홍콩 여행산업국은 2월부터 4월 사이 중국 본토 관광객들에게 쇼핑을 강요한 여행 가이드 샤오 만충의 자격을 지난 금요일 취소했다.
여행산업국은 여행산업 조례에 따라 이번 징계 조치를 취했다고 밝혔다. 당국은 샤오가 부적절한 언행으로 홍콩 관광 산업의 명성을 훼손했다고 설명했다. 이는 여행산업국이 두 달도 채 되지 않아 내린 두 번째 징계다. 당국은 강제 쇼핑에 대한 무관용 원칙을 재확인하며, 자격 소지자는 반드시 직업 윤리를 준수해야 한다고 강조했다.
Hong Kong police stopped and searched five men and two women in Causeway Bay for allegedly disrupting order on Thursday evening.
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A former executive director of Hong Kong’s Insurance Authority has been acquitted of misconduct in coercing insurer Prudential to hire her daughter-in-law. Magistrate Minnie Wat Lai-man ruled on Thursday that Carol Hui Mei-ying and Chan Tsz-wai were not guilty of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office, as the actions caused no actual damage to public trust in the regulator.
A Hong Kong construction worker has been remanded in custody after pleading guilty to two counts of sedition. Raymond Wong Chan-fai, 55, admitted to tossing 59 pieces of paper bearing offensive messages from his flat in 2024 and last year. He faces sentencing next month.
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A British court has convicted two men connected to Hong Kong's London trade office of spying for Chinese authorities. Bill Yuen Chung-biu and Peter Wai Chi-leung were found guilty on Thursday of assisting a foreign intelligence service.