Hong Kong Informer

Former ICAC chief Timothy Tong Hin-ming spent HK$ 100,000 of public money on a reception at The Peak in one of two lavish dinners he will face questions over in the Legislative Council today. Full News here – Hong Kong feed

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HONG KONG (AFP) – A taxi driver who endured a six-month lawsuit after overcharging a passenger by six US cents has finally had his name cleared by a Hong Kong court.Tam Hoi-Chi walked free after his case was thrown out Thursday but was left questioning the city's justice system."I want to know why the opposite [...]

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Hong Kong – The giant inflatable rubber duck which has attracted tens of thousands of visitors since it sailed into Hong Kong two weeks ago was reduced to a sad deflated disc Wednesday in the city's … Full News here – Hong Kong News latest RSS headlines – Hong Kong News.net

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Freaky weather over Hong Kong Looking like Hollywood special effects wizardry, two weather fronts smashed together on Tuesday over Hong Kong to create a stunning scene over the city's famed Victoria Harbour. The view from CNN's Quarry Bay office on Tuesday afternoon. Dark clouds … Full News here – Read more on CNN International

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The Independent Commission Against Corruption has long been one of Hong Kong’s most cherished institutions, credited with helping turn the city from one of Asia’s most corrupt into one of its cleanest. Full News here – Hong Kong feed

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BANGKOK (AP) — World stock markets were muted Tuesday as cheer over the better-than-expected U.S. jobs report faded. Japan’s benchmark stock index was the exception, surging 3.6 percent to close at 14,180.24 as it reopened following a long weekend holiday. That was the Nikkei’s highest close in nearly five years. In early European trading, Britain’s [...]

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Former senior ICAC investigators who helped stamp out endemic corruption in Hong Kong fear its hard-earned reputation as one of the cleanest anti-graft agencies in the world is on the line as a result of the Timothy Tong Hin-ming scandal. Full News here – Hong Kong feed

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The judge, Mario Augusto Silvestre, said it was the last time he would accept such a reason, and would send Macau doctors to Hong Kong to assess Joseph Lau Luen-hung’s health condition. Full News here – Hong Kong feed

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It’s time Hong Kong placed criminal liability for work-site deaths squarely on the shoulders of individuals, justice officials say. Full News here – Hong Kong feed

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Former ICAC commissioner Timothy Tong Hin-ming continues to lie low despite calls to explain extravagant spending on hospitality for mainland officials during his five-year tenure. Tong, who stepped down last year as the commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, has not responded since the scandal started making headlines last week. The ICAC confirmed that [...]

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Politicians in Hong Kong have fiercely opposed a plan to donate money to Sichuan to help with earthquake relief efforts, citing concerns that the local government would misuse the … Full News here – Hong Kong News latest RSS headlines – Hong Kong News.net

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HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong lawmakers fiercely opposed a plan Wednesday to donate money to a Chinese provincial government for earthquake victims, underlining widespread public concerns about mainland corruption. The city’s leader, Leung Chun-ying, proposed donating 100 million Hong Kong dollars ($ 13 million) to the Sichuan provincial government for relief efforts following an [...]

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HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong lawmakers fiercely opposed a plan Wednesday to donate money to a Chinese provincial government for earthquake victims, underlining widespread public concerns about mainland corruption. The city’s leader, Leung Chun-ying, proposed donating 100 million Hong Kong dollars ($ 13 million) to the Sichuan provincial government for relief efforts following an [...]

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HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong lawmakers fiercely opposed a plan Wednesday to donate money to a Chinese provincial government for earthquake victims, underlining widespread public concerns about mainland corruption. The city’s leader, Leung Chun-ying, proposed donating 100 million Hong Kong dollars ($ 13 million) to the Sichuan provincial government for relief efforts following an [...]

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Local religious leaders have clashed over the Occupy Central movement in the battle for democracy, with one calling on Hongkongers to join in even as another argued against it. Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, 81, said at a Baptist University forum yesterday that he would encourage all Hong Kong people to take part in the plan, [...]

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