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Company and director fined and sentenced to suspended imprisonment respectively for contravening Employment Ordinance ******************************************************************************************      Yat Chun Construction Decoration Engineering Company Limited and its director were prosecuted by the Labour Department (LD) for violation of the requirements under the Employment Ordinance (EO). The company and its director pleaded guilty earlier and were sentenced at Shatin Magistrates’ Courts today (September 4). The company was fined $31,000 while the director was sentenced to 12 weeks’ imprisonment suspended for 12 months. The company and its director were also ordered to pay its employees an outstanding sum of about $230,000.        The company ... Read more

Company and its director fined $241,000 for contravening Employment Ordinance *****************************************************************************      Kin Shun Information Technology Management Limited and its director were prosecuted by the Labour Department (LD) for failing to make timely payment of wages to seven employees and a sum awarded by the Labour Tribunal (LT) to one employee as required by the Employment Ordinance (EO). The company and its director pleaded guilty at the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts today (July 3) and were each fined $120,500, making a total fine of $241,000. The company and its director were also ordered to pay an outstanding sum of about $357,000 ... Read more

Retrospective of director Wong Kar-wai hits Dubai’s silver screen (with photos) *******************************************************************************      The works of famed Hong Kong film director Wong Kar-wai are on display at a retrospective supported by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Dubai (Dubai ETO) at Dubai’s Cinema Akil from May 12 to 28 (Dubai time).      This one-of-a-kind event features eight of Wong’s cinematic masterpieces, namely “As Tears Go By”, “Ashes of Time”, “Chungking Express”, “Days of Being Wild”, “Fallen Angels”, “In the Mood for Love”, “The Grandmaster”, and “2046”. The retrospective kicked off on May 12 (Dubai time) with a screening of “Chungking ... Read more

Director of Immirgration expresses deep sorrow over passing of Mr Ambrose S K Lee *********************************************************************************      The Director of Immirgration, Mr Au Ka-wang, today (August 14) expressed deep sorrow over the passing of Mr Ambrose S K Lee.      Mr Lee joined the Immigration Department in 1974. He was appointed as the Director of Immigration in 1998 and the Secretary for Security in 2003, a post he held until June 30, 2012.      Mr Au said, “I had ample opportunity to come into contact with Mr Lee when he was the Director of Immigration. I was deeply ... Read more

 “Talking Foreign Affairs” with Adil Cader, which seeks to educate young people on key international issues, has concluded an interview with Secretary Leon Panetta, former US Defense Secretary and CIA Director. Secretary Panetta offers his unique view of American Diplomacy through the different lenses of intelligence and defense. The two discuss various contemporary issues impacting American foreign policy as well as reflections on the Biden Administration transition. The former Defense Secretary opens up about how administrative transitions take place, the interaction between outgoing and the new administration, and his own experience facilitating one. He further recounts his time travelling abroad ... Read more