朱培慶 - 桃色醜聞

All you are talking about is intellectual property rights. Yes, in Hong kOng, people can just take a picture of a person (if the content of what they are reporting is real and fact) But for commerical purposes, no! In HK the law of privacy and intellectul property is very un-developed. In the above case, the camera and film belongs to the holder-just like a foreign visitor can take pictures of people in the streets while touring around!
In the MTR is a different case. Because the place belongs to the MTR company, the land lord has any right to take its own rule-e.g. if you use foul language in traveling the train or in the MRT stations, the staff can fine you for at lesat $500.
he reporters are not prosecuted because (1) there are just too many people taking the pictures hiding in every corner-the person who wrote the article may not be the one who took the picture. (2) As a public figure, every one has the right to report about him . If he thinks that the person is mis-represnting him in a negative way-he can sue the magazine or newspapers. (3) If the perosn sue the reporter, the issue will be made more seriously as many people will give their opinions and therefore the name of the person willbe more destroyed.
In HK, the law of intellectual property rights are very unclear.
One interesting thing for your reference-if you use a tool to secreting pipe into the person in the room (the lady having sex or change clothes), the person is not considered to be unlawful because you are at your own private property doing legal things. Moreover, it's very difficult tp prove your bad intention. You can say to the judge that you are just looking at some other things using your equipment in your private property.