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The daughter of a Hong Kong bookseller being detained by Chinese authorities says she does not feel safe in Britain and fears she is being monitored. Angela Gui, a swede who is a student at the University of Warwick, said she had begun to feel “nervous ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong police have made an arrest after a hunt for a man with a brown poodle in connection with the murder of a 49-year-old man who was knifed to death in Wong Tai Sin on Thursday. The 53-year-old suspect was arrested on Friday evening and is in custody ... ( read original story ...)

A man with a brown poodle is wanted by police over the murder of a 49-year-old man, who died after a knife attack on Thursday evening in Wong Tai Sin. Police said the victim was on his way home at about 7pm on Thursday when he ran into the man, who is in ... ( read ...

A subsequent search on social media found Lam to be her boyfriend. Acting principal magistrate Cheang Kei-hong adjourned the case to February 17 for police to conduct further investigations. ( read original story ...)

Yuan is a way off parity on foreign exchange markets In a sign of how far confidence in China’s currency has fallen, 7-Eleven stores in Hong Kong are valuing the Chinese currency at par with the city’s dollar. Just three years ago, one yuan fetched 1 ... ( read original story ...)

Meeting in Beijing's Zhongnanhai leadership compound, Xi told Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying that the central government fully affirms Leung's work, state news agency Xinhua said. "The central government staunchly supports the government of the ... ( read original story ...)

“The measures will send a very strong signal to the international community on Hong Kong’s ­determination to curb illicit trade in ivory,” environment minister Wong Kam-sing said on Thursday. All possession licences to trade legal ivory stocks ... ( read original story ...)

Two wild boars invaded the Hong Kong's International Airport causing chaos on December 20. Four tactical police officers used their riot shields to capture the first intruding animal, weighing nearly eight stone (110 pounds), in early afternoon. ( read original story ...)

When Stephen Lo Wai-chung took over as Hong Kong police commissioner in May 2015, his stated crime-fighting aims were very much of the times in which we live. The police chief’s pledge to tackle internet-based scams, the threat of terrorism and the ... ( read original story ...)

There are hundreds of differing fight styles classed as kung fu, which soared in popularity globally following a series of films featuring U.S.-born and Hong Kong-raised actor Bruce Lee, who died in 1973. But as kung fu's popularity waned in recent years ... ( read original story ...)

Owners of new flats on a private estate in Tseung Kwan O have demanded the project manager, the MTR Corporation, return HK$2.7 million in construction waste disposal and management fees as the contractor responsible had overcharged them for 10 months. More ... ( read original story ...)

Officials in the Ministry of External Affairs sought to allay speculations on Wednesday that Hong Kong's changed visa-on-arrival norm for Indians is a decision forced by Beijing. Starting January 23, 2017, Indians wanting to visit Hong Kong will have to ... ( read original story ...)

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Accuray Incorporated (NASDAQ: ARAY) has signed an agreement with Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital (HKSH) for the acquisition of three Radixact TM Systems that will provide clinicians and their patients with ... ( read original story ...)

The Pre-arrival Registration for Indian Nationals will be implemented on January 23, 2017, said Hong Kong immigration department on the official website. In a setback to Indian travellers, the Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China ... ( read original story ...)