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Former Hong Kong senior official Patrick Ho Chi-ping, detained in the US on bribery charges, was denied bail after a New York judge ruled that he presented a flight risk. The decision by US federal district judge Katherine Forrest followed an objection by ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong government has been accused of “deliberately misleading the public” by lowballing the number of homes that could be built on an exclusive golf course in Fanling, with debate on the proposal set to restart on Tuesday. The administration has ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong heritage enthusiasts could breathe a sigh of relief on Sunday evening after it was confirmed that the old Wan Chai police station compound would remain largely intact, its historical value undiminished, despite a truck smashing into and ... ( read original story ...)

When Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po drastically slashed a tax break for electric cars last February, evangelists for zero-emissions vehicles in Hong Kong were bewildered. Chan – who chairs a steering committee on the promotion of electric vehicles ... ( read original story ...)

Health officers in Hong Kong have started work on a big data platform which will eventually allow researchers to analyse anonymised medical records. Scholars have said they hoped the platform would mean easier access to information without creating extra ... ( read original story ...)

US electric car maker Tesla is ­prepared to reduce its Hong Kong operations if the government fails to give residents incentives to buy battery-powered cars in its ­upcoming budget, a source close to the company told the Post. The source said Tesla ... ( read original story ...)

For Hong Kong, one of the world’s most intense users, it will require maintaining the quality of water coming out of taps, accounting for leakages in the supply system and investing in more sustainable ways of capturing and reusing water while reducing ... ( read original story ...)

In a Hong Kong public hospital ward, overflowing with flu patients from the intensive care unit, nurses are unable to finish their daily work even if they “skip eating, resting, or going to the toilet”. This was the situation faced by a local nurse who ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong would continue to play a crucial role as China opens up economically, the country’s No 3 ­official said on Saturday, stressing that the central government would never forget the city’s “historic contribution” to the nation’s development. ( read original story ...)

Three Hong Kong activists and the pro-democracy group behind the Umbrella Movement have been nominated for the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize for their role in pushing for reform in the Chinese territory. Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow, as well as the ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong - a former British colony - was handed over to China in ... He had been on bail pending an appeal against another six-month term. Mr Wong told Reuters news agency he hopes the nomination will give his group more power to strike a deal with ... ( read original story ...)

These are external links and will open in a new window Hong Kong police have successfully defused a "severely damaged" World War Two bomb found on a construction site in a busy commercial area. More than 4,000 people were forced to evacuate and streets ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A dozen members of the United States Congress have nominated Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement, and its most prominent student leader, Joshua Wong, for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, a move that is certain to provoke anger from Beijing. ( read original story ...)

Military historian Kwong Chi-man suspects the bomb was dropped 72 years ago by US Navy planes during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, which lasted from January 1942 to August 1945. “It was the biggest bombardment suffered by Hong Kong during the ... ( read original story ...)