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A group of 40 angry Hong Kong Airlines passengers who were left stranded by a snowstorm in northern Japan for days have called for improved consumer rights for air passengers, after they rejected a “grossly inadequate” compensation offer. Air ... ( read original story ...)

He looks for what lies hidden through his camera lens to reveal the soul of the city. Through his short film Focus Hong Kong he hopes more people can appreciate the large and heterogeneous collection of underlying messages so that they can better ... ( read original story ...)

Cathay Pacific will return 1,600 passengers to Hong Kong in the early hours of Boxing Day. Three further rescue flights will pick up more passengers between December 26 and 27. In anticipation of the weather deteriorating in the Hokkaido region ... ( read original story ...)

Lee Ho-ching first sang Christmas carols and danced at the Christmas Marshmallow Charity Sale. Undeterred by the strong winds of December, the five year old then busily went about collecting donations from passers-by for the Salvation Army. “I have sold ... ( read original story ...)

75 years ago today the battle of Hong Kong ended with Canadian troops involved in the fight surrendering to Japanese forces. They would be interred in brutal prisoner of war camps. Jules Knox reports. ( read original story ...)

A people smuggling syndicate that provided a “one-stop service” to Vietnamese nationals seeking illegal entry to Hong Kong for work has been smashed by city and mainland Chinese authorities, with its two leaders sentenced to 24 and 32 months ... ( read original story ...)

Each family member plays a different role in her care. Guide dogs are specially trained to lead the visually impaired. In Hong Kong, guide dog supply has long been dependent on foreign donation. Hong Kong Seeing Eye Dog Services is committed to sustaining ... ( read original story ...)

The daughter of a Hong Kong bookseller being detained by Chinese authorities says she does not feel safe in Britain and fears she is being monitored. Angela Gui, a swede who is a student at the University of Warwick, said she had begun to feel “nervous ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong police have made an arrest after a hunt for a man with a brown poodle in connection with the murder of a 49-year-old man who was knifed to death in Wong Tai Sin on Thursday. The 53-year-old suspect was arrested on Friday evening and is in custody ... ( read original story ...)

A man with a brown poodle is wanted by police over the murder of a 49-year-old man, who died after a knife attack on Thursday evening in Wong Tai Sin. Police said the victim was on his way home at about 7pm on Thursday when he ran into the man, who is in ... ( read ...

A subsequent search on social media found Lam to be her boyfriend. Acting principal magistrate Cheang Kei-hong adjourned the case to February 17 for police to conduct further investigations. ( read original story ...)

Yuan is a way off parity on foreign exchange markets In a sign of how far confidence in China’s currency has fallen, 7-Eleven stores in Hong Kong are valuing the Chinese currency at par with the city’s dollar. Just three years ago, one yuan fetched 1 ... ( read original story ...)

Meeting in Beijing's Zhongnanhai leadership compound, Xi told Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying that the central government fully affirms Leung's work, state news agency Xinhua said. "The central government staunchly supports the government of the ... ( read original story ...)

“The measures will send a very strong signal to the international community on Hong Kong’s ­determination to curb illicit trade in ivory,” environment minister Wong Kam-sing said on Thursday. All possession licences to trade legal ivory stocks ... ( read original story ...)