Eight homeless men who won lawsuits last week against the Hong Kong government for disposing of their personal belongings have criticised the HK$100 (S$17) in compensation they each received and demanded an apology from authorities. The group accused the government of “trampling upon their dignity” and called for policy improvement to better protect them, with two of the claimants submitting.
Ming has been spending an hour a day over the past six months collecting discarded cardboard on the streets of Sham Shui Po. The most the 15-year-old earned in a week was HK$25 (S$4.30) for 5kg. The older child of a divorced 39-year-old cleaner, he prepares lunch for his 10-year-old sister and tutors her. "When I think of how hard.
Hong Kong’s move to mandate the use of its Covid-19 contact-tracing app at government buildings will hit homeless residents and other vulnerable groups in need of services hard given that many lack smartphones, an NGO has warned.
May had finally relaxed enough to fall asleep in a park in Mong Kok, when she jolted awake to discover a man had crept up to lie beside her. “I was very scared. Why sleep next to me when there is so much space?” she recalls. It was not the only unwanted encounter she experienced in the park where she.
July 10, 2021
Family members bid farewell to those leaving Hong Kong for London at Hong Kong International Airport.
South China Morning Post
Saying goodbye to his only daughter at Hong Kong airport, 80-year-old James Leung struggled to hold back his tears.
The former restaurant manager never expected his 39-year-old daughter to pack up and go to Britain for good, after spending her entire life with him and his wife in Hong Kong, where she was born.
He said he understood her reasons for leaving, pointing to fears that Hong Kong s freedoms were being eroded since Beijing imposed the national security law on the city in June last year.