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Classes will resume at Hong Kong schools according to original schedules for kindergarten and primary school pupils, the food and health minister said on Friday, as local paediatricians credited early closures for helping to mitigate a flu outbreak that ... ( read original story ...)

Meituan-Dianping, a Chinese online platform for ordering food and booking movies, and Toutiao, a Chinese news aggregator, are other mega IPOs coming in the next 24 months. In December, when Hong Kong announced its proposed marketplace changes ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A group of Hong Kong lawyers expressed concern on Wednesday over a court decision allowing low-ranking government officials to vet election candidates in the Chinese-ruled city which they said amounted to “political screening”. ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong’s High Court on Tuesday ruled in favor of barring a pro-independence activist from standing in an election, saying it is “fundamental” for lawmakers to accept the city as an inalienable part of China. The former ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s biggest banks are increasingly locking mortgage rates to lure customers from upstart rivals in the world’s least affordable housing market, where borrowing costs are soon expected to rise. HSBC Holdings Plc and BOC Hong Kong (Holdings ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong health officials could introduce flu vaccines intended for the southern hemisphere in light of the city’s flu vaccine shortage this year, with private doctors saying they had no more of the immunity-fighting substance for their patients. ( read original story ...)

Raging tempers flared against the driver behind the wheel of a Hong Kong bus moments after a deadly crash that killed 19 people at the weekend, according to an eyewitness. Speaking on a radio programme on Monday, a passenger surnamed Yau recalled how he ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s Lunar New Year fireworks set for this Saturday have been called off out of respect for the victims of the city’s deadliest traffic accident in more than a decade, as the driver was on Monday night charged with causing death by dangerous ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong is set to reap a bumper budget surplus this year as experts warn of a structural surplus problem, with HK$120 billion already in the bag and the final figure likely to be just shy of HK$160 billion by the end of March, according to figures ... ( read original story ...)

The recent election ban on young Hong Kong activist Agnes Chow Ting is no different from “naked political screening of a pro-democracy candidate”, the city’s former No 2 official said on Sunday as she urged the international community to speak out ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG -- A double-decker bus lost control and crashed in a Hong ... Multiple passengers interviewed by the TVB and Cable TV news channels said the bus was speeding. The passengers were not identified by name. The South China Morning Post newspaper ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG --A double-decker bus crashed in a Hong Kong suburb on ... the crash and offer financial assistance to the families of each victim, Reuters news agency reports. Photos and videos published by local media or posted by users on social media showed ... ( read original story ...)

The safety of Hong Kong’s notoriously crowded waterways has also remained under scrutiny since 39 people were killed when a high-speed ferry and a pleasure boat crashed in 2012. /cbb Don't miss out on the latest news and information. ( read original story ...)

Multiple passengers interviewed by the TVB and Cable TV news channels said the bus was speeding. The passengers were not identified by name. Firemen work at the scene of a bus crash in Hong Kong, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. A double-decker bus crashed in a ... ( read original story ...)