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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's richest man, Li Ka-shing, announced his retirement as chairman of CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd (HKSE:0001.HK - News) on Friday, bringing to a close a rags-to-riches story that made him a hero in the freewheeling capitalist hub. ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong proposed new laws on Friday punishing mockery of the Chinese national anthem with up to three years in jail, mirroring new penalties in mainland China and raising fresh concerns over the city's promised freedoms. Booing the ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Li Ka-shing’s rise from penniless immigrant in 1940 to billionaire tycoon is the consummate success story in Hong Kong, a city which progressed alongside him from trading outpost to one of the world’s biggest financial centers. ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - As Hong Kong’s judges and senior lawyers paraded in ceremonial wigs and gowns on Jan 8 to mark the start of the legal year, anxieties over China’s growing reach into the city’s vaunted legal system swirled with the wintry winds. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's notoriously expensive housing makes owning an affordable home a pipe dream for many residents. A local architect has proposed a novel idea to help alleviate that problem: building stylish micro-apartments inside giant concrete drainage pipes. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong pro-democracy candidates won back only two of four seats in a crucial byelection in the semiautonomous Chinese region, final results showed Monday. The opposition wasn't able to recapture all its territory, losing some to formidably resourced pro ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong pro-democracy candidates won back only two of four seats in a crucial byelection in the semiautonomous Chinese region, final results showed Monday. The results mean the opposition wasn't able to recapture all its territory, losing some to ... ( read original story ...)

who is now effectively declaring himself an emperor,” 21-year-old student democracy activist Joshua Wong wrote on his Facebook page on Sunday after news of the low turnout broke. Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam voted at a school in the exclusive Peak ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong residents voted Sunday in by-elections that give opposition supporters the chance to recapture lost ground in a contest measuring voters' appetite for democracy in the semiautonomous Chinese city. The vote pitted pro-Beijing loyalists against ... ( read original story ...)

... on Sunday raised alarms in the city's pro-democracy camp while some voters also voiced concerns over Hong Kong's future in the wake of news that Chinese President Xi Jinping could stay in power indefinitely. Only one-third of the city's 2.1 million ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Polling kicked off across Hong Kong in crucial by-elections on Sunday, with opposition democrats urging the city's 2.1 million eligible voters to cast "protest" ballots against perceived meddling from China's Communist Party rulers. ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG – Hong Kong residents voted Sunday in by-elections that give opposition supporters the chance to recapture lost ground in a contest measuring voters' appetite for democracy in the semiautonomous Chinese city. The vote pits pro-Beijing loyalists ... ( read original story ...)

Event manager Samantha Chan was forced to work 36 hours straight at one point without a proper rest – quite a feat even in a city such as Hong Kong where employees put in some of the longest hours in the world. “Life is all about work,” Chan ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong-raised Lamia Sreya Rahman is not yet fluent in Cantonese despite having studied the local dialect for more than a decade. It’s not because she is lazy or anything to do with her Bangladeshi ancestry. Rather, it’s because what she was taught ... ( read original story ...)