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While mainland Chinese are only dimly aware of what happened at Tiananmen Square nearly three decades ago, the subject is openly discussed in Taiwan, a self-governing island, and Hong Kong, a special Chinese region with much autonomy and legally entrenched ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong, a former British colony that returned to Chinese rule ... Fact Check returns to ABC audiences today across all ABC news platforms, bringing clarity and insight to the opposing claims of politicians, lobby groups, and public office holders ... ( read original story ...)

A veteran pan-democratic lawmaker was on Monday accused of severely undermining public confidence in the Hong Kong legislature by deliberately concealing his receipt of HK$250,000 from a media tycoon. Opening their case at the District Court, prosecutors ... ( read original story ...)

Thousands of Hong Kongers are expected at a candlelight vigil Sunday for victims of the Chinese government's brutal military crackdown nearly three decades ago on protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. The evening gathering in downtown Victoria Park is ... ( read original story ...)

The struggling Hong Kong food truck industry may have finally found a winning recipe with operators saying they are doing brisk business at this weekend’s Dragon Boat Festival Carnival in Central. For the first time since the restaurants on wheels rolled ... ( read original story ...)

The fight for places in Hong Kong’s most coveted primary schools was once again fiercely competitive this year, with parents taking their children to more interviews in a bid to secure the spot of their choice. While parents who did manage to land their ... ( read original story ...)

The former consultant, whose mother is former Hong Kong model Maria Quinlan (Shu Ling Ling) and father is acclaimed Australian composer Noel Quinlan, recently supported British stand-up comedian Russell Howard for a show at Baptist University. As a self ... ( read original story ...)

You didn’t know Hong Kong had this to offer, did you? Look at this gorgeous view. (Photo: Wei Du) Now for the climb down. First, the good news. Take the trail on your left, it’s gentler than the way up. Now for the bad news. It’s gentler but not by much. ( read original story ...

Under Hong Kong’s labour rules, domestic helpers must live with their employer, who must in turn provide them with free, suitable accommodation with “reasonable privacy”. Sleeping on make-do beds along corridors, or sharing a room with the opposite ... ( read original story ...)

On May 31, the Hong Kong Education Bureau issued a circular to local schools regarding new secondary education curriculum guidelines. Among the revisions was the inclusion of a new requirement for all schools to provide 39 hours of Basic Law education at ... ( read original story ...)

An unemployed Hong Kong man on Friday became the first person to plead guilty to a rioting charge over violent clashes between protesters and police in Mong Kok last year. Ng Ting-kai admitted to taking part in the riot, during which he threw bricks three ... ( read original story ...)

Born in Taishan, Guangdong province, Wong came to Hong Kong on a steam train at the age of nine. Wong joined the scouts, which he said had made him a caring and committed person. In 1989, he learned from the news that Beijing students were trying to root ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s outgoing leader Leung Chun-ying appealed to pan-democrats on Thursday to stop their filibustering as the legislature still had a backlog of items to debate, including at least two major funding requests, before it adjourns for the summer ... ( read original story ...)

Tsang and his “tank” drew a lot of attention as they moved from North Point to Xinhua’s headquarters in Happy Valley – China’s then de facto embassy in Hong Kong – with his fellow protesters. The now 61-year-old activist is one of the leading ... ( read original story ...)