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...“China is facing increasing national security threats from the US and the west,” Lau said....
...“Even if someone wanted to contact him [Hui], they might not be able to do so,” Hong Kong tycoon Joseph Lau, who used to play cards with him, told reporters in November....
...“Free election in Hong Kong is dead,” said Ho-fung Hung, political economy professor at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, US....
...Ken Lau, a Hong Kong resident who had his first child last year, said the HK$20,000 handout would not encourage him to consider having another....
...“It’s obvious [the authorities] have commenced targeting lawyers who are providing support to political prisoners in Hong Kong,” said Eric Yan-ho Lai of the Georgetown Center for Asian Law....
...High airfares were expected to “normalise” as capacity increases, said Cathay’s chief customer and commercial officer Lavinia Lau, but supply chain challenges in the aviation industry and inflationary factors...
...Additional reporting by Chan Ho-him in Hong Kong...
...“It seems that the national security and political correctness priority trumps economic priority,” said Ho-fung Hung, a professor of political economy at Johns Hopkins University in the US....
...The US typically accounts for roughly 30 per cent of Lau’s business, with the rest mostly from clients in China. He predicts a significant recovery only by 2025, when the global economy improves....
...Lau Siu-kai, an adviser to Beijing from the Chinese Association of Hong Kong and Macau Studies, said the reshuffle would consolidate the party leadership’s power in Xi’s third term....
...Soon they may have a new hurdle to reckon with, writes Nikkei Asia’s Lien Hoang in Ho Chi Minh City....
...I have to stay true to myself,” said Jerome Lau, 72, outside the courtroom. Additional reporting by Primrose Riordan in Hong Kong...
...Danny Lau, honorary chair of the Hong Kong Small and Medium Enterprises Association, who owns two factories in the province, last went to them in January 2020 and is considering a visit next month....
...Several political cartoonists, including Ah To, fled the city, after facing attacks from pro-government media, while Kacey Wong, a performance artist and Tony Lau, a manga artist, left for Taiwan citing...
...Along with head chef Kwok Keung Tung and barbecue chef Andy Ching Ho, Yip seeks ideas in neglected ingredients and traditional comfort foods....
...[Their taste] and flavour is hard to replicate,” Lau said. Wong, of the trade federation, said some old restaurants relied on visitors for up to 80 per cent of their business....
...Lau said his daughter had joined a wave of emigration in response to Beijing’s attempts to exert greater control, moving to Canada....
...Lau auctioned off more than HK$113mn ($14mn) of Chinese imperial porcelain his year....
...“When orders dropped, we were forced to cut costs and one of the biggest expenditures is in paying workers,” said Danny Lau, honorary chair of the Hong Kong Small and Medium Enterprises Association, who...
...My favourite restaurants for these delicate Cantonese treats are Tim Ho Wan, Madame Fù or The Chinese Library in Tai Kwun....
...Martin Lau, Tencent’s president, had warned investors last month that he expected regulatory pressure on tech companies in China to intensify....
...says Lau. “[For now] they are mentally and spiritually fit. If they are mentally defeated, then it’s all over.”...
...Ho-Fung Hung, associate professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University who studies Hong Kong’s politics, said the election was a charade....
...“In the eyes of the central government John Lee can be relied on to keep Hong Kong stable and safe from the challenges posed by foreign powers,” says Lau, the election committee member....
...Lau Siu-kai, vice-chair of the semi-official Chinese Association of Hong Kong and Macau Studies think-tank in Beijing, said: “With [Lam] not seeking a second term, Beijing might take the opportunity to form...
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