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An undercover investigation has exposed unscrupulous bosses ripping off Hong Kong’s domestic workers by making them pay illegally high fees to get a job – despite last year’s official guidelines to the contrary. Research by the Federation of Asian ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s legislature approved a contentious plan late Thursday to allow mainland Chinese police officers to operate in a section of a new train station scheduled to open this year. To the Hong Kong government, the West Kowloon station is ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s media has continued to come under the influence of Chinese investors, according to a Reuters Institute study. The 2018 Reuters Digital News Report found that declining revenues meant that Hong Kong news outlets were turning to Chinese ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s legislature has passed a bill that will allow Chinese authorities to enforce their own laws within a portion of the semi-autonomous territory. Independent lawmakers believe the bill governing the Hong Kong terminus of the rail ... ( read original story ...)

Groups across the political spectrum in Hong Kong slammed two franchised bus operators on Friday and accused them of increasing the burden on the public by pushing for a 12 per cent fare rise. While it has been 10 years since the last fare increase by ... ( read original story ...)

About 30 domestic workers and their supporters in Hong Kong marched from Admiralty MTR station to the nearby government headquarters on Thursday to demand better living and working conditions ahead of International Domestic Workers’ Day on Saturday. ( read original story ...)

A dose of reality may be on the way for Hong Kong, even as it breezes through the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest rate hike. Because its currency is pegged to the dollar, the Asian financial hub effectively imports U.S. monetary policy and adjusts ... ( read original story ...)

Analysts seeking to call when banks will raise mortgage costs A dose of reality may be on the way for Hong Kong, even as it breezes through the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest rate hike. Because its currency is pegged to the dollar, the Asian financial hub ... ( read original story ...)

In the two years since Merck & Co.’s Gardasil 9 became available in Hong Kong, about 2 million mainlanders have come for the shots, according to the Xinhua News Agency. With the drugmaker unable to keep up, some clinics are turning away Chinese patients ... ( 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 ...)

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 ...)