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A budget with a clear eye on the future and massive spending to alleviate people’s burdens – these were the twin pledges from Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po as he set out the Hong Kong government’s spending blueprint with a record surplus of HK$ ... ( read original story ...)

LINE TODAY brings localized news content to Hong Kong users and offers media a new channel to reach people - As a global messaging app and lifestyle platform, LINE seamlessly connects Hong Kong users to all types of people, content and services HONG KONG ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong schools have been taking extra precautions against flu, including cancelling assemblies and asking pupils where they have travelled, as most classes resumed on Monday after an extended Lunar New Year holiday. Pupils at most of the city’s 1,600 ... ( read original story ...)

Protesting bus drivers in Hong Kong have suspended threats of industrial action after the city’s largest franchised bus company agreed to “positive measures” during an emergency meeting. The session, which ended at about 1am on Tuesday, was a last ... ( read original story ...)

According to state news agency Xinhua on Sunday ... “Many people think the removal of term limits would mean a tougher battle for Hong Kong to achieve democracy – I agree, but that does not mean we should do nothing,” Lee said. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong Disneyland’s financial performance has not met expectations and the government may renegotiate management fees the park charges it, the city’s commerce minister said on Monday. The resort last week reported a loss of HK$345 million for 2017 ... ( read original story ...)

The man, who lived in the city for almost two decades and holds a Hong Kong identity card, had made plans to ditch his office job and move to Toronto. He had already obtained Canadian citizenship. Hong Kong’s doctors and nurses head for new lives in ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s medical professionals increasingly opted for a life overseas in 2017 as part of the largest exodus of residents in five years, as 24,300 people left the city. The latest emigration figures have exacerbated fears of a brain drain and manpower ... ( read original story ...)

A senior Beijing official said on Friday that calls for “self-determination” were no different from the advocacy of Hong Kong independence, and the recent election bans issued by the city’s officials were totally in line with the law. Li Fei ... ( read original story ...)

TORONTO — The Hong Kong Tourism Board celebrated the Year of the Dog at Susur Lee’s Luckee last night with plenty of good news, like the 58.4 million visitor arrivals in 2017. That includes 370,000 arrivals from Canada. The HKTB is looking to keep up ... ( read original story ...)

During Christian evangelist Billy Graham’s second gospel gathering in the city in 1975, about 220,000 people flooded Hong Kong Stadium over the course of the five-day meeting, with tens of thousands of attendees reportedly converting to the faith. ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) (HKSE:0388.HK - News), the city's exchange operator, said on Friday it plans to offer concessions to U.S. and UK-listed companies considering a secondary listing in Hong Kong. The plans are part ... ( read original story ...)

During Christian evangelist Billy Graham’s second gospel gathering in the city in 1975, about 220,000 people flooded Hong Kong Stadium over the course of the five-day meeting, with tens of thousands of attendees converting to the faith. Lawmaker ... ( read original story ...)

The University of Hong Kong has decided not to renew the contract of a surgeon who caused a storm last year by leaving a liver transplant patient with an opened abdomen on the operating table at its teaching hospital to attend to another patient at a ... ( read original story ...)