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Ezra Cheung
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News reporter at . Words also seen in , , , , &c. Virgoan. Foodie. Tea-sipper. Went to Bruce Lee’s primary school.
JournalistHong KongJoined August 2009

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Some personal updates: I’ve joined today as an environment reporter. I aspire to connect the dots between topics pertaining to the city and the region and the global economic and political context. Please DM me if you have any ideas or find anything worth covering.
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Breaking News: King Charles III has been crowned at Westminster Abbey in London, in a lavish ceremony not seen for seven decades. Charles and Queen Camilla will now return to Buckingham Palace. Follow live updates.
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#BREAKING: Hong Kong police have seized the Pillar of Shame, a statue earlier erected at the University of Hong Kong to mark the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, for a case about a national security breach, local media says. The university last year removed the statue from its campus.
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🚨 Another Great Job Klaxon: the is hiring a South China correspondent, based in Hong Kong or Shenzhen. Applications open until May 11. Details here: boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtimes
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🚨 Great. Job. Alert: The @FinancialTimes is returning to Indonesia with a Jakarta correspondent. My DMs etc are open for any questions I can answer (and contacts of those who can if I cannot). Apply! Apply! Here: boards.greenhouse.io/financialtimes
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Hong Kong conservation officers have captured a rare one-metre crocodile spotted at a village in Yuen Long around four hours after its sighting, with experts believing it to be a pet on the loose.
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For years, Hong Kong authorities have wanted to turn its former international airport into a second commercial district after Central. But residents are unhappy with the poor public transport situation. Is Shenzhen’s Skyshuttle the cure? sc.mp/fug8?utm_sourc via
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A central tenet of Beijing's pressure on foreign biz is desire to more tightly control narrative abt China’s governance and development, and limit the info collected by foreign companies such as auditors, management consultants and law firms... 🧵wsj.com/articles/china via
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China's Foreign Ministry in damage control mode after ambassador to France questioned sovereignty of post-Soviet states last week. "China respects the status of former Soviet republics as sovereign countries after the Soviet Union’s dissolution," spokeswoman Mao Ning said Monday
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#BREAKING: Dramatic footage emerged of solar panels falling from a building earlier today in Tuen Mun, as squally thunderstorms hit Hong Kong. Two drivers managed to escape unscathed. Wooden panels also toppled over during the storm, injuring six people.
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Our take on the Japan debut of adult film actress Erena So Hoi-lam. A rare move in a city seen to be conservative around the topic of sex and porn. The story is part of a series exploring the attitudes towards sex influencers and thier potential imapct on society with
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Hong Kong porn star Erena So wants to change attitudes to sex scmp.com/news/hong-kong
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The Ukraine war has become almost synonymous with the international energy crisis. But Hong Kong appears to have suffered a lighter blow, despite being predisposed to global fluctuations. In this story, I explain how Hong Kong’s system works. sc.mp/qtqt?utm_sourc via
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Not only protests, police has tightened requirements for walkathons for schools/charities, reports. 70% of such events this months requires a marshal per every 10 participants, which is >10 to 100 times higher than past rallies. A thread- news.mingpao.com/pns/%e6%b8%af%
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