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Beijing mobilised a senior Chinese Communist Party theorist and its top official in Hong Kong to drive home an unusually direct message to the city’s establishment on Thursday about better understanding and improving cross-border ties after China’s ... ( read original story ...)

S.S.P. Chawrasia had six birdies and a bogey Thursday for a 5-under 65 and a one stroke lead at the Hong Kong Open, the first event of the 2018 season. Playing in sunny but breezy conditions at the Hong Kong Golf Club, the greens had the players struggling ... ( read original story ...)

Patrick Ho Chi-ping, the detained former Hong Kong minister at the centre of an alleged multimillion-dollar bribery scheme between a top Chinese energy firm and two African leaders, is “anxious” but staying strong as he prepares to plead not guilty to ... ( read original story ...)

HONG Kong (Reuters) - India’s SSP Chawrasia mastered windy conditions to grab the first-round lead at the Hong Kong Open with a superb five-under-par 65 in the co-sanctioned event on Thursday. Starting on the 11th hole, the six-time Asian Tour winner ... ( read original story ...)

Rio Olympic silver-medallist PV Sindhu stormed into the quarter-finals of the Hong Kong Super Series after dismantling Aya Ohori of Japan in a straight game win on Thursday. Sindhu triumphed the Japanese 21-14, 21-17 in the second round match which lasted ... ( read original story ...)

The Standing Committee’s approval is the second part of a three-step process towards implementing the so-called “co-location” arrangement, following the signing of the relevant agreement between Hong Kong and Guangdong last Saturday. Local ... ( read original story ...)

Mona Fong Yat-wah, the singer, show business executive and widow of revered Hong Kong movie mogul Sir Run Run Shaw, died on Tuesday aged 83. She died peacefully at 5.28pm at Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital with family by her side, according to a ... ( read original story ...)

Former chief executive Tung Chee-hwa has urged the city to take better advantage of the economic development of the mainland, warning that Hong Kong cannot afford to be left behind, stuck in “endless internal rifts”. He advised Hongkongers to study ... ( read original story ...)

A mainland man who teamed up with two compatriots and swam for two hours to rob and kidnap a veteran Hong Kong architect vowed on Wednesday to never set foot in the city again. Yang Chao pleaded guilty to his crimes at the High Court, in a kidnap case ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's Hang Seng share index has risen above the 30,000 mark for the first time since November 2007. The index is up by more than a third this year, and is approaching its record high of 31,638.22. That record, however, occurred just before the global ... ( read original story ...)

A 19-year-old Greek model was arrested at Hong Kong International Airport on Monday after cocaine with an estimated street value of HK$2.4 million was found in her rucksack. The woman was the fourth female visitor arrested by airport customs officers for ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong may get a more favourable water import deal with mainland China after 2020, following an agreement between authorities from both sides to review the current price formula. The details on water supply from Guangdong are contained in a document to ... ( read original story ...)

Hongkongers are set to foot a ­bigger bill than expected for the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge after latest ­estimates showed the cost for the bridge had overrun by one-third, or HK$11.8 billion. Although the main section of the project – a 22.9km ... ( read original story ...)

A practising eye surgeon before he joined the Hong Kong government in 2002 ... “I don’t find any problems in his honesty,” Ip said, saying he was shocked by the news. He confirmed that Ho had rather strong ties with Beijing officials among the ... ( read original story ...)