a state news agency. And on Tuesday, the national General Administration of Customs revealed that 18 of 154 mainland farms that provide pigs to Hong Kong and Macau had stopped sending their animals ac... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Activists Send More Than 1,000 Cards to Political Prisoners
Rights activists in Hong Kong have launched a mass-mailing of Christmas cards to political prisoners across China this holiday, calling on others to send cards in a bid to let the authorities know the... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Discovery Bay boat owners mourn ‘death of a community’ as they celebrate last Christmas together
Houseboat families affected by the closure of a Hong Kong marina bemoaned “the death of a community” as they held their last Christmas gathering in the place they had long called home. The 29-year-old ... ( read original story ...)
Christmas arrives in Hong Kong, set to be the warmest in 30 years
More than half a million visitors came to Hong Kong ahead of Christmas Eve — striking a three-year high for travellers to the city ahead of the festival, as it bathed in the jovial atmosphere and colo... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong actor Chow Yun-fat vows to donate his entire fortune
24 Dec 2018 15:29 GMT Chow, affectionately nicknamed "Brother Fat" in Hong Kong, has won praise for leading a simple life [File: Vincent Yu/AP] Chow Yun-fat, the Hong Kong star of Crouching Tiger, Hid... ( read original story ...)
Industrial waste in landfills up a fifth as China-bound rubbish piles high in Hong Kong
The amount of industrial waste ending up in Hong Kong’s landfills rose by a fifth last year as mainland China began shutting out waste imports from around the world, the latest official figures show. ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong bodybuilding champ Len Chui out to prove the mighty don’t need meat
Len Chui Hin-chun would not be caught dead chowing down on chicken: the 22-year-old Hong Kong bodybuilder is completely plant-powered, and proud. Last month Chui won the men’s physique category at the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Lost Decade, as Shown by These 12 Global Surveys
To gauge how Hong Kong’s position has evolved, Bloomberg News tallied up 12 international surveys that have been published annually or biannually for at least six years, where number 1 is the best ran... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong gives first online-only insurance license to Sun Life-backed firm
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong has awarded Bowtie Life Insurance, a company backed by Sun Life Financial's Hong Kong unit , the first online-only insurance license under the city's "fast-track" schem... ( read original story ...)
Experts says creepy Hong Kong front page story on Aussie exposes a big problem
When Kevin Carrico returned home to Australia on Monday after spending a week in Hong Kong, his friend sent him a link which blew him away. Clicking through, the Australian academic saw creepy picture... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong university graduates take home less pay than counterparts 30 years ago and one in six ends up in unskilled job, study finds
A degree in Hong Kong can no longer guarantee a decent income, with one in six university graduates taking on low-paid, unskilled work, a study has found. Fresh university graduates are taking home le... ( read original story ...)
Australia-based academic stalked all week in Hong Kong by Chinese state media
But critics say Beijing has been intent on tightening its grip on the city. In October, Hong Kong authorities refused to renew a work visa for the Asia news editor of the Financial Times newspaper Vic... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong tabloid with China links tails visiting US-Australian academic
The front page of Wen Wei Po showing the activities of US-Australian academic Kevin Carrico during his visit to Hong Kong. Photograph: Wen Wei Po When Kevin Carrico landed back in Australia on Monday ... ( read original story ...)
Green group slams Hong Kong’s air quality goals, saying they are too conservative and ‘a numbers game’
Proposals to tighten maximum concentrations of two key pollutants – fine suspended particles and sulphur dioxide – as part of Hong Kong’s new set of “air quality objectives” are too conservative, acco... ( read original story ...)