https://www.scmp.com/rss/508155/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog on Wednesday renewed its push to pressure the parent company of the messaging platform WhatsApp to postpone controversial changes to the way it shares users’ personal data, and demanded answers as to what sort of information would be involved. Escalating her previous call on Monday to delay the deadline for implementing the change, Hong Kong’s privacy commissioner for personal data, Ada Chung Lai-ling, said on Wednesday that she had written to the United States... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3117586/hong-kong-privacy-watchdog-renews-calls-facebook?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3117586/hong-kong-privacy-watchdog-renews-calls-facebook?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 Jan 2021 09:33:44 +0000 Members of an influential American business group in Hong Kong are expecting a challenging 2021 – following an already-gruelling 2020 – and have called on the government to offer more clarity on how it intends to bring the coronavirus pandemic to heel and shore up stability in the coming year, according to a new poll. More than 40 per cent of the companies surveyed by the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong (AmCham) expressed pessimism about their prospects for 2021, while a third said... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3117287/american-chamber-commerce-survey-finds-businesses?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3117287/american-chamber-commerce-survey-finds-businesses?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 11 Jan 2021 12:12:28 +0000 The first volume of a perceived semi-official version of Hong Kong’s history has been launched with an aim to reconnect people with their Chinese roots under a massive project led by the think tank of the city’s first post-handover leader, Tung Chee-hwa. Unveiling the first book of the “Chronicles of Hong Kong” series on Monday, the organisers denied the HK$780 million project – which aims to publish a total of 30 million words over eight years – was a political mission by the central government... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3115585/first-volume-chronicles-hong-kong-launched-part-hk780?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3115585/first-volume-chronicles-hong-kong-launched-part-hk780?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 28 Dec 2020 12:40:12 +0000 The US Department of Commerce has put Hong Kong’s Government Flying Service on a new blacklist of Chinese and Russian entities classified as “military end users”, a move expected to make it more difficult to purchase American technology. Accused by opposition activists of assisting in the interception of 12 Hong Kong fugitives in August, the government agency is among 103 entities on the list, which was made available on Monday and will be formally placed on the US’ Federal Register on... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3114937/hong-kongs-government-flying-service-lands-new-us-commerce?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3114937/hong-kongs-government-flying-service-lands-new-us-commerce?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Dec 2020 07:26:51 +0000 The Hong Kong coronavirus patient who escaped from a public hospital only to be tracked down days later has refused to tell police where he went during the 54 hours he was on the loose, prompting officers to suspect he visited brothels or other vice establishments. As authorities began looking into that possibility on Monday, the city registered 85 new Covid-19 infections, one-third of them from unknown local origins. A police source said that 63-year-old patient Li Wan-keung had been... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3114720/escaped-hong-kong-covid-19-patient-arrested-late?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3114720/escaped-hong-kong-covid-19-patient-arrested-late?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 20 Dec 2020 16:25:37 +0000 After being battered by a fourth wave of Covid-19 infections for more than three months, Hong Kong has started to loosen the toughest social-distancing measures imposed on the city, with the number of cases on a downward trend in recent weeks.  Travel restrictions that forced flight bans from Britain and subsequently South Africa have been expanded to cover Brazil and Ireland. The bans are reviewed fortnightly. Here is what you need to know about the relaxing of social-distancing measures,... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3113883/how-enjoy-covid-19-christmas-hong-kong-social?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3113883/how-enjoy-covid-19-christmas-hong-kong-social?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 15 Dec 2020 01:00:15 +0000 The Open University of Hong Kong will rebrand itself as Hong Kong Metropolitan University to better reflect its standing, its senior management have said. “After two years of deliberation and consultation … the university has decided to announce the plan for its rebirth,” the institution’s president Wong Yuk-shan said at a press conference. “Hong Kong is a global metropolis, with diverse and lively communities … As our university is now an institution with comprehensive programmes, we feel the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3113652/open-university-rebrand-itself-hong-kong-metropolitan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3113652/open-university-rebrand-itself-hong-kong-metropolitan?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 11 Dec 2020 14:29:13 +0000