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Ex-journalist Chan Hoi Wan, 37, now richest woman in Hong Kong
During her news reporting days, she was well-known for her doggedness ... The athlete spoke for the first time about her romance and wedding plans with former Hong Kong finance secretary Antony Leung, 50. After meeting Joseph Lau through work, Ms Chan ... ( read original story ...)
$500 Hong Kong-Vancouver direct flights on offer in March
Years later, Cheung is just the traveller he hopes to convince to fly direct from Hong Kong to Vancouver on Hong Kong Airlines. Cheung is a regional marketing manager with the airline, which is embarking on an aggressive pricing campaign to establish ... ( read original story ...)
Young Hong Kong composer rises to the challenge
Dubbed “Chinese Music Without Bounds”, the concert on Wednesday featured three composers from mainland China, two from Malaysia and one from Hong Kong, who made it to the finals from an initial 80 entries and 53 in the preliminary round. An ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong trailblazer Chan hopes to inspire other women
HONG KONG: Chan Yuen-ting, the first female coach to lead a men's professional soccer club to a top-flight title, hopes her success with Hong Kong's Eastern will inspire other women to follow their dreams. The 28-year-old turned a childhood crush on former ... ( read original story ...)
Ex showbiz journalist, 38, becomes the richest woman in Hong Kong after her property tycoon husband gives her £5 BILLION
A former journalist has become the richest woman in Hong Kong after her tycoon husband gave her some £5.6 billion (HK$ 54 billion). Chan Hoi-wan, 38, is married to Joseph Lau, 66, a Hong Kong property magnate known for his long list of actress girlfriends ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong chief executive candidates Carrie Lam and John Tsang clash over spectrum of political support
The two arch-rivals took pot shots at each other without meeting face to face at two separate sharing sessions organised by the Beijing-friendly All-China Women’s Federation Hong Kong Delegates Association. Tsang, the former financial secretary and only ... ( read original story ...)
Should Hong Kong books be sold on the mainland? Carrie Lam thinks liaison office can work this out
This, she argued in an interview with the Post, was to enable Hong Kong books to be circulated on the mainland, where the government exercised censorship of published materials. “Truly there are things that we need the liaison office to bridge with ... ( read original story ...)
Ice seizure: Hong Kong national jailed for minimum 18 years over record WA meth haul
A Hong Kong man caught with more than 300 kilograms of methylamphetamine — the largest seizure of the drug in Western Australia — will have to spend at least 18 years behind bars. Yik To Ng, 21, was arrested at a house in suburban Canning Vale in ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong public hospitals struggle to find enough beds to cope with demand
Bed occupancy rates at Tuen Mun Hospital have topped 100 per cent in both medical and paediatric wards as the public health sector struggles to cope during the peak flu season. Secretary for Food and Health Dr Ko Wing-man told lawmakers in a written reply ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong and Guangzhou performers deliver musical message in blending of styles
Hong Kong and Guangzhou musicians will celebrate their common musical source over political differences in an experimental fusion concert aimed at forging a new style of Cantonese music. The “Guangdong Music Assembly”, four young local and four ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leadership hopeful Carrie Lam confident of winning votes from pan-democratic camp
Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, the only candidate in Hong Kong’s leadership race without any support from pan-democrats, has expressed confidence that she will attract some votes from the camp in the secret ballot. She also appeared unruffled about the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong rebel lawmakers fight parliament ban
HONG KONG: Four rebel Hong Kong lawmakers were in court on Wednesday (Mar 1) to fight a government bid to disqualify them from parliament, a move criticised as an attack on democracy under pressure from Beijing. Hong Kong's unpopular leader Leung Chun-ying ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leadership hopefuls Carrie Lam and John Tsang accept police protection, but Woo Kwok-hing says no to bodyguards
Elite police officers from the VIP Protection Unit – previously known as G4 – will provide protection for chief executive hopefuls Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor and John Tsang Chun-wah throughout the leadership race, the Post has learned. But their rival ... ( read original story ...)