Hong Kong to launch revamped Huanggang Port border crossing in September under a new joint inspection model, with drills starting next month following legislative approval for a co-location arrangement with Shenzhen.
Hong Kong authorities are launching a public consultation on sexual law reforms, warning that cults luring victims overseas for sex and suggestive games at orientation camps could constitute sexual offenses. The reforms aim to include sexual offenses involving deception within the city's legal scope, even if the act occurs abroad, and will introduce a new statutory definition of consent.
Hong Kong’s security chief has reaffirmed that fire services will act as the gatekeeper for safety after a legal vacuum was exposed during an inquiry into the city’s deadliest fire in decades, stressing the department’s existing manpower could cope with expanded oversight duties. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung on Tuesday reiterated the pledge earlier made by Fire Services Department director Andy Yeung Yan-kin during the hearings into the inferno at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po. The...
