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The American player, who lost in the first round at Wuhan and Beijing, withdrew from Hong Kong, which takes place this week, due to a left knee problem. 3 Elina Svitolina accepted a wild card. The Ukrainian player must win Beijing title to be No. 1 next ... ( read original story ...)

Nepal is only a few days away from facing Hong Kong in must-win matches to keep the participation in ICC World Cup Qualifiers hopes alive. Nepal is set to play two matches at the relatively high-scoring ground of Mong Kok. Some problems were addressed at ... ( read original story ...)

Katherine Ip from Hong Kong of China returns the ball during the singles qualifying first round match against Jacqueline Cako of the United States at 2017 WTA Hong Kong Tennis Open in Hong Kong, south China, Oct. 7, 2017. Katherine Ip lost 0-2. ( read original story ...)

The bodies of 12 Chinese have been pulled out of their capsized fishing boat after it collided with a Hong Kong oil tanker in the Sea of Japan, the Japanese coastguard said on Friday. The two vessels collided 400km north of the Oki Islands in the Sea of ... ( read original story ...)

Three points on Tuesday at Hong Kong National Stadium could take Malaysia up to second spot in the group, a spot that would be enough in UAE two years time. Darren Lok is a late bloomer in the context of the sport but at 26 years of age, the forward ... ( read original story ...

Hong Kong’s struggling tourism industry is about to get a comprehensive development plan, aimed at creating new attractions and offering better protection for tourists, according to commerce minister Edward Yau Tang-wah. Yau gave no details of the plan, ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s football authority has appealed to local fans not to boo the Chinese national anthem at a match against Malaysia next week, but admitted it expected some to do so. The appeal came after boos were heard for March of the Volunteers when the ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s private sector rebounded to record a slight growth in September, according to a key economic indicator, although businesses retained a pessimistic outlook for the year ahead. Analysts expect the city to be on track for an economic growth of 3 ... ( read original story ...)

A group of Hong Kong football fans have booed their national anthem - which the territory shares with mainland China - during a friendly match with Laos. Fans jeered and raised their middle fingers as the anthem played ahead of the game, which Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)

Arnault Castel, who owns a small business in Hong Kong, already has plans for the money he will save from a tax cut that the city’s leader is expected to announce next week. Castel owns seven lifestyle stores in the city under the Kapok brand ... ( read original story ...)

Eventually I thought bitcoin is going to change the world and I have to go do it so I got on a plane to Hong Kong.” Two years later, Harrap established his start-up, Bitspark. The remittance payment company accepts fiat currency such as Hong Kong dollars ... ( read original story ...)

Photos never published before offer a unique glimpse of life in Hong Kong in the 1950s. They show a city that was in much less of a hurry than it is today. ( read original story ...)

Genting Hong Kong, a part of Genting Group, has received a green light from the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (SGX-ST) for its proposed voluntary delisting from the Main Board of the SGX-ST. Genting Hong Kong has a primary listing on the ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong police were on Thursday investigating a string of threatening letters sent to staff and contributors at an online news outlet, one of which was sent to the website’s co-founder’s family. The letter was posted to the family of Tom Grundy ... ( read original story ...)