【Five pro-China Legislators automatically elected as new HKU Court members 】
Since the pan-democracy camp boycotted the House Committee, only pro-China legislators were elected as HKU Court members. Abraham Shek (Business and Professionals Alliance), Horace Cheung (DAB), and Regina Ip (New People’s Party) were re-elected, while Vincent Cheng (DAB) and Jimmy Ng (BPA) were elected as new members. Previous members Claudia Mo (HK First) and Ip Kin-yuen (HK Professional Teachers’ Union) were not nominated.
【Five pro-China Legislators automatically elected as new HKU Court members 】
Since the pan-democracy camp boycotted the House Committee, only pro-China legislators were elected as HKU Court members. Abraham Shek (Business and Professionals Alliance), Horace Cheung (DAB), and Regina Ip (New People’s Party) were re-elected, while Vincent Cheng (DAB) and Jimmy Ng (BPA) were elected as new members. Previous members Claudia Mo (HK First) and Ip Kin-yuen (HK Professional Teachers’ Union) were not nominated.
The messaging service and social-media platform owes creditors roughly $700 million by the end of April, according to people briefed on the company’s plans and loan documents viewed by The Wall Street Journal. At the same time, Telegram Group Inc. must cover rising equipment and bandwidth expenses because of its rapid growth, despite going years without attempting to generate revenue.
Telegram Gives Up On Crypto Blockchain Project
Durov said on his Telegram channel today that the two and a half year blockchain and crypto project has been put to sleep. Ironically, after leaving Russia because the government wanted his encryption keys to his social media firm, Durov’s cryptocurrency idea lost steam because of a U.S. court. “The technology we created allowed for an open, free, decentralized exchange of value and ideas. TON had the potential to revolutionize how people store and transfer funds and information,” he wrote on his channel. “Unfortunately, a U.S. court stopped TON from happening.”
