179 'patriots' appointed to Hong Kong's district councils, including dozens of defeated candidates from 2019 poll
Forty-nine appointees, or 27 per cent, ran in the previous municipal-body election in 2019 and lost.
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Forty-nine appointees, or 27 per cent, ran in the previous municipal-body election in 2019 and lost.
Relaxed rules such as those related to noise levels and using phones hope to attract bookworms back to reading spaces.
Libraries are struggling to woo visitors despite pulling out the stops with new offerings, including more open areas and digital services.
The ceremonies come as community leaders admit to a ‘developing relationship’ with Chinese officials.
THE owner and operator of a stricken cable car that dangled over a Pakistan ravine for more than 12 hours were arrested after repeatedly ignoring safety warnings, police said last Thursday (24). Six teenage boys were among eight people left stranded hundreds of feet in the air when two of the three chairlift cables snapped