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Hong Kong boasts glittering skyscrapers ... According to the Chinese state news agency Xinhua, the plan stated that the imports of 24 types of solid waste, including plastic waste, unsorted paper waste, crude textile waste and vanadium slag waste would ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong lawmakers gave final approval on Wednesday to a government proposal banning local ivory trading in the Chinese territory by 2021. Lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in favor of amending the existing law to outlaw sales of ivory in ... ( read original story ...)

The Vatican has defended itself after a senior cardinal accused it of "selling out" to Beijing. Cardinal Joseph Zen of Hong Kong had criticised the Vatican for its attempts at diplomacy with China's government. He accused the Church of forcing bishops to ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s largest youth NGO has asked the government to hit the reset button on video games and recognise the pastime as a sport after a survey revealed 80 per cent of young people had no interest in pursuing the potential multibillion-dollar industry ... ( read original story ...)

Glass towers bristling on Hong Kong's skyline may be its most recognisable feature but the sight of yachts from the prestigious Volvo Ocean Race in its harbours shows the island metropolis is reasserting its maritime heritage. Hong Kong's debut as a host ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s leader on Tuesday rejected foreign interference in the city’s internal affairs and denied coming under any pressure from Beijing to bar Agnes Chow Ting from running in the March legislative by-election as the European Union criticised the ... ( read original story ...)

broke the news of Wright’s passing on the group’s Facebook page on Tuesday. Law, who first visited Wright in London in 2012, recalled how the former director of public works continued to keep an eye on Hong Kong affairs even though he had been retired ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s freshly appointed justice minister should have withdrawn ... arbitration work were mentioned two weeks ago in the Global Arbitration Review, a news website read by arbitrators around the world. “News spread quickly,” he said. ( read original story ...)

"China resolutely opposes any foreign government, organisation or individual interfering in Hong Kong's affairs," she told a daily news briefing. The United States firmly supports Hong Kong's respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, said a ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - The European Union on Tuesday criticised the ... in mainland China that include an independent judiciary but not a fully democratic vote. News of the disqualification sparked a protest by 2,000 people in the Asian financial hub ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A group of Hong Kong lawyers on Monday condemned a ban on a democracy activist by the territory's government to prevent her from contesting a by-election, describing it as the suppression of free expression and a curb on voting. ( read original story ...)

Pro-democracy groups took to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday to protest the government's decision to disqualify a prominent activist from legislative elections in March. Agnes Chow, 21, was seeking to become Hong Kong's youngest council member ever ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s opposition politicians are hoping to turn a setback to their advantage and harvest more votes from supporters outraged by the banning of pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow Ting from running in the coming Legislative Council by-election. ( read original story ...)

Legal professionals, including a top adviser to Hong Kong’s leader, see no grounds for electoral authorities to ban any more candidates from running in the coming Legislative Council by-election after pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow Ting was ... ( read original story ...)