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BEIJING: China's government hopes Hong Kong will oppose independence, a top Communist Party official said on Tuesday in a meeting with a pro-Beijing group from the southern financial hub. Chinese leaders are concerned about a fledgling independence ... ( read original story ...)

Advocates for Taiwan independence colluded with pro-independence activists in Hong Kong to stir up controversy in the city, Beijing said on Wednesday as it warned Taiwan not to interfere in the implementation of “one country, two systems”. Ma Xiaoguang ... ( read original story ...)

Choi’s words came a day after the HK$1.56 billion flight navigation technology had its most serious problems yet on Tuesday, halting departing flights for 15 minutes at Hong Kong airport. Planes also disappeared from radar, while fake “ghost” flights ... ( read original story ...)

Two pro-independence Hong Kong lawmakers lost their appeal Wednesday against a ban preventing them from taking up their seats in parliament as Beijing faces accusations of stepping up interference in the city's politics. Baggio Leung and Yau Wai-ching ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong Airlines’ latest brand promotional commercial “Flying Beyond”, which was filmed at its various destinations such as Australia, Japan, China and Taiwan, will also premiere today. For more details and updated news about Hong Kong Airlines ... ( read original story ...)

Government to file lawsuit against Lau Siu-lai, who took 10 minutes to read her 77-word oath of allegiance The Hong Kong government will seek to ban a third member of the city’s parliament, expanding a campaign to remove pro-democracy advocates after two ... ( read original story ...)

Advocating Hong Kong’s independence from mainland China would “bring calamity to the country and the people”, and Hongkongers must “struggle” against it, China’s top man overseeing Hong Kong affairs said on Tuesday. National People’s Congress ... ( read original story ...)

Filipino domestic helpers Joffz Jevier, Mariviec Castillo and Luisa Galleto do not want to work in Hong Kong forever. They have set dates of between three to five years for when they will leave the city and return to their families. They received financial ... ( read original story ...)

The comments by Zhang Dejiang, the most senior Chinese official responsible for Hong Kong affairs, come after Beijing staged a rare interpretation of Hong Kong's mini-constitution, the Basic Law, this month to effectively bar pro-independence city ... ( read original story ...)

From January 1, 2017, the Government of Hong Kong will enforce new Merchant Shipping (Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships) Regulation, CAP 413N, the Gulf Agency Company (GAC) has announced. The new regulation prohibits the use of organotin ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong markets fell on Tuesday, weighed down by energy shares as oil prices dropped on doubts that producer cartel OPEC would hammer out an output cut this week. Investors' risk appetite was also curbed by a lacklustre performance in global equity ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG - A Hong Kong court on Wednesday (Nov 30) rejected the appeal of two lawmakers who were disqualifed from the legislature earlier this month over their oath taking. In their swearing-in oaths last month at the Legislative Council (Legco), Mr ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG, Nov. 30, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- A spectacular White Christmas has arrived at Times Square in Hong Kong as revelers are treated to a unique winter experience in a magical Snow Chamber. Beautifully crafted by a team of French specialists who is ... ( read original story ...)

Yau Wai-ching is the youngest woman to be elected to Hong Kong's parliament - and she has been called many things, including: "radical", "goddess", "spy", "pretty" and "cancer cell". In the space of two months, the 25-year-old has become one of the most ... ( read original story ...)