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Hongkong Post Stamps was a division set up in 1974, charged with promoting and popularising stamp collecting, to meet the ever-increasing demand for Hong Kong stamps by collectors. The division conducts three main areas of work: stamp product design and production. fulfilment and advance ordering service.
The 1950s in Hong Kong began against the chaotic backdrop of the resumption of British sovereignty after the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong ended in 1945, and the renewal of the Nationalist - Communist Civil War in mainland China. It prompted a large influx of refugees from the mainland, causing a huge population surge: from 1945 to 1951, the ...
Conspiracy to publish seditious publications. On 29 December 2021, Stand News, one of the few remaining pro-democracy media outlets in Hong Kong following the passage of the Hong Kong national security law in 2020, was raided by the National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police Force. Media executives and journalists were arrested on the ...
Website. asiatimes .com. Asia Times ( Chinese: 亞洲時報 ), formerly known as Asia Times Online, is a Hong Kong –based English language news media publishing group, covering politics, economics, business, and culture from an Asian perspective. [2] Asia Times publishes in English and simplified Chinese.
Apple editorialist "Li Ping" (Yeung Ching-kei) was arrested on 23 June "on suspicion of conspiring to collude with foreign countries or foreign forces to endanger national security", Fung Wai-kong, editor-in-chief of the English news section at Apple, was arrested on 27 June at Hong Kong International Airport while attempting to flee the city.
The 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests (also known by other names) were a series of demonstrations against the Hong Kong government 's introduction of a bill to amend the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance in regard to extradition. It was the largest series of demonstrations in the history of Hong Kong.
Sing Tao Daily. The Sing Tao Daily ( Chinese: 星島日報) (also known as Sing Tao Jih Pao) is among Hong Kong 's oldest Chinese language newspapers. [1] It is owned by Sing Tao News Corporation, of which Kwok Ying-shing ( Chinese: 郭英成) is chairman. Its English language sister paper is The Standard . Sing Tao's Toronto edition is partly ...
At the end of the 2000s, the International Commerce Centre (ICC), at 484 m (1,588 ft) high, was the tallest building in Hong Kong. The tallest building prior to the ICC was the Two International Finance Centre (2 IFC), at 415 m (1,362 ft) high, completed in 2003. Prior to that, the tallest building in Hong Kong was the Central Plaza since 1992 ...