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The Hong Kong government will take a stake in Cathay Pacific and gain a presence on the airline’s board, as part of a state-backed HK$39bn ($5bn) recapitalisation programme. The government will ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam warned on Tuesday the city could not afford further "chaos" as it marked the first anniversary of the start of rolling mass pro-democracy protests. ( read original story ...)

A year on from the start of Hong Kong's anti-government protests, the leader of the semi-autonomous Chinese city said Tuesday that all sides should learn from the difficulties and challenging times ... ( read original story ...)

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd announced on Tuesday a recapitalisation plan worth HK$39 billion ($5.03 billion) led by the Hong Kong government to help it weather the coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)

Nok quit his nursing job to join Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests full-time as a volunteer medic. There had been smaller gatherings in the months before, but the crowd size on June 9 was enormous, ... ( read original story ...)

Twelve months since extradition bill marches gripped the city, demonstrators plan to defy ban on gatherings with small scale protests ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday the Chinese-ruled city cannot afford to tolerate any more of the "chaos" that has roiled it over the past 12 months, with anti-government protests plunging ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s flagship carrier Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. was suspended from trading on Tuesday, as were the shares of its second-biggest investor, Air China Ltd. ( read original story ...)

Japan hopes to draft a joint statement on China's new security legislation on Hong Kong at the next Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers' meeting, a Japanese government source familiar with the ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong-based hedge funds are considering uprooting their operations as China prepares to impose sweeping national security legislation on the Asian financial hub. Fund managers and traders in the ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong on Tuesday marks a year since pro-democracy protests erupted, but a resumption of city-wide unrest is unlikely as activists reel from mass arrests, coronavirus bans on public gatherings and ... ( read original story ...)

Disgraced former Hong Kong minister Patrick Ho Chi-ping is expected to be released from a New York prison on Monday (US time), after serving a jail term over a multimillion-dollar scheme to bribe top ... ( read original story ...)

A Chinese official suggested on Monday that the degree of autonomy that Hong Kong would have when the post-colonial agreement on its status runs out in 2047 could depend on how the protest-hit city ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong activist investor David Webb has said he will step back from posting his widely read critiques of companies and the city's government after being diagnosed with prostate cancer. ( read original story ...)