With Hong Kong’s annual Tiananmen crackdown vigils snuffed out, cities around the world mark anniversary
People gathered in cities in Taiwan, the UK, the US, and Canada to remember the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown.
168 students referred to public hospital over ‘severe mental health needs’ between Dec and Mar, gov’t says
The cases were referred to the Hospital Authority through a three-tier mechanism which aimed to help schools identify students at higher risk of suicide and provide early support. The city recorded a decade-high number of suspected student suicides last year.
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Pair launches civil suit against Hong Kong crypto exchange JPEX to recover HK$1.85 million
Plaintiffs Chan Wing-yan and Herbert Lam lodged their case on Tuesday in District Court, the first civil lawsuit against cryptocurrency platform JPEX which was linked to an alleged fraud involving more than 2,600 victims with losses totalling HK$1.6 billion.
China accuses US of interfering after Tiananmen crackdown comments
“As Beijing attempts to suppress the memory of June 4, the United States stands in solidarity with those who continue the struggle for human rights and individual freedom,” top US diplomat Antony Blinken said. Beijing said the US was “provoking ideological confrontation.”
Climate crisis: Spring in Hong Kong ‘much warmer than usual’ despite cloudy May, Observatory says
“Attributable to the well-above-normal temperatures in March and April, spring this year from March to May was much warmer than usual,” the Observatory said. The Observatory has predicted that 2024 could be one of Hong Kong’s hottest on record.
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Whispering death: Hong Kong requires electric vehicles to be installed with an audible alert – why can’t we hear it?
People have been complaining about electric cars being too quiet since the 2000s, when those who follow these things noticed an increase in accidents involving blind pedestrians, writes Tim Hamlett.
With waste charging postponed, recycling is on the shoulders of Hong Kong’s cleaners
“Contrary to the popular opinion that the city does a poor job of recycling, Hong Kong is quite successful,” writes Paul Zimmerman, citing respectable paper and waste metal recovery rates. “This is thanks to the efforts of a dense network of cleaners.”
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In Pictures: Patriotic carnival takes place at Hong Kong’s Victoria Park on Tiananmen crackdown anniversary
The “Hometown Market,” which features over 200 booths by 28 clan organisations, opened to the public on Saturday and will run until Wednesday, at the site where annual candlelight vigils to remember those who died during the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown were held.
Explainer: Hong Kong’s national security crackdown – month 47
The High Court convicted 14 out of 16 defendants who had pleaded not guilty in Hong Kong’s largest case brought under the Beijing-imposed national security law. Separately, authorities made their first arrests under the city’s own security law passed in March.
Hong Kong judges’ reasons for convicting 14 democrats of subversion conspiracy under national security law
In a 319-page court document, the judges explained the reasons for their rulings, rebutted a number of the defence’s arguments and called three defendants or the evidence that they gave “unreliable.”
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