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Two weekend concerts for Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau Tak-wah were cancelled on Saturday, after the pop icon broke down in tears and ended a show midway on Friday night due to throat inflammation. The ... ( read original story ...)

This effort is not unique to Chinese University. Mental health has become a hot topic in Hong Kong’s education system at various levels, as school officials – and students themselves – look to push ba... ( read original story ...)

News outlet HK01 has hit back at the Hong Kong Journalists’ Association (HKJA) after the watchdog expressed concern over the outlet’s controversial decision to state its stance against Taiwanese indep... ( read original story ...)

William Thomas Gangemi was part of a “syndicate” where protected turtles were exchanged back and forth between the United States and Hong Kong, US Attorney Sherri Lydon said in the news release. The 2... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong will strengthen its protections against African swine fever after officials came under pressure from farmers amid fears of local infection. The new measures, in response to the virus’ spread ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s solicitors’ body softened its push for a new and controversial qualifying exam and dropped the original schedule to launch in the new year, it emerged on Friday. The Law Society however “r... ( read original story ...)

Yousaf Akbar, 40, came to Hong Kong from Pakistan in the late 1980s, but since last year, he has been spending time between the bed and a wheelchair at home. He relies on strips of cloth to shackle hi... ( read original story ...)

A Hong Kong student who thought it was “within the law to make out” with a 12-year-old has pleaded guilty in court to indecent assault. The District Court heard the 19-year-old University of Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)

A 10-year-old girl wrote an anonymous note to her teacher to reveal that her father had raped her repeatedly, a Hong Kong court heard on Thursday. The note, collected during a school sex education pro... ( read original story ...)

The much awaited HK$36 billion (US$4.6 billion) Central-Wan Chai Bypass in Hong Kong will open to traffic on January 20 next year after 10 years of construction plagued by delays and cost overruns. Th... ( read original story ...)

A task force appointed by the Hong Kong government to review the private tertiary sector has dismissed concerns from the self-financing arms of publicly funded universities that their branding and app... ( read original story ...)

Justice Minister Teresa Cheng Yuek-wah came under mounting pressure on Thursday as Hong Kong’s two major legal bodies called on her to fully explain the government’s decision to drop investigations ag... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong actor Eric Tsang Chi-wai has denied drink-driving in Japan after his car crashed head-on into a van carrying a top policeman from the city. “The accident happened at noon. I had not had any ... ( read original story ...)

Residents of Kowloon City where as many as 10,000 mainland day-trippers on cheap Hong Kong tours have disrupted local lives could soon get a respite after authorities on Thursday pledged to come down ... ( read original story ...)