Tag: Hong Kong
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Hong Kong Healthcare Union Strikes to Protest Government Refusal to Close All Ports of Entry Amid Coronavirus Concerns
February 03: Hong Kong ’s newly formed medical workers’ union, the “HA Hospital Staff Front” launched a strike on Monday, February 3, to protest the government ’s refusal to close […]
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One In Four Countries Beset By Civil Strife As Global Unrest Soars
January 16: A quarter of all countries experienced a dramatic surge in civil unrest last year in a worrying trend that is likely to continue into 2020, researchers have found. […]
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SSAS Accidentally Triggered, Causing Major Security Operation at Kwai Chung Container Terminal in Hong Kong
January 10: Early this morning the Ship Security Alarm System (SSAS) was accidentally triggered on the container vessel OOCL HAMBURG (IMO #9252008), berthed at Kwai Chung Container Terminal in Hong […]
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Hong Kong Customs Seizes $50m In Smuggled Frozen Meat Headed Towards Mainland China; 6 Suspects Arrested
November 29: Hong Kong customs authorities have confirmed that they seized approximately 540 tonnes of suspected smuggled frozen meat with an estimated market value of about $50 million. The meat […]
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China Suspends Visits By US Military Ships and Aircraft to Hong Kong After Trump Signs Bill Supporting Protesters
December 02: China’s government said Monday that it is suspending visits from U.S. military ships and aircraft to Hong Kong, blaming the Trump administration for support of pro-democracy protests that have […]
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Dock Workers in Hong Kong Take Sit-In Protest to Offices of Cargo Terminal’s Owner
August 02: Striking dock workers on Friday staged a sit-in protest outside the offices of billionaire Li Ka-shing, the owner of the main operator of the Kwai Chung cargo terminal […]
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Chinese Customs Arrest 12 in Gongbei On Suspicion of Smuggling Over 49 Tonnes of Diesel
June 02: Chinese customs have arrested a criminal organization suspected of smuggling over 49 tonnes of diesel through two fishing boats and three refuelling ships. Twelve people were arrested in […]
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UAVs to Start Patrolling Some Ports for Environmental Infringements
May 20: Regulators are bracing for rules that are meant to lower shipping’s emissions of sulfur oxides, pollutants blamed for acid rain and aggravating human health conditions like asthma. Because […]
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Customs Officers Seize HK$5 Million Worth of Electrical Goods from Speedboat Off Siu Sai Wan
March 20: Customs officers in Hong Kong seized HK$5 million worth of electrical goods from a speedboat on Wednesday. The officers caught up with the boat in the water near […]
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Ship owners deny knowledge
Pressure being increased on N. Korea following STS transfers. HK-flagged vessel’s owners deny knowledge of activities with North Korea Vincent Wee The Guangzhou-based owners and operators of the Hong Kong-flagged […]