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Ai Weiwei, the Chinese dissident artist, has launched an attack on eroding freedoms in Hong Kong after he was refused a bank account at HSBC in the former British colony. The burly artist, who is a constant thorn in the side of Beijing’s Communist Party ... ( read original story ...)

The boy, surnamed Ho, escaped from Hong Kong Student Aid Society’s Island Hostel at Shek Pik, where he had lived for the past six months. His mother alerted Lantau police that day and said her son might have headed towards the Kwai Fong area, Langham ... ( read original story ...)

OUR TURN. Marcus Elliott's scorching second quarter helped Hong Kong withstand his third quarter ejection. Game 2 wasn’t going to be like Game 1 of the 2016-2017 Asean Basketball League Finals. Josh Boone, Marcus Elliott, and, in the endgame, the Hong ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong should expand the types of listed structured products to maintain the competitiveness as a world-leading listed structured products marketplace, the Financial Services Development Council (FSDC) of the Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean and Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying reaffirmed the longstanding friendship between Singapore and Hong Kong, said Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in a media statement on Tuesday (Apr 18). ( read original story ...)

It’s a seven-minute walk down the road from the nearest MTR station to reach Hong Kong’s most expensive site since the 1997 handover in the government’s recent land sale. In February the rectangular stretch of land measuring 126,595 sq ft was sold to ... ( read original story ...)

This statement was originally published on globalvoices.org on 10 April 2017. Satirical news show, China Uncensored, says that the Apple TV app store has blocked users from accessing it not only in mainland China, but also in Hong Kong and Taiwan. ( read original story ...)

"But when they do — you kind of [take a step] back and go, 'wow.' " Chan is a television actress, appearing regularly on one of the biggest stations in Hong Kong. But fame is never something she anticipated. Rather, it's the byproduct of a childhood ... ( read original story ...)

WWF-Hong Kong is launching a trial scheme with local fisheries representatives to use more sturdy crates made of cheap, lightweight corrugated plastic that does less ecological harm than foam. Pollution from foam boxes used by the fisheries sector has long ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong police have arrested two men from mainland China suspected of carrying out a series of burglaries in the city. The pair, aged 25 and 27, were intercepted outside 397 Clear Water Bay Road, Sai Kung, at around 7.30am on Sunday during an operation c ... ( read original story ...)

Take the 268 steps to reach the tip of the lotus flower where the Tian Tan Buddha sits. Photo / 123RF Hong Kong is a crowded, busy place, but there is a way to escape the city, visit a giant Buddha and feel like you're nearly floating in the clouds. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s gender imbalance and societal pressure on women to get married are among factors being blamed for a rise in online dating scam cases, which have increased fourfold in the city in just three years. Last year, 114 cases of online dating fraud ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s barking deer are still dying and being injured in the same concrete-lined catchwater drain that the South China Morning Post revealed was harming the animals two years ago. The concrete structure between Tong Fuk and Shek Pik on Lantau Island ... ( read original story ...)

A customs officer and his wife are suing Apple Daily for more than HK$45 million over what they claim was an “offensive portrayal” of them in a story about a confrontation at a Tin Shui Wai park. In a writ filed at the High Court on Wednesday, Taiga ... ( read original story ...)