Hong Kong stocks rise, but lose ground for a 4th straight week

Nov 18 (Reuters) - Hong Kong stocks rose on Friday, but posted a fourth consecutive weekly loss amid worries the United States will raise interest rates next month and a strong dollar could keep drawing money there from emerging markets. The benchmark Hang ... ( read original story ...)

Can 'luxury' cage homes fix Hong Kong's housing crisis?

Hong Kong is one of the most expensive places to live in the world, with the median property price 19 times the median annual household income. For some, the only option is to live in one of the city's notorious cage homes, which consist of a bunk bed ... ( read original story ...)

Kenya and Hong Kong look to maximise mid-table contests

Kenya captain Rakep Patel reckons that the home conditions will help the team and is aiming to win both matches and overtake Hong Kong in the process. © ICC Kenya and Hong Kong figure in important mid-table engagements of the ICC World Cricket League on ... ( read original story ...)

Fake News on Facebook? In Foreign Elections, That’s Not New

HONG KONG — Facebook rumors force a well-known politician to publish ... Well before last week’s American election threw Facebook’s status as a digital-era news source into the spotlight, leaders, advocacy groups and minorities worldwide have ... ( read original story ...)

Marco Rubio wades into Hong Kong's fight for autonomy

HONG KONG (CNN) - Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has announced a bill aimed at buttressing Hong Kong's autonomy in the face of a Chinese administration increasingly bullish about interfering in the territory's affairs. The former Republican presidential ... ( read original story ...)

A court in Hong Kong disbars two legislators

Xinhua, a central-government news agency, this week published an interview with him in which he expressed his wish to “rise to the challenges” his administration faces. It may mean he wants to stand again. Discontent in Hong Kong is likely only to grow. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong in the grip of a power struggle over oath-taking saga

Hong Kong localist radicals played into Beijing’s hands, democracy leader Martin Lee says Mr Justice Thomas Au Hing-cheung certainly did not agree with the argument, as he explained in his 56-page ruling that he was “of the clear view that the non ... ( read original story ...)