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Most US companies in Hong Kong believe there has been an erosion of the city’s “one country, two systems” form of government, a survey by one of the city’s largest business chambers revealed on Wednesday. However, while there was also a feeling ... ( read original story ...)

Three photos showing counsel and respondents in a legal case were found on the mobile phone seized from a mainland Chinese woman accused of courtroom photography, though she told a Hong Kong judge on Wednesday that Jesus believed she did not take them. ( read original story ...)

A 56-year-old woman living in public housing has become the biggest victim of online love scams in Hong Kong, losing HK$26.4 million (US$3.3 million) in just 18 months. The victim, who is a supervisor in the accounts department of a local trading company ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said Hong Kong’s leader, Carrie Lam, rejected a request last year to surrender a fugitive into the custody of the United States, at China’s behest. In an annual report on the Asian financial hub this week ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong experienced one of its hottest days ever in May, with bright sunshine and the sweltering heat on Tuesday sending the mercury up to 38.6 degrees Celsius in some parts of the countryside. The maximum temperature recorded at the Observatory in Tsim ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s leader refused to hand over a fugitive to the US following a request by mainland authorities in the first such case since the city’s handover from Britain to China, American officials have revealed. The US Department of State stated in an ... ( read original story ...)

Now a team of bathroom automation specialists in Hong Kong is looking to address the problem. Samuel Hui Sing-kwong and his team have developed a device that can automate the entire process, which comprises rinsing, temperature control and soaping. ( read original story ...)

A bidding frenzy followed by a record price for a piece of commercial land in China is another sign that Hong Kong developers are pushing into the mainland. “There is not much room for further expansion in commercial real estate in Hong Kong,” said ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s leader defended her former peer Frederick Ma Si-hang on Tuesday, saying the MTR Corporation chairman had not meant his controversial remarks about not giving the media more details on a derailment during tests for the new express rail link to ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s bus drivers are being paid between 10 and 15 per cent less than they were 20 years ago, the city’s bus companies admitted on Tuesday. A city economist said that in real terms that actually equated to a 28 per cent cut in salary, a poor ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) Group Holding Ltd. is selling assets from medical devices to drugs for HK$10.6 billion ($1.4 billion) to a Hong Kong-listed unit that it’ll take control of and turn into its main healthcare arm. Alibaba unveiled a deal ... ( read original story ...)

(Reuters) - Chinese conglomerate HNA Group’s Hong Kong Airlines is considering an initial public offering in the “short to medium term” and tapping investors to raise funds through the issue of new shares and convertible bonds, a document reviewed by ... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING, May 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Hongkong Land today officially opened WF CENTRAL, its US$1.2 billion first flagship retail-led project in Beijing. It will play a crucial role in the redevelopment of the historic Wangfujing area of Beijing into a pre ... ( read original story ...)