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The hefty price tag for what would be Hong Kong’s largest ever infrastructure project should not be measured against the size of the public coffers, a think tank has said. That came as the government ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong police have received 45 reports of incidents at the West Kowloon terminus of the newly launched high-speed rail link to Guangzhou, with three cases occurring in an area designated for mainla... ( read original story ...)

“On whether the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge is going to open by the end of this month, I must say this is news to me. Personally I don’t have any idea when the bridge is going to open,” Chan said af... ( read original story ...)

And this month, Hong Kong refused to renew the work visa of Victor Mallet, Asia news editor for the British-based Financial Times newspaper, after he hosted a speech by an independence activist. “We c... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong authorities on Friday barred a former lawmaker from contesting an election next month given her past advocacy of greater autonomy for Hong Kong, in a decision critics c... ( read original story ...)

The British journalist whose work visa was denied by the Hong Kong government is about to leave the city. Financial Times Asia news editor Victor Mallet posted a photo taken at the airport departure h... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong cannot compete with its shipping rivals and will turn its attention to maritime services as a way to strengthen its position as a key seaport trading centre, the city’s leader has admitted. ... ( read original story ...)

This year’s policy address brought welcome news for Hong Kong’s budding young entrepreneurs when the city’s leader announced a pilot scheme to subsidise local start-ups setting up shop in the “Greater ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's leader on Tuesday refused to say why the city denied a visa to a Financial Times journalist despite escalating demands for an explanation of the unprecedented challenge to freedom of the p... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s decision to deny British journalist Victor Mallet’s work visa renewal was an effort to influence news coverage by deciding who gets to stay in the city, US senator Marco Rubio said on Wedn... ( read original story ...)

It added that none of its members is selling e-cigarettes or heat-not-burn devices in Hong Kong. Japan Tobacco investors were unfazed by the news. Shares closed with a 1.2 percent gain in Tokyo Wednes... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s workers and house-hunters stood to benefit most from initiatives announced by the city’s leader on Wednesday. In a 40-minute speech to the Legislative Council, Chief Executive Carrie Lam C... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Some Hong Kong lawmakers walked out of the Legislative Council as city leader Carrie Lam was about to give her annual policy address on Wednesday, protesting against the rejectio... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong lawmakers protested in support of media freedoms on Wednesday ahead of city leader Carrie Lam's annual policy address laying out policy priorities for the coming year. ... ( read original story ...)