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The culling of key phrases from a history textbook and a push to instil Chinese national identity in students has raised fresh concerns that education in Hong Kong is under pressure from Beijing, as it seeks to stamp out any hint of pro-independence sentiment. ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong Observatory downgraded its typhoon signal to No 1 on Friday afternoon as rain warnings were cancelled with Tropical Storm Ewiniar moving away from the city. The storm had triggered the No 3 typhoon signal at 12.40pm on Thursday, and the next ... ( read original story ...)

With an ROE of 19.22%, Winson Holdings Hong Kong Limited (SEHK:8421) outpaced its own industry which delivered a less exciting 8.43% over the past year. On the surface, this looks fantastic since we know that 8421 has made large profits from little equity ... ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong Observatory lowered the rainstorm warning signal to amber at 12.30pm on Friday, just one hour after it issued the red signal. The change means the heavy rain is easing or expected to ease all over the city. Observatory senior scientific ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong democracy activist ­Joshua Wong Chi-fung was “dragged” into a police car and handcuffed without warning last year during a protest ahead of the city’s annual anti-government rally on July 1, a court heard ­on Thursday. On the morning of ... ( read original story ...)

A research outfit at Hong Kong’s Education University is declaring war on what could be the next big global environmental and public health concern: chemicals that can wreak havoc with the hormones of animals and humans. The unit, to be admitted to a ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s railway operator has singled out a subcontractor as the likely culprit behind the corner-cutting scandal which hit its HK$97.1 billion Sha Tin-Central rail link, just a day after claiming it did not know who did the shoddy work found on its ... ( read original story ...)

Pro-democracy lawmakers will not be able to affect the progress of a bill on a controversial joint checkpoint at Hong Kong’s express rail terminus, a pro-establishment camp leader has said. The second reading of the co-location bill began at the ... ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong Observatory issued typhoon signal No 3 at 12.40pm on Thursday – the first strong wind warning since last October – as tropical storm Ewiniar strengthened. With mean wind speeds of 41km/h to 62km/h expected, the forecaster advised the ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Tencent Holdings is working with China’s authorities for its popular WeChat app to replace travel documents on border crossings between Hong Kong and China, the technology giant said on Wednesday. Tencent demonstrated its proposed ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s “persistent weakness in research and development” has left it lagging on a list of places best prepared for technological change in the next five years, a new report has said. A report published by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU ... ( read original story ...)

One of Hong Kong's top "celebrity tutors", who rose to prominence by promising exam success to under-pressure students, has been charged by the city's anti-corruption bureau for leaking questions from public university entrance papers. Cut-throat ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG – Organizers of a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong marking the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown are set to use slogans calling for the "end to one-party dictatorship" despite warnings from pro-Beijing forces of potential ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s railway operator is expected to discuss the idea of building public housing when developing property atop its stations with the government, in what would be a first for the city as it seeks to provide more affordable flats. Multiple sources ... ( read original story ...)