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Hong Kong protest song played at sports event instead of Chinese anthem
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A pro-democracy protest song Glory to Hong Kong was played at a sports event in Bosnia and Herzegovina in place of the Chinese anthem titled China's March of the Volunteers on Tuesday night, Hong Kong Free Press reported.
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Polling begins for Hong Kong's sixth-term chief executive election
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 8 (ANI): Polling for the sixth-term chief executive election of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) began at 9 am local time (0100 GMT) on Sunday.
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Hong Kong to conduct 3-day mass self-test for COVID-19
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong , April 2 (ANI): Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam on Saturday invited all people in Hong Kong to do a rapid antigen test (RAT) for COVID-19 each day from April 8 to 10.
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Hong Kong bans flights from 8 countries, including India, amid Omicron con
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong [China], January 5 (ANI): Hong Kong on Wednesday announced a two-week ban on incoming flights from eight countries, including India, as the world continues to witness a surge in the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
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"Pro-Beijing" lawmakers sworn-in to Hong Kong's Legislature
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 3(ANI): All 90 members of the seventeenth legislative council of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Area (HKSAR) took the oath of allegiance on Monday officiated by Chief Executive Carrie Lam. This follows the electoral overhaul by Beijing in HKSAR.
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Oath-taking ceremony of newly elected members of Hong Kong Legislative Cou
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 3 (ANI): The oath-taking ceremony for 90 members of the seventh-term Legislative Council (LegCo) of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) began at 11:00 am local time Monday. The election eroded the democratic elements of Hong Kong's electoral system.
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7th term polls of Legislative Council concluded in Hong Kong
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 19 (ANI): The election for the seventh-term Legislative Council (LegCo) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) closed late Sunday, Xinhua news agency reported.
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Hong Kong to hold chief executive election in March
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 24 (ANI): China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) will hold its chief executive election on March 27, 2022, Chinese state media reported.
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Hong Kong's security bureau stresses criminal liability after anti-China o
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, October 3 (ANI/Xinhua): The Security Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government said on Sunday that an organization and its members shall remain criminally liable for the offenses they have committed, notwithstanding its disbandment or the resignation
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China opposes European Parliament resolution on Hong Kong
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 9 (ANI): China on Friday opposed a European Parliament resolution on Hong Kong, which had denounced the closure of the city's pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, highlighting the rapid deterioration of press freedom in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai denied bail again
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, February 18 (ANI): Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-Ying will remain in custody after being denied bail Thursday by the High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), Xinhua reported.
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Rejection of British National Overseas passports leaves ethnic minority co
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, February 2 (ANI): Thousands of members of ethnic minority communities in Hong Kong - Indians, Pakistanis, Nepalese - who only have a British National Overseas BN (O) passport are facing fresh hurdle in going abroad after the government said it no longer recognised the document
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