Zhang Xiaoming arrived in Hong Kong on Sunday and has already met with members of Basic Law Committee, Post has learned. He is gathering views on legal ramifications of decision.

Citing health risks of voting amid Covid-19, Chief Executive Carrie Lam invokes emergency powers to delay legislative polls by a year, while oppositions warns of collapse of constitutional order.

The group includes other such well-known names as Alvin Yeung, Joshua Wong, Dennis Kwok and Gwyneth Ho.

Group will reassess situation after nominations close on Friday, and proceed with delaying elections if Covid-19 crisis remains serious.

Executive Council convenor Bernard Chan believes move was made because he is considered to be a ‘politically exposed person’.

Cabinet-level Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office say such calls are as notorious as opposition camp’s ‘mutual destruction’ strategy and deserve condemnation.

The New People’s Party chairwoman will be running for a fourth four-year term in the Hong Kong Island constituency.

Officers arrest four for unlawful assembly, fine several for breaking social-distancing regulations, while pepper spray is also used for crowd dispersal.

Cabinet adviser to city leader, chief secretary and finance minister renew criticisms against US sanctions over national security law, vowing to stand behind Beijing.

Chief Executive Carrie Lam issues a strong warning to the candidates and organisers of the primary while Beijing’s liaison office also weighs in.

In a letter to the Church Times, Archbishop Paul Kwong welcomes law he says will not undermine personal or religious freedom in the city, and hits back at foreign interference and bias that portrays ‘China as evil’.

Political and business leaders attend funeral service on Friday afternoon, while Chinese President Xi Jinping and British royal family among those to send condolences.

Constitutional affairs minister Erick Tsang says some residents raised concerns ahead of Legislative Council elections in September.

The pro-independence activist, stripped of his seat for insulting China during his oath, has ignored repeated requests to return cash received after his victory.

Zheng Yanxiong, the new office’s chief, was already working from the hotel on Tuesday, sources told the Post, with a formal opening expected Wednesday.

Chief Executive Carrie Lam says authorities will review virus-containment measures this afternoon amid six more preliminary positive cases.

Chief executive says some of her comments were ‘misrepresented’ and accuses critics of exaggerating, while also insisting ‘respect and preservation’ of human rights are a fundamental principle of new legislation.

Police can raid premises without a court warrant, order social media giants to remove content and demand information from political groups operating outside the city.

‘A person who once said he was proud to be arrested with young people, now tells you that advocating Hong Kong independence is dangerous,’ Chris Tang says.

Albert Chen, a prominent adviser to China’s top legislative body, contradicts remarks by senior Beijing official Zhang Xiaoming on law.

Zheng Yanxiong, known for his hardline approach to handling protests in Guangdong, chosen to head the Beijing office in Hong Kong.

Thousands of demonstrators play cat and mouse with police across Causeway Bay and Wan Chai, shouting slogans, with one officer stabbed in clash.

Director of the central government’s liaison office in Hong Kong Luo Huining says Britain plundered city to ‘astronomical’ degree, citing HK$22.1 billion in military expenses city paid between 1950 and 1997, and says before China came there was no democracy.

The new law ‘effectively stops the loopholes’ that existed in Hong Kong and undermined national security, senior Beijing official says.

Chief Executive Carrie Lam says government will lead economic recovery and rebuild relationship with young people during speech at ceremony to mark 23rd anniversary of return to Chinese rule.

Law could be in place by eve of the 23rd anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover from British rule, pro-Beijing politicians say.

Hong Kong Bar Association chairman Philip Dykes says it would be ‘very odd’ for an official with a stake in the prosecution to also select the judges.

The new law will require the Hong Kong government to lead the bulk of enforcement, according to a Xinhua statement following the end of National People’s Congress Standing Committee meeting.

Activists plan to press ahead with unofficial referendum on June 20 on whether to deploy direct action over the legislation, despite warnings from officials.

Secretary for Security John Lee also seeks to allay the public’s worries about Beijing’s plan to impose a national security law on Hong Kong.