Fight begins over control for HKIS.
More people on remand in prison than ever before.
Junius Ho invokes Hallmark Holidays to justify vetoing same-sex bill.
And HK Rugby to take on heavyweights Japan next month.
All this and the rest of Thursday’s news that matters 👇
NEWS
• A spat is brewing at the very expensive Hong Kong International School, with the founding group threatening to take back the school property from the operating company.
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, founders and owner of HKIS, has initiated legal action against HKIS Association Ltd (who manages the school), informing them that if they don’t adhere to the church group’s operating agreement, they’ll be forced to open a new school on the grounds.
Rather than making the TG too long for email, you can read the list of alleged breaches below in pdf form.
While the threat of a new school is on the cards, a new website showing the proposed Hong Kong Pacific School is likely a pressure tactic on HKISAL to come to the negotiating table. But the website is real!
The HKIS Board has contacted former alumni over the writ.
There’s sure to be a few jittery parents out there after today. Stay tuned.
• 42.2% of persons in Hong Kong prisons have yet to be found guilty of their charges.
• LegCo are 1 for 2 this week, with basketball now legal to bet on.
• Junius Ho, tackling the big issues like usual.
Won’t someone think of the children greeting card companies?
• Chief Executive John Lee’s Policy Address is next week, and green groups are petitioning for better carbon emissions targets for the city.
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• On Wednesday in LegCo, Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn told lawmakers, in lots and lots of words, that the Lantau Tomorrow/Kau Yi Chau Artificial Islands project is currently a no-go.
They have halted environmental impact studies, with no timetable to restart the project.
SPORT
• Hong Kong, China’s World Cup-bound 15-a-side men’s rugby side will take on Japan XV at Kai Tak Stadium in October.
Tickets available from $180, click the pic to head to the ticket page.
