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BEIJING/HONG KONG A controversial interpretation by China's parliament of Hong Kong's mini-constitution that effectively bars pro-independence lawmakers from taking office, showed Beijing's resolve to prevent secession, a Chinese leader said on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)

All three candidates vying for Hong Kong’s top job will face off in series of debates over the final weeks leading up to the city’s chief executive election. Former financial secretary John Tsang Chun-wah, former chief secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet ... ( read original story ...)

Beijing’s top official overseeing foreign affairs urged Hong Kong to play a more active role in the country’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative during a meeting with the Hong Kong delegates to the national legislature on Tuesday morning. Yang Jiechi ... ( read original story ...)

Vancouver will be first North American destination for the young but rapidly expanding Hong Kong Airlines. In an interview with the Georgia Straight at Sun Sui Wah Seafood Restaurant, commercial assistant director Wayne Wang explained that his company ... ( read original story ...)

I am confused. Is Leung Chun-ying the chief executive or not? Well, he is and he isn’t. It depends on what political points need to be scored. To opposition lawmakers, he is just a Beijing lapdog who won the top job with just 689 votes. And since they ... ( read original story ...)

China’s third most powerful leader said on Monday that Beijing had the right to “step in” to Hong Kong’s leadership contest, according to local politicians who met him, in remarks fueling fears of meddling from Communist Party leaders. The comments ... ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong SAR Government attaches great importance to enhancing the well-being of women in Hong Kong. A few figures are worth remembering: Of the Hong Kong’s current population of 7.3 million, if you take away 350,000 foreign domestic helpers ... ( read original story ...)

Pressure is mounting on the Hong Kong government to reveal its planned arrangement for setting up a joint immigration facility at the West Kowloon terminus of the HK$84.4 billion express rail link to Guangzhou. The issue is controversial as mainland ... ( read original story ...)

The city’s leading specialist doctor training institution wants to increase its standing on Hong Kong’s Medical Council in order to strengthen its role of monitoring medical standards. Dr Luk Hung-to, the representative of the Academy of Medicine on a ... ( read original story ...)

Dozens of residents have called on the government to tighten regulations and standards for electromagnetic radiation, claiming to be adversely affected by such radiation from rooftop telecommunications transmitters. Pastor Mike Liu Yik-yung was shocked ... ( read original story ...)

JOAO Moreira has claimed yet another record, riding eight winners from 10 rides at Sha Tin. The previous Hong Kong record was six in a day, a feat achieved by Brett Prebble, Douglas Whye and twice by Moreira. Known as the Magic Man, Moreira has set new ... ( read original story ...)

More than 90 per cent of respondents to the recent survey backed the alliance’s position and supported the use of gas at the event, saying it stayed true to Hong Kong’s traditional street hawker culture and flavours – a culture that thrived in the 1980s. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong leadership candidates Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor and Woo Kwok-hing crossed swords during the first public debate of the election race on Sunday, taking aim at each other’s policy platforms and governing styles. But popular underdog John Tsang ... ( read original story ...)

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has for the first time publicly denounced the notion of Hong Kong independence in his annual work report, warning that the movement would “lead nowhere”. While Beijing’s firm rejection of such separatist sentiments is well ... ( read original story ...)