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...Paul Lam, the territory’s justice minister, told lawmakers last week: “If someone confesses that they are planning to assemble an army tomorrow and subvert the Hong Kong special administrative region or...
...But the arrest on Wednesday of Cardinal Joseph Zen has sent new shockwaves through the city just days after hardliner and former security chief John Lee, himself a Catholic, was confirmed as its next leader...
...When I hosted a talk by Roman Catholic cleric Cardinal Joseph Zen at Hong Kong’s Foreign Correspondents’ Club in June 2009, it never occurred to me that doing so would one day become a legally perilous act...
...Famously, Carrie Lam, Hong Kong’s leader, resorted to “piles of cash” after local institutions were reluctant to bank her and other city officials who came under US sanctions....
...The Beijing-backed Lee will succeed outgoing chief executive Carrie Lam when he is sworn in on July 1....
...Carrie Lam, the city’s chief executive, said she “won’t sacrifice the safety of the people just to rush reopening borders”....
...Joseph Lau, a property billionaire and well-known art collector, now has a net worth of $13.5bn, compared with $16.9bn in 2019, after investment losses, according to Forbes....
...The exodus of residents and relocation of executives by multinational firms could further damp demand and adversely affect home prices in the city, according to JLL Hong Kong chair Joseph Tsang....
...Lam was forced to withdraw the bill. The campaigners’ sense of relief was short-lived....
...“The mood is increasingly dark,” said Tara Joseph, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong....
...Carrie Lam, Hong Kong’s leader, has been under pressure to increase the supply of homes since the protests....
...Joseph Altuzarra also returned from showing in Paris, but his move is permanent — and that is a very good thing....
...Jeffrey Lam, a member of Hong Kong’s legislative council, said: “HSBC is between two hotplates: the mainland and the US. Peter has handled it tremendously — dealing with that conflict takes skill.”...
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...It just reaffirms that whatever I had done wrong in the past, at least what I’m doing now is right.”joseph.leahy@ft.com, nicolle.liu@ft.com...
...One, Gui Minhai, a Swedish citizen, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in February; another, Lam Wing-kee, has fled to Taiwan....
...The two officials, Tara Joseph and Robert Grieves, AmCham’s president and chairman in Hong Kong respectively, were heading separately to the annual AmCham Macau Ball....
Political crisis deepens amid growing anti-government discontent among professionals
...Until his death in January, the church was led in Hong Kong by Bishop Michael Yeung, who was reportedly close to Ms Lam....
...Hong Kong’s chief executive, Carrie Lam, eventually acknowledged defeat but her belated withdrawal of the bill was not enough to assuage the protesters....
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...Ms Lam has already acceded to another of the protesters’ demands, pledging to withdraw a controversial extradition bill....
...Also in attendance was Joseph Grundfest, a Stanford University law professor and former SEC commissioner who has publicly backed the idea....
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