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Hong Kong’s largest franchised bus operator said on Wednesday it planned to launch its highly anticipated HK$800 monthly pass early next year for all passengers. The Transport Department approved KMB’s application for the offering last month and was ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong has been a top breeding ground for job recruitment fraud as thousands of Filipino domestic helpers in the city have been trafficked to countries like Russia, Brazil and Turkey for bogus jobs, a senior Philippine official told the Post on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)

A former top Hong Kong judge said on Wednesday he did “not see any threat to judicial independence” amid concerns in the city and abroad regarding the jailing of three prominent political activists in the city. Former Court of Final Appeal judge Henry ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s taxi operators are set to embrace the era of the hybrid with the arrival of four energy-saving, next-generation Toyota taxis that now await the government’s importation approval. A spokesman for Crown Motors Ltd, the sole distributor of ... ( read original story ...)

Two key mainland Chinese officials overseeing Hong Kong affairs have assured the city’s largest group of barristers that Beijing has not tightened the “one country, two systems” policy in light of two highly contentious political issues. They urged ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hundreds of Hong Kong soccer fans booed and jeered the Chinese national anthem at an Asia Cup qualifier match on Tuesday in defiance of Communist Party rulers in Beijing, while others turned their backs. The booing of the anthem ... ( read original story ...)

They wanted to know if Clark’s government would intervene in the market to reduce prices, according to documents obtained by Postmedia News show. The internal Ministry ... and corporations in China and Hong Kong. The 477 pages of notes highlight a ... ( read original story ...)

I think one of the things we have to understand in Hong Kong society is that both of these topics are taboos,” she said. Siu said the group, with a new round of funding from Operation Santa Claus, planned to reach out to more young people in need. ( read original story ...)

If you think it's only Hong Kong's asset markets that are increasingly turning Chinese, you haven't been paying attention to the city's banking industry. The 86 percent first-day gain in shares of Tencent Holdings Ltd.-backed China Literature Ltd. last ... ( read original story ...)

Saudi Aramco is still studying the international venue for its IPO, but the chief of the Hong Kong stock market is certain that the Saudi oil giant will be attracted to list shares on the Asian bourse because of the chances to draw more Chinese capital ... ( read original story ...)

To view the Multimedia News Release, please click ... with the aim of turning it into the new icon of Hong Kong by maximizing the geographic advantages of Harbour City to allow the public to enjoy the harbour views from different angles. ( read original story ...)

At least 45 of Hong Kong’s drab, concrete-edged rivers, now void of any life or greenery, could get new leases of life after being shortlisted for possible revitalisation. Four of these – Tai Wai Nullah, Tuen Mun River, Jordan Valley Nullah in Kwun ... ( read original story ...)

Local gamers could represent Hong Kong against other international e-sports teams as early ... Taiwan’s Taipei Times and United Daily News reported that the island’s Legislative Yuan on Tuesday voted to include e-sports as an official sports category ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong signed long-awaited free trade agreements on Sunday with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which means the city’s businesses will enjoy lower tariffs, less restrictions and better protection in 10 countries in the region in the years ... ( read original story ...)