Month: December 2016

Four-legged "assistants" can be found perched in certain shops across Hong Kong, keeping a nonchalant eye on business while the city does its non-stop bustle past their storefronts. Their presence has inspired Dutch photographer Marcel Heijnen to make them ... ( read original story ...)

Over 100 police officers have been mobilised in a continuing manhunt for two men suspected to have robbed hikers, the police said on Wednesday. The two men, who spoke Putonghua, were believed to have committed the robberies along Eagle’s Nest nature ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong stocks rose from a five-month low as they traded for the first time this week, with advances by energy shares outweighing losses from property companies and casino operators. The Hang Seng Index added 0.4 percent to 21,653.46 at 1:45 p.m. local time. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong food safety officials have placed a temporary suspension on the import of poultry meat and products from three more regions – in mainland China, Japan and Poland following the detection of bird flu strains in these areas. The import ban by the ... ( read original story ...)

Two ousted pro-independence Hong Kong lawmakers on Wednesday announced they were making a final bid to overturn a controversial Beijing-linked ban preventing them from taking up their seats in parliament. Yau Wai-ching and Baggio Leung were elected in ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) announced it will implement the Volatility Control Mechanism (VCM) in its derivatives market on 16 January 2017. The rollout was deferred on 13 November 2016 when a technical issue was identified during the ... ( read original story ...)

Beijing has already warned about independence activists in both places linking up - Hong Kong activists have visited Taiwan this year - and went further at a routine news conference by China's policy-making Taiwan Affairs Office. "A small coterie of Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)

Tapping the enthusiasm of this festive season, Hong Kong Tourism is beckoning tourists to its destination through its new tourism campaign--"Best of All, It's in Hong Kong". This new global marketing campaign takes the traveller on an all-round tour around ... ( read original story ...)

HONG Kong tycoon Tony Fung is planning to build a beachside six-star hotel on the Gold Coast. The Gold Coast Bulletin can reveal Mr Fung’s Aquis Australia will today announce plans prepared by architects Wood Bagot for a $440 million hotel overlooking ... ( read original story ...)

according to remarks published on the Hong Kong government’s news website. Ms. Lam’s remarks appear to have done little to assuage her critics, many of whom have long been wary of efforts by Beijing to assert its influence in Hong Kong, a ... ( read original story ...)

Breaking point: Hong Kong’s overburdened mental health care system in need of a fix The Clara House hostel supported by the Mental Health Association allows residents a high degree of freedom to live independently. They are allowed to go out to work ... ( read original story ...)