TG(IF) Freaky Friday June 13th, 2025
Tripperhead Gazette
HKers wary over visiting Japan.
Beijing and HK NSL police team up for a raid.
HK with a bumper start to the IPO year.
And the FCC gets a new prez.
All this and the rest of Friday’s news that matters 👇
1. Hong Kongers love two things; visiting Japan and being terrified over unfounded internet rumours. So when the two converge, what happens?
For much of 2025 there have been rumours Japan will be hit by a “megaquake” in July leading to summer bookings taking a hit, so much so that Hong Kong Airlines have cut back on flights.
Hong Kong Airlines has cancelled all to the southern Japanese prefectures of Kagoshima and Kumamoto in July and August.
2. Beijing’s Office for Safeguarding National Security teamed up with Hong Kong’s National Security Department police to raid a property in Kwai Chung on Thursday, with six persons detained.
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3. After two years in the top job, Lee Williamson has stepped down as President of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club Hong Kong, with Morgan Davis taking over.
Davis is the Asia Bonds Editor at The International Financing Review.
4. Amidst a sluggish global IPO in 2025, Hong Kong has reigned supreme.
5. Facebook is suing a Hong Kong company whose app allows users to create AI-generated nudes without people’s consent.
6. 2025’s hottest tickets sold out in exact 4 minutes on Friday.
7. And finally, just because I have to, here is your Tropical Storm Wutip update.
Wutip is so sad you’re not even going to get a T8 on the weekend to annoy you. Remember I told you so?
