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong national security law

Hong Kong appeal court rejects early release for first security law challenger

Judges uphold correctional services’ decision for ‘Captain America’ activist Adam Ma, citing lack of remorse and ‘deradicalisation’.

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Adam Ma, the first person to mount a legal challenge against Hong Kong’s domestic national security law, has lost an appeal to overturn a decision barring his early release from prison. Photo: Brian Wong
Hong Kong national security law

Opinion | Contrary to naysayers, Hong Kong’s national security law is working well

Five years on, the law has helped ‘one country, two systems’ operate smoothly, which is key to the city’s success.

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Crime in Hong Kong

Man charged in connection with HK$3 million Hong Kong Hermes bag robbery

Suspect, 30, will appear in court and is alleged to have stolen 14 pre-owned Hermes bags, a Van Cleef & Arpels necklace and two mobile phones.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s Physical gym founders fined HK$24,000 for unpaid wages to 2 coaches

Chain’s directors have exhausted their payment options after mortgaging all their properties, lawyer says.

The owner of gym chain Physical, Luk Ngai-keung, was arrested by Hong Kong customs officers in September. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong

Hong Kong man blames mental illness for stabbing elderly father to death

Lee Man-lok, 35, pleads guilty to manslaughter over attack that left father with more than 80 cut and stab wounds following quarrel.

The attack took place at the family home in Yin Lai Court in Kwai Chung. Photo: Google Maps
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong man, 74, found guilty of manslaughter for strangling daughter

High Court jury clears security guard Chan Kwai-sang of murdering Chan Hang-sze, accepts he was provoked into killing.

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong cook given 160 hours of community service for cruelty to dogs

Showing remorse, Ng Sing-yiu spared jail for tying two stray mongrels in nylon bags at Po Lin Monastery and abandoning them in the wild.

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Hong Kong society

Court suspends work ban on Hong Kong contractor linked to 5 site deaths

Aggressive Construction Company will remain on government’s registered list of contractors temporarily pending a hearing on its appeal.

A 65-tonne tower crane collapsed at a site on Anderson Road in Kwun Tong in September 2022, killing three workers. Photo: Felix Wong
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong hostel manager charged by ICAC over HK$900,000 theft

Former Caritas-Hong Kong employee allegedly altered booking records and stole outstanding guest payments.

Hong Kong

8 ex-Hong Kong hawker control officers spared jail over ‘buddy lists’ for jobs

District Court sentences eight former Food and Environmental Hygiene Department officers to between 150 and 240 hours of community service.

Crime in Hong Kong

Woman convicted of manslaughter for stabbing daughter to death in Hong Kong

Security guard Yang Leying, 50, fatally assaulted her 24-year-old daughter under the delusion that she needed to protect son.

The defendant had lived with her daughter in a flat in Tsz Ching Estate in Tsz Wan Shan since 2019. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong national security law

Opinion | Hong Kong an example in balancing national security and people’s rights

Five years on from introduction of security law, the city is showing how the two issues, rather than being in conflict, are interconnected and reinforce each other.

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Illustration: Craig Stephens
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong’s Aggressive Construction appeals against rejection of licence renewal

Fatal industrial accidents have brought scrutiny to firm, which is set to be removed from registered list of contractors on Friday.

Hong Kong

Lecturer in Hong Kong sues over ‘hostile’ response to harassment complaint

Ana Alias Martinez alleges her contract at HKUST was not renewed due to her complaints against male colleague.

Abby Choi - murder of a model

2 guilty of conspiring to help Abby Choi’s ex-husband in Hong Kong escape bid

Pair found guilty of agreeing to arrange boat to Macau for Alex Kwong after socialite’s murder in 2023.

Lam Shun had only “asked around” without entering into any agreement or receiving payment for helping in an escape plan, his lawyer argued. Photo: Edmond So
Law

Editorial | New senior counsel must rise to the challenges ahead

Their appointment comes as Hong Kong takes steps to establish itself as an international legal centre linking China to other parts of the world.

Chief Justice Andrew Cheung (second right) poses with the three newly appointed senior counsel: Timothy Parker (left), Catrina Lam (second left) and Priscilia Lam. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong housing

Should Hong Kong hit luxury homeowners with heavier fines for illegal works?

Lawmaker warns HK$110,000 penalty for two property owners at luxury estate ‘not a good message’ for public.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s mediation centre open to developed nations, Western countries

Deputy Secretary for Justice Horace Cheung assures centre’s services available to all despite developing nations being its founding members.

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