19 Dec 2020SCMP#1087
Donald Trump signs law that could delist Chinese companies from US stock exchanges
US President Trump signs into law the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, which will remove Chinese companies from US stock exchanges if they fail to comply with US auditing rules within 3 yrs.
US President Trump signs into law the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, which will remove Chinese companies from US stock exchanges if they fail to comply with US auditing rules within 3 yrs.
19 Dec 2020明報#1088
新城裁17人 新聞部減逾半人手
Following major layoffs at i-Cable Communications, Metro Radio dismissed 17 employees yesterday, five of them from the news department. A Metro spokesperson said that, amid an uncertain economic environment, the company needed to take measures to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, including cutting some staff. The affected employees accounted for 11% of the total workforce, including five from the news department. According to sources, the dismissals represented more than half of the news department’s staff, leaving a total of four employees in the Hong Kong news, international, and mainland China and Taiwan sections.
繼有線寬頻大裁員後，新城電台昨日解僱17名員工，其中5人是新聞部員工。新城發言人表示，因經濟環境不明朗，公司需採取開源節流措施，包括裁減部分員工，受影響員工佔整體員工人數11%，其中5人是新聞部。據了解，被解僱的人數已佔新聞部逾半人手，港聞、國際、兩岸組共餘下4名員工。
18 Dec 2020立場新聞#1082
全家人信用卡帳戶「消失」 許智峯斥政治報復 警借「洗黑錢」造謠謀殺人格
Former Democratic Party Legislative Council member Hui Chi-fung, who announced at the beginning of the month that he was going into exile, later disclosed that several bank accounts belonging to him and his family had been frozen. Hui further revealed today on former Legislative Council member Chu Kai-dik’s podcast that his and his family’s credit card accounts had likewise been affected. He described the credit card information as having “suddenly vanished”, leaving them unable to operate the accounts or conduct transactions, and questioned whether the authorities had instructed banks to subject him to “political retaliation”.
前民主黨立法會議員許智峯月初宣告流亡的，其後透露本人、家人多個銀行帳戶被凍結。許今日在前立法會議員朱凱廸的 podcast 節目中進一步透露，自己和家人的信用卡戶口同樣受影響，形容信用卡資料「突然消失」（suddenly vanish），無法操作和交易，質疑是政權指示銀行，對他作「政治報復」。
18 Dec 2020New York Times#1083
Zoom Executive Accused of Disrupting Calls at China’s Behest
A China-based Zoom executive is accused of conspiring to disrupt and censor meetings commemorating the June 4 Massacre.
A China-based Zoom executive is accused of conspirig to disrupt & censor meetings commemorating Jun 4 Massacre.
18 Dec 2020HKFP#1084
US blacklists Hong Kong’s Gov’t Flying Service, citing human rights abuses and national security concerns
Hong Kong’s Government Flying Service, accused of helping to track 12 fugitive activists, has been added to the US Commerce Department’s trade blacklist.
HK Gov Flying Service, accused to helping to track the 12 fugitive activists, is added on the US Commerce Dept's trade blacklist.
18 Dec 2020US Commerce Department#1085
Statement from Secretary Ross on The Department's 77 Additions to the Entity List for Human Rights Abuses, Militarization of the South China Sea and U.S. Trade Secret Theft
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced a ban on 77 entities from purchasing certain U.S. goods and technologies. Fifty-five of them are Chinese.
US Commerce Dept announces the ban on 77 entities barred from purchasing certain US goods & technologies. 55 of them are Chinese.
18 Dec 2020The Standard#1086
US to sanction 80 more Chinese companies, including SMIC
The US Treasury is set to add 80 more Chinese companies, including SMIC, to its trade sanctions list.
US treasury is set to add 80 more Chinese companies on its trade sanction list.
17 Dec 2020經濟日報#1078
【美國制裁】美財政部制裁中港等4企業 涉協助伊朗出口石油產品
The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced sanctions against four foreign companies, accusing them of helping the previously sanctioned Zhongxiang Petrochemical export Iranian petroleum and petrochemical products. Two of the companies are based in mainland China and Hong Kong.
美國財政部宣布，制裁4間外國企業，指控這些公司協助之前已經被制裁的眾祥石化公司，出口伊朗的石油石化產品，當中有2間企業設於內地及香港。
16 Dec 2020眾新聞#1072
《鏗鏘集》報導入境處涉不人道對待羈留者 遭入境處四會譴責偏頗 港台：節目內已詳細交代回應
Four Immigration Department associations and unions issued a joint statement strongly condemning the content of the programme broadcast on the 14th, which concerned allegations of unlawful detention and inhumane treatment at the department’s Castle Peak Bay Immigration Centre (CIC).
入境處四個協會/工會發聯署聲明，嚴厲譴責《鏗鏘集》14日播出、關於入境處青山灣入境事務中心(CIC)涉非法羈留及不人道對待的節目內容。
16 Dec 2020眾新聞#1074
《鏗鏘集》報導入境處涉不人道對待羈留者 遭入境處四會譴責偏頗 港台：節目內已詳細交代回應
The latest episode of RTHK television programme “The Hong Kong Connection”, titled “Detention”, was broadcast on Monday and alleged that the Immigration Department’s Castle Peak Bay Immigration Centre (CIC) had unlawfully detained people and treated them in an inhumane manner. The following day (15th), four Immigration Department associations and unions issued a joint statement strongly condemning the programme, describing its content as extremely irresponsible, biased, untrue and unfair, and saying that it denigrated frontline professionalism and seriously damaged the department’s reputation. Asked by The Initium whether RTHK would launch an internal investigation as a result, RTHK replied: “The episode of ‘The Hong Kong Connection’ had contacted the Immigration Department and the relevant unions for responses, and the programme had already provided a detailed account of them.”
港台電視節目《鏗鏘集》本周一播出最新一集《囚》，內容指入境處青山灣入境事務中心(CIC)涉非法羈留及不人道對待。入境處四個協會/工會翌日（15日）發聯署聲明，嚴厲譴責《鏗鏘集》，形容節目內容是極不負責任、立場偏頗、失實及不公正的言論，誣衊前線專業並嚴重損害處方聲譽。眾新聞向港台查詢會否因而展開內部調查，獲回覆表示：「該集《鏗鏘集》節目曾聯絡入境事務處及相關工會作出回應，節目內已作詳細交代。」
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