The MTR Corporation’s decision to suspend testing trains for Hong Kong’s new express rail link to mainland China was a “knee-jerk reaction” to a derailment incident and would only lead to bigger problems in the future, former railway boss and ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge ‘scientifically proven to be safe’ says Carrie Lam
Hong Kong’s leader has moved to allay public fears over the structural integrity of the “world class” bridge linking the city to Macau and Zhuhai, calling its stability “scientifically proven”. Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor made her ... ( read original story ...)
India asks Hong Kong to arrest jeweler Nirav Modi in bank fraud
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has asked authorities in Hong Kong to arrest jeweler Nirav Modi, one of the main suspects in a $2-billion fraud at state-run Punjab National Bank (PNBK.NS), the government said, suggesting it believes the fugitive is in the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong fund says Toshiba chip unit worth more than $30 billion
TOKYO (Reuters) - A Hong Kong-based activist investment fund opposed to Toshiba Corp’s (6502.T) sale of its chip unit to a Bain Capital-led group said the deal should be renegotiated at a valuation of 3.3 trillion yen to 4.4 trillion yen ($30 billion-$41 ... ( read original story ...)
Can a young lawmaker’s success spur renewal in Hong Kong’s pro-establishment ranks?
When 38-year-old Vincent Cheng Wing-shun won the Kowloon West seat last month in Hong Kong’s Legislative Council by-election, the pro-establishment camp rejoiced. It was the first time since the city’s return to Chinese rule in 1997 that they had swept ... ( read original story ...)
Why ‘relaxing’ Beijing meetings are a thing of the past for Hong Kong delegates
Hong Kong’s 200 or so advisers to Beijing now have to prove their worth through annual reports of work accomplished, in line with a recent reminder to them that China’s annual “two sessions” of the national legislature and top political advisory ... ( read original story ...)
18+ Central adult-only carnival organisers hoping sex sells Hong Kong to Sevens fans
It is no coincidence Hong Kong’s first adult-only carnival falls on the same weekend as the tourist-laden Hong Kong Sevens, its organisers said on Wednesday. 18+ Central, which features erotic BDSM workshops, pole dancing competitions and Japanese AV ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong eye Asian Games: Natasha Olson-Thorne inspires victory over Kazakhstan but World Series out of reach
The good news is that Hong Kong got better the longer Women’s Sevens World Series Qualifier played out on Thursday. The bad news is that it all came too late to see them play their way through to the second day of the tournament. Hong Kong were overrun ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong must legalise Uber and defuse escalating row with taxi trade
Hong Kong taxi drivers who applied for injunction orders against Occupy Central protesters in 2014 were in the news last month for staging a slow-drive protest in Central against the Uber “invasion”. It is ironic that they who once faulted the Occupy ... ( read original story ...)
Safety concerns over artificial island at mega Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge dismissed
The mainland Chinese authority managing the multibillion-dollar mega bridge linking Hong Kong to Macau and Zhuhai has dismissed mounting safety concerns following the apparent collapse of a structure meant to protect an artificial island along the project ... ( read original story ...)
Why are pro-establishment lawmakers feeling slighted by Hong Kong’s leader?
After raising eyebrows with a HK$30,000 (US$3,800) donation to the city’s largest opposition party at its annual fundraising dinner, there will be more tut-tutting when Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor welcomes five pro-democracy lawmakers to ... ( read original story ...)
Academics’ group criticises Hong Kong government’s ‘political persecution’ of pro-democracy scholar Benny Tai
A group of Hong Kong scholars on Thursday threw their weight behind embattled academic Benny Tai Yiu-ting over his purportedly pro-independence comments, urging the UN to take the incident into consideration when reviewing the city’s freedoms. ( read original story ...)
Parents struggle to find final resting place for Hong Kong’s stillborn children
These women share a common problem: how to properly inter their babies. In Hong Kong, only a fetus miscarried after the 24th week is recognised by the Hospital Authority as a stillbirth. And only a certified stillbirth can be cremated and buried in public ... ( read original story ...)
HONG KONG | World shares slide after US-China trade dispute escalates
HONG KONG |April 4, 2018 (AP)(STL.News) World stock markets slid Wednesday after China announced details of its plans to retaliate against the proposed U.S. tariff hikes, in a escalation of trade tensions between the world’s two biggest economies. ( read original story ...)