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Two newly elected Hong Kong separatist lawmakers who altered their oaths by adding anti-China insults were disqualified from taking office in a court decision Tuesday. A High Court judge ruled that Sixtus Leung and Yau Wai-ching of the Youngspiration party ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's high court has ruled that two pro-independence lawmakers are disqualified from taking their seats in the Legislative Council. Sixtus Leung and Yau Wai-ching refused to pledge allegiance to China when being sworn in last month. Last week ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong plunged deeper into political uncertainty after the city’s High Court ruled on Tuesday that two newly elected localist lawmakers should lose their seats over the way they took their oaths last month. In his judgment on the government’s ... ( read original story ...)

Beijing ruled that Hong Kong legislators must swear allegiance to Hong Kong as part of China, adding that candidates who take the oath of office in an insincere manner will be disqualified and not given another chance to swear in. Democratically elected ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong (CNN)Good news for fans of local Hong Kong cuisine. The 2017 Michelin Guide for Hong Kong and Macau is out and more than a third of the Hong Kong restaurants granted Michelin stars are Cantonese. These include Lung King Heen and T'ang Court ... ( read original story ...)

Tens of thousands of pro-China protesters have rallied in Hong Kong, expressing anger at calls for the territory's independence. Demonstrators waved Chinese flags, and chanted "oppose Hong Kong independence; support Beijing's ruling". Last week ... ( read original story ...)

The British banker, who was on Tuesday found guilty of killing two prostitutes at his Hong Kong flat, had 'eight girls at one time' in the Prime Minister's Suite at the Angeles Beach Club Hotel in Angeles City, The Sun on Sunday reports. One of the ... ( read original story ...)

While Hong Kong is undeniably part of China, arguments differentiating Hong Kong Chinese from mainland Chinese have intensified in recent years. Dr Chung Kim-wah, a social scientist at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, said both Hongkongers’ and ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong woman scammed out of HK$1.4 million by Nigerian ‘lover’ The manager of a local trading company, also a Kwun Tong resident, came to know that scammer through a dating app in March. Her “lover” also told of financial problems and requested ... ( read original story ...)

The organisers of revived indie club Hidden Agenda say they are “cautiously optimistic” about the future of the underground music scene in Hong Kong as they prepare to relaunch at a new venue. The music showcase was forced to move out of its former ... ( read original story ...)

and his brother, Noble, had sailed into Hong Kong in November 1941 as part of the Royal Rifles ... I was glad to hear that news. On parade at 4:30, embarked sunrise. Don't get much to eat often -- just an occasional small ration of rice with a bit of ... ( read original story ...

Hong Kong’s economy grew faster than economists forecast last ... That compares with the median estimate for 0.3 percent growth from eight analysts surveyed by Bloomberg News. The economy rose 1.9 percent in the third quarter from a year earlier. ( read original story ...)

More than 80 per cent of core ecological processes ranging from the genetic activity of plants to the size of habitats are feeling the brunt of a changing climate, an international study involving scientists from Hong Kong has found. The findings of the 18 ... ( read original story ...)

Canada’s Hong Kong veterans are finally getting some much-deserved recognition. In 1998 – more than 50 years after they were released from cruel Japanese prisoner of war camps – the Canadian government paid them or their survivors $24,000 for the ... ( read original story ...)