Queen Elizabeth II's coffin arrived at Westminster Abbey on Monday for a grand state funeral attended by 2,000 guests including leaders from around the world. In full: https://bit.ly/QE2funeral - link in bio. . In a tradition dating back to Queen Victoria's funeral in 1901, the state gun carriage bearing the coffin was hauled to the abbey by Royal Navy sailors, followed in a solemn procession by King Charles III and other senior royals. Photos: AFP.

China's Vice President Wang Qishan (C) arrives ahead of the State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in London on September 19, 2022. Photo: Phil Noble/AFP.

Hong Kong reported 6,260 new Covid-19 infections on Monday, of which 174 cases were imported. The city also added 10 new deaths. Full, trusted Covid-19 coverage on HKFP: https://bit.ly/covidHKFP #hongkong #covid19 Photo: GovHK.

Ronson Chan, the chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalists Association has been officially charged with obstructing police officers. Chan was arrested on September 7 while reporting on a home owners’ committee meeting for online outlet Channel C. The police said Chan was among two "suspicious" men seen by officers in Mong Kok, and had refused to present his ID despite multiple requests. #hongkong Photo: Peter Lee/HKFP.

Reprimanding a police officer for firing a sponge grenade does not mean that the act was wrong, Hong Kong’s security chief has said. His comment came after the police ruled that a complaint filed by a journalist who was allegedly hit by a non-lethal projectile during the 2019 protests was “unsubstantiated.” Photo: RTHK, via video screenshot. Click the link in bio to read in full.

The Hong Kong government’s fiscal situation will likely be “worse than expected,” Financial Secretary Paul Chan has said, as he predicted the city could see a deficit of more than HK$100 billion this year, its second ever highest. File photo: Kelly Ho/HKFP. Read in full via the link in bio or at https://bit.ly/3QPMXyx

Hong Kong is considering axing compulsory Covid-19 hotel quarantine for arrivals, according to the city’s health chief and local media. File photo: Mercedes Hutton/HKFP. Click the link in bio to read in full.

What happened this week... A national security case moved to High Court, watchdog slams alleged bullying of mainland Chinese university students, and party suggests HK$20,000 handouts for new parents to combat falling birth rate.

Trade unions applying for registration in Hong Kong will now have to declare that they will not engage in acts that threaten national security. According to a notice on Friday on the government website where amendments to legislation are published, the new application form is attached to a declaration in which the applicant must confirm that “all the purposes and objects of the trade union are lawful.” Photo: Supplied.

The Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon has been cancelled with organisers saying that the government had failed to give approval in time amid the Covid-19 outbreak. Photo: GovHK. #hongkong

The members of the self-proclaimed “revolutionary” political group Returning Valiant were ignorant of the national security law and the consequences of breaking it, one of their defence lawyers told a Hong Kong court on Friday. Photo: May James/HKFP.

Chief Sec. Eric Chan has written to the Washington Post defending Hong Kong's jailing of speech therapists who published a "seditious" kids' book about sheep and wolves. The Post said the "outrageous verdict marks another low point for Hong Kong’s degraded justice system."