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Hong Kong economy shrank 1.2 percent in 2019

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 03 05:46 PM

The financial hub's gross domestic product shrank 1.2 percent on-year, official data showed, while the fourth quarter saw a 2.9 percent contraction. Read more »

Thousands of protesters throng streets of Hong Kong as government urges calm

Kate O'Donnell-Lamb and Jessie Pang, Reuters
Posted at Dec 08 07:27 PM

Thousands of black-clad protesters from all walks of life thronged the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday in a sign of broad support for anti-government demonstrations that have roiled the Chinese-ruled city for six months. Read more »

Hong Kongers vote in record numbers as activists send message

Yan Zhao and Xinqi Su, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 24 06:12 PM

Lengthy queues snaked out of polling stations across the territory in the election for 18 district councils, where high turnout is expected to benefit democratic forces. Read more »

Escape from HK police

Adnan Abidi, Reuters
Posted at Nov 19 04:10 PM

A protester tries to escape through a sewage tunnel inside the Hong Kong Polytechnic University campus during protests in Hong Kong on Tuesday.  Read more »

The Wider Image: Sermons with saline: Hong Kong pastor offers protesters aid, prayers

Text by Karishma Singh, Photos by Kim Kyung-Hoon, Reuters
Updated as of Nov 19 11:56 AM

Five months of anti-government demonstrations have pulled Hong Kong residents from all walks of life into the often-violent protests. Keung is among other clergy offering care and prayer to all who need it. Read more »

Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers arrested as tensions soar

Jerome Taylor and Su Xinqi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 09 03:42 PM

Hong Kong police said Saturday they have arrested three pro-democracy lawmakers over a brawl in parliament, deepening the city's crisis a day after the death of a student sent tensions soaring. Read more »

Hong Kong student who fell during protest clashes dies

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 08 03:00 PM

HONG KONG, China - A Hong Kong student who fell from a car park while police and protesters were clashing last weekend has died, hospital officials said Friday, in a development likely to further escalate tensions after months of violent rallies in the city.   Read more »

Cathay woes pile up as passenger figures dip again in September

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 18 03:07 PM

Overall passenger traffic fell 7.1 percent in September, the airline said, with inbound traffic into its Hong Kong hub plunging 38 percent for the second month running.   Read more »

Hong Kong metro stays shut after night of violent protests

Reuters
Posted at Oct 05 11:02 AM

HONG KONG - Hong Kong's metro system will stay shut on Saturday, the rail operator said, paralysing transport in the Asian financial hub after a night of chaos in which police shot a teenage boy and pro-democracy protesters torched businesses and metro stations. Read more »

Taiwan joins global protest in support of Hong Kong

Kyodo News
Posted at Sep 30 12:24 AM

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Taipei and four other major Taiwanese cities on Sunday as part of a global "anti-totalitarianism rally" in support of Hong Kong protesters who have been demanding greater democracy for the last four months.   Read more »

WTA Hong Kong tennis postponed following protests

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 13 05:41 PM

The WTA Hong Kong Open women's tennis tournament has been postponed, organisers said on Friday, citing the "present situation" after months of sometimes violent pro-democracy protests. Read more »

Hong Kong protesters hit pause in memory of 9/11 attacks

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 11 07:49 PM

Hong Kong activists called off protests on Wednesday in remembrance of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States and denounced a Chinese state newspaper report that they were planning "massive terror" in the Chinese-ruled city. Read more »

Fitch downgrades Hong Kong after months of protests

Reuters
Posted at Sep 06 12:39 PM

Hong Kong's rating outlook is negative, Fitch Ratings said on Friday. Read more »

Hong Kong leader formally withdraws controversial extradition bill

Reuters
Posted at Sep 04 06:15 PM

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Wednesday announced the formal withdrawal of a controversial extradition bill that has plunged the Chinese-ruled city into its worst political crisis in decades.   Read more »

Singapore hotels see best month in years amid Hong Kong turmoil

Aradhana Aravindan and John Geddie, Reuters
Posted at Sep 03 04:41 PM

Data released on Monday by Singapore's tourism board showed average occupancy rates in the city-state's hotels hit 93.8 percent in July, the highest in records going back to 2005, and up from 92.5 percent a year ago. Read more »

Zara seeks to distance brand from HK protest controversy

Reuters
Posted at Sep 03 04:03 PM

Zara made its statement after the Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao asked in a headline whether the closure of four of the company's Hong Kong shops on Monday was in support of a strike call by students, a question that was seized upon by mainland social media users. Read more »

Guns and protests

Lillian Suwanrumpha, AFP
Posted at Aug 26 10:11 AM

Police officers point their guns at protesters in Tseun Wan in Hong Kong on Sunday during the latest opposition protests to a planned extradition law that has since morphed into a wider call for democratic rights in the semi-autonomous city. Read more »

Hong Kong police turn water cannon on protesters, fire tear gas

James Pomfret and Jessie Pang, Reuters
Posted at Aug 25 08:30 PM

Hong Kong police fired tear gas and water cannon amid running battles with brick-throwing protesters in driving rain on Sunday after violent clashes a day earlier in which police fired tear gas for the first time in more than a week. Read more »

Hong Kong airport operating normally despite planned "stress test" protest

Reuters
Posted at Aug 24 11:41 AM

Hong Kong's airport and the roads and railways leading to it were operating normally early on Saturday despite plans by protesters to implement a "stress test" of transport links to the aviation hub early in the day. Read more »

Hong Kong protesters form human chain 30 years after 'Baltic Way'

Elaine Yu and Jasmine Leung, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 24 10:12 AM

HONG KONG, China - Thousands of people held hands across Hong Kong late Friday in a dazzling, neon-framed recreation of a pro-democracy "Baltic Way" protest against Soviet rule three decades ago. Read more »