According to comprehensive media reports, i-Cable News suddenly announced today that it would lay off about 40 newsroom staff, involving Local news, China news, Finance news teams. The laid-off employees include a number of senior reporters and supervisors, and all members of News Lancet are all being laid off has
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HKJA succeeds with Judicial Review Police failure to show distinctive identification breaches Bill of Rights
Hong Kong Journalists Association filed a judicial review last year over police officers failing to show identification numbers and the failure of the complaint against police system. High Court ruled today (19 Nov) that, police officers failing to display their distinctive identification is a breach of the Hong Kong Bill
HKJA expresses extreme disappointment over the ban on journalists’ march
Bao Choy, the RTHK producer was arrested for investigating vehicle registration in a 7.21 Yuen Long Incident related episode. HKJA planned to hold an industry march this Sunday. An appeal board overturned the police ban on the march earlier today, provided that an exemption was granted by Chief Secretary Matthew
Press Unions express shock and anger over the arrest of RTHK “Hong Kong Connection” producer and urge Police to immediately release her
Bao Choy, the producer of RTHK programme “The Hong Kong Connection” was arrested this afternoon. Choy was accused of making false statements which violated Cap 374 Road Traffic Ordinance. Media organizations and unions express their shock and anger over the police’s unreasonable action. We must point out that media has
HKJA will commence ” Observer Program ” tomorrow, to observe and record the scene of large-scale public events
The Hong Kong Police Force last week amended the definition of “media representative” in the Police General Orders turning them into a process of screening the media in disguise. Many reports have shown that the police have arbitrarily pulled up orange belts at the scene of public events in recent
Joint-statement: Hong Kong press unions and associations sternly oppose the police’s unilateral revision of its definition of media representatives under the Police General Orders
The Hong Kong police today wrote to four media associations, announcing that it will revise the definition of media representatives under its Police General Orders. Under the amendment, media workers holding the Hong Kong Journalists Association and Hong Kong Press Photographers Association press passes are no longer recognised as media
Hong Kong Journalists Association expresses concern about the dismissal of three senior staffs of a media organization
Large number of staffs at Cable News have signed a petition against the broadcaster’s decision to fire three senior engineers yesterday (21/8), HKJA expresses concern over the incident and calls on employers to do their best to avoid layoffs, and both employers and employees should exercise restraint and maintain communications.
Hong Kong Journalists Association and RTHK Programme Staff Union jointly filed a judicial review of the Communications Authority’s warning against the RTHK show Headliner
The Communications Authority upheld complaints that a Headliner episode was “disparaging and insulting” to police. A warning was issued to RTHK as the authorities ruled the episode had breached the Generic Code of Practice on Television Programmes. The staff union and HKJA jointly filed a judicial review this afternoon,
Hong Kong Journalists Association and Hong Kong Press Photographers Association condemns the police for their unreasonable attack and obstruction against reporters
A large number of reporters were unreasonably pushed and attacked by police officers outside the Grand Plaza in Mong Kok last night (11/8). Some reporters were even punched and crushed to the ground and injured. During this time the police once again screened reporters and issued penalty tickets for violating
Media unions and organizations express concern and shock over the arrest of media founder and the extensive search of media headquarters
Police arrested Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, founder of Next Media, and its senior staff members this morning. Soon after the arrest, hundreds of police officers raided the newspaper’s headquarters in Tseung Kwan O. Media organizations and groups expressed shock and demand the police explain as soon as possible the purpose and legal basis for the large-scale search