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Hong Kong’s contentious protection framework for foreign domestic workers is being reviewed by Jakarta officials before it is decided if Indonesians are allowed to continue working in the sector here, according to a top diplomat. Indonesian Consul ... ( read original story ...)

The first Hong Kong Maritime Industry Week was launched today to promote Hong Kong as a preferred base for maritime business. The event is organised by the Maritime & Port Board, which hopes the people can learn more about the sector’s contribution to ... ( read original story ...)

In a rain-affected affair, a brisk half-century by Babar Hayat and a consolidated bowling effort helped Hong Kong win its second ICC World Cricket League Championship match against Kenya by 39 runs via the Duckworth-Lewis method in Nairobi on Sunday ... ( read original story ...)

NAIROBI - Captain Babar Hayat scored a superb quick-fire half-century against Kenya to drag Hong Kong to a 39-run victory in their World Cricket League match in Nairobi on Sunday. Coming in as third man, Hayat survived several dropped catches as he pushed ... ( read original story ...)

Scores of Hong Kong-listed firms are on a roadshow blitz in China to whet the appetite of mainland investors ahead of the launch of a cross-border investment link between Shenzhen and Hong Kong. The link, which is likely to go live in "a few more days ... ( read original story ...)

Reference is made to the announcements of the Corporation dated March 16, 2016, April 28, 2016, May 16, 2016, June 22, 2016, July 4, 2016，September 1, 2016, October 24, 2016 and October 31, 2016 (all Hong Kong time) (collectively, the ... ( read original story ...)

China and Hong Kong have not specified when the link would open, but the head of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd (HKSE:0388.HK - News) said on Friday it would go live "in a few more days". The link would allow Chinese investors access to about 100 ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG – Hong Kong and Chile have signed a bilateral investment agreement on the sidelines of an Asian-Pacific summit in Peru. The Hong Kong government said Saturday that the deal provides for investment disputes to be settled under internationally ... ( read original story ...)

A flamboyant Hong Kong tycoon has placed full-page adverts in local media to announce that he has separated from a girlfriend. Joseph Lau is the 65th richest man in the world with a net worth of $12.6 billion (£10 billion), according to Forbes. ( read original story ...)

A Hong Kong court has disqualified two pro-independence politicians from taking office, ruling their oath of allegiance invalid in a judgment in step with Beijing, which last week intervened in the city's legal system. Hong Kong judge says the court's ... ( read original story ...)

In 1997, when Britain turned over Hong Kong to China, everyone agreed the change would leave Hong Kong with a “high degree of autonomy.” It would keep its own legal system as well as freedom of speech and religion. Under the Basic Law, passed by ... ( read original story ...)

But the president accepted her second oath. Lau, a lecturer and an advocate for Hong Kong self-determination, is among 13 pan-democratic and localist lawmakers being sued by citizens for adding words or using props when taking oaths last month. Their ... ( read original story ...)

A citywide police hunt for a sex ­offender is under way after two girls aged eight and 11 were indecently assaulted in two separate incidents in Sau Mau Ping over the past two weeks. The suspect is thought to be aged between 30 and 40, thinly built and ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG — Facebook rumors force a well-known politician to publish ... Well before last week’s American election threw Facebook’s status as a digital-era news source into the spotlight, leaders, advocacy groups and minorities worldwide have ... ( read original story ...)