Leon Lai MingSBS BBS MH,is a Hong Kong actor,singer,film director,and businessman. He is one of the "Four Heavenly Kings" of Hong Kong pop music. He uses his Chinese name "Lai Ming" or "Li Ming",which literally means "dawn".
Apple Daily was a Chinese-language newspaper published in Hong Kong from 1995 to 2021. Founded by Jimmy Lai and part of Next Media,Apple Daily was known for its sensational headlines,paparazzi photographs,and pro-democracy,anti-CCP editorial position. An sister publication of the same name was published in Taiwan under a joint venture between Next Digital and other Taiwanese companies.
Lai Chee-ying,also known as Jimmy Lai,is a Hong Kong businessman and politician. He founded Giordano,an Asian clothing retailer,Next Digital,a Hong Kong-listed media company,and the popular newspaper Apple Daily. He is one of the main contributors to the pro-democracy camp,especially to the Democratic Party. Although he is known as a Hong Kong political figure,he has been a British national since 1996. Lai is also an art collector.
Next Digital Limited,previously known as Next Media Limited,was the largest listed media company in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong's media consists of several different types of communications of mass media:television,radio,cinema,newspapers,magazines,websites and other online platforms.
The Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty is an American conservative and libertarian think tank in Grand Rapids,Michigan,with an office in Rome. Its stated mission is "to promote a free and virtuous society characterized by individual liberty and sustained by religious principles". Its work supports free market economic policy framed within Judeo-Christian morality. Acton Institute also organizes seminars "to educate religious leaders of all denominations,business executives,entrepreneurs,university professors,and academic researchers in economics principles."
Ching Cheong is a Chinese senior journalist with The Straits Times. He is best known for having been interned by the People's Republic of China on allegations of spying for Taiwan. He was detained in April 2005 and spent over 1,000 days in prison;his sentencing in August 2006 was for five years' imprisonment,scheduled to end in August 2011,but he was released just before Chinese New Year in February 2008.
The Immigration Department is a disciplined service under the Government of Hong Kong,responsible for immigration control of Hong Kong.
Apple Daily was a Chinese-language tabloid published in Taiwan,known for its sensational headlines,paparazzi photographs,and animated news videos. The paper was owned by Next Digital,which published an eponymous newspaper in Hong Kong. Apple Daily (Taiwan) published its last printed edition on 17 May 2021,and operated its website until 31 August 2022,before rebranding itself as Next Apple News.
Sharp Daily is a Chinese-language free daily tabloid newspaper,published in Taipei,Taiwan,and previously in Hong Kong,by Next Digital.
Priscilla Leung Mei-funGBS JP is a barrister and Hong Kong Legislative Councillor,representing the Election Committee since 2022. She previously represented the Kowloon West constituency from 2008 to 2021. She was a member of Kowloon City District Council.
Ann Chiang Lai-wan,SBS,JP,is the chair of C&L Holdings and a former pro-Beijing member of Hong Kong Legislative Council. She is the second daughter of Chiang Chen who was a Hong Kong entrepreneur.
Relations between the government of Hong Kong SAR of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Taiwan Area of the Republic of China (ROC) encompass both when Hong Kong was under British rules or when the Republic of China controlled mainland China and afterwards the ROC fled to Taiwan. This is also a part of the Cross-strait relations.
Events in the year 2020 in Hong Kong.
The month of August 2020 in the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests saw only sparse and relatively small protests,mainly due to the city going through a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and an outdoor gathering ban on groups of more than two people. As the impact of the Hong Kong National Security Law on the city became increasingly evident,and additionally in response to acts by representatives of the local and mainland governments throughout the protests,Western democracies continued to voice sharp criticism and implemented sanctions against China,with the United States imposing sanctions on 11 Hong Kong officials on 7 August. These developments supported the opinion expressed by former British Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind in late June that the protests had morphed from a mostly local dispute into an international one.
The offices of Apple Daily,once the largest pro-democracy newspaper in Hong Kong,and its parent company,Next Digital,were raided and executives arrested by the Hong Kong Police Force on 10 August 2020 and again on 17 June 2021. Some of the arrested and three companies of Next Digital were charged under the Hong Kong national security law. The 26-year-old newspaper was forced to close in June 2021 following the raids and freezing of its capital.
Hong Kong 12,or 12 Hongkongers,are the twelve Hong Kong protesters,previously arrested by the Hong Kong police,detained by the Chinese authorities in 2020 on sea after a failed attempt to flee to Taiwan.
Anthony Chau Tin-hang is a Hong Kong barrister serving as the deputy director of public prosecutions for technology crime in the Hong Kong Department of Justice since July 2023. He previously served as the acting deputy director of public prosecutions until May 2023,a role that gave him responsibility for prosecuting many protest-related cases. He also briefly served as the deputy director of public prosecutions from May 2023 to July 2023,between the disbandment of the Special Duties sub-division and the establishment of the Technology Crime sub-division.
On 10 August 2020,Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow was arrested by Hong Kong police under Hong Kong national security law. Her arrest caused widespread controversy in the international community.
Paul Lam Ting Kwok is a Hong Kong Senior Counsel,currently serving as the 5th Secretary for Justice since July 2022.
