Hong Kong’s star cyclist Sarah Lee Wai-sze gave a tearful acceptance speech after winning the “Best of the Best” award for the sixth time at the Cathay Pacific 2019 Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards at Freespace, West Kowloon Cultural District on Saturday.

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With the “Stop Asian Hate” movement coming on the heels of the Black Lives Matter movement, I am dismayed at the inherent nature of human beings, which leads them to look at differences and create divisions. “Stop Asian Hate” is not just a US or Europe challenge.

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Why are Beijing’s most avid supporters in Hong Kong so terrified over the prospect of people casting blank votes? This is despite the fact that they have solemnly assured us that the sweeping changes to the election system have majority support and that people have been clamouring for a national security law to put an end to instability.‘Hong Kong has been put on the right track’, they triumphantly proclaim.

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The massive anti-government protests in Hong Kong first broke out in 2019. While many of the figures appearing on the headlines are male, female activists have been crucial to the movement, writes Phoebe Kong.

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Press briefing comes a night after department accused over operation at AbouThai stores. Packaging of products did not have bilingual warnings or cautions on their usage or safety, customs officer Vincent Chan says.

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The studies and research are piling up, and by the end of all this, it will be a mountain of evidence: the physical and mental toll of the coronavirus is something we will be dealing with for decades, and generations to come.

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Track cyclist Sarah Lee Wai-sze is set to win her sixth “Best of the Best” sports award  at a delayed presentation for 2019 in West Kowloon Cultural District on Saturday.Lee, 33, won gold medals in the keirin and sprint at the 2019 world championships, a result that puts her above any other Hong Kong athlete. .

Sarah Lee favoured to win sixth ‘Best of the Best’ award

Two executives of a Hong Kong-listed company who have been held in Taiwan amid spying allegations since late 2019 have been charged with money laundering as Taiwanese prosecutors continue to investigate whether they had engaged in national security-related crimes on the island.

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