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HONG KONG — A Hong Kong activist was sentenced to six years in prison on Monday for his role in a 2016 clash between protesters and the police over unlicensed street vendors selling traditional snacks during the Lunar New Year. The activist, Edward Leung ... ( read original story ...)

A Hong Kong court sentenced activist Edward Leung to six years in prison Monday for his part in a violent nightlong clash with police over illegal street food hawkers two years ago. Leung, 27, was among a generation of young political activists who emerged ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG — A Hong Kong activist was sentenced to six years in prison on Monday for his role in a 2016 clash between protesters and the police over unlicensed street vendors selling traditional snacks during the Lunar New Year. The activist, Edward Leung ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Three protesters from Hong Kong's radical youth opposition were jailed on Monday for taking part in a violent unrest, receiving the harshest sentences handed down to democracy activists since the city returned to Chinese rule in 1997. ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A former rising star in Hong Kong's radical youth opposition was sentenced to 6 years in jail on Monday for rioting and assaulting police, one of the city's harshest sentences against a democracy activist in recent years. Edward Leung ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A former rising star in Hong Kong’s radical youth opposition was sentenced to 6 years in jail on Monday for rioting and assaulting the police, one of the city’s harshest sentences against a democracy activist in recent years. ( read original story ...)

Chinese President Xi Jinping warned in a speech last year marking 20 years since the city became a semi-autonomous region of China that any activities in Hong Kong seen as threatening China's sovereignty and stability would be "absolutely impermissible." ( read original story ...)

A public consultation on land supply in Hong Kong has been labelled “useless” by participants who said it failed to address key concerns, such as whether it would result in more affordable housing. Others questioned whether their opinions would make a ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation, one of the most profitable rail firms in the world, has become embroiled in a series of scandals, with one issue after another piling pressure on management. In the past few weeks, several pieces of bad news, some still ... ( read original story ...)

Seizures of Ecstasy in Hong Kong have jumped more than 60 times to about 30,000 tablets in the first four months of this year on foreign nationals’ demand, law enforcement officials said. Amid the spike, ‘US President Donald Trump-shaped’ Ecstasy ... ( read original story ...)

When the Hong Kong crime drama Trivisa hit the city’s big screens it ... Take this scene: it’s a rainy day in 1997, news footage plays in the background – with mentions of the Sino-British Joint Declaration and the pledge of 50 years unchanged ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s former financial chief John Tsang Chun-wah on Saturday took a dig at politicians of all stripes – including the pro-democracy camp which supported him in last year’s chief executive race – accusing them of causing “deep and ... ( read original story ...)

Playing mahjong and betting on horse racing, two hugely popular but often maligned intellectual pastimes in Hong Kong, could help to decrease the risk of dementia in the elderly, the latest research in the city has confirmed. Seniors have always been ... ( read original story ...)

Fortin was surprised when Huntley called him from Hong Kong to share the news. Huntley told him that in Hong Kong songs don’t usually stay at the top for long since people usually “listen to it once and they won’t listen to it again.” ( read original story ...)