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Added on the 07/09/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Buffeted by strong winds, a crowd including incoming chief executive John Lee watch as oldiers release the Hong Kong and Chinese flags to the sound of the national anthem to mark the 25th handover anniversary. IMAGES
Members of the Hong Kong Legislative Council take their oath of office in front of its chief executive after a "patriots only" legislature election last month. IMAGES
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.
Hong Kong, Jul 9 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Jerome Favre) Wreaths for late Macau tycoon Stanley Ho are displayed outside his funeral memorial in Hong Kong, China, 09 July 2020. Stanley Ho, the Macau casino mogul and billionaire passed away on 26 May at the age of 98. FOOTAGE OF THE COMMEMORATION..