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Hong Kong student leaders on Friday refused to condemn a poster taunting the city’s education undersecretary, whose son committed suicide, saying the people behind the message were exercising their freedom of speech. The stance taken by the student ... ( read original story ...)

The greenback’s slide is proving too much for even the pegged Hong Kong dollar, which is heading for its biggest two-day gain against the U.S. currency since January 2016. Hong Kong’s dollar jumped 0.07 percent to HK$7.8080 against its U.S. counterpart ... ( read original story ...)

A Maritimer living in Hong Kong recently got a taste of home after a Cape Breton radio station went the extra mile to make a special delivery to a loyal listener. Glace Bay native Carolyn Andrews has been teaching in Hong Kong for more than 20 years but ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG, Sept. 8, 2017 /CNW/ -- Hong Kong Airlines, an internationally acclaimed Skytrax four-star full-service airline firmly rooted in Hong Kong, is the new title sponsor of the Hong Kong Airlines Million Challenge and will partner for the next three ... ( read original story ...)

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is developing a new and cheaper screening method to detect Alzheimer’s disease through blood and eye imaging that could be more accessible for elderly sufferers in Hong Kong. Scientists behind the study are ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - For anyone digging into Hong Kong’s history, the official archives might not be the place to look. The office of the chief executive, Hong Kong’s leader, failed to hand over any official records at all for eight of the 20 years ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong is on the verge of seeing its economy surpassed in size by the former fishing village Shenzhen, a role reversal long foreshadowed by China’s massive supply of cheap labor and subsidized capital. Shenzhen -- less than 20 miles north of central ... ( read original story ...)

The CNR broadcast includes news, culture and lifestyle programming mostly in Mandarin -- the language most commonly spoken in mainland China. Only some of its content is in Cantonese, which is the dominant language of Hong Kong, leading to criticism that ... ( read original story ...)

Whether you buy into the building barrage of media babble inviting us to believe that the world is teetering on the brink of nuclear Armageddon, one thing is clear, the Korean war of words and warheads – the only casualty of which so far appears to be ... ( read original story ...)

The former minister in charge of mainland affairs in Hong Kong, Raymond Tam Chi-yuen, has announced plans to run for a seat in China’s top legislature, saying he hopes to help improve ties between the city and Beijing. Tam said he had been encouraged to ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's public broadcaster has dropped a 24-hour BBC's World Service radio channel, and replaced it with Chinese state radio. The Chinese station broadcasts mostly in Mandarin, not the city's main Cantonese dialect. The BBC service has been broadcast ... ( read original story ...)

A BBC World Service channel has been dropped from Hong Kong's airwaves and replaced with state radio from China. It comes amid growing tension between Hong Kong and Beijing's ruling Communist Party leaders over the future of the region. A petition has ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong and Singapore are seeking to snare a bigger share of the $540 trillion global derivatives business, taking advantage of tough new UK and European banking rules and uncertainty created by Britain’s plans to leave the ... ( read original story ...)

Hundreds of foreign domestic workers marched through Hong Kong on Sunday afternoon to demand a 27.6 per cent pay rise and an end to what they called slave-like conditions. About 600 turned out despite the less than favourable weather for the 1km procession ... ( read original story ...)