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India to drop pre-departure COVID tests for travellers from China, other countries

India will drop the pre-departure COVID test requirement for travellers coming from or via China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, Thailand and Japan from Monday, the health ministry said, as COVID-19 infections have fallen sharply globally.

Reuters

Hong Kong's Lee faces stern test over $3.4 billion bid to ease housing shortage

A flagship $3.4 billion plan by Hong Kong to build temporary housing to ease a massive shortage is facing fierce criticism over its high cost and the absence of a longer-term solution in one of the world's most unaffordable property markets.

Reuters

Hong Kong is giving away 5 lakh free tickets to boost tourism!

The Hong Kong Government has announced that it will be providing 5 lakh free plane tickets to all those wishing to visit the city. This move comes in the wake of boosting tourism in the region, and has been timed with its announcement of fully opening its border for tourists.

The Times of India

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FWD subsidiary introduces customisable health package

FWD Life Insurance, a Thai unit of the Hong Kong-based insurance group, is launching a new customised insurance model that offers Thais joint coverage with their family members that can also include treatment for mental health conditions.

Bangkok Post

China Offers More Flexible Visas for Professionals in the Greater Bay Area

Under new system starting Feb. 20, those who qualify can stay four times as long on multiple visits to Hong Kong and Macao

Caixin Global

No pre-departure Covid test and air suvidha for people coming from China, 5 other nations from February 13

NEW DELHI: Passengers coming to India from or via Thailand, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea and China will from 11 am on Monday (February 13) neither require a negative report from a pre-departure Covid test, nor need to upload self-health declaration on “air suvidha” portal.

The Times of India

Thai economic prospects far from rosy

Logically, one would imagine that 2023 would be a much better year than 2022. Covid is over in every corner of the earth and economic activities resume. The world oil price is below US$80 (2,677 baht) per barrel and inflation is coming down. At the first meeting of 2023, the…

Bangkok Post

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Landmark Trial Opens for Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activists

Thirty-one of the 47 pleaded guilty before the case came to trial. According to the prosecutor, four of the 47 defendants are set to testify against the 16 who did not plead guilty.

The News Lens

Disney cuts Simpsons China ‘forced labour’ episode in Hong Kong

Removal marks the second time Disney has dropped a Simpsons episode from its service in Hong Kong.

Al Jazeera

Disney cuts Simpsons 'forced labor' episode in Hong Kong

Walt Disney Co. has removed from its streaming service in Hong Kong an episode from its cartoon series The Simpsons that includes a reference to “forced labor camps” in China

The Independent UK

UK MPs and peers find HSBC complicit in Hong Kong human rights abuses

Bank sided with China in denying pension payouts to people who fled crackdown, says all-party group

The Guardian - UK

The Simpsons run foul in Hong Kong over ‘forced labour’ joke

Disney appears to have dumped an episode of The Simpsons from its streaming platform in Hong Kong over an anti-China joke.

The New Daily

Protest laws would be denounced if done by China, says ex-Hong Kong Governor

Tory peer Lord Patten of Barnes said he found it ‘astonishing’ that the Public Order Bill was being proposed.

The Independent UK

Hong Kong pulls Simpsons episode that mentions forced labour camps and bitcoin mines

First it was a reference to Tiananmen Square that saw an episode pulled two years ago, now it's one that mentions forced labour camps as The Simpsons gets political again.

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Hong Kong starts largest ever trial against pro-democracy activists

Some of Hong Kong’s best-known pro-democracy activists went on trial Monday in the biggest prosecution yet under a law imposed by China’s ruling Communist Party to crush dissent.

Tribune News Service

Jay Ambrose: China, a major US threat, resorts to a balloon

On top of genocide of Chinese Muslims, crushing Hong Kong’s democracy and plans to take over enterprising and happily independent Taiwan, the super-ambitious, totalitarian, morally misinformed Chinese Communist Party has been coming after the United States in every way imaginable. Intellectual property? They steal it. Trade deals? They cheat. Now…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Disney+ in Hong Kong Drops 'Simpsons' Episode with 'Forced Labor' Mention

An episode of "The Simpsons" that refers to "forced labor camps" in China is nowhere to be found on the Disney+ streaming service in Hong Kong amid growing censorship concerns in the city. Hong Kong once boasted significant artistic and cultural freedoms compared to mainland China, but authorities have clamped…

The Independent UK

Disney’s Hong Kong service drops ‘The Simpsons’ episode with ‘forced labour’ reference

Episode ‘One Angry Lisa’, which first aired in October, is not available on Disney Plus in Hong Kong

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The Guardian - AU

Simpsons censored in Hong Kong for mentioning China ‘labour camps’

Episode removed from Disney+ is the second of the cartoon to be made unavailable in Hong Kong

Axios

Disney drops "Simpsons" episode in Hong Kong that mentions "forced labor" in China

It comes at a critical time for relations between Disney and the ruling Chinese Communist Party.

Reuters

Canada expands temporary work permit program for Hong Kong residents

The Canadian government is broadening the criteria for Hong Kong residents to apply to work in Canada through a temporary work permit program that was introduced after China imposed new security rules on the former British colony in 2020, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said on Monday.

Fortune

HK may need 2 years for a full tourism recovery, predicts aiport head

Hong Kong is offering 500,000 free plane tickets as part of its "Hello Hong Kong" campaign to attract visitors to the Chinese city.

Reuters

Hong Kong court makes landmark ruling protecting transgender rights

Hong Kong's top court on Monday ruled that the policy of barring transgender people from changing their gender shown on ID cards unless they undergo full sex reassignment surgery violates their rights and is unconstitutional.

The Independent UK

Hong Kong transgender men win appeal over status change

Hong Kong’s top court has ruled that full sex reassignment surgery should not be a prerequisite for transgender people to have their gender changed on their official identity cards

France 24

Landmark subversion trial opens in Hong Kong for pro-democracy activists

Some of Hong Kong’s best-known pro-democracy activists went on trial Monday in the biggest prosecution yet under a law imposed by China’s ruling Communist Party to crush dissent.

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