42 financial institutions participated, practicing their response to a pandemic and subsequent impact from an opportunistic cyber attack, strengthening the resilience of this world-class financial services centre. On October 18th 2019, the third industry wide simulation exercise was conducted. She was... How to make fitness a sustainable part of your life, Part 2: We all have our reasons for doing something crazy By Ela Howard, They started an MBA together, and finished a Desert race together. surveys and benchmarking. And thank you for sharing photos from the day. Click to donate by check. Hundreds of protesters, almost all masked, staged the unsanctioned demonstration through the popular shopping district of Causeway Bay, a day after the city’s leader Carrie Lam outlawed masks by invoking colonial-era emergency powers not used for half a century. Lovely to see these action shots. We use sports to empower our women and girls to lead active, meaningful and self-fulfilled lives. Trump received two nominations, he has never won a Nobel Peace Prize. The COVID crisis has cut advertising rates in half, and we need your help. Part 1: How a team of MBA students supported and motivated one another to train for a Desert race, Surprise! For just $1, help Raw Story Investigate, Expose, and Uncover Injustice. Make a one-time contribution to Raw Story Investigates, or click here to become a subscriber. Within two weeks, we were sent a lot of great older candidates in Hong Kong and we are very pleased with the candidates sent over. Make a one-time contribution to Raw Story Investigates, or click here to become a subscriber. 42 financial institutions participated, practicing their response to a pandemic and subsequent impact from an opportunistic cyber attack, strengthening the resilience of this world-class financial services centre. That dollar amount reflects a 4.9% gain since 2015 but a -5.9% downtick from 2018 to 2019. Raw Story is independent. Following its informal existence, the former Hong Kong Financial Services Business Continuity Management Forum (HKFSBCM), also called the "Forum", was founded in 2011 as a self-initiated group of passionate and experienced BCM professionals in the banking industry. WISE 2019 WISE has established itself as a community aiming at high quality research and offering the ground for advancing efforts in topics related to Web information systems. You won’t find mainstream media bias here. Thank you for organising another great sporting event for mothers and daughters. We’ve exposed billionaire tax evasion and uncovered White House efforts to poison our water. The arrest is related to participating in an unauthorized assembly on 5Oct last year. Alicia grew up in Hong Kong playing sports: not just within PE classes at school, but was lucky enough that her parents allowed her to figure-skate and horse-ride outside of school, Lesleigh grew up in Perth, Australia and a love of the outdoors was instilled by her parents from a very young age, Cardeux has been sporty since a young child and these early involvements directed her career choices: where helping people and sport meet, Avni found a penchant for sports, especially outdoors, after moving to Hong Kong. The detention of the city’s most high-profile dissident is the latest in a string of arrests of government critics and comes after China imposed a sweeping new national security law on Hong Kong in late June. I could see my girls gaining conDdence in trying something new and moving their bodies in new ways, in their social skills, and in learning about a new sport. Raw Story readers power David Cay Johnston’s DCReport, which we've expanded to keep watch in Washington. In 2014, the Forum was renamed to HKSFBCM and registered as a Society in Hong Kong, in order to support future initiatives and projects. If you are interested in joining, please fill out the form below and we will contact you. The 23-year-old pro-democracy figure said on Twitter he was also being held for violating the “draconian anti-mask law”, which has since been ruled unconstitutional. He is told to have violated the draconian anti-mask law as well. Many chanted “No rioters, only tyranny” and other popular protest slogans. I wanted to let you know that your effort made an impact to me and my family. Thank you WISE HK! It marks the 20th anniversaryof the conference, which was first held in Hong Kong in 2000. We need your support in this difficult time. We encourage our women and girls to participate in and stay playing sports by promoting the benefits of sports. Thank you for your interest. We encourage our women and girls to participate in and stay playing sports by promoting the benefits of sports. My daughters, 4 and 6, and I had a great time learning and having fun. The COVID crisis has cut advertising rates in half, and we need your help. Click to invest in courageous progressive journalism today. Defend democracy. Women in Sports Empowered HK (“WISE HK”) champions sports for women and girls in Hong Kong.