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The tour bus was packed with “demonstrators” donning t-shirts that said they belonged to a Hong Kong youth group. Chan was paid HK$250 for protesting. The news caused uproar among the public and was cited by other local media outlets, with Chan ... ( read original story ...)

Many fishes in Hong Kong have ingested tiny particles of plastic which could end up being eaten by humans, according to research by universities and Greenpeace. Researchers say they found 80 pieces of plastic in one fish. ( read original story ...)

The news comes as Hong Kong tourist arrivals rose 11 per cent for April compared with a year earlier, a third consecutive month of growth, according to numbers from the Tourism Board. Meanwhile, the government said retail sales jumped 12.3 per cent year on ... ( read original story ...)

The controversial issue of ­whether to develop a Hong Kong golf course for housing dominated the first public forum held by the task force on land supply on Saturday, with staff and consultants for the sports ground speaking up. About 150 people took part ... ( read original story ...)

An undercover investigation has exposed unscrupulous bosses ripping off Hong Kong’s domestic workers by making them pay illegally high fees to get a job – despite last year’s official guidelines to the contrary. Research by the Federation of Asian ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s legislature approved a contentious plan late Thursday to allow mainland Chinese police officers to operate in a section of a new train station scheduled to open this year. To the Hong Kong government, the West Kowloon station is ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s media has continued to come under the influence of Chinese investors, according to a Reuters Institute study. The 2018 Reuters Digital News Report found that declining revenues meant that Hong Kong news outlets were turning to Chinese ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s legislature has passed a bill that will allow Chinese authorities to enforce their own laws within a portion of the semi-autonomous territory. Independent lawmakers believe the bill governing the Hong Kong terminus of the rail ... ( read original story ...)

Groups across the political spectrum in Hong Kong slammed two franchised bus operators on Friday and accused them of increasing the burden on the public by pushing for a 12 per cent fare rise. While it has been 10 years since the last fare increase by ... ( read original story ...)

About 30 domestic workers and their supporters in Hong Kong marched from Admiralty MTR station to the nearby government headquarters on Thursday to demand better living and working conditions ahead of International Domestic Workers’ Day on Saturday. ( read original story ...)

A dose of reality may be on the way for Hong Kong, even as it breezes through the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest rate hike. Because its currency is pegged to the dollar, the Asian financial hub effectively imports U.S. monetary policy and adjusts ... ( read original story ...)

Analysts seeking to call when banks will raise mortgage costs A dose of reality may be on the way for Hong Kong, even as it breezes through the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest rate hike. Because its currency is pegged to the dollar, the Asian financial hub ... ( read original story ...)

In the two years since Merck & Co.’s Gardasil 9 became available in Hong Kong, about 2 million mainlanders have come for the shots, according to the Xinhua News Agency. With the drugmaker unable to keep up, some clinics are turning away Chinese patients ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG — A Hong Kong activist was sentenced to six years in prison on Monday for his role in a 2016 clash between protesters and the police over unlicensed street vendors selling traditional snacks during the Lunar New Year. The activist, Edward Leung ... ( read original story ...)