Day: September 5, 2021

Finance

Next Digital says all its directors have resigned

Defunct newspaper Apple Daily's parent company announced on Sunday that all of its directors had resigned. In a stock exchange filing, Next Digital said the four members of its board of directors, including chairman Ip Yut Kin, were stepping down to protect shareholders, creditors, employees and former employees. The directors...
Finance

RTHK debate show City Forum ‘to end’

It is understood that RTHK's City Forum won't resume this month following the summer break. The weekly live debate show, which invites guests to discuss topical issues with an audience asking questions, began airing in 1980. Its last episode was held on July 18 and focused on the regulation of...
Finance

District Court convicts trio of rioting near PolyU

The District Court on Saturday convicted three people of rioting in the vicinity of the Polytechnic University in 2019, at a time when hundreds of protesters inside the campus were surrounded by police. Kwok Chun-ming, Ting Pui-kei and Choi Yun-ting had been charged with rioting in Jordan on November 18,...
Finance

Govt is closely monitoring Mu variant: health chief

Health Secretary Sophia Chan said on Saturday that officials were closely monitoring the situation involving the Mu variant, but she stressed that Hong Kong had stringent measures in place to prevent the virus from spreading into the community. The SAR had earlier recorded three Covid-19 infections involving the variant, which...
News

UK panel does not recommend virus shots for healthy youths

A boy at COVID-19 test station as he entered his new secondary school for the first time at Wales High school, Sheffield, England, Sept 3, 2021. (RUI VIEIRA/AP) LONDON/OTTAWA/CALGARY/ JOHANNESBURG - Britain's vaccine advisers said they were not recommending the vaccination of all 12- to 15-year-olds against COVID-19, preferring a...
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EU ministers set conditions for engagement with Taliban

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, center, chairs a round table meeting of EU foreign ministers at the Brdo Congress Center in Kranj, Slovenia, Sept 2, 2021. (DARKO BANDIC/AP) BRDO PRI KRANJU, Slovenia - Foreign ministers of the European Union (EU) on Friday set five conditions on which the...
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