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An off-duty Hong Kong policeman was arrested on Wednesday for indecently assaulting two girls he had met online, in a case suspected to involve compensated dating. In such arrangements, one party pays the other to go on a “date”, often involving sex. ( read original story ...)

After months of unhappiness over a shortage of the HPV vaccine Gardasil 9 in Hong Kong, a group of women took their protests to the offices of the drug’s maker in Causeway Bay on Friday. Wearing face masks and carrying two large banners, about 20 ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong: “Both indoors and out, life in Hong Kong can feel pretty suffocating at times,” says 39-year-old finance worker Wai Li, who rents a 200 square foot (19 square metre) “nano flat” in Hong Kong’s Sheung Wan neighbourhood. Li’s living ... ( read original story ...)

Technicians at a Hong Kong government contractor faked reports on the strength of concrete bricks used in a major cross-border bridge project because they were pressed for time and faced a manpower shortage, a court heard on Friday. Ng Kai-yiu, 64 ... ( read original story ...)

After months of unhappiness over a shortage of the HPV vaccine Gardasil 9 in Hong Kong, a group of women took their protests to the offices of the drug’s maker in Causeway Bay on Friday. Wearing face masks and carrying two large banners, about 20 ... ( read original story ...)

The culling of key phrases from a history textbook and a push to instil Chinese national identity in students has raised fresh concerns that education in Hong Kong is under pressure from Beijing, as it seeks to stamp out any hint of pro-independence sentiment. ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong Observatory downgraded its typhoon signal to No 1 on Friday afternoon as rain warnings were cancelled with Tropical Storm Ewiniar moving away from the city. The storm had triggered the No 3 typhoon signal at 12.40pm on Thursday, and the next ... ( read original story ...)

With an ROE of 19.22%, Winson Holdings Hong Kong Limited (SEHK:8421) outpaced its own industry which delivered a less exciting 8.43% over the past year. On the surface, this looks fantastic since we know that 8421 has made large profits from little equity ... ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong Observatory lowered the rainstorm warning signal to amber at 12.30pm on Friday, just one hour after it issued the red signal. The change means the heavy rain is easing or expected to ease all over the city. Observatory senior scientific ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong democracy activist ­Joshua Wong Chi-fung was “dragged” into a police car and handcuffed without warning last year during a protest ahead of the city’s annual anti-government rally on July 1, a court heard ­on Thursday. On the morning of ... ( read original story ...)

A research outfit at Hong Kong’s Education University is declaring war on what could be the next big global environmental and public health concern: chemicals that can wreak havoc with the hormones of animals and humans. The unit, to be admitted to a ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s railway operator has singled out a subcontractor as the likely culprit behind the corner-cutting scandal which hit its HK$97.1 billion Sha Tin-Central rail link, just a day after claiming it did not know who did the shoddy work found on its ... ( read original story ...)

Pro-democracy lawmakers will not be able to affect the progress of a bill on a controversial joint checkpoint at Hong Kong’s express rail terminus, a pro-establishment camp leader has said. The second reading of the co-location bill began at the ... ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong Observatory issued typhoon signal No 3 at 12.40pm on Thursday – the first strong wind warning since last October – as tropical storm Ewiniar strengthened. With mean wind speeds of 41km/h to 62km/h expected, the forecaster advised the ... ( read original story ...)