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A kitchen worker was arrested late on Friday night over the alleged murder of his wife in a domestic fight in Tuen Mun. Police were called to a flat in Affluence Garden, on Tsing Chung Koon Road, shortly before midnight after the 58-year-old surrendered ... ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong government fought hard to cut its share of funding the British garrison in the city in the last decade of colonial rule – proof, one academic said, of the efforts to maximise its autonomy from Britain. In June 1988, after 13 months of ... ( read original story ...)

In separate comments from the same interview reported by the official Xinhua news agency late Friday, Wang said the interpretation did not harm the independence of Hong Kong's legal system, but that independence could not limit the Chinese parliament's ... ( read original story ...)

Lee, from Hong Kong, spent four days touring Yellowknife with his wife. He snapped 360° pictures of northern landscapes along the way. CBC News reached Lee by phone as he waited to board a plane at the Yellowknife airport — to start his long trip home. ( read original story ...)

John and Miling Auyung from Hong Kong say the weather is too cold either way. The two are visiting family in Edmonton and braved the snow to see the ice castle with their granddaughter. "It's an amazing experience because in Hong Kong we can never see this ... ( read original story ...)

The LME, owned by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd., had previously said that once the freeze ended, rates would rise annually based on the consumer price index in each country. 12/28 HONG KONG EXCHANGES AND CLEARING: HKFE Announces Revised Margins for ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s government has announced the first sale of commercial land in the city’s central business district in more than 20 years. The site, currently used as a multi-story car park in Murray Road, Central, is about 31,000 square feet. The plot is ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG -- Hong Kong on Friday confirmed its second human case of bird flu this season, days after an elderly man died of the virus. A 70-year-old man, who had travelled to the Chinese cities of Shenzhen and Zhongshan earlier in December, tested positive ... ( read original story ...)

Regina Ip wants to become Hong Kong's most powerful politician - and she's not shy about it. The BBC's Helier Cheung profiles the straight-talking "Iron Lady" as part of a series on the Asian women likely to make the news in 2017. Her uncompromising stance ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong occupies less than 1 per cent of Chinese waters but “disproportionally” accounts for more than a quarter of the 22,629 marine species recorded in the country, according to the latest scientific study. Scientists at the Swire Institute of ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG — With a daily schedule that includes catwalks, commercials and acting lessons, 58-year-old Regina Chan appears to lead a glamorous life. "It's a rewarding job, not in terms of monetary rewards, but to me it's ... fulfilling," she says of her job. ( read original story ...)

Dec 29 Hong Kong stocks edged up on Thursday ... Next In Banking and Financial News ( read original story ...)

As a professor specializing in science, technology and innovation studies, I remind my students to maintain a balanced view of innovation, particularly as it occurs in Hong Kong. While some of the news about innovation in Hong Kong is less than inspiring ... ( read original story ...)

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 ...)