March 20, 2023

National anthem blunders: correct Google search results for Hong Kong have improved after optimisation effort, technology minister says (South China Morning Post)

South China Morning Post: National anthem blunders: correct Google search results for Hong Kong have improved after optimisation effort, technology minister says. “Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Sun Dong on Sunday said official web pages with the Chinese national anthem correctly listed for searches about Hong Kong had risen in Google rankings after modifications were made to government websites.”

Tweaks & Updates 0
January 16, 2023

Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project: LockBit Gang Using Musk’s Internet Services, Laundering BitCoin in Hong Kong, China

Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project: LockBit Gang Using Musk’s Internet Services, Laundering BitCoin in Hong Kong, China. “A security strategist who spent months undercover on the darkweb published a report on Monday that offers insight into one of the world’s most notorious ransomware groups, claiming its members are using internet services owned by billionaire Elon Musk and laundering money through Hong Kong and China.”

Security & Legal Issues 0
January 10, 2023

Recording old Hong Kong on video: why this group believes digitising VHS tapes is key in preserving city’s history (South China Morning Post)

South China Morning Post: Recording old Hong Kong on video: why this group believes digitising VHS tapes is key in preserving city’s history. “To restore Hong Kong’s videocassette memories, a group of enthusiasts started HKVCRBase 16 years ago to collect videotapes and upload their content online. The group has gathered more than 6,000 videotapes and digitised countless clips, from advertisements to concerts, news and dramas. Their Facebook page has garnered 77,000 followers, and their YouTube channels combined have nearly 60,000 subscribers.”

Around the Search & Social Media World 0
December 14, 2022

Bloomberg: Hong Kong to ‘Use All Means’ Against Google Over National Anthem

Bloomberg: Hong Kong to ‘Use All Means’ Against Google Over National Anthem. “Hong Kong has strongly criticized Alphabet Inc.’s Google for failing to ensure the city’s correct national anthem features prominently on its search page. Typing in Hong Kong national anthem into the search box brings up articles and videos about Glory to Hong Kong, the unofficial anthem of the mass protests that rocked the financial hub in 2019, instead of China’s March of the Volunteers.”

Uncategorized 0
November 6, 2022

Exclusive: University of Hong Kong makes library users register to access some politically sensitive books (Hong Kong Free Press)

Hong Kong Free Press: Exclusive: University of Hong Kong makes library users register to access some politically sensitive books. “The library at Hong Kong’s top university has introduced a new system under which readers must register in advance to gain access to some politically sensitive books or archive materials. A Hong Kong researcher said the new policy, which follows moves by the city’s public libraries to remove some titles, might impede study of more ‘sensitive’ topics.”

Security & Legal Issues 0
June 16, 2022

South China Morning Post: Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog takes down 90 per cent of social media posts deemed to constitute doxxing under new law

South China Morning Post: Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog takes down 90 per cent of social media posts deemed to constitute doxxing under new law. “Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog has taken down about 90 per cent of social media posts it deemed constituted doxxing after legal amendments were passed last year to criminalise such behaviour.”

Security & Legal Issues 0
May 2, 2022

South China Morning Post Magazine: Photo archive covers 25 years of change in Hong Kong, its 42,000 images the work of one man – artist and academic David Clarke

South China Morning Post Magazine: Photo archive covers 25 years of change in Hong Kong, its 42,000 images the work of one man – artist and academic David Clarke. “At the beginning of 1995, artist and academic David Clarke had a light-bulb moment: he would create a photography project over a five-year period. He got a bit carried away – the project ended up spanning 25 years…. The result, ‘Hong Kong in Transition’, a collection of more than 42,000 photos, is now available as a free-to-use archive hosted on the HKU art history department’s website.”

New Resources 0
April 21, 2022

South China Morning Post: Supporters of Hong Kong chief executive candidate John Lee accuse Google of interfering in poll after YouTube pulls his channel

South China Morning Post: Supporters of Hong Kong chief executive candidate John Lee accuse Google of interfering in poll after YouTube pulls his channel. “Online video platform YouTube cancelled Hong Kong’s sole chief executive candidate John Lee Ka-chiu’s campaign channel on Wednesday as it emerged that Facebook had restricted his user status, both citing compliance with United States sanction laws but earning a rebuke from the leadership contender who accused the US of bullying.”

Around the Search & Social Media World 0
April 10, 2022

CIDRAP: Study sheds light on death spike in Hong Kong COVID-19 surge

CIDRAP: Study sheds light on death spike in Hong Kong COVID-19 surge. “The recent Omicron variant surge in Hong Kong came with a mortality rate among the world’s highest yet in the pandemic, a troubling development in a region known for its strong pandemic measures, and today researchers from the United States, Hong Kong, and China who dug into the data suggest that vaccination lapses in older people played a major role.”

COVID-19 0
April 2, 2022

Associated Press: Hong Kong urges testing, Shanghai struggles under lockdown

Associated Press: Hong Kong urges testing, Shanghai struggles under lockdown. “Hong Kong authorities on Saturday asked the entire population of more than 7.4 million people to voluntarily test themselves for COVID-19 at home for three days in a row starting next week. The announcement by Chief Executive Carrie Lam came as the southern Chinese city is struggling to contain its worst outbreak with authorities sending mixed signals about testing and lockdowns.”

COVID-19 0
March 30, 2022

South China Morning Post: Missing coffins? Hong Kong’s Covid-19 deaths leave funeral agents struggling to meet demand for caskets

South China Morning Post: Missing coffins? Hong Kong’s Covid-19 deaths leave funeral agents struggling to meet demand for caskets. “Hong Kong Funeral Business Association chairman Ng Yiu-tong said he had heard of coffins allegedly stolen from warehouses earlier this month, when the high number of deaths from the city’s fifth wave of Covid-19 infections resulted in a shortage of caskets…. But he added that he would not be surprised if funeral workers mixed up casket orders by mistake as the industry faced its busiest period since the pandemic began two years ago.”

COVID-19 0
March 18, 2022

‘It’s a nightmare’: Hong Kong runs low on coffins as omicron exacts deadly toll (Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Times: ‘It’s a nightmare’: Hong Kong runs low on coffins as omicron exacts deadly toll . “In just a matter of weeks, the city of more than 7 million has transformed from one of the safest places to be during the global pandemic to having what’s believed to be the highest rate of COVID-19 deaths in the world. On Feb. 18, Hong Kong had a total of 259 COVID-19 deaths since the pandemic began. A month later, the number had soared to nearly 4,600 — on par with the total in China, a country of 1.4 billion people. With an alarmingly low vaccination rate among its seniors, about 90% of Hong Kong’s deaths in the latest wave have been of patients 60 or older. Morgues and hospitals have run out of room to store bodies. The city is awaiting a fresh batch of coffins arriving by sea.”

COVID-19 0
March 18, 2022

Hong Kong Covid crisis: why is the death rate so high? (The Guardian)

The Guardian: Hong Kong Covid crisis: why is the death rate so high?. “Before the fifth wave, Hong Kong had reported a total of 212 coronavirus-related deaths. Now it is recording above that amount daily. Virologist Siddharth Sridhar at Hong Kong University’s Department of Microbiology said Hong Kong’s Covid-19 death rate – among the worst in the world – was ‘tragic but expected’, pinning it on a ‘perfect storm’ of low vaccination rates among elderly people, low rates of prior infection and an overwhelmed healthcare system.”

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