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HONG KONG -- A British banker accused of the grisly 2014 killings of two Indonesian women pleaded not guilty when he went on trial Monday in Hong Kong, in a case expected to highlight the Asian financial hub's inequality and privileged lifestyle of its ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG -- A British banker was using cocaine when he killed two Indonesian women by slitting their throats and then used his phone to film himself talking about it, a Hong Kong prosecutor said as a trial for the 2014 killings opened Monday. The banker ... ( read original story ...)

A British banker accused of murdering two Indonesian women in Hong Kong has pleaded not guilty on grounds of diminished ... but guilty to manslaughter," Mr Jutting said according to AFP news agency, entering his plea for the first time in the city's ... ( read original story ...)

It was the second week in a row that Chan had used his official blog to respond to critics of the land supply policy ahead of the expected release for public consultation this week of a government report on Hong Kong’s long-term development blueprint ... ( read original story ...)

The decades-old debate about whether Hong Kong exercises separation of powers has been unleashed again, following the government’s unprecedented move to ask a court to disqualify two democratically elected localist lawmakers. Some say the three words are ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s chief secretary defended the government’s decision to file a legal challenge against the ruling of the Legislative Council president to allow two localist lawmakers to retake their oaths, saying the administration was justified in doing so ... ( read original story ...)

But spare a thought for the real hard-workers. We’re talking, of course, about the cats of Hong Kong. Every day, these hard-working felines wake up, stroll out of their little cat baskets, and get stuck in to a hard day working up front in their shop. ( read original story ...)

The Social Welfare Department was aware that a controversial nursing home for the mentally disabled had falsely declared its level of manpower before a series of mysterious deaths and cases of alleged sexual abuse came to light, the department’s director ... ( read original story ...)

Racenet has secured the services of two of the best Hong Kong form analysts to assist in finding you a winner, quinella, trifecta or quaddie - whatever tickles your fancy. So whose tips are these? The Sheik - Vern Rhodes goes by the pen name "The Sheik of ... ( read original story ...)

Nothing gets between this man and his newspaper. Not even severe flooding. Hong Kong has been hit with extreme weather this week, with residents facing two typhoons, flooding and even a black rainstorm. But the man was unfazed as he sat in a Starbucks in ... ( read original story ...)

Those visiting Hong Kong on Oct. 27 to 30 may want to consider visiting its annual culinary festival that is held at the Central Harbourfront Event Space. The Hong Kong Wine and Dine Festival 2016 is said to host more than 410 wine and food stalls ... ( read original story ...)

Bunker operations at Hong Kong were halted Friday with the Hong Kong Observatory -- a government department responsible for monitoring weather -- raising the No 8 storm warning at 6:10 am local time Friday (1010 GMT) on the approach of Typhoon Haima. ( read original story ...)

The observatory issued a Number 8 storm signal Friday -- the third-highest warning level. The usually frenetic streets of Hong Kong were deserted on Friday as the city was battered by Typhoon Haima after the storm left a trail of deaths and damage in the ... ( read original story ...)

New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Bill English cancelled a meeting with two senior Hong Kong democracy supporters this week on advice from his foreign office, he said on Friday, underscoring a delicate relationship with Communist Party-ruled China. ( read original story ...)