Category: NEWS

A new song released by the Hong Kong government to mark the 20th anniversary of the handover has been subjected to merciless mockery by music lovers, who branded it “fake” and “scary”. Hong Kong Our Home, which is just one minute long yet ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong - A Hong Kong lawmaker was arrested Wednesday for "desecrating" the Chinese and Hong Kong flags by turning them upside down in parliament, in charges he said were designed to suppress anti-Beijing sentiment. Cheng Chung-tai upended small China ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong police have seized a haul of fake euro notes with a face value of more than HK$16 million in a five-star Tsim Sha Tsui hotel. A 39-year-old employee at the Intercontinental Grand Stanford on Mody Road contacted police at 10.39am on Tuesday after ... ( read original story ...)

A new species of crab smaller than a thumbnail has been discovered in Hong Kong. The micro crustacean has been named Haberma Tingkok after the city's Tingkok area, which is thought to be the crab's only habitat in the world. Different than other ... ( read original story ...)

The movie, which takes place on the eve of the Hong Kong's 1997 handover from Britain, also took home awards for best director and best actor on Sunday evening. News sites in mainland China downplayed their coverage, which Hong Kong media speculated was ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong crime film Trivisa – which is banned in mainland China – scooped the Best Film award at the 36th Hong Kong Film Awards, the city’s answer to the Oscars. It took a total of five awards on Sunday night – the largest number among all ... ( read original story ...)

Yeung Ka-lun, 32, was pictured in news footage torching a taxi during the February 2016 unrest, which tapped into fears that Beijing is tightening its grip on Hong Kong. During clashes dubbed the "fishball revolution", police fired warning shots in the air ... ( read original story ...)

Where to play The good news is, you don't need to be part of a Hong Kong family to get in on the action. Dim Sum Library-- a new restaurant in the Admiralty District's Pacific Place Mall, near Central -- provides a contemporary atmosphere with cocktails ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's homegrown property companies are being edged out of their own market and are looking overseas to do business. Local developer David Chiu, chairman of Far East Consortium International (HKSE:0035.HK - News), said he had become increasingly ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong Tramways has suspended an internal programme aimed at improving on-road tram efficiency following Thursday’s accident, which left 14 injured. An internal Hong Kong Tramways’ (HKT) notice, obtained by Apple Daily, explained that tram journeys ... ( read original story ...)

Australia have finished top of their pool at the Hong Kong Sevens campaign, winning all three of their pool matches. They began things with a narrow 22-19 win over Samoa before thrashing South Korea 52-0 and pipping England 12-10. Fit as a fiddle ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (AP) — Fiji beat rival New Zealand 17-14 Saturday to stay on course to win the Hong Kong Sevens for a third straight year. The Olympic champions were facing the possibility of failing to make it out of the preliminary stage after being held to ... ( read original story ...)

When I arrived, the station was transitioning from the old BBC style – including news reading, which I also used to do. It had become outdated. There was, I feel, an initiative to gear Radio 4 more towards the modern Hong Kong audience, away from its ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s post-war workforce is fast becoming a distant memory as some industries decline and rapid technological development means manual jobs which dominated the labour market for decades become obsolete. The job of miner is just one which has been ... ( read original story ...)