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Added on the 05/05/2020 00:18:15 - Copyright : AFP EN
A Hong Kong cruise ship carrying 3,700 people was ordered back to port on Wednesday for virus testing after nine people were found to be close contacts in an Omicron variant outbreak. IMAGES
Hong Kong, Sep 7 (EFE/EPA).- Hong Kong celebrated Tuesday the completion ceremony of the third runway paving project at the Hong Ko?ng International Airport in Hong Kong.The Three-runway System of the airport is scheduled to be operational by 2024. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE)SHOT LIST: HONG KONG CHIEF EXECUTIVE CARRIE LAM AT THE COMPLETION CEREMONY OF THE THIRD RUNWAY PAVING PROJECT AT THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN HONG KONG, CHINA.
Hong Kong, Jun 30 (EFE/EPA).-The Hong Kong Customs Department announced Wednesday the seizure of 110 kilograms of cocaine from Brazil at the city's airport, the largest stash by air discovered in the last 20 years. The source estimated that the drug’s total street value would be at about 130 million Hong Kong dollars ($16.7 million). (Camera: JEROME FAVRE)SHOT LIST: AUTHORITIES IN HONG KONG HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE REGARDING SEIZED COCAINE.
Hong Kong, Jun 28 (EFE/EPA).- A senior journalist of the now-closed Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily was arrested at Hong Kong airport while to trying to leave the city for the United Kingdom, public broadcaster RTHK reported Monday.Fung Wai-kong, an editor and columnist at the daily, was arrested on Sunday night for "conspiring to collude with foreign countries or foreign forces to endanger national security," the police said in a statement, according to RTHK.The newspaper printed its final issue on Thursday, just a week after the arrest of several executives for alleged conspiracy to collude with foreign forces, a crime under the national security law that China imposed on the former British colony. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE SHOWS APPLE DAILY HEADQUARTERS, PEOPLE QUEUE TO BUY THE LAST ISSUE OF APPLE DAILY AND SUPPORTERS GATHER OUTSIDE THE OFFICE OF APPLE DAILY IN HONG KONG.
A vaccination centre has been closed in Hong Kong after authorities suspended the use of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines after being informed of a packaging problem with a batch of vials. The city said its decision came after they were contacted about the issue by Fosun, the Chinese pharmaceutical company that is distributing the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in China. IMAGES
People queue at a library in Hong Kong's shopping district Causeway Bay as the financial hub kicks off its inoculation drive with the Chinese-made Sinovac coronavirus vaccine. The elderly, frontline workers and medical staff are prioritised at the first stage. The first shipment of one million Sinovac jabs arrived from the mainland last Friday and Chief Executive Carrie Lam and members of her cabinet received their jabs earlier this week. IMAGES