HONG KONG (AP) — African park rangers urged Hong Kong lawmakers to approve a ban on ivory sales but warned that giving in to traders' demands for compensation would fuel more elephant poaching. Lawmakers and officials heard public submissions from the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Airlines and Virgin Australia to Launch Codeshare Partnership
HONG KONG, June 6, 2017 /CNW/ -- Hong Kong Airlines and Virgin Australia today announced that they will form a codeshare partnership* that will provide customers with connectivity to 11 destinations across the flight networks of both airlines. The ... ( read original story ...)
African rangers urge Hong Kong lawmakers to approve ivory ban
HONG KONG - African park rangers urged Hong Kong lawmakers to approve a ban on ivory sales but warned that giving in to traders' demands for compensation would fuel more elephant poaching. Lawmakers and officials heard public submissions from the rangers ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader vows further action after transport chief admits he was kept in dark on mega bridge scandal
Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying promised on Tuesday to look into communication issues within the government a day after his transport minister admitted he had been kept in the dark for nearly a year about problems with a multibillion-dollar mega ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong transport chief ‘not told for nearly a year’ about mega bridge scandal
Hong Kong’s transport minister has revealed that he was not informed for almost a year about irregularities in a multibillion-dollar bridge project, only finding out from graft-busters last month. At a Legislative Council transport panel meeting on ... ( read original story ...)
Thousands in Hong Kong mark 28 year anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown
While mainland Chinese are only dimly aware of what happened at Tiananmen Square nearly three decades ago, the subject is openly discussed in Taiwan, a self-governing island, and Hong Kong, a special Chinese region with much autonomy and legally entrenched ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong vigil: Tens of thousands pack Victoria Park for Tiananmen Square anniversary
Hong Kong, a former British colony that returned to Chinese rule ... Fact Check returns to ABC audiences today across all ABC news platforms, bringing clarity and insight to the opposing claims of politicians, lobby groups, and public office holders ... ( read original story ...)
Radical Hong Kong lawmaker’s undisclosed fee severely hurt public trust in Legco, court told
A veteran pan-democratic lawmaker was on Monday accused of severely undermining public confidence in the Hong Kong legislature by deliberately concealing his receipt of HK$250,000 from a media tycoon. Opening their case at the District Court, prosecutors ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong marks 28 years since bloody Tiananmen crackdown
Thousands of Hong Kongers are expected at a candlelight vigil Sunday for victims of the Chinese government's brutal military crackdown nearly three decades ago on protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. The evening gathering in downtown Victoria Park is ... ( read original story ...)
Famine to feast for Hong Kong food truck organisers, as they cash in at Dragon Boat Festival
The struggling Hong Kong food truck industry may have finally found a winning recipe with operators saying they are doing brisk business at this weekend’s Dragon Boat Festival Carnival in Central. For the first time since the restaurants on wheels rolled ... ( read original story ...)
Tears of joy as Hong Kong’s primary school places announced, despite low success rate
The fight for places in Hong Kong’s most coveted primary schools was once again fiercely competitive this year, with parents taking their children to more interviews in a bid to secure the spot of their choice. While parents who did manage to land their ... ( read original story ...)
Meet the Hong Kong-Australian comedian making fun of Chinese mums, MTR train drivers and Wellcome supermarket workers
The former consultant, whose mother is former Hong Kong model Maria Quinlan (Shu Ling Ling) and father is acclaimed Australian composer Noel Quinlan, recently supported British stand-up comedian Russell Howard for a show at Baptist University. As a self ... ( read original story ...)
A hardcore Hong Kong hike: A new experience in a city known for eating and shopping
You didn’t know Hong Kong had this to offer, did you? Look at this gorgeous view. (Photo: Wei Du) Now for the climb down. First, the good news. Take the trail on your left, it’s gentler than the way up. Now for the bad news. It’s gentler but not by much. ( read original story ...
Sleepless in Hong Kong … on fridges and in toilets: worst places city’s domestic helpers have called a bed
Under Hong Kong’s labour rules, domestic helpers must live with their employer, who must in turn provide them with free, suitable accommodation with “reasonable privacy”. Sleeping on make-do beds along corridors, or sharing a room with the opposite ... ( read original story ...)