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HONG KONG (Reuters) - A former rising star in Hong Kong’s radical youth opposition was sentenced to 6 years in jail on Monday for rioting and assaulting the police, one of the city’s harshest sentences against a democracy activist in recent years. ( read original story ...)

Chinese President Xi Jinping warned in a speech last year marking 20 years since the city became a semi-autonomous region of China that any activities in Hong Kong seen as threatening China's sovereignty and stability would be "absolutely impermissible." ( read original story ...)

A public consultation on land supply in Hong Kong has been labelled “useless” by participants who said it failed to address key concerns, such as whether it would result in more affordable housing. Others questioned whether their opinions would make a ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation, one of the most profitable rail firms in the world, has become embroiled in a series of scandals, with one issue after another piling pressure on management. In the past few weeks, several pieces of bad news, some still ... ( read original story ...)

Seizures of Ecstasy in Hong Kong have jumped more than 60 times to about 30,000 tablets in the first four months of this year on foreign nationals’ demand, law enforcement officials said. Amid the spike, ‘US President Donald Trump-shaped’ Ecstasy ... ( read original story ...)

When the Hong Kong crime drama Trivisa hit the city’s big screens it ... Take this scene: it’s a rainy day in 1997, news footage plays in the background – with mentions of the Sino-British Joint Declaration and the pledge of 50 years unchanged ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s former financial chief John Tsang Chun-wah on Saturday took a dig at politicians of all stripes – including the pro-democracy camp which supported him in last year’s chief executive race – accusing them of causing “deep and ... ( read original story ...)

Playing mahjong and betting on horse racing, two hugely popular but often maligned intellectual pastimes in Hong Kong, could help to decrease the risk of dementia in the elderly, the latest research in the city has confirmed. Seniors have always been ... ( read original story ...)

Fortin was surprised when Huntley called him from Hong Kong to share the news. Huntley told him that in Hong Kong songs don’t usually stay at the top for long since people usually “listen to it once and they won’t listen to it again.” ( read original story ...)

following news on Tuesday of the death of celebrity romance novelist Eunice Lam Yin-nei. Born in Shanghai on December 7, 1918, and originally named Liu Tongyi, Liu Yichang first came to Hong Kong in 1948 and settled down in the city with his wife Lo Pai ... ( read original story ...)

Visit a typical Chinese restaurant in Hong Kong and amid the hubbub there will be tables groaning under the weight of meat dishes – but you’ll be hard pressed to find more than the odd plate of vegetables around. That is because the main course in ... ( read original story ...)

A senior Hong Kong inspector was arrested on Friday on suspicion of stealing 670,000 yuan (US$104,800) from a police station and replacing it with fake banknotes. The officer, 41, is an assistant subdivisional commander at Ta Kwu Ling police station. ( read original story ...)

An off-duty Hong Kong policeman was arrested on Wednesday for indecently assaulting two girls he had met online, in a case suspected to involve compensated dating. In such arrangements, one party pays the other to go on a “date”, often involving sex. ( read original story ...)

After months of unhappiness over a shortage of the HPV vaccine Gardasil 9 in Hong Kong, a group of women took their protests to the offices of the drug’s maker in Causeway Bay on Friday. Wearing face masks and carrying two large banners, about 20 ... ( read original story ...)