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A hearing in the United States for former Hong Kong senior government official Patrick Ho Chi-ping has been postponed by more than six weeks as per a request filed by his lawyers and prosecuting attorneys. The pre-trial hearing initially scheduled for ... ( read original story ...)

A Hong Kong hiker died after collapsing in warm weather near the Shing Mun Reservoir at midday on Saturday. The 71-year-old, surnamed Cheung, was walking along stage seven of the MacLehose Trail with friends when he fainted close to Needle Hill and the ... ( read original story ...)

New Delhi, April 12 : India has requested Hong Kong to arrest fugitive jeweller Nirav Modi and is awaiting for a response from the authorities there, a senior official said here on Thursday. Hong Kong [China], Apr. 11 : The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on ... ( read original story ...)

In his commentary, the writer notes that Hong Kong's traditional role is fading as the mainland opens up. HONG KONG (CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Hong Kong is no longer China's gateway to the rest of the world. This statement is not a negative comment ... ( read original story ...)

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte took Hong Kong by complete surprise on Thursday, making a full public apology for the Manila bus hostage crisis that left nine people dead nearly eight years ago. On his second visit to the city in 10 months ... ( read original story ...)

Balladares also said she was not pleased with the news about the deployment of Filipino domestic ... Some 203,600 domestic workers from the Philippines are employed in Hong Kong. Balladares also said workers in Hong Kong were against the recall of the ... ( read original story ...)

Filipino migrant workers and members of local human rights groups will take to Hong Kong’s streets on Thursday to protest the three-day visit of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Duterte is also expected to receive a petition from student activists ... ( read original story ...)

The head of a Hong Kong journalists’ group has slammed the “rude” behaviour of two male spectators who kissed a female TV news reporter without consent during a live telecast of the Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament on Sunday. This came in addition t ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong (AFP) - More than 40 civil groups in Hong Kong appealed to the United Nations Tuesday demanding action to protect rapidly disappearing freedoms as Beijing increasingly tightens its grip on the freewheeling city. The coalition cited increasing ... ( read original story ...)

The veteran journalist, 65, whose long career included stints as news chief at both Television Broadcasts and Asia Television (ATV), was first appointed as director of broadcasting in August 2015. Leung, who leads an organisation with about 730 staff and a ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s already congested airspace is only going to get busier ... and the four airports within 150km of it expand to meet burgeoning demand for passenger and cargo flights. So recent news that there were 17 times last year when two aircraft flew ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan and Hong Kong will connect their financial systems to immediately settle transactions involving assets denominated in their respective currencies, the Bank of Japan said on Tuesday, in what is likely the first such attempt by any ... ( read original story ...)

China on Monday said that it would not interfere in the possible arrest of fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, leaving Hong Kong the option of making a decision based on an Indian request. Mr. Modi had apparently fled to Hong Kong in the backdrop of his ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong Police Force is taking no chances with this week’s visit of Rodrigo Duterte, the controversial Philippine president. Heavily armed counterterrorism units will patrol the streets, a rarely used anti-explosives vehicle capable of jamming radio ... ( read original story ...)