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Hong Kong police launched a fresh crackdown Tuesday on Uber, arresting 21 drivers suspected of working for the ride-hailing giant in the Asian financial centre. It's the latest regulatory headache for Uber, which already is fighting a similar case in Hong ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong police launched a fresh crackdown Tuesday on Uber, arresting 21 drivers suspected of working for the ride-hailing giant in the Asian financial center. It's the latest regulatory headache for Uber, which already is fighting a similar case in Hong ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG Hong Kong police on Tuesday arrested 21 Uber drivers for illegal car-hiring as part of an ongoing clamp down against Uber Technologies Inc's operations in the Asian financial city. The arrests marked the latest upset for the San Francisco-based ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying should testify before the legislature if he wants to argue his case over cash he took from an Australian company, said the head of the committee looking into the payments. Paul Tse Wai-chun, chairman of the Legislative ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific Airways said Monday it's laying off nearly 600 staff at its headquarters as it faces rising competition from rival carriers and tough business conditions. The airline said it plans to axe about 190 managers, or a quarter of ... ( read original story ...)

The plight of the low-paid in Hong Kong has been laid bare by the Latte Index – a new indicator developed by an academic that measures how many cups of coffee the lowest paid can afford to buy. Professor Paul Yip Siu-fai, of the University of Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)

About 50 per cent of Hong Kong parents and adult children living under a single roof clash at least once a week, a survey by a family care group has found, with issues such as allowance, division of household chores, and lack of privacy among the main reasons. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying fired yet another broadside at an opposition lawmaker on Sunday, saying that Kenneth Leung’s role in a probe into the UGL saga involving his financial dealings was “an example of how Hong Kong’s politics have ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s incoming leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor revealed her softer side in a rare interview aired on Sunday, advising parents to value time spent with their children, while recalling her marriage on December 19, 1984 – the same day as the ... ( read original story ...)

A record turnout of more than 17,600 visitors, 3.5 per cent more than the previous year, attended Entrepreneur Day on 19-20 May at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). Organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), the two ... ( read original story ...)

The plane took off at 1.49 AM with 244 passengers on board from Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad and was scheduled to land at Hong Kong airport at 9.40 AM. The twin engine Airbus A330-300 plane, however, returned to the airport after a bird ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway (MTR) is quite rightly regarded as one of the best in the world. On an average weekday it moves more than 5.5 million passengers, with a punctuality rate of 99.9% - a figure most Australian rail users can only dream of. ( read original story ...)

PEARL RIVER ESTUARY, CHINA – As a 30-km (19-mile) bridge between Hong Kong and China across the Pearl River estuary nears completion, Chinese officials are hoping it will bring more than economic integration at a time of growing tension between the two ... ( read original story ...)

As the construction sector looks to turn a positive corner in Asia, Hong Kong looks at ways to reduce industry costs ... (c) 1998-2017 Iranian Students' News Agency - ISNA Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (Syndigate.info)., source Middle East & North ... ( read original story ...)