Group urges China to probe trash shipment from Hong Kong Gaea Katreena Cabico (Philstar.com) - May 24, 2019 - 12:01pm MANILA, Philippines — China should investigate the entry of mixed plastic waste shipment from Hong Kong, environmental watch group EcoWaste Coalition said as it reiterated the Philippines is not a dumping site of trash from other countries. While the issue of garbage from Canada remains unresolved, an attempt to bring mixed plastic scraps, shredded electronics and residual waste materials from Hong Kong was discovered by the Bureau of Customs. “We denounce this latest attempt to bring into the country over 25 tons of mixed plastic waste from Hong Kong amid our nation’s ongoing efforts to send back similar illegal waste shipments from Canada and South Korea,” Aileen Lucero, EcoWaste Coalition national coordinator, said Friday. Lucero said the move was “truly ironic,” noting … [Read more...] about Group urges China to probe trash shipment from Hong Kong
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Boy or girl? Hong Kong at centre of banned China gender test
HONG KONG: Shady middle-men are openly advertising on Chinese social media to smuggle blood samples of pregnant women to Hong Kong to skirt the mainland's ban on gender testing, an AFP investigation has found.The business thrives on a well-organised underground network that serves the huge demand for illicit sex-selective abortion in mainland China - driven by limits on family size and an entrenched cultural preference for sons.Chinese authorities vowed to crack down on the trade in 2015.But dozens of blood smuggling agents are openly advertising services on the Twitter-like platform Weibo and on websites, despite China's proven ability to scrub digital content.Gender testing - except on medical grounds - is outlawed in China, where sex-selective abortions have helped create a surplus of about 31.6 million men, with some 115 boys born for every 100 girls last year.A long-standing one-child policy was eased to permit two children in 2016 but gender testing continues, with many parents … [Read more...] about Boy or girl? Hong Kong at centre of banned China gender test
Ex-ombudsman held at Hong Kong airport
Link seen to ICC case vs China’s Xi MANILA, Philippines — Former ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales was held at the Hong Kong airport yesterday for “immigration reason,” in what her supporters believe was in retaliation for her suing Chinese President Xi Jinping before the International Criminal Court (ICC) for environmental crimes in the South China Sea. Hong Kong airport officials said the refusal of her entry was an “instruction” from a source they did not identify. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. tweeted that Morales’ companions – her husband, daughter, son-in-law and two grandchildren – were allowed entry, adding, “CLASS! I can see her sneer. She’s in high spirits and in a wheelchair in a detention room at the airport.” Morales and her family were allowed to enter Hong Kong four hours later, but they decided to just return to the Philippines. Their plane arrived in Manila at 8:57 last night. She … [Read more...] about Ex-ombudsman held at Hong Kong airport
Armed gang nabs $315,000 in daring midday mugging in Hong Kong
Police were searching on Monday for an knife-wielding gang who attacked a 39-year-old man and stole nearly HK$1.8 million (S$315,000) in a daring urban ambush in To Kwa Wan. The mugging - the second such hold-up in the Kowloon City district this month - took place outside a currency exchange shop at the junction of Mok Cheong Street and Ma Tau Chung Road at about 1.30pm. Police identified the victim as the owner of a logistics company who was taking the cash to the shop to send it to the mainland, according to police A police source said the man was set upon "by three to four men" when he approached the currency shop. One of the assailants bought out a knife and another was seen carrying a metal pipe, the source said. The bag contained HK$1.78 million [US$226,763] in cash, according to the source. He said the robbers fled in a getaway vehicle before officers arrived. Police said the victim had wounds on his head and arms. He was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei. The … [Read more...] about Armed gang nabs $315,000 in daring midday mugging in Hong Kong
Filipino ‘Alaskeros’ featured in Hong Kong
Filipino ‘Alaskeros’ featured in Hong Kong Jan Milo Severo (Philstar.com) - May 7, 2019 - 7:32pm MANILA, Philippines — Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post has featured Filipinos living in Alaska called “Alaskeros.” The article said that the coldest US state has been home to Filipinos for more than 200 years and currently, there are about 30,000 Filipinos who make up the largest immigrant minority in Alaska. “They have settled in the state since the late 1700s, many intermarrying with local Native Alaskans, creating dishes such as beaver adobo and salmon lumpia,” part of the article read. According to the article, Filipinos arrived in Alaska on 1788 from merchant ships that came to trade furs. “The arrival of Filipinos to Alaska dates back to 1788, according to local media, when crew from merchant ships came to trade furs with the natives. Eventually, whaling … [Read more...] about Filipino ‘Alaskeros’ featured in Hong Kong