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A senior Hong Kong politician has been criticised for taking a taxi to her former residence to collect toilet rolls. Carrie Lam was caught short a few hours after moving out of her government quarters to live as a civilian as part of her election campaign. ( read original story ...)

Run out of toilet paper? Most of us would solve the problem with a quick trip to the shops. But in Hong Kong, politician Carrie Lam took a taxi to her former official residence in the city's exclusive Peak district to fetch more rolls. She shared the ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong actor and singer Andy Lau Tak-wah will need up to nine months to recover from a pelvic injury after he was thrown off a horse during a commercial shoot in Thailand last week. The 55-year-old entertainer and producer has been undergoing treatment ... ( read original story ...)

“We are trying to preserve the historical truth,” said Albert Ho Chun-yan, chairman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, which ran the June 4 museum. He said the alliance was still raising funds to acquire ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong retained its rank as the most expensive housing market among 406 major metropolitan regions in the annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey for the seventh year in a row. The median price of a home in Hong Kong last year was ... ( read original story ...)

London Metal Exchange (LME) Chief Executive Garry Jones is stepping down just over three years after being appointed to run the world's largest and oldest metals market, parent company Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd (HKEX) said on Monday. Jones is ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), The London Metal Exchange (LME) and LME Clear (LMEC) (wholly-owned subsidiaries of HKEX) announced today (Monday) that Garry Jones, the LME's Chief Executive and an executive director of the LME and LMEC ... ( read original story ...)

In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index erased some early gains and added ... Mainland defence stocks added 1.5 percent, after the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday that President Xi Jinping would head a new commission overseeing joint military ... ( read original story ...)

Jan 23 (Reuters) - Hong Kong stocks closed marginally higher on Monday, thanks to support from a solid resource sector. Both the benchmark Hang Seng index and the Hong Kong China Enterprises Index were up 0.1 percent at the close, to 22,898.52 points and ... ( read original story ...)

HONG Kong and Singapore are often pitted against each other as rival international finance and fintech hubs, but analysts say the two cities should be seen as partners - a view fintech companies seem to support too. After a successful launch in Singapore ... ( read original story ...)

Beijing: In a setback to Indian travellers, Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China, has withdrawn the visa-free facility for Indians who will have to complete a pre-arrival registration from Monday. “The Pre-arrival Registration for Indian ... ( read original story ...)

“The problem in Hong Kong is that there is a sense that the admission of alcoholism is not encouraged. Act quickly to end the scourge of underage drinking “There is no awareness of what it means for a young person to have a drinking problem. ( read original story ...)

They are equipped with high-level anti-riot gear, including the newly added pepper balls and paintball guns. Youngspiration and the Hong Kong National Party received a letter from the head of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department on Tuesday and ... ( read original story ...)

Not so, when the city is Hong Kong, and when the Palace Museum, which occupies most of Beijing’s vast Forbidden City, is doing the offering. In December Hong Kong’s chief secretary, Carrie Lam, announced surprise plans to build a branch of the Palace ... ( read original story ...)