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Olympian Vivian Kong parries jabs with ‘fighting spirit’ in Hong Kong poll race

Hong Kong Olympian Vivian Kong Man-wai admitted she was a newcomer to the tourism field during a lively election forum on Thursday, as she faced off against rival Ma Yat-chiu, who highlighted his industry credentials. She pledged, however, to serve the sector with the “fighting spirit of an athlete” if elected to the Legislative Council seat representing the tourism industry during the December 7 poll. The fencing star, who won gold at the 2024 Olympics, acknowledged she was less familiar with… Source link

China

China’s power play: MI5 warns of relentless espionage attempts in Britain

Alert says Beijing trying to recruit British sources in parliament, even if potential gains may be unclear An unexpected connection on LinkedIn. An offer of work from a headhunter, most likely a young woman, based in China. The chance to earn perhaps £20,000 part-time writing a handful of geopolitical reports for a Chinese company peppered with “non-public” or “insider” insights. Payment in cryptocurrency or cash preferred. It may seem obvious, on this telling, that something about this approach would be amiss. Nevertheless, China’s powerful ministry of state security (MSS) still considers it worthwhile to deploy recruitment consultants to try…

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Urgent plea for heart donation as Hong Kong teacher, 44, fights for life

Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority is appealing for a heart donation to save a 44-year-old man in a critical condition. He is a father of two young daughters, and a teacher by profession. The authority said on Thursday that the patient, Yu Siu-hei, who was previously in good health, suffered from chest pain after exercise on October 20 and was admitted to Tseung Kwan O Hospital. Computed tomography confirmed an aortic dissection the following day. He was transferred to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in… Source link

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How Hongkongers find their feet in shifting sands of desert kingdom Saudi Arabia

King Leung King-chung was just like many other Hongkongers used to a comfortable life with plenty of entertainment options and different cuisines close at hand – moving to the Arabian Desert to set up a business was the furthest thing from his mind. Leung, a finance graduate from the University of Hong Kong, had started his own tech start-up that included coding for websites during his second year of study. He then became one of the youngest start-up founders among his batch to join an… Source link

India

IndusInd Bank at 1x book; buy, but be patient; focus on value & structural triggers: Sudip Bandyopadhyay’s market playbook

Indian markets remain volatile, but opportunities are emerging across banking, autos, digital platforms, and consumption themes, says Sudip Bandyopadhyay of Inditrade Capital. He sees value in IndusInd Bank, Reliance, M&M, Mahindra Lifespaces and select PSU banks, while urging caution on Asian Paints, IT majors and richly valued new-age listings. Read his full market outlook and sector strategy. Source link

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Petition filed in Japan against K-pop Aespa singer’s post of atomic bomb image

More than 103,000 people have signed an online petition demanding that K-pop girl group Aespa be banned from taking part in a New Year music event in Japan over an image posted by one of its singers that protesters claim depicts the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The petition, on Change.org, points out that the singer posted a picture of an “atomic bomb model light” on a social media site with the message, “I bought a cute light! What do you think?” Even though the post was in May… Source link

Technology

Cloudflare outage causes error messages across the internet

US company that defends millions of websites against malicious attacks says it believes issue ‘is now resolved’ Explainer: What is Cloudflare? A key piece of the internet’s usually hidden infrastructure suffered a global outage on Tuesday, causing error messages to flash up across websites. Cloudflare, a US company whose services include defending millions of websites against malicious attacks, experienced an unidentified problem that meant internet users could not access some of its customers’ websites. Continue reading… Source link

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Siobhan Haughey dives in as Hong Kong Victoria Harbour race seeks expanded entry

Organisers of the Hong Kong Victoria Harbour Race are considering recruiting mainland Chinese lifeguards to increase the participant limit to beyond 10,000 after more than 3,700 swimmers, including National Games medallist Siobhan Haughey, joined Saturday’s annual event. Hong Kong China Swimming Association President Ronnie Wong Man-chiu told the media after the event that the key factors in raising the quota were the number of available lifeguards and the amount of time competitors spend in the… Source link