https://www.scmp.com/rss/506410/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Brian Wong Brian Wong The Hong Kong government is seeking to confiscate HK$56.5 million (US$7.2 million) from former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying’s bank accounts and all of the shares in his 17 companies after he was jailed for 20 years under the national security law, court documents show. The secretary for justice applied to the High Court earlier this month to seize Lai’s assets linked to three conspiracies to instigate foreign sanctions and incite public hatred towards the authorities in 2019 and 2020. The... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3350893/hong-kong-seeks-seize-hk565-million-17-companies-jailed-jimmy-lai?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3350893/hong-kong-seeks-seize-hk565-million-17-companies-jailed-jimmy-lai?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:35:16 +0000 Brian Wong Brian Wong The Hong Kong Journalists Association has lost a judicial challenge against a government decision to restrict reporters’ access to its vehicle registry, despite a ruling by the city’s top court that journalism is a valid reason for use. The High Court on Friday ruled against the press union over the policy introduced in early 2024, following the Court of Final Appeal’s decision that a freelance producer was entitled to access Transport Department records while making a documentary critical of... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3345653/hong-kong-court-upholds-limits-journalists-instant-access-car-registry?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3345653/hong-kong-court-upholds-limits-journalists-instant-access-car-registry?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Mar 2026 03:23:03 +0000 Jess Ma Jess Ma A former Apple Daily senior executive jailed for national security offences in Hong Kong has lodged an appeal against his 10-year term, the first in a landmark trial that saw the founder of the now-defunct tabloid-style newspaper sentenced to 20 years in prison. Court documents reviewed by the South China Morning Post on Tuesday showed that Fung Wai-kong, former managing editor of Apple Daily’s English edition, had filed his appeal with the city’s High Court on Monday. Fung was sentenced to 10... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3345277/ex-apple-daily-executive-first-appeal-sentence-landmark-hong-kong-trial?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3345277/ex-apple-daily-executive-first-appeal-sentence-landmark-hong-kong-trial?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 03 Mar 2026 09:42:45 +0000 Alex Lo Alex Lo There is this old British chestnut that says justice must not only be done, but must be seen to be done. Justice has been amply served in the 20-year sentence handed down to former media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, but it has not been seen to be done in many quarters, especially in the West. There is the reality of justice and the appearance of it, and the two don’t always or even usually coincide. There are two main reasons behind the widespread Western criticism of Lai’s case. One is that... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3343269/western-media-criticism-jimmy-lai-case-verdict-needs-fact-check?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3343269/western-media-criticism-jimmy-lai-case-verdict-needs-fact-check?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 Feb 2026 01:30:10 +0000 SCMP Editorial SCMP Editorial The jailing of former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying brings to an end one of the longest and most widely scrutinised criminal trials in the city’s history. Lai was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment for conspiring to collude with foreign forces and publishing seditious articles. The sentence reflects the gravity of his crimes. He is the most prominent opposition figure to be convicted under the national security law passed by Beijing in 2020. Six former executives of Lai’s now-closed Apple... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3342955/jimmy-lai-trial-shows-hong-kongs-rule-law-remains-robust?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3342955/jimmy-lai-trial-shows-hong-kongs-rule-law-remains-robust?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Feb 2026 23:15:15 +0000 Aidyn Fitzpatrick Aidyn Fitzpatrick Macau, made for high rollers, isn’t short on flashy experiences. After a night at the MGM Cotai Supreme Room, where a million-pataca chip stack looks paltry, you can toast your winnings at Robuchon au Dôme at the Grand Lisboa and pop open a vintage wine that will set you back 250,000 patacas, before resting your head in one of 14 invitation-only David Beckham Suites at The Londoner. But one experience trumps all these because it cannot be bought: to climb into a blue Mini and be taken on a... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/passions/article/3340789/meet-goncalo-cesar-de-sa-journalist-who-got-scoop-macaus-return-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/passions/article/3340789/meet-goncalo-cesar-de-sa-journalist-who-got-scoop-macaus-return-china?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 27 Jan 2026 04:00:09 +0000 Oscar Liu Oscar Liu Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao is winding up its operations in Canada by the end of this month, marking the closure of all newsrooms run by the city’s major print publications in the North American country. Employees working for the Toronto and Vancouver editions of Ming Pao Newspapers (Canada) were notified of the decision on Monday via termination letters sent by the parent company in Hong Kong. Ming Pao Canada reported in its video daily news that its final day of operations would be January... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3339730/hong-kongs-chinese-language-newspaper-ming-pao-cease-operations-canada?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3339730/hong-kongs-chinese-language-newspaper-ming-pao-cease-operations-canada?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 13 Jan 2026 08:24:40 +0000 Brian Wong Brian Wong The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has accused the head of a Hong Kong journalists’ union of abusing the legal process by holding the newspaper criminally liable for her dismissal only after her “extortionate” HK$3 million (US$385,500) proposal for settlement was rejected. Lawyers for Dow Jones Publishing Co (Asia) told Eastern Court on Thursday that Selina Cheng Kar-yue’s complaint alleging the American news outlet violated Hong Kong labour laws was driven by private interests and bad faith. “We’re... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3336942/wall-street-journal-accuses-hong-kong-union-head-abusing-legal-process?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3336942/wall-street-journal-accuses-hong-kong-union-head-abusing-legal-process?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:49:37 +0000 Willa Wu Willa Wu An open court and a detailed ruling in former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying’s closely watched national security trial have demonstrated the strength of Hong Kong’s rule of law, legal experts have said. Lawyers, including the Hong Kong Bar Association, on Tuesday urged members of the public to respect the city’s judicial process and study the High Court’s judgment carefully before drawing conclusions after several Western countries criticised Lai’s guilty verdict, prompting a strong rebuke from... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3336679/open-court-detailed-ruling-jimmy-lai-trial-prove-hong-kong-rule-law-strong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3336679/open-court-detailed-ruling-jimmy-lai-trial-prove-hong-kong-rule-law-strong?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:30:08 +0000 Connor Mycroft Connor Mycroft The court’s verdict in former Hong Kong media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying’s trial has shed light on the ways in which implicit acts and actions taken before the national security law came into effect may constitute criminal offences, legal experts have said. Lai, 78, was found guilty on all three charges he faced under the Beijing-imposed national security law on Monday, marking the first time a court had ruled on the offence of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces. The landmark verdict was... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3336542/hong-kong-courts-verdict-jimmy-lai-trial-sheds-light-law-experts-say?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3336542/hong-kong-courts-verdict-jimmy-lai-trial-sheds-light-law-experts-say?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Dec 2025 00:30:17 +0000 Mark Magnier Mark Magnier Britain’s government on Monday summoned China’s ambassador to the UK to protest the conviction of British citizen Jimmy Lai Chee-ying on national security charges in Hong Kong, while US President Donald Trump said he urged leniency for Lai in a call with Chinese President Xi Jinping. “I feel so badly. I spoke to President Xi about it, and I asked to consider his release,” Trump told reporters, without specifying exactly when he spoke with Xi. “He is an older man, and he is not well. So I did put... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3336555/trump-urges-xi-show-leniency-jimmy-lai-britain-summons-chinas-ambassador?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3336555/trump-urges-xi-show-leniency-jimmy-lai-britain-summons-chinas-ambassador?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Dec 2025 23:43:55 +0000 Oscar Liu,Harvey Kong,Connor Mycroft Oscar Liu,Harvey Kong,Connor Mycroft Jimmy Lai Chee-ying’s guilty verdict in a landmark Hong Kong national security trial has become a political flashpoint, as China’s Western opponents demand the former media boss’ immediate release and Beijing strongly rejects their interference. But while the High Court’s ruling on Monday could send the businessman turned opposition activist to jail for life, Western countries were unlikely to hit Hong Kong with more sanctions as they needed to cooperate with Beijing to offset unfair trade... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3336533/jimmy-lais-conviction-hong-kong-becomes-flashpoint-between-china-west?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3336533/jimmy-lais-conviction-hong-kong-becomes-flashpoint-between-china-west?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Dec 2025 15:00:29 +0000 Brian Wong Brian Wong A landmark ruling of Jimmy Lai Chee-ying’s marathon trial has revealed how the former media boss used his personal ties with foreign political figures to solicit intervention before and after the national security law took effect five years ago. In an 855-page judgment handed down on Monday, three High Court judges ruled that Lai intended to tap his vast political network to trigger sanctions against Beijing and the Hong Kong government, knowing that his requests would be heeded. The 78-year-old... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3336521/hong-kongs-jimmy-lai-used-personal-ties-seek-foreign-sanctions-court-ruling?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3336521/hong-kongs-jimmy-lai-used-personal-ties-seek-foreign-sanctions-court-ruling?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Dec 2025 13:10:30 +0000 SCMP Reporters SCMP Reporters This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Get faster notifications on the latest updates by downloading our app. Three Hong Kong judges who presided over former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying’s high-profile national security trial for more than 1½ years returned their verdict on Monday, finding him guilty on all charges. The 78-year-old founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily has spent most of the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3336418/jimmy-lai-trial-all-eyes-hong-kong-court-set-deliver-verdict?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3336418/jimmy-lai-trial-all-eyes-hong-kong-court-set-deliver-verdict?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Dec 2025 01:48:37 +0000 SCMP Reporter SCMP Reporter The Newspaper Society of Hong Kong pledged on Tuesday to safeguard the interests of the industry and to tackle future challenges as the group elected its new leaders. “The society will, as always, continue to safeguard the interests of the industry, enhance professional standards and facilitate candid exchanges and dialogues on the industry’s future development and related issues between the industry and the government,” it said. “No matter how challenging the outlook for the newspaper industry... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3329848/newspaper-society-hong-kong-vows-safeguard-interests-tackle-challenges?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3329848/newspaper-society-hong-kong-vows-safeguard-interests-tackle-challenges?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 Oct 2025 15:35:28 +0000 Ng Kang-chung Ng Kang-chung Press freedom in Hong Kong has reversed a declining trend that started in 2018, climbing to 28.9 points out of 100 in 2024-25, according to a survey by the city’s trade union for journalists. The Hong Kong Journalists Association released the findings on Friday, saying the slight rebound reflected the “resilience” of the city’s media professionals within the “current landscape”, rather than an improvement in press freedom. The latest index stood at 28.9 out of 100, with higher scores indicating... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3329427/hong-kongs-press-freedom-rises-record-low-first-turnaround-2018?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3329427/hong-kongs-press-freedom-rises-record-low-first-turnaround-2018?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 17 Oct 2025 09:29:48 +0000 SCMP Reporters SCMP Reporters The South China Morning Post’s editorial video team has won two major international awards presented by a US visual arts academy. The SCMP film Rainbow’s End: Where’s home for Manila’s Golden Gays won gold for best general video – diversity, equity and inclusion at the W3 Awards, presented by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts in the United States. The 23-minute short documentary by supervising video producer Jayson Albano shows how a group of elderly LGBTQ men living in the Philippine... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3327491/posts-video-team-hong-kong-wins-2-major-international-awards?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3327491/posts-video-team-hong-kong-wins-2-major-international-awards?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Oct 2025 07:11:56 +0000 SCMP Editorial SCMP Editorial The role of professional journalists in providing the public with reliable information has never been more important. But news organisations globally are facing pressing challenges as they confront rapid technological disruption and shifts in the way news is distributed and consumed. Today, more than 900 newsrooms from 106 countries unite to convey the message that fact-based journalism matters. The South China Morning Post is proud to be among them. World News Day, led by the World Editors... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3326992/good-journalism-matters-more-ever-age-ai-and-fake-news?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3326992/good-journalism-matters-more-ever-age-ai-and-fake-news?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 Sep 2025 22:45:08 +0000 Elizabeth Cheung Elizabeth Cheung Hong Kong’s leader has promised to assist local media organisations in expanding their networks beyond the city, while pledging not to interfere in their operations. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu on Wednesday made a rare move by mentioning assistance for the media in his policy address, and also later acknowledged the challenges facing the sector. “The government will assist the local media to expand their networks beyond Hong Kong, telling the good stories of Hong Kong,” he said in his... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3325898/hong-kongs-john-lee-promises-help-local-media-expand-networks-beyond-city?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3325898/hong-kongs-john-lee-promises-help-local-media-expand-networks-beyond-city?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Sep 2025 13:13:58 +0000 Brian Wong Brian Wong Former Hong Kong media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying deliberately fabricated a negative image of Beijing to create an excuse for Western interference, prosecutors have said, accusing him of having a “resolute” intent to press on with his efforts even after the national security law took effect five years ago. West Kowloon Court on Tuesday resumed hearing the prosecution’s closing remarks in the marathon national security trial of the Apple Daily founder, who is contesting three conspiracy counts of... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3322410/hong-kongs-jimmy-lai-used-false-beijing-portrayal-urge-west-act-court-hears?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3322410/hong-kongs-jimmy-lai-used-false-beijing-portrayal-urge-west-act-court-hears?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 19 Aug 2025 12:40:18 +0000 Andrew Sun Andrew Sun I’M FROM A VERY humble family. My mother was a tailor, but what she did was more like the work of a designer. In addition to measurements, she had a good sense for numbers. She was basically a one-woman home factory. But at that time, in the 1960s, there wasn’t the concept of a designer. OUR HOUSE HAD several sewing machines and a huge table. My mum would use it to cut fabric, and we always had a lot. My father and I would help make exact measurements. We had six brothers and sisters all... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3321936/what-tailoring-and-book-publishing-have-common?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3321936/what-tailoring-and-book-publishing-have-common?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 15 Aug 2025 07:15:11 +0000 Bernard Chan Bernard Chan Fear is a powerful emotion with a profound capacity to influence not only individual choices but also the direction of national and global policies. In today’s polarised world, fear is no longer just a spontaneous reaction; it has become a deliberately used tool to influence public opinion, guide behaviour and shape narratives. This intentional use of fear has wide-reaching consequences, such as subtle changes to societal perceptions. From headlines warning of conflict over Taiwan to data... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3321040/how-fear-became-tool-manipulation-not-just-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3321040/how-fear-became-tool-manipulation-not-just-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Aug 2025 12:30:07 +0000 SCMP Reporter SCMP Reporter Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has awarded a fellowship to a South China Morning Post senior correspondent in a one-of-its-kind programme designed to raise industry standards for journalists working in the city. Natalie Wong, who specialises in political news at the Post, was among three journalists selected for the Professional Journalism Fellowship programme on Wednesday. The trio will take a funded absence from work to attend undergraduate or postgraduate courses as auditors for one or... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3321001/south-china-morning-post-journalist-awarded-hong-kong-baptist-university-fellowship?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3321001/south-china-morning-post-journalist-awarded-hong-kong-baptist-university-fellowship?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 06 Aug 2025 14:48:33 +0000 Cat Nelson Cat Nelson PostMag was recognised with two honours at the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) 2025 Awards for Editorial Excellence in a ceremony last night at the JW Marriott Hotel in Hong Kong. The SOPA Awards, widely regarded as the region’s most prestigious journalism accolades, celebrate outstanding editorial work across the Asia-Pacific. In the Excellence in Magazine Design category, PostMag received the top honour. “An elegant, ‘quiet’ design which allows the wonderful photography to drive the... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3316077/postmag-wins-2-sopa-2025-awards-culture-reporting-and-design?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3316077/postmag-wins-2-sopa-2025-awards-culture-reporting-and-design?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Jun 2025 07:42:11 +0000 Cannix Yau,Harvey Kong Cannix Yau,Harvey Kong Hong Kong’s tax chief has dismissed concerns that at least 20 reporters and their family members are being selectively audited, saying assessment procedures are applied uniformly and do not target specific industries or individuals based on their background. Earlier this week, the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) raised concerns about the number of reporters and their family members being subject to what they called unreasonable tax reviews for allegedly under-reporting their... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3311671/hong-kong-tax-chief-dismisses-claims-reporters-singled-out-audits?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3311671/hong-kong-tax-chief-dismisses-claims-reporters-singled-out-audits?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 24 May 2025 11:21:46 +0000 SCMP Reporters SCMP Reporters Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post has won four prizes at the Global Media Awards organised by the International News Media Association, including one for its new video project, #852stories, and another for its Style magazine. At the awards ceremony in New York on Thursday, the Post’s #852stories series secured third place in the Best New Video Product or Feature category for national brands. The weekly series, which has produced more than 50 videos since its launch in May last year, was up... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3311540/hong-kongs-south-china-morning-post-scoops-4-prizes-global-media-awards?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3311540/hong-kongs-south-china-morning-post-scoops-4-prizes-global-media-awards?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 23 May 2025 08:14:18 +0000 Vivian Au Vivian Au Hong Kong authorities have reviewed the taxes of at least 20 reporters and their family members for allegedly under-reporting their income and have asked them to prepay about HK$1 million (US$127,770), the city’s largest journalism group has said, arguing there was insufficient evidence for the reassessments. The Hong Kong Journalists Association also said on Wednesday that the Inland Revenue Department’s moves had inevitably placed extra stress on the reporters and media organisations in a... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3311275/hong-kong-journalist-group-slams-tax-review-20-reporters-groups?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3311275/hong-kong-journalist-group-slams-tax-review-20-reporters-groups?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 21 May 2025 14:05:40 +0000 SCMP Reporter SCMP Reporter The South China Morning Post has won nine awards in two competitions organised by the Hong Kong Press Photographers Association. Post photographers picked up eight prizes across four categories in the Focus at the Frontline 2024 contest. Sam Tsang’s shot of a construction worker’s clothing catching fire after an accident in Kwun Tong won the Breaking News category, while Elson Li’s image of swimmers in the Triathlon World Cup diving into Victoria Harbour was awarded the top prize in Sports. Post... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3310192/hong-kongs-south-china-morning-post-wins-9-photo-video-awards?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3310192/hong-kongs-south-china-morning-post-wins-9-photo-video-awards?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 13 May 2025 10:38:24 +0000 SCMP Reporters SCMP Reporters The South China Morning Post collected 12 prizes at a ceremony for the annual Hong Kong News Awards on Friday, as the city’s leader urged journalists to uphold professionalism amid increased protectionism and hegemony globally. The Post was one of the biggest winners among its peers at the ceremony hosted by the Newspaper Society of Hong Kong, securing accolades across 11 categories for reporting, writing, photography and design. The City desk won the two top awards in the Best Scoop category.... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3309779/south-china-morning-post-collects-12-prizes-hong-kong-news-awards-ceremony?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3309779/south-china-morning-post-collects-12-prizes-hong-kong-news-awards-ceremony?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 09 May 2025 11:13:17 +0000 SCMP Reporter SCMP Reporter The South China Morning Post won 94 awards at the 46th edition of the Best of News Design Creative Competition, with an infographic illustrating the difficult living conditions of domestic helpers in Hong Kong taking home two gold and three silver medals. Among the awards won by the Post’s graphics team that were announced by the Society for News Design on Friday and Saturday were three gold, 11 silver and 24 bronze. That placed the Post second behind The New York Times in terms of gold medals... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3307114/hong-kongs-south-china-morning-post-wins-76-awards-news-design-competition?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3307114/hong-kongs-south-china-morning-post-wins-76-awards-news-design-competition?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 18 Apr 2025 12:26:04 +0000 A bipartisan group of US House members has launched a fresh campaign to rename the address of Hong Kong’s trade office in Washington in honour of jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, a day after the US State Department sanctioned six officials in the city for “undermining Hong Kong’s autonomy”. Under a new bill introduced on Tuesday, the official address of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) in Washington’s Dupont Circle neighbourhood would be changed from 1520 18th Street... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3304805/jimmy-lai-way-us-call-honour-jailed-tycoon-dc-address-hong-kong-trade-office?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3304805/jimmy-lai-way-us-call-honour-jailed-tycoon-dc-address-hong-kong-trade-office?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 01 Apr 2025 15:00:08 +0000 Ng Kang-chung Ng Kang-chung The award-winning director of the Hong Kong box office hit “Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In”, Soi Cheang Pou-soi, has been appointed a government adviser on policies on the development of the local film industry. It was announced on Friday that Cheang was among four new faces given seats on the Hong Kong Film Development Council, serving a two-year term, starting from next Tuesday. The other three are Anne Chan On-yee of AR Asia production company; David Ding Kai of Sil-Metropole... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3304308/award-winning-director-soi-cheang-appointed-hong-kong-film-development-council?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3304308/award-winning-director-soi-cheang-appointed-hong-kong-film-development-council?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 28 Mar 2025 09:25:37 +0000 Artist Chow Chun-fai first became aware of journalist Sharon Cheung Po-wah from her 2000 interaction with the then Chinese president Jiang Zemin. During a press conference in Beijing, when Cheung quizzed Jiang over the endorsement of Hong Kong chief executive Tung Chee-hwa for a second term, the Chinese leader famously berated her, calling her questioning, as a journalist, “too simple, sometimes naive”. It is a moment that has since achieved meme status with the Hong Kong public, both in... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3303145/how-culture-politics-and-people-inspire-hong-kong-artist?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3303145/how-culture-politics-and-people-inspire-hong-kong-artist?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Mar 2025 10:15:08 +0000 SCMP Reporter SCMP Reporter The South China Morning Post has picked up 12 prizes, including in the Best Scoop category, at the Hong Kong News Awards 2024. The Newspaper Society of Hong Kong announced the results on Friday, with the Post’s reporters securing awards in 11 categories. Senior reporter Edith Lin and news editor Jeffie Lam from the City desk picked up the top prize in the Best Scoop category for their work exposing unauthorised structures added to luxury properties. Lin and Lam also secured second place,... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3302473/south-china-morning-post-wins-12-prizes-hong-kong-news-awards?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3302473/south-china-morning-post-wins-12-prizes-hong-kong-news-awards?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 14 Mar 2025 13:44:43 +0000 Brian Wong Brian Wong Former Hong Kong media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has admitted trying to win a court’s permission for him to travel to the United States five years ago by withholding “politically sensitive” information about his plan to meet the nation’s vice-president. Lai, 77, made the remarks on Wednesday when his legal team re-examined their client’s evidence given during his national security trial, asking him to clarify statements he made during the previous 50 days in the witness box which could be deemed... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3301187/hong-kongs-jimmy-lai-withheld-sensitive-information-meet-us-vice-president?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3301187/hong-kongs-jimmy-lai-withheld-sensitive-information-meet-us-vice-president?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 05 Mar 2025 10:48:33 +0000 Brian Wong Brian Wong Former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has denied being Chinese while maintaining Hongkongers have “nothing to do with” the Communist Party of China, prompting a judge in his national security trial to question whether he recognised the colour of his skin. A brief debate over national identity ensued on Wednesday after Lai denied seeking the collapse of the government in Beijing in a live broadcast interview before he was prosecuted and detained under the national security law in late 2020. West... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3300259/jimmy-lai-denies-being-chinese-tells-trial-we-are-hong-kong-people?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3300259/jimmy-lai-denies-being-chinese-tells-trial-we-are-hong-kong-people?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Feb 2025 12:34:40 +0000 Brian Wong Brian Wong Former Hong Kong media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has denied testing the limits of the national security law by allowing the publication of “dangerous” commentaries in the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper, adding he will not take responsibility for every perceived mistake his tabloid’s contributors make. Prosecutors on Tuesday argued the 77-year-old tabloid founder knowingly endorsed the publication of three offensive op-eds in Apple Daily despite his purported warnings to staff to be... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3300093/how-could-i-know-hong-kongs-jimmy-lai-dangerous-apple-daily-op-eds?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3300093/how-could-i-know-hong-kongs-jimmy-lai-dangerous-apple-daily-op-eds?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Feb 2025 11:19:02 +0000 Fiona Chow Fiona Chow Former Hong Kong media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has defended the publication of an opinion piece that discussed US sanctions against a former chief executive in his now-defunct tabloid newspaper after the enactment of the national security law, saying he believed the article did not advocate penalties. Prosecutors grilled Lai on Wednesday about the piece headlined “Will US sanction Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor?” published in Apple Daily on July 18, 2020, after the national security law took effect... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3298422/hong-kongs-jimmy-lai-denies-op-ed-piece-pushed-sanctions-then-city-leader?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3298422/hong-kongs-jimmy-lai-denies-op-ed-piece-pushed-sanctions-then-city-leader?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:16:45 +0000 Brian Wong Brian Wong Former Hong Kong media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has admitted to pushing for an unofficial legislative “primary” election to be held five years ago, with his efforts extending to obtaining a quote for vote-counting software and advising on the best timing to hold the poll. Lai said on Wednesday he was not involved in the poll’s organisation, but conceded that he “did not tell the truth” when he previously told his marathon trial he was “not conscious” of a plan for the election to be held in the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3297513/jimmy-lai-admits-pushing-unofficial-hong-kong-legco-primary?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3297513/jimmy-lai-admits-pushing-unofficial-hong-kong-legco-primary?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 05 Feb 2025 13:14:46 +0000 Former Hong Kong media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has denied concealing a plan to meet the US vice-president when he unsuccessfully sought court permission to visit his granddaughter in the country five years ago. But Lai on Monday acknowledged it would have been a mistake to go on the proposed trip in 2020, as his meetings could have amounted to collusion with foreign powers under the Beijing-imposed national security law that took effect on June 30 that year. The 77-year-old founder of the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3297202/hong-kongs-jimmy-lai-denies-concealing-plan-meet-us-vice-president-2020?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3297202/hong-kongs-jimmy-lai-denies-concealing-plan-meet-us-vice-president-2020?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 03 Feb 2025 11:06:13 +0000 Mia Castagnone Mia Castagnone Hong Kong tycoon Richard Li Tzar-kai is reshuffling his assets again, this time by selling his personal interest in the publisher of Hong Kong Economic Journal (HKEJ) to telecommunications group PCCW for HK$70 million (US$9 million). PCCW, in which Li controls a 31.8 per cent stake, will buy the HKEJ’s publisher Clermont Media from an offshore trust company in which he is the settlor, according to a stock exchange filing on Tuesday. Li expects to capitalise an undisclosed amount of his loans to... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3296618/tycoon-richard-li-sell-hkej-publisher-pccw-us9-million-asset-reshuffle?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3296618/tycoon-richard-li-sell-hkej-publisher-pccw-us9-million-asset-reshuffle?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 28 Jan 2025 11:07:16 +0000 Dave Besseling Dave Besseling “Homicide Squad detectives were early today questioning a 56-year-old primary school teacher in connection with the murder of a woman whose torso was found on a hillside off Wan Tsui Road, Chaiwan, early yesterday morning,” reported the South China Morning Post on January 24, 1977. “The head, arms and legs of the murdered woman had been hacked off [and the victim] identified as 50-year-old Tsang Yuen-wan [ …] police believed she was the common-law wife of the suspect. “A scavenger found her... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3295765/1977-local-teacher-murdered-his-wife-brutal-hacking-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3295765/1977-local-teacher-murdered-his-wife-brutal-hacking-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 24 Jan 2025 04:15:08 +0000 Brian Wong Brian Wong Former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has admitted to aggressively urging the United States to revoke visas granted to the children of Chinese officials as part of his push for Western sanctions before the national security law took effect in Hong Kong. Lai told West Kowloon Court on Wednesday that he had suggested retaliatory measures against the overseas family members of those in power in Beijing and Hong Kong, an idea he earlier attributed to an American official, in a New York Times article... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3295851/hong-kongs-jimmy-lai-admits-urging-us-revoke-visas-officials-children?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3295851/hong-kongs-jimmy-lai-admits-urging-us-revoke-visas-officials-children?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Jan 2025 12:16:33 +0000 Brian Wong Brian Wong Former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has denied stirring up opposition against the Hong Kong government at a former American diplomat’s behest in the lead-up to the 2019 social unrest. Lai on Tuesday told his marathon national security trial that he did not beg for advice from James Cunningham, a US consul general in Hong Kong from 2005 to 2008, but nonetheless instructed his now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper to highlight Washington’s concerns for the city in a news report as the American had... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3295707/hong-kongs-jimmy-lai-denies-stirring-trouble-ex-us-diplomats-orders?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3295707/hong-kongs-jimmy-lai-denies-stirring-trouble-ex-us-diplomats-orders?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 Jan 2025 16:28:07 +0000 Brian Wong Brian Wong Former Hong Kong media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying came under fire from two High Court judges on Tuesday after calling on Taiwan to join a US-led strategic alliance to protect itself against mainland China and maintaining the self-ruled island could do so without having independent status. Lai, 77, pressed on with his oral testimony in his national security trial, as he continued to offer justifications for his allegedly offensive remarks made after Beijing’s imposition of the national security law... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3293792/taiwan-should-join-us-led-alliance-protection-hong-kongs-jimmy-lai-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3293792/taiwan-should-join-us-led-alliance-protection-hong-kongs-jimmy-lai-says?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Jan 2025 12:51:25 +0000 Brian Wong Brian Wong Former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has denied instigating a US government move to revoke Hong Kong’s special economic status in 2020, but said Washington was “right” to do so as a way to compel Beijing to “come to terms” with America’s demands. Lai said on Wednesday he did not initially think it necessary for the US to rescind Hong Kong’s trade privileges as he felt the city would be “finished anyway” after Beijing’s imposition of the national security law. But he later changed his mind and... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3290300/jimmy-lai-denies-instigating-us-revoke-hong-kongs-special-economic-status?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3290300/jimmy-lai-denies-instigating-us-revoke-hong-kongs-special-economic-status?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Dec 2024 07:44:32 +0000 Former Hong Kong media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying wanted to grab the attention of the US with his national security law prosecution and he felt he was targeted because he had “embarrassed” Beijing, according to an unpublished letter shown in his high-profile trial. The Apple Daily tabloid founder attributed his legal woes in the letter unveiled on Friday to his exposing of what he called Beijing’s “hollow” promises of freedom and democracy for Hong Kong. Addressing West Kowloon Court, Lai said... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3289776/hong-kongs-jimmy-lai-wanted-grab-us-attention-national-security-law-prosecution?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3289776/hong-kongs-jimmy-lai-wanted-grab-us-attention-national-security-law-prosecution?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Dec 2024 13:36:11 +0000 Former Hong Kong media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying took the stand on Friday to explain his responses to the Beijing-decreed national security law after its enactment on June 30, 2020. Lai previously spent 11 days in the witness box at West Kowloon Court, denying trying to manipulate foreign policies in mainland China and Hong Kong and distancing himself from global lobbying efforts in support of sanctions. But the founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper admitted he had advocated hostile... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3289641/hong-kongs-jimmy-lai-said-he-was-jailed-because-he-embarrassed-beijing-court-hears?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3289641/hong-kongs-jimmy-lai-said-he-was-jailed-because-he-embarrassed-beijing-court-hears?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Dec 2024 06:02:16 +0000 Former Hong Kong media owner Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has explained his views on sanctions and international support raised in his commentary articles and communications with staff members of the now-defunct Apple Daily as the high-profile trial resumes on Thursday. The 77-year-old has pleaded not guilty to two charges of conspiring to collude with foreign forces under the security law and a third count of conspiracy to print and distribute seditious publications in breach of colonial-era... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3289475/jimmy-lai-denies-saying-his-arrest-will-be-seen-suppression-media-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3289475/jimmy-lai-denies-saying-his-arrest-will-be-seen-suppression-media-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Dec 2024 06:45:56 +0000 Former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has said he abandoned his “fight for freedom” after Hong Kong adopted the national security law in 2020, as the city was “beyond redemption” while maintaining he had not done anything illegal in resisting the legislation and lobbying for sanctions. Lai said on Wednesday he would not deliberately violate the security law because he felt the legislation had made it impossible to counter Beijing’s encroachment on Hongkongers’ freedoms. “If the fight becomes... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3289380/jimmy-lai-says-hong-kong-beyond-redemption-after-national-security-law-took-effect?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3289380/jimmy-lai-says-hong-kong-beyond-redemption-after-national-security-law-took-effect?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Dec 2024 11:30:08 +0000