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A construction site for a Hong Kong high-rise is engulfed in flames, with firefighters on the scene battling the blaze. Officials say the fire broke out at 11:11pm local time (0311 GMT) in the heart of Tsim Sha Tsui, a busy shopping and tourist district on the city's world-famous harbourfront. IMAGES
Hong Kong, Aug 11 (EFE/EPA).- The shares of Next Digital, the publishing company of the Apple Daily newspaper, whose founder was arrested on Monday by Hong Kong police, rose again Tuesday on the Hong Kong stock market, after having registered a spectacular rise of more than 350 percent the previous day. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE IN HONG KONG BUY APPLE DAILY IN SUPPORT OF JIMMY LAI.
Hong Kong, 15 jul (EFE/EPA).- The 16 winners of the Hong Kong democratic primaries on Wednesday urging all parties to stand firm to oppose Beijing's newly-enacted national security law. Hong Kongers headed to the polls on Sunday to choose the pro-democracy candidates ahead of the upcoming legislative elections. More than 600,000 Hong Kongers voted to determine who should represent the opposition in the 6 September Legislative Council elections.Some activists fear Beijing's security laws will harm Democrats' chances of winning by banning anti-government candidates from September's elections. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE).SHOT LIST: THE 16 WINNERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES READ JOINT STATEMENT AND SPEAK TO REPORTERS DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE IN HONG KONG. SOUND BITES: JOSHUA WONG, PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST AND A WINNER OF THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARUES.
Hong Kong, June 3 (EFE/EPA) .- Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Wednesday held a press briefing in Beijing as part of her her visit to the Chinese capital.Lam, along with Hong Kong’s top legal and security officials, is currently on a visit to Beijing to reflect her views and public concerns about China's controverial national security law.(Camera: WU HONG).SOUNDBITES: A PRESS CONFERENCE BY HONG KONG CHIEF EXECUTIVE CARRIE LAM IN BEIJING, CHINA.
About 20 people attend a vigil in Hong Kong in honour of the Chinese doctor who raised the death alert for the coronavirus. The death of Li Wenliang, who had been punished for sounding the alarm about the emergence of this new virus, has unleashed great anger in China. IMAGES
Tensions rise between police and anti-government protesters at Hong Kong's Tuen Mun district. The international finance hub has been upended by five months of huge and increasingly violent rallies, but Beijing has refused to give in to most of the movement's demands. IMAGES