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Secretary for Security Chris Tang says detention period gives police sufficient time to gather evidence while also preserving human rights.

"Ensuring security and development" and "speeding up legislation and boosting the economy" are the most prominent demands of Hong Kong society. The HKSAR government and legislature will surely mee...

Israel at 75: A nation divided? Explore the recent protests & judicial reform debates that challenge Israels democratic future

Finance chief also says country’s push to open ‘its door wider’ to world will allow Hong Kong to use exhibitions on mainland to promote its own events.

Hong Kong: Anti-China organisation condemned

In addressing concerns about whether local residents in Hong Kong would violate the law under the Article 23 legislation of the Basic Law by keeping the secessionist tabloid Apple Daily “as memento” at home, local officials said it depends on whether the possessor has a reasonable explanation. The clarification served as a rebuttal to Western media hype targeting the law.

Hong Kong authorities have fast-tracked the bill, which was unveiled nine days after a one-month public consultation ended

The Shura Councils Media, Tourism and Culture Committee today hosted Mohammed Said Al Balushi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Information, and other ministry officials to discuss queries and observations about the draft version of a new Information Law.

Executive Councilor Ronny Tong Ka-wah said clauses of Hong Kong‘s homegrown national security law, which proposes life sentence for tr...

The Post follows the deliberations in the legislature as lawmakers go through the bill clause by clause.