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Tom Grundy
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Director, Founder, Firefighter at @hongkongfp.com - Non-profit, 100% independent impartial #HongKong news since 2015. Views own. Not leaving. #PressingOn https://tomgrundy.org/
🚨@HKFP LIVE NOW: www.youtube.com/watch?v=amGv... A major fire engulfing multiple residential buildings in Tai Po has killed at least four people, including a firefighter, and injured three others, according to the Fire Services Department.

Full coverage: hongkongfp.com/2025/11/26/b...
HKFP_Live: Deadly fire at Tai Po residential estate
YouTube video by Hong Kong Free Press
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November 26, 2025 at 10:35 AM
A major fire engulfing multiple residential buildings in Tai Po has killed at least four people, including a firefighter, and injured three others, according to the Fire Services Department (FSD).

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November 26, 2025 at 9:50 AM
An anonymous “patriotic organisation” has called for a halt to the production and sale of merchandise for a cancelled LGBTQ-themed theatre production.

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November 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
1/ The Hong Kong Pride Committee axed an outdoor festival at Kwun Tong Promenade after being told the venue was unavailable due to “construction work.”

hongkongfp.com/2025/11/24/h... A separate indoor event, the Rainbow Market, took place as normal on Sunday.
HK Pride Committee scraps outdoor event after being told venue unavailable
The HK Committee has axed an outdoor event at Kwun Tong Promenade after being told the venue was unavailable due to "construction work."
hongkongfp.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 AM
🚨EXCLUSIVE: Around 130,000 festive articles were put up across the city to celebrate Oct 1 National Day, costing taxpayers approx. HK$24.6 million in total, per gov't data obtained by @hongkongfp.com

IN FULL: hongkongfp.com/2025/11/25/e...
November 25, 2025 at 6:18 AM
👏Hope to see more headlines in the UK about the thieving corporate monoliths Brits are subsidising by the billions, instead of the constant bleating about pennies spent on refugees. www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/dead...
November 25, 2025 at 6:12 AM
1/ #HongKong authorities are considering invoking the homegrown security law for the first time to ban two overseas political groups they deem subversive from operating in the city.

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HK gov't mulls banning 2 'subversive' overseas political groups
HK authorities are considering invoking the homegrown security law for the first time to ban two overseas political groups they deem subversive from operating in the city.
hongkongfp.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Opinion: “Low-cost electricity can be used as a stepping stone to encourage people to switch to efficient, magically futuristic electrotech, powered by renewables,” writes Basel Kirmani.

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November 24, 2025 at 9:15 AM
ImpactHK:
“The First Night”- a unique photo exhibition on November 25-26, captured by our friends experiencing homelessness and led by professional photographer Ben Marans.
November 24, 2025 at 4:03 AM
1/ Hong Kong’s punk community has raised HK$21,375 for hungry Palestinians in the war-torn Gaza Strip.

hongkongfp.com/2025/11/19/h...
November 19, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Reposted by Tom Grundy
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November 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Reposted by Tom Grundy
The gov't has chosen the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) to run the city’s third medical school, with the first cohort of students expected to enrol in 2028. In full: buff.ly/sClTSB5
HKUST to run Hong Kong’s 3rd medical school, with first student intake in 2028
The gov't has chosen the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) to run the city’s third medical school, with the first cohort of students expected to enrol in 2028.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
1/ Tai Kwun’s art book fair will not be returning this year, the Central arts hub has confirmed to HKFP. hongkongfp.com/2025/11/19/t...
Tai Kwun's art book fair will not return following 5-year run
Tai Kwun's art book fair will not be returning this year, the Central arts hub has confirmed.
hongkongfp.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Guardian: MPs and peers have been told they face “a covert and calculated” attempt to recruit parliamentarians through two LinkedIn profiles linked to the Chinese intelligence service.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
China in ‘covert and calculated’ effort to recruit MPs and peers, minister says
Dan Jarvis gives Commons statement after MI5 alert about LinkedIn profiles of Amanda Qiu and Shirly Shen
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November 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Guardian: The World Health Organization has said its workforce will shrink by nearly a quarter – or over 2,000 jobs – by the middle of next year as it seeks to implement reforms after its top donor, the US, announced its departure.

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WHO to lose nearly a quarter of its workforce – 2,000 jobs – due to US withdrawing funding
Donald Trump’s administration withdrew from the World Health Organization in January, prompting the agency to scale back its work
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November 19, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Reposted by Tom Grundy
Remember Jamal Khashoggi.
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
ReutersInst: Your AI butler will serve you “factslop”: How zero click hurts the consumer, and the newsrooms LLMs depend on.
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Your AI butler will serve you “factslop”: How zero click hurts the consumer, and the newsrooms LLMs depend on
The rise of GenAI is already damaging the integrity of the information ecosystem and things will get worse in the years to come, argues Katya Gorchinskaya in this essay.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:20 AM
OPINION: “Hong Kong, blessed as it is not only with a high concentration of space-efficient towers but also the world’s best public transport system, is well positioned to lean into pedestrianisation,” writes Basel Kirmani for @hongkongfp.com.

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More streets for walking, fewer cars on our roads | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
Most car journeys in Hong Kong have only one person in the vehicle. In other words, most of the traffic clogging the streets is down to individuals dragging around a three-seater sofa, a pair of armch...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:41 AM
1/ In last week's edition of our unmissable HKFP Monitor newsletter, we look at how government departments and officials are going all out on promoting the upcoming "patriots only" elections... hongkongfp.com/2025/11/15/h...
November 17, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Reposted by Tom Grundy
The government will hold a free concert on the eve of the upcoming December 7 legislative elections in an effort to encourage people to vote. In full: buff.ly/Hi3xWSn
Hong Kong to hold free concert to boost turnout for 'patriots only' elections
The government will hold a free concert on the eve of the upcoming December 7 legislative elections in an effort to encourage people to vote.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Reposted by Tom Grundy
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November 14, 2025 at 12:47 AM
RSF Press Freedom Predators of 2025: rsf.org/en/2025-pres... Their tactics may differ, but their goals are the same: silencing independent voices and undermining the right to information. @rsf.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:46 AM
#HongKong’s election authorities have received 161 nominations for candidates to run in December’s “patriots only” legislative race: hongkongfp.com/2025/11/07/h...

Meanwhile, 35 current-term lawmakers will not seek re-election for the 90-seat chamber. Graphic: @HKFP.
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
1/ Update: 💕THANK YOU @hongkongfp.com READERS: hongkongfp.com/2025/11/06/t...
November 6, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Reposted by Tom Grundy
Social media influencer Joseph Lam was escorted to the Eastern Magistrates' Courts on Thursday morning in a police van, as Hong Kong's largest cryptocurrency fraud case is set to be mentioned.

Photos: Kyle Lam/HKFP.
November 6, 2025 at 2:13 AM