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A long-awaited anti-human-trafficking law drafted by a legislator, a human rights lawyer and a barrister is expected to be discussed by the city’s panel on security next month, as Hong Kong continues to be rattled by such cases, involving mostly domestic ... ( read original story ...)

When Hong Kong’s Occupy street protests came in 2014, it would tear them apart. The troubled pair are the subject of Tête-bêche, a film directed by 20-year journalist Luther Ng which premiered on Friday at the Hong Kong Arts Centre. The title refers to ... ( read original story ...)

Open classrooms and playful learning will not work in Hong Kong because the education system is known to encourage rote learning. So Betty Chan Po-king was told when she took over her mother’s school, Yew Chung, in the 1970s and launched a kindergarten ... ( read original story ...)

Fiji crushed New Zealand 50-7 to complete pool play unbeaten at the Hong Kong Sevens on Saturday. Either Fiji or New Zealand has featured in 33 of the last 35 Hong Kong finals, and together in 14, some of them classics, but this pool match was competitive ... ( read original story ...)

From squashing into a crowded MTR during the morning commute, to attending those never-ending meetings with demanding bosses, it is easy to understand why some Hong Kong employees occasionally find it difficult to see the funny side of life. But ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s Security Bureau, Department of Justice and police force did not comment on the case. The news came weeks after India officially asked the city to extradite Ramanjit Singh, alias Romi. The Indian-born Hong Kong resident is the target of a ... ( read original story ...)

Five moderate democratic lawmakers in Hong Kong dined with city’s leader on Friday night in a move to improve relations that had deteriorated sharply under the previous administration. It was the first informal dinner shared by Chief Executive Carrie Lam ... ( read original story ...)

In Hong Kong, where life moves at breakneck speed and high costs of living mean enormous stress for those who fall through society’s cracks, tens of thousands suffer from mental illness. According to a new survey, the city needs to do more to educate its ... ( read original story ...)

The MTR Corporation’s decision to suspend testing trains for Hong Kong’s new express rail link to mainland China was a “knee-jerk reaction” to a derailment incident and would only lead to bigger problems in the future, former railway boss and ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s leader has moved to allay public fears over the structural integrity of the “world class” bridge linking the city to Macau and Zhuhai, calling its stability “scientifically proven”. Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor made her ... ( read original story ...)

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has asked authorities in Hong Kong to arrest jeweler Nirav Modi, one of the main suspects in a $2-billion fraud at state-run Punjab National Bank (PNBK.NS), the government said, suggesting it believes the fugitive is in the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Hong Kong-based activist investment fund opposed to Toshiba Corp’s (6502.T) sale of its chip unit to a Bain Capital-led group said the deal should be renegotiated at a valuation of 3.3 trillion yen to 4.4 trillion yen ($30 billion-$41 ... ( read original story ...)

When 38-year-old Vincent Cheng Wing-shun won the Kowloon West seat last month in Hong Kong’s Legislative Council by-election, the pro-establishment camp rejoiced. It was the first time since the city’s return to Chinese rule in 1997 that they had swept ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s 200 or so advisers to Beijing now have to prove their worth through annual reports of work accomplished, in line with a recent reminder to them that China’s annual “two sessions” of the national legislature and top political advisory ... ( read original story ...)