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HONG KONG — Three young Hong Kong activists, including Joshua Wong, are making a last-ditch attempt to overturn prison sentences for their roles in sparking 2014's massive pro-democracy protests in the semiautonomous Chinese city. Lawyers for the three ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG — David Hanson envisions a future in which AI-powered robots evolve to become "super-intelligent genius machines" that might help solve some of mankind's most challenging problems. If only it were as simple as that. The Texas-born former ... ( read original story ...)

But for Hong Kong’s disabled residents, the image is laden with irony. The Lok Ku Road public toilet is surrounded by staircases but no ramps, making it nearly impossible for wheelchair-bound people to get to it. The toilet is among the design oddities ... ( read original story ...)

Travellers from Hong Kong to Guangzhou on the high-speed rail link opening later this year will have to pay HK$260 (US$33) per trip under finalised fares that are much higher than original estimates. The 48-minute journey from the city’s West Kowloon ... ( read original story ...)

The city’s consumer watchdog warned would-be car buyers to be cautious as Hong Kong was revealed to be the one of the worst among many advanced regions in terms of legal protection against harsh terms and conditions for new car warranties. Conditions ... ( read original story ...)

“There have been many, many cases involving travellers who have come off flights landing in Hong Kong and then taken airport buses into the city. Perhaps they feel the threat to their property drops once they are on the ground, but this is now not the ... ( read original story ...)

A Hungarian has won Hong Kong’s first international orchestra conducting competition after three rounds of performances against 15 hopefuls from around the world. Gabor Kali, 35, scored the highest mark from an international jury headed by Yip Wing-sie ... ( read original story ...)

But the life of children in Yuen Long is not always this blissful. The district – one of 18 residential areas in Hong Kong – consistently has the highest number of child abuse cases in the city. Latest available full year figures from 2016 showed that ... ( read original story ...)

A top Beijing envoy in Hong Kong on Sunday said his office would be “working more and closer” on youth development and a range of other issues with the city’s administration. Wang Zhimin, director of the central government’s representative office ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong police arrested a South Korean man on suspicion of murder on Sunday after his wife and seven-year-old son were found dead in a room at the five star Ritz-Carlton hotel. Officers found the bodies after being called to the ... ( read original story ...)

The decision to allow national laws to be enforced in part of Hong Kong’s cross-border express rail terminus was an “act of state” that cannot be challenged by local courts, a Beijing official said on Saturday. Basic Law Committee vice-chairman Zhang ... ( read original story ...)

The warning comes amid reports that the city recorded 10 flu-associated deaths in the first nine days of 2018. Every year Hong Kong is hit by seasonal flu outbreaks, most commonly occurring from January to March and July to August. On top of that ... ( read original story ...)

In a recent interview with the Post, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor revealed that she only gets three to five hours of sleep per night due to her taxing schedule. For many Hongkongers, this is a familiar complaint that is often seen as part ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong authorities should consider allowing more public access to the city’s drainage channels at water level during certain times of the dry season, an international expert has suggested. Dr Nobuyuki Tsuchiya, secretary general of the Asian River ... ( read original story ...)