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Jul 18, 2021 China said Hong Kong’s future leader needs to tackle the city’s housing crisis in the latest sign that the Asian financial hub’s expensive residential real estate market is a priority for Beijing as Chinese officials seek to reassert their legitimacy following unrest. With a national security law ensuring stability and prosperity in the city, Hong Kong’s housing problems should be “greatly improved” by 2049, Xia Baolong, the director of the Cabinet-level Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office in Beijing, told a private gathering of the Hong Kong’s senior-most o...

1 2021-07-08 08:16:37Xinhua Editor : Li Yan ECNS App Download As the national security law in Hong Kong has come into force for a year, various sectors of the financial hub agreed that the law has been effective in bringing back peace and order and reinforcing the foundation of "one country, two systems." John Lee, chief secretary for administration of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government, has highlighted the effectiveness of the law and said it is the common responsibility of the entire HKSAR to fend off acts and activities endangering national secu...

Individuals, entities that refuse to counter foreign sanctions face legal consequences | 2021-06-11 13:55:00

With the Legislative Council (LegCo) completing a review of a number of amendments on Thursday as part of the improvement of the Hong Kong electoral system, Hong Kong is accelerating the process of ushering in a proper system of governance, which ensures only patriots running for public office, and shields the city from rioting, citywide rampages, endless filibustering tactics from the radical opposition and the risk of color revolutions.

Hong Kong to expand mainland exchange program for civil servants By CHEN ZIMO in Hong Kong | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-05-13 07:41 Share CLOSE Photo taken on July 14, 2020 shows the Golden Bauhinia Square in Hong Kong. [Photo/Xinhua] The latest initiative for Hong Kong civil servants to take temporary positions on the mainland will help the special administrative region improve its governance capacity and vision, and it is expected to assist the city's development, a political scholar and civil service groups said on Wednesday. Thei...