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The families who sheltered U.S. fugitive Edward Snowden in Hong Kong need to be brought to Canada immediately while the country processes their asylum claims, their lawyers said Monday. Hong Kong-based attorney Robert Tibbo said Canada needs to take this ... ( read original story ...)

One of the refugees, Vanessa Rodel from the Philippines, who lives in Hong Kong with her five-year-old daughter, broke down over the news of the decision. Another of the refugees, Ajith Pushpakumara from Sri Lanka, told AFP the government had "taken his ... ( read original story ...)

Space-starved Hong Kong is moving ahead with a highly controversial government proposal to use protected country park land for subsidised housing. The not-for-profit Housing Society has been tasked to conduct an 18-month study into the feasibility of ... ( read original story ...)

Death is inevitable but it doesn't have to be bad for the environment. Caskets made of paper and wicker coffins on display at a recent Hong Kong funeral industry trade highlighted a trend toward "green burials" in an industry booming as Asia's population ... ( read original story ...)

Lured by mainland China’s enormous box office, some A-list Hong Kong directors are finding favor with Beijing, while a new generation is committed to free speech and edgier cinema. Throughout the past decade, the financial incentives and political ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong police arrested 13 men and confiscated more than 27,000 photographs and video clips depicting child sex abuse stored on computers and hard disks in a series of raids across the city. The operation was mounted by about 100 officers on Thursday ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG -- Death is inevitable but it doesn't have to be bad for the environment. Caskets made of paper and wicker coffins on display at a recent Hong Kong funeral industry trade highlighted a trend toward “green burials'' in an industry booming as ... ( read original story ...)

May 17 Hong Kong stocks eased on Wednesday but held near 21-month highs ... The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles Next In First Republic News ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG - Asian stock benchmarks skidded lower Thursday following Wall Street's worst day in months as Washington's political chaos made investors more nervous about risky assets and the outlook for U.S. President Donald Trump's business-friendly proposals. ( read original story ...)

With its decayed walls, grotty floors and haunting corridors, Central Market is a far cry from the glitzy skyscrapers in Hong Kong's financial district. Despite being abandoned for more than a decade, the massive compound was the original landmark of ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong authorities have rejected asylum requests from refugees who harbored whistleblower and former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden in 2013. Applications from four adults and three children from Sri Lanka and the Philippines ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong authorities have rejected asylum requests from a group of refugees who sheltered Edward Snowden four years ago, in what their lawyer said is retaliation for helping the former NSA contractor. Immigration officials in the southern Chinese city ... ( read original story ...)

The families who sheltered U.S. fugitive Edward Snowden in Hong Kong need to be brought to Canada immediately while the country processes their asylum claims, their lawyers said Monday. Hong Kong-based attorney Robert Tibbo said Canada needs to take this ... ( read original story ...)

Finally Lam was released and ordered return to Hong Kong to retrieve an electronic database of customers who had purchased banned books from his shop, he said. Lam did not comply. Instead, two days after his release, he held an explosive news conference ... ( read original story ...)