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The Hong Kong government has not received word from Beijing that it is intervening in the oath-taking row to disqualify two pro-independence lawmakers despite such a move being widely reported in the media, the chief executive’s lawyers told the High ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG Hong Kong will raise stamp duties on property transactions ... "We expect the measure to have an immediate and effective cooling impact," Financial Secretary John Tsang told a news conference. First time local home buyers will be exempt from ... ( read original story ...)

Beijing plans to intervene in a Hong Kong political standoff over two young, newly elected separatist lawmakers, in a rare move that is stoking fears the Chinese-ruled city's considerable autonomy and independent judiciary will be undermined. Hong Kong's ... ( read original story ...)

China’s National People’s Congress will interpret city’s ‘Basic Law’ to decide if two young pro-democracy lawmakers can be sworn into legislature China could ban two young pro-democracy lawmakers from taking up their places in Hong Kong’s ... ( read original story ...)

SHANGHAI: Hong Kong stocks closed at a 2-1/2-month low on Friday, as worries over the upcoming US presidential election continued to keep investors on edge. The Hang Seng index fell 0.2 per cent, to 22,642.62, while the China Enterprises Index gained 0.1 ... ( read original story ...)

When is an oath an oath, and when is a law the law? Right now, in Hong Kong, even such seemingly straightforward questions are subject to heated debate. There's been three weeks of chaos in Hong Kong's legislative council (LegCo), the territory's ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong Customs believes it has broken up a newly established cross-border smuggling ring following the arrest of eight people and the seizure of nearly 10,000 mobile phones with an estimated street value of HK$28 million. On Wednesday morning ... ( read original story ...)

JAKARTA, Indonesia – The Hong Kong trial of a British stock trader who murdered two ... They heard the trial had started from reporters and some online news reports. The family is also grappling with the future of Ningsih's son, now 7. ( read original story ...)

A range of new sexual offences proposed by the Law Reform Commission on Tuesday seeks to improve the protection of children and mentally impaired victims, with jurisdiction beyond Hong Kong shores. The 186-page consultation paper with 41 recommendations ... ( read original story ...)

A backlog of suspicious financial transactions in Hong Kong’s banking industry was named as the reason for a dramatic upsurge in reports of money laundering and terrorist financing. The Joint Financial Intelligence Unit (JFIU), a 50-member outfit ... ( read original story ...)

The 31-year-old has shed a huge amount of weight in the two years he has been held on remand in Hong Kong. Two years ago he appeared bloated, unshaven and bleary eyed after being arrested for allegedly torturing two young sex workers to death. In the weeks ... ( read original story ...)

The retired judge running for the city’s top political office has laid out his position on Hong Kong’s independence, declaring that Hongkongers are free to discuss the issue but should not organise activities pushing for it as that would violate the ... ( read original story ...)

... as a joint sponsor of an initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2009. “If it does take action, there may be financial consequences,” Standard Chartered said in a news release. The bank did not provide further information on ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG Hong Kong's leader has signalled he might ask Beijing to use a rarely-invoke power to interpret the city's Basic Law mini-constitution to end a political crisis over a fledgling independence movement. Any such move will spark fears for Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)