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Hong Kong’s government has announced the first sale of commercial land in the city’s central business district in more than 20 years. The site, currently used as a multi-story car park in Murray Road, Central, is about 31,000 square feet. The plot is ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG -- Hong Kong on Friday confirmed its second human case of bird flu this season, days after an elderly man died of the virus. A 70-year-old man, who had travelled to the Chinese cities of Shenzhen and Zhongshan earlier in December, tested positive ... ( read original story ...)

Regina Ip wants to become Hong Kong's most powerful politician - and she's not shy about it. The BBC's Helier Cheung profiles the straight-talking "Iron Lady" as part of a series on the Asian women likely to make the news in 2017. Her uncompromising stance ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong occupies less than 1 per cent of Chinese waters but “disproportionally” accounts for more than a quarter of the 22,629 marine species recorded in the country, according to the latest scientific study. Scientists at the Swire Institute of ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG — With a daily schedule that includes catwalks, commercials and acting lessons, 58-year-old Regina Chan appears to lead a glamorous life. "It's a rewarding job, not in terms of monetary rewards, but to me it's ... fulfilling," she says of her job. ( read original story ...)

Dec 29 Hong Kong stocks edged up on Thursday ... Next In Banking and Financial News ( read original story ...)

As a professor specializing in science, technology and innovation studies, I remind my students to maintain a balanced view of innovation, particularly as it occurs in Hong Kong. While some of the news about innovation in Hong Kong is less than inspiring ... ( read original story ...)

Four-legged "assistants" can be found perched in certain shops across Hong Kong, keeping a nonchalant eye on business while the city does its non-stop bustle past their storefronts. Their presence has inspired Dutch photographer Marcel Heijnen to make them ... ( read original story ...)

Over 100 police officers have been mobilised in a continuing manhunt for two men suspected to have robbed hikers, the police said on Wednesday. The two men, who spoke Putonghua, were believed to have committed the robberies along Eagle’s Nest nature ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong stocks rose from a five-month low as they traded for the first time this week, with advances by energy shares outweighing losses from property companies and casino operators. The Hang Seng Index added 0.4 percent to 21,653.46 at 1:45 p.m. local time. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong food safety officials have placed a temporary suspension on the import of poultry meat and products from three more regions – in mainland China, Japan and Poland following the detection of bird flu strains in these areas. The import ban by the ... ( read original story ...)

Two ousted pro-independence Hong Kong lawmakers on Wednesday announced they were making a final bid to overturn a controversial Beijing-linked ban preventing them from taking up their seats in parliament. Yau Wai-ching and Baggio Leung were elected in ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) announced it will implement the Volatility Control Mechanism (VCM) in its derivatives market on 16 January 2017. The rollout was deferred on 13 November 2016 when a technical issue was identified during the ... ( read original story ...)

Beijing has already warned about independence activists in both places linking up - Hong Kong activists have visited Taiwan this year - and went further at a routine news conference by China's policy-making Taiwan Affairs Office. "A small coterie of Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)