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HONG KONG (Reuters) - As Hong Kong seeks more land to help ease a worsening housing crisis, some lawmakers and activists are urging officials to take a fresh look at little-used swathes of more than $100 billion worth of real estate controlled by the ... ( read original story ...)

Retailers love to offer membership and rewards programmes to lure and retain consumers but Hong Kong’s privacy chief on Monday warned that many shops fail to provide customers with transparency, choices and control over the use of personal data. ( read original story ...)

View original content:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hong-kong-airlines-first-flight-to-los-angeles-takes-off-debuts-new-tableware-300572983.html The launch of HX068 also marks the introduction of the A350 in the US city. With three already ... ( read original story ...)

Forget Gucci and Rolex. Grocery stores, hair salons and tutoring centers may have the brightest future for Hong Kong retail as high-end malls get squeezed by forces beyond their control. That’s according to property consultants including Savills Plc ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong police were investigating a suspected murder on Monday after a 93-year-old man died in hospital following a fight with another resident at his Tai Po care home. A 79-year-old man, surnamed Lau, was arrested and detained for questioning ... ( read original story ...)

The news brought a wave of sympathy from the city’s legal community ... “No words are adequate for this.” Law Yuk-kai, director of Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor, which promotes the protection of legal rights in the city, said Ms Dykes had worked ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s finance chief has indicated that boosting land supply to ease the city’s housing problems will be a key part of his upcoming budget, through which he said he would strive to elevate “the people’s sense of being well-off”. Paul Chan Mo ... ( read original story ...)

Two Hong Kong college students were kicked out of their own graduation ceremony on Saturday after refusing to stand for the national anthem. The social work students from Hong Kong College of Technology sat silently while March of the Volunteers played ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.’s proposal to change which companies are eligible to list in the city will boost the pipeline of initial public offerings, according to Chief Executive Officer Charles Li. Technology and so-called new-economy companies ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.’s proposal to change which companies are eligible to list in the city will boost the pipeline of initial public offerings, according to Chief Executive Officer Charles Li. Technology and so-called new-economy companies ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong architect William Lim Ooi-lee is surrounded by skyscrapers in the city’s business district, Central – a few of them designed by him. But looking up, the 60-year-old says he believes that building vertically fast is not the best for the city ... ( read original story ...)

News.com.au reported. The original trial in 2005 received widespread media attention. Kissel has maintained she acted in self-defense after physical and sexual abuse by her husband. At Hong Kong’s High Court on Friday, Kissel’s legal team challenged a ... ( read original story ...)

News.com.au reported. The original trial in 2005 received widespread media attention. Kissel has maintained she acted in self-defense after physical and sexual abuse by her husband. At Hong Kong’s High Court on Friday, Kissel’s legal team challenged a ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - An American serving a life sentence in a Hong Kong jail for the 2003 "milkshake" murder of her Merrill Lynch banker husband made a fresh challenge against her sentence on Friday. Nancy Kissel, who is in her mid 50s, has been in jail ... ( read original story ...)