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HONG KONG: A growing independence campaign in Hong Kong is a terrible mistake that undermines the Chinese-ruled city's push for democracy and serves merely to provoke Beijing, Chris Patten, the last governor of the former British colony, said on Friday. ( read original story ...)

After Republican senators introduced legislation last week that would target Chinese interference in Hong Kong, questions linger as to whether Donald Trump’s hands-off foreign policy approach will go along with such measures – or if his anti-China ... ( read original story ...)

Nine armoured military vehicles, along with components and accessories, have been confiscated by Hong Kong customs in a routine inspection at the Kwai Chung terminal, marking one of the biggest seizure of strategic commodities in two decades. Preliminary ... ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong Construction Association has urged lawmakers not to indulge in time-wasting but to focus on scrutinising proposals for public works projects worth HK$90 billion in the coming year. It warned of job losses and pay cuts if projects were delayed ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG – Two Hong Kong separatist lawmakers are attending a hearing at the city's High Court to appeal a court judgment that disqualified them from taking office. Sixtus Leung Chung-hang and Yau Wai-ching from the Youngspiration Party had altered ... ( read original story ...)

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[NEWS OF THE DAY: Donald Trump Posts a YouTube Video to Talk About His First 100 Days] Work on the 10.9 billion Hong Kong dollar ($1.4 billion) expansion is scheduled to run from 2018 to 2023. Hong Kong is striving to improve its competitiveness as an ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's Disneyland is set to undergo a $1.4billion expansion that includes the company's first themed areas based on the movie Frozen and Marvel superhero characters. The Hong Kong government, which owns a controlling stake in the resort, said Tuesday ... ( read original story ...)

The Walt Disney Co. and Hong Kong are launching a $1.4billion expansion of the southern Chinese city's Disneyland resort that includes the company's first themed areas based on the movie 'Frozen' and Marvel superhero characters. The Hong Kong government ... ( read original story ...)

A passenger jet heading from London Heathrow to Hong Kong made an emergency landing in Siberia amid fears a fire had broken out inside the plane. The Cathay Pacific flight, carrying 214 passengers and 18 crew, diverted to Novosibirsk in north eastern ... ( read original story ...)

More than 24,000 public housing flats have been “inaccessible” to ­inspectors since a maintenance scheme began 10 years ago, the Audit Commission found. As of March, the Total Maintenance Scheme introduced by the Housing Department to check on the ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong: Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, Ajay Jayaram and HS Prannoy entered the second round of the $350,000 Hong Kong Open Superseries here on Wednesday. While 2016 Olympic silver medallist Sindhu eased past Susanto Yulia Yosephin of ... ( read original story ...)

Police are making a public appeal to assist in the search for a 17-year-old Nepalese girl who went missing after arriving in Hong Kong from the United Kingdom last week. Gurung Chitra, who is a Hong Kong permanent identity card holder but lives with her ... ( read original story ...)

While few have embraced the calls for Hong Kong independence, Beijing routinely lashes out at any position seen as challenging the ruling Communist Party's absolute authority. Xi has not publicly commented on the controversy and the official Xinhua News ... ( read original story ...)