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Hong Kong’s bid to take on Singapore and Ireland as a centre for aircraft leasing will slow down if it does not increase double tax agreements that make it attractive for companies to do business in the city, industry players warned. Such agreements ... ( read original story ...)

Farm owner Raymond Cheng Wai-man never thought the day would come when he would yearn for a downpour. Subtropical Hong Kong, after all, gets an average of 2,400mm of rain a year, about a tenth of which comes in May. But since January this year, less than ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s largest provider of free television was on Friday fined HK$300,000 (US$38,200) by the city’s broadcasting watchdog for using four programmes to promote a mobile app developed by its subsidiary. The penalty was immediately condemned by ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s rail operator on Friday admitted it had found five occasions where a subcontractor had cut corners on construction for a key section of the city’s most expensive railway project, but failed to report its findings to police as it was “not ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong court ruled on Friday that the husband of a male civil servant was not entitled to spousal benefits, overturning a landmark lower court ruling in a setback for the city's LGBT community. Marriage is legally defined as a ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG — Luggage maker Samsonite said Friday its CEO has stepped down following a report by a short-seller questioning his credentials and the company’s accounting. Ramesh Tainwala resigned for personal reasons, which Samsonite’s board decided ... ( read original story ...)

Billy Wong Wai-yuk, executive secretary of the Hong Kong Committee on Children’s Rights, said she had mixed feelings about the news. “I’ve been waiting [for today] for some 20 years. It finally came and we’re happy, but it is not the commission ... ( read original story ...)

An outspoken legal scholar won the last seat up for grabs on the governing council of the group representing Hong Kong solicitors on Thursday, scraping in with fewer votes than expected. Eric Cheung Tat-ming, a principal lecturer at the University of Hong ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s leader has categorically denied ever surrendering any fugitive to mainland China, strongly objecting to the United States government’s allegation that she did so on Beijing’s orders last year. Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor ... ( read original story ...)

There is fake news, old news and ancient news. I guess the idea is that none of them really count as “news”. But how do we define ancient? Well, I am 52, and my children consider me ancient. Here’s a piece of ancient news. Chung Hwa Book, Joint ... ( read original story ...)

(Reuters) - Canada Goose Holdings Inc (GOOS.TO) will open its first stores in Beijing and Hong Kong, reaching directly to customers who have been buying its luxury coats online and at department stores. The company will partner with ImagineX Group ... ( read original story ...)

The recovery in Hong Kong’s tourism and shopping industries gained momentum in April, with double-digit growth in visitor numbers and retail sales. The city’s tourist arrivals rose 11 per cent for April on a year earlier, meaning a third month of large ... ( read original story ...)

The trial of a mainland Chinese woman accused of taking photographs during a Hong Kong court hearing related to the city’s 2014 pro-democracy Occupy protests began on Thursday, with two key eyewitnesses giving accounts of her actions. The two pupil ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong should consult the central government if asked to hand over a Chinese fugitive to another country, the city’s former security minister said on Thursday, in a debate over its refusal to turn over a hacker to US authorities last year. ( read original story ...)