KOWLOON Top Stories

After decades touting openness, Singapore sees foreign meddling threat
Illustration photo - The Gardens by the Bay in Singapore
European Community / Danial Hakim
2024-02-27, Al Jazeera
Singapore – For decades, Singapore marketed itself as one of the world’s most open and globalised economies to compensate for its diminutive territory and lack of natural...
Hong Kong tycoon pleads ‘not guilty’ to 3 national security charges
A prison van carrying activist publisher Jimmy Lai arrives at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts, where Lai's trial takes place, in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024
AP / Billy H.C. Kwok
2024-01-02, La Prensa Latina
Hong Kong, Jan 2 (EFE).- The trial against Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and media magnate Jimmy Lai resumed Tuesday with a hearing in which he officially pleaded “not...
Hong Kong media tycoon’s plea to dismiss sedition charge rejected
Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, founder of Giordano International Limited and Next Media Limited
Public Domain
2023-12-22, Anadolu Agency
A court on Friday rejected the plea of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying to dismiss charges of sedition against him. JusticeEsther Toh Lye-ping at the West...
‘The Fall Guy’ launches with soft $54m session at global box office; ‘The Garfield Movie’ paws $22m in early markets2024-05-06
Screen Daily: Worldwide box office May 3-5 RankFilm (distributor) 3-day (world) Cume (world) 3-day (int’l) Cume (int’l) Territories 1. (Universal) $53.8m $65.4m $25.3m $36.9m 79 2. (various)...
‘King of Kowloon’ Tsang Tsou-choi’s Hong Kong graffiti, once considered vandalism, now inspires visual artists2024-05-06
South China Morning Post: Graffiti by the self-proclaimed...
Action actor tackled by kung fu fan2024-05-05
Hong Kong Standard: Martial arts actorPhilip Ng Wan-lung was kicked by a kung fu fan while promoting his new film Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In. In a video that went viral, a middle-aged man was picked...
Closing of Hong Kong’s Kitec: venue was key stepping stone for musical acts on journey ...2024-05-04
South China Morning Post: After 28 years, curtain is coming down on Kowloon BayInternational Trade and Exhibition Centre, which offered ideal venue for acts, including boy band Mirror, as they progressed from halls to city’s biggest concert spaces. ......
NEOM presents vision of future2024-05-03
China Daily: Saudi Arabia's futuristic city of NEOM will redefine the concepts of living, education, healthcare, and sports through its three pillars of nature conservation, human livability, and economic prosperity, according to Tarek Qaddumi, executive director of urban...