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Hong Kong and Shenzhen signed a deal on Tuesday to jointly develop the Lok Ma Chau Loop into an ­innovation and technology park, settling a long-running ­dispute over ownership of the border site to get moving on a mega project slated to offer ... ( read original story ...)

A major fund set up a year ago to generate higher investment returns for government fiscal reserves might not have performed as well as hoped in its first 12 months due to lower-than-expected yields and low interest rates, Hong Kong’s top financial ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's former leader Donald Tsang, who ended his term in disgrace after accepting favours from tycoons, pleaded not guilty to bribery charges on Tuesday at his high-profile corruption trial. Mr Tsang, 72, held the leadership post of chief executive ... ( read original story ...)

John Moore is one of the most accomplished trainers in Hong Kong history. He has been leading trainer 6 times and was the first trainer to accumulate more than 1,400 wins in Hong Kong. John’s main specialty is selecting horses in training and he makes ... ( read original story ...)

Former Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang has denied charges of bribery related to a luxury penthouse in the Chinese city of Shenzhen. The 72-year-old pleaded not guilty to one count of "chief executive accepting an advantage" and another of misconduct in ... ( read original story ...)

I think most of us know the answer to that question. Deep down, we also know the outcry over a Hong Kong version of the Palace Museum at the WKCD is fuelled not by the government bypassing a public consultation, but that it is being gifted by Beijing. ( read original story ...)

China has warned Hong Kong it will not tolerate anyone using the city to damage the mainland's stability, as concerns rise over an emerging pro-independence movement. Tensions have flared in the semi-autonomous territory after the ousting of two pro ... ( read original story ...)

Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Hong Kong, demanding full democracy. They accuse the government of cracking down on pro-democracy legislators - and say Beijing has interfered in Hong Kong's affairs by interpreting its local laws. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s 2017 chief executive election race is already hotting up, with at least four hopefuls potentially set to compete for the top job. But how are those candidates’ body language and contrasting television presentation styles affecting our ... ( read original story ...)

A kitchen worker was arrested late on Friday night over the alleged murder of his wife in a domestic fight in Tuen Mun. Police were called to a flat in Affluence Garden, on Tsing Chung Koon Road, shortly before midnight after the 58-year-old surrendered ... ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong government fought hard to cut its share of funding the British garrison in the city in the last decade of colonial rule – proof, one academic said, of the efforts to maximise its autonomy from Britain. In June 1988, after 13 months of ... ( read original story ...)

In separate comments from the same interview reported by the official Xinhua news agency late Friday, Wang said the interpretation did not harm the independence of Hong Kong's legal system, but that independence could not limit the Chinese parliament's ... ( read original story ...)

Lee, from Hong Kong, spent four days touring Yellowknife with his wife. He snapped 360° pictures of northern landscapes along the way. CBC News reached Lee by phone as he waited to board a plane at the Yellowknife airport — to start his long trip home. ( read original story ...)

John and Miling Auyung from Hong Kong say the weather is too cold either way. The two are visiting family in Edmonton and braved the snow to see the ice castle with their granddaughter. "It's an amazing experience because in Hong Kong we can never see this ... ( read original story ...)