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Embattled Labor senator Sam Dastyari attempted to pressure Deputy Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek to abandon a meeting with a pro-democracy activist opposed to Beijing's interference in Hong Kong, according to multiple sources who say the 2015 ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong, China - Mocking China's national anthem in this semi-autonomous territory will soon be punishable by three years imprisonment following new legislation drafted by Beijing. While the law must still be finalised, football fans have made a stand at ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG — A judge put off sentencing Thursday for young Hong Kong democracy leader Joshua Wong in a contempt case stemming from 2014 protests in the semiautonomous Chinese city. The 21-year-old Wong, who was out on bail while he appeals a prison ... ( read original story ...)

The time has come for the Hong Kong government to launch a housing scheme for the elderly to deal with a rapidly ageing middle-class population, the city’s surveyors have said. The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors proposed that officials begin requiring ... ( read original story ...)

Border guards in Hong Kong have seized more than HK$100 million worth of precious metals being smuggled in and out of the city at border checkpoints this year, more than doubling the amount seized in the whole of last year. Officials have attributed the ... ( read original story ...)

Chang Tieh-chih, also former chief editor of Hong Kong’s popular lifestyle and cultural monthly City Magazine, broke the news on Wednesday afternoon with a message on his Twitter account: “Finally, I was denied entry at the Hong Kong airport.” ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG – Hong Kong's young democracy leader Joshua Wong faces a possible new prison sentence in a case stemming from 2014 protests in the semiautonomous Chinese city. He's among a group of activists awaiting sentencing Thursday afternoon following ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong has slipped to third place in an international reading literacy ranking, after being overtaken by Russia and Singapore. In the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2016, released this week, the city was ranked third ... ( read original story ...)

These are external links and will open in a new window An Indonesian domestic worker in Hong Kong has been charged with publishing child pornography after streaming a video of her employer's children naked. The 17-minute clip showed a girl and two boys ... ( read original story ...)

High-level Chinese reading skills among Hong Kong pupils have got worse, while more basic skills have improved, a new international literacy study has found. Experts believed the drop in standards in skills such as interpreting, integrating, and evaluating ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong has slipped to third place in an international reading literacy ranking, after being overtaken by Russia and Singapore. Academics involved in the research warned of the effects of the city’s pupils plateauing in their performance. They urged ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong’s premium office space has topped the charts as the world’s most expensive for the second consecutive year, outpacing prices in No. 2 Midtown New York by 66 percent, according to property consultancy JLL. Offices at the ... ( read original story ...)

Showing pictures or videos of naked children showering is “not a big problem” in Indonesia, the country’s top envoy in Hong Kong said, blaming “cultural difference” for the arrest of an Indonesian domestic worker who live-streamed footage of her ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG—Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne says Johnson Electric will invest more than $350 million in new equipment and capacity in Ontario, which she says is expected to create 326 new jobs. Wynne, who is on a trade mission to China and Vietnam ... ( read original story ...)