Monthly Archives: May 2025

Absconders’ relatives in crosshairs

Posted on May 9, 2025 by biglychee

The 68-year-old father of ‘absconder’ Anna Kwok is denied bail on national security grounds. He was arrested last week for attempting to obtain funds form an insurance policy of his daughter’s… [Chief Magistrate Victor] So said on Thursday that after … Continue reading →

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And who cleared the name ‘Skytopia’?

Posted on May 8, 2025 by biglychee

You’re sitting on the deck of your luxury yacht sipping a pina colada. And then a Boeing 777 – engines at full 110,000-lb thrust – flies 1,000 feet over you. Repeat every two minutes. Did they think this through?  The … Continue reading →

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You ‘must’ welcome them by the million

Posted on May 7, 2025 by biglychee

Hong Kong’s amazing success over the May 1 Golden Week holiday was to attract huge numbers of tourists. The 1.1 million mostly Mainland visitors coming into the city represented an increase of around 20% over the previous year. However, many … Continue reading →

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Is jailing of fugitives’ relatives going to become a pattern?

Posted on May 6, 2025 by biglychee

Fugitive activist Anna Kwok’s 68-year-old father is arrested and detained in jail for allegedly ‘attempting to deal with, directly or indirectly, any funds or other financial assets or economic resources belonging to, or owned or controlled by, a relevant absconder’. … Continue reading →

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Don’t be put off by quack doc disaster

Posted on May 2, 2025 by biglychee

The SCMP reports… A 47-year-old Hong Kong man has undergone an amputation of his left lower leg two days after developing a Group A Streptococcal infection following acupuncture treatment he received at two traditional Chinese medicine clinics. The Centre for … Continue reading →

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