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Hong Kong Leader Unveils Plan To Boost Growth With Border Mega-project, AI Push

Hong Kong's leader outlined plans Wednesday to diversify the city's economy and accelerate growth, including fast-tracking an ambitious border development project and establishing the artificial intelligence sector as a "core industry".

International Business Times

Hong Kong leader unveils plans to boost economy and nurture emerging industries beyond finance

Hong Kong's leader has announced plans to accelerate the development of an economic hub near its border with mainland China

The Independent UK

US sanctions Iranian financiers, others over $100M in cryptocurrency transfers from Iran oil sales

The U.S. has sanctioned two Iranian financiers and several firms in Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates for allegedly coordinating $100 million in cryptocurrency transfers from Iranian oil sales

The Independent UK

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Tape review – reverential Hong Kong remake of Richard Linklater drama of toxic masculinity

Linklater’s ahead-of-the-curve adaptation of a 1999 play about an alleged rape is reconfigured to try and reflect current concerns

The Guardian - UK

60% of Hongkongers Want Same-Sex Marriage — So Why Did Politicians Vote It Down?

Despite surveys showing 60% support for same-sex marriage in Hong Kong, lawmakers voted down a bill that would have granted limited rights to gay couples, raising questions about politics, culture and Beijing's influence.

International Business Times UK

Sri Lanka vs Hong Kong LIVE: Cricket score and updates from Asia Cup

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The Independent UK

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka: T20 Asia Cup – start time, teams/lineups

Sri Lanka play their opening match of the Asia Cup against a Bangladesh side given a scare by Hong Kong in their opener.

Al Jazeera

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Hong Kong responds to damning report by denying it has any political prisoners at all

Hong Kong’s correctional services department denies claims of violence and neglect in prisons

The Independent UK

Ten Years: has the hit film’s dystopian vision of Hong Kong in 2025 become a reality?

In 2015, a scrappy group of film-makers tapped into the ‘anxiety of what the city would become’ under Beijing’s increasing influence. Now screening at the Hong Kong film festival UK, it resonates in new ways

The Guardian - UK

Litton Das guides Bangladesh away from Hong Kong T20 shock in Asia Cup

Bangladesh avoid upset in Asia Cup opener after captain Litton Das hits a half-century in seven wicket T20 win.

Al Jazeera

"Authoritarians in the Academy": The National Security Law and the Shuttering of Academic Freedom in Hong Kong

Timing is everything. As I explain in my book Authoritarians in the Academy: How the Internationalization of Higher Education and… The post "Authoritarians in the Academy": The National Security Law and the Shuttering of Academic Freedom in Hong Kong appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason

Hong Kong criticised for rejecting bill giving ‘bare minimum’ rights to same-sex couples

Legislative council voted down a bill that was introduced to comply with an order from the city’s top court

The Guardian - AU

Hong Kong LGBTQ Rights Setback Takes Emotional Toll

At a tiny, cluttered flat in Hong Kong, four people sat around a large rainbow flag and quietly started to embroider.

International Business Times

Bangladesh vs Hong Kong LIVE: Cricket score and updates from Asia Cup

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Hong Kong rejects bill that would have given limited rights to same-sex couples who married abroad

Only 14 of 86 lawmakers supported the bill, which would have granted limited rights to same-sex couples who married or entered civil unions overseas

The Independent UK

Hong Kong lawmakers reject a bill recognizing same-sex partnerships

Hong Kong lawmakers have voted down a bill that would have recognized same-sex partnerships

The Independent UK

Jimmy Lai’s son gives Hong Kong dire warning: ‘Release my father or see him become a martyr’

Sebastien Lai says international community must send China message that its repressive actions have ‘very real consequences’

The Independent UK

Report points to alarming rates of sexual and physical violence in Hong Kong prisons

Report finds juvenile detainees subjected to rampant sexual violence while in prison

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The Independent UK

Hong Kong judge rules in favor of lesbian couple's parental recognition in landmark case

A Hong Kong judge has ruled in favor of a lesbian couple’s parental recognition of their son born through reciprocal in vitro fertilization in a landmark case

The Independent UK

Years of activism resulted in a Hong Kong same-sex partnership bill, but a tough vote remains

Hong Kong lawmakers are set to debate a government-proposed framework to recognize same-sex partnerships

International Business Times

Killing Hong Kong's Lai Would Strengthen Democracy Message, Son Says

Locked up for more than four years and ailing, Hong Kong's pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai would only become a greater symbol if he died in prison, his son said.

The Independent UK

Afghanistan vs Hong Kong LIVE: Cricket score and updates from Asia Cup

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The Independent UK

Mapped: Tropical Storm Tapah forces evacuations in China and shuts schools in Hong Kong

Public transport largely suspended, with buses, and ferries halted and trains running at longer intervals

Euronews

Hong Kong hosts first hot air balloon festival

Hong Kong is hosting its first international hot air balloon festival in the city’s business district, and colourful displays are lighting up the skyline over Victoria Harbour.

Benzinga

Zijin Mining Plans $3 Billion Hong Kong Listing As Gold Hits Record Highs

Zijin Mining Group (OTCPK: ZIJMF), China's largest gold producer, is preparing to spin off its international gold-mining operations in Hong Kong through a public listing that could raise more than $3 billion. If successful, it would mark the biggest IPO raise since Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd's $5.3 billion deal in…

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