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China on Monday approved the resignations of two of Hong Kong's top officials, including its financial ... the city's chief secretary, the official Xinhua news agency said. The former British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997, and its next leader ... ( read original story ...)

A Turkish cargo plane flying from Hong Kong has crashed in Kyrgyzstan ... show fire and smoke rising from the rubble of destroyed buildings. One witness told AFP news agency: "The plane crashed into the houses. It killed entire families. ( read original story ...)

A Turkish cargo plane from Hong Kong has crashed in Kyrgyzstan, killing at least 32 people, most of them on the ground, say officials. The Boeing 747 crashed into homes near Manas airport, about 25km (15 miles) north of the capital, Bishkek, the Kyrgyz ... ( read original story ...)

“And I really do not want to send her to a care home as I do not want her to feel useless and abandoned.” The demand for Hong Kong’s long-term nursing facilities had been on the rise amid an aging population and is projected to double from about ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong will need to build close to 50 care homes for the elderly each year in the future unless it acts now to cut demand by providing more community care, a social welfare expert has warned. Dr Law Chi-kwong, an associate professor at the University of ... ( read original story ...)

The 71-year-old Hong Kong airline is under pressure to combat aggressive state-supported mainland carriers, and to position itself against an "open skies" deal signed last month between China and Australia. Cathay scrapped its second-half profit forecast ... ( read original story ...)

Polls commissioned by medical sector lawmaker Dr Pierre Chan showed resounding opposition to controversial government reforms making it easier for foreign doctors to practice in Hong Kong. Between November last year and this month, the general public ... ( read original story ...)

“We are definitely not here to be kingmakers,” Tai, a legal scholar at the University of Hong Kong, said. “We just hope that all Hongkongers can participate in such an important event.” The chief executive race heated up last week after Chief ... ( read original story ...)

Alliance of Ex-mentally Ill of Hong Kong vice-director Philip Wong Man-lip said it was not uncommon for patients with mental illness to be the subject of harassment, and medical staff might not take their complaints seriously due to their illness. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s aspiring female chefs should not be put off by the industry’s unsociable hours, the heavy physical labour on the job, and the sexism which often abounds in the kitchen, some of the city’s leading female chefs have said. The trio of chefs ... ( read original story ...)

The appointment came at a turbulent time for Hong Kong’s tourism industry, with visitor numbers falling and the launch of another Disneyland, in Shanghai, in June. Ocean Park reported a HK$241 million deficit for the last fiscal year, with visitor ... ( read original story ...)

UPDATE: AN Australian under-23 soccer tour of Hong Kong later this month has been shelved after A-League clubs refused to release players. The tournament was labeled “mickey mouse” by Adelaide United chairman Greg Griffin, while Western Sydney coach ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong has a long and rich history as a former British colony and the gateway to mainland China, but markers of this heritage have been rapidly disappearing. While the revitalisation of the old Tai Po police station – built by the British in 1899 as ... ( read original story ...)

A new Chinese-language website pledging to provide Hong Kong with "independent, accurate and fair" news is the latest journalism venture to open in the city, in an attempt to counter increasing Chinese control of the media. Citizen News was launched ... ( read original story ...)