Hong Kong’s top court rules in favour of equal inheritance and housing benefits for same-sex couples

Hong Kong’s top court rules in favour of equal inheritance and housing benefits for same-sex couples

Nick Infinger, who won a years-long legal battle over the differential treatment facing same-sex couples, holds up a rainbow banner after speaking to media members outside Hong Kong’s top court on November 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Hong Kong’s top court on Tuesday (November 26, 2024) upheld earlier rulings that favoured subsidized housing benefits […]

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Hong Kong’s top court rules in favour of equal inheritance and housing benefits for same-sex couples

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai: Didn’t ask U.S. to take action against Hong Kong

Jimmy Lai. | Photo Credit: AP Former Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai denied in his landmark national security trial on Wednesday that he had asked then-U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to take action against the city and China during the territory’s anti-government protests in 2019. Mr. Lai, founder of […]

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Hong Kong’s top court rules in favour of equal inheritance and housing benefits for same-sex couples

Hong Kong activists get 10 years prison in biggest national security case

A woman is taken away by police to search outside the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts building, before the sentencing against the 45 convicted pro-democracy activists charged under the national security law, in Hong Kong, China November 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Dozens of prominent activists were sentenced to up to 10 years in prison on Tuesday […]

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Hong Kong’s top court rules in favour of equal inheritance and housing benefits for same-sex couples

Hong Kong political freedoms in spotlight during bumper trial week

Pro-democracy activists Eddie Chu Hoi-dick and Gwyneth Ho Kwai-lam hold papers with Chinese words “No police turned up on July 21st” to mark the anniversary of the attack by more than 100 white-wearing men with pipes and poles on July 21, 2019, at Yuen Long, in Hong Kong, China. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The […]

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Hong Kong’s top court rules in favour of equal inheritance and housing benefits for same-sex couples

Hong Kong’s first dinosaur fossils, likely from large dinosaur, go on display

A rock containing dinosaur bone fossils discovered in Hong Kong, is displayed at the Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre in Hong Kong, China October 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters The first dinosaur fossils found in Hong Kong, likely from a large dinosaur, were put on display on Friday (October 25, 2024) after they were […]

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Hong Kong’s top court rules in favour of equal inheritance and housing benefits for same-sex couples

Hong Kong bars WhatsApp, Google Drive, WeChat from government computers

The latest IT security guidelines from the Digitial Policy Office have many civil servants complaining about added inconvenience.  | Photo Credit: Reuters The Hong Kong government is barring most civil servants from using popular apps such as WhatsApp, WeChat and Google Drive on their work computers owing to potential security risks. The latest IT security […]

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