Hong Kong (AFP) - Two Saudi sisters marooned in Hong Kong have arrived in a safe third country after securing humanitarian visas, their law firm said on Monday, ending a months-long ordeal as they ... ( read original story ...)
Saudi Arabia sisters given humanitarian visa and leave Hong Kong
Rawan, 18, and Reem, 20, arrived at Hong Kong's airport in September in a two-hour stop as ... Rawan said she wanted to study biology and gain a PhD in genetics. Reacting to the news, Lynn Maalouf, ... ( read original story ...)
Canada grants refugee status to some asylum-seekers who hid Edward Snowden in Hong Kong
HONG KONG — Vanessa Rodel was so afraid to believe the news, she asked her lawyer to repeat it, five times. But each time, the message she had longed to hear was exactly the same, and each time ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong home prices rise for first time in 6 months
HONG KONG: Hong Kong private home prices posted their first monthly ... A continued correction could lead to more cases of negative equity on residential mortgage loans, which resurfaced for the first ... ( read original story ...)
Xinyi Energy revives Hong Kong IPO plan
Chinese solar power firm Xinyi Energy Holdings Ltd has decided to pursue an initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange after all, so on Friday it filed a renewed listing application. ( read original story ...)
‘No regrets’: Saudi sisters hope for bright future after Hong Kong
The sisters watched the news of Khashoggi’s death unfold while in hiding in Hong Kong. “I said to my sister, ‘I’m glad we left. This is the country we left’, there is no regret at all,” said the older ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s plan to allow extraditions to mainland China and Taiwan likely to be uneven, scholars say
A plan to allow the transfer of fugitives from Hong Kong to places such as mainland China and Taiwan has been criticised as unfair after scholars pointed out it would not be reciprocal due to legal ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Airlines Launches New Business Class Menu ex-LAX
Hong Kong Airlines has launched a new Business Class menu for customers travelling out of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Designed exclusively by celebrity chef and television personality ... ( read original story ...)
Why is Hong Kong’s MTR hurtling from one disaster to another? Is complacency or corporate structure to blame?
Images of smashed doors, twisted steel poles and shattered glass shocked Hong Kong last Monday, as commuters scrambled to make alternative plans when news broke of a train crash , the first ever on ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong MTR’s troubles are rooted in its identity crisis
MTR worker recounts 48 hours of toil to get derailed train back on track I’ll be frank here: I try to follow the news about how many inquiries ... consulting business advising railways outside Hong ... ( read original story ...)
US warns China meddling in Hong Kong ‘hurting business confidence’
The 1992 US-Hong Kong Policy Act allows Washington to engage with Hong Kong as a non-sovereign entity on trade and economics The United States warned in a report on Friday that increased meddling from ... ( read original story ...)
Restrictions on Hong Kong’s freedoms hurting business confidence: US report
Growing restrictions on Hong Kong’s freedoms are hurting business confidence, the United States warned in a report on Friday, accusing the city’s government of sacrificing human rights to support ... ( read original story ...)
Flight test: Swiss business class, Zurich to Hong Kong
Despite departing 20 minutes late and flying into Hong Kong less than 24 hours after a storm cancelled hundreds of flights, the plane arrives 30 minutes early (11-hour flight time in total) – Swiss ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong reports 20th case of measles infection this year as hundreds of airport workers scramble for vaccine
Hong Kong recorded another measles infection on Sunday, as hundreds of airport workers rushed to take the vaccine over the weekend after at least five infections were linked to the facility. The ... ( read original story ...)