Month: December 2016

There are hundreds of differing fight styles classed as kung fu, which soared in popularity globally following a series of films featuring U.S.-born and Hong Kong-raised actor Bruce Lee, who died in 1973. But as kung fu's popularity waned in recent years ... ( read original story ...)

Owners of new flats on a private estate in Tseung Kwan O have demanded the project manager, the MTR Corporation, return HK$2.7 million in construction waste disposal and management fees as the contractor responsible had overcharged them for 10 months. More ... ( read original story ...)

Officials in the Ministry of External Affairs sought to allay speculations on Wednesday that Hong Kong's changed visa-on-arrival norm for Indians is a decision forced by Beijing. Starting January 23, 2017, Indians wanting to visit Hong Kong will have to ... ( read original story ...)

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Accuray Incorporated (NASDAQ: ARAY) has signed an agreement with Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital (HKSH) for the acquisition of three Radixact TM Systems that will provide clinicians and their patients with ... ( read original story ...)

The Pre-arrival Registration for Indian Nationals will be implemented on January 23, 2017, said Hong Kong immigration department on the official website. In a setback to Indian travellers, the Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China ... ( read original story ...)

Indian travellers will not be eligible for visa-free entry to Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China, from January, when a “pre-arrival registration” process will be put in place. Indian nationals can currently enter Hong Kong without a ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s graft-buster charged two policemen on Tuesday for allegedly leaking information of a murder case for money and tipping off two suspects about the investigation. Policeman Lee Yuen-fook, 47, and station sergeant Yip Kwok-leung, 50, faced a ... ( read original story ...)

The man given a 19-year jail term for the knife attack on former Ming Pao chief editor Kevin Lau Chun-to is looking to appeal against his conviction and sentence. But Yip Kim-wah told the High Court on Tuesday that he had been unable to find a lawyer. In a ... ( read original story ...)

A mainlander accused of breaking into a luxury home in Hong Kong to kidnap a veteran architect and his wife allegedly pilfered more than HK$130,000 worth of cash and valuables, a court heard during his first appearance on Tuesday. Guizhou resident Yang ... ( read original story ...)

A sergeant who stole HK$1.07 million from a police safe and then fled to Macau to try to win his way out of debt, was jailed for two years on Monday. Prosecutor Vincent Lee told District Court that Cheung Wai-lun, 43, responsible for looking after bail ... ( read original story ...)

There is really no going back for Beijing now that it has decided to fundamentally overturn Hong Kong’s system of government. Listen With the Hong Kong government deciding that its purge of Hong Kong lawmakers will not stop with localists Yau Wai-Ching ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG: Hong Kong authorities have confirmed the first human bird flu infection for this season after an elderly man who had recently traveled to mainland China was diagnosed with the deadly H7N9 virus strain. The 75-year-old male patient, who had ... ( read original story ...)