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Dozens of pugs and dachshunds, compensating for their lack of speed with dogged determination, took part in Hong Kong's inaugural "doggie dash" on Sunday to raise funds for abandoned and rescued canines. Dog-lovers packed a leafy and quiet area in the ... ( read original story ...)

It is Hong Kong’s responsibility to safeguard national security, two mainland Chinese officials in the city have said as they hit out at local activists for “colluding with external forces” and challenging China’s sovereignty. The remarks from the ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's monetary authority spent HK$9.96 billion (US$1.27 billion) to prop up the city's currency last week, but while the move is no cause for alarm, people should not expect the low-interest rate environment in the city to last forever, according to ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong is the “only city in the world without national security legislation”, Beijing’s top official in the former British colony said on Sunday while warning of threats to sovereignty as pro-independence activists link up with anti-China forces ... ( read original story ...)

The Muslim community in Hong Kong has so far amassed about HK$300,000 (US$38,200) in a drive to build a mosque project that has been held up for over a decade. With donations “coming in” daily, according to United Muslim Association of Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, Taiwan — For decades under British rule and after its handover to China, Hong Kong was a bastion of free speech in the Chinese-speaking world. International media and rights groups established their headquarters there, and it served as a haven ... ( read original story ...)

A hearing in the United States for former Hong Kong senior government official Patrick Ho Chi-ping has been postponed by more than six weeks as per a request filed by his lawyers and prosecuting attorneys. The pre-trial hearing initially scheduled for ... ( read original story ...)

A Hong Kong hiker died after collapsing in warm weather near the Shing Mun Reservoir at midday on Saturday. The 71-year-old, surnamed Cheung, was walking along stage seven of the MacLehose Trail with friends when he fainted close to Needle Hill and the ... ( read original story ...)

New Delhi, April 12 : India has requested Hong Kong to arrest fugitive jeweller Nirav Modi and is awaiting for a response from the authorities there, a senior official said here on Thursday. Hong Kong [China], Apr. 11 : The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on ... ( read original story ...)

In his commentary, the writer notes that Hong Kong's traditional role is fading as the mainland opens up. HONG KONG (CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Hong Kong is no longer China's gateway to the rest of the world. This statement is not a negative comment ... ( read original story ...)

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte took Hong Kong by complete surprise on Thursday, making a full public apology for the Manila bus hostage crisis that left nine people dead nearly eight years ago. On his second visit to the city in 10 months ... ( read original story ...)

Balladares also said she was not pleased with the news about the deployment of Filipino domestic ... Some 203,600 domestic workers from the Philippines are employed in Hong Kong. Balladares also said workers in Hong Kong were against the recall of the ... ( read original story ...)

Filipino migrant workers and members of local human rights groups will take to Hong Kong’s streets on Thursday to protest the three-day visit of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Duterte is also expected to receive a petition from student activists ... ( read original story ...)

The head of a Hong Kong journalists’ group has slammed the “rude” behaviour of two male spectators who kissed a female TV news reporter without consent during a live telecast of the Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament on Sunday. This came in addition t ... ( read original story ...)