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Hong Kong’s record-breaking heatwave pressed on for a tenth straight day on Saturday, as new Post photos showed a barren reservoir in what was usually a scenic hiking spot. Hikers who would usually make their way around the picturesque dam at the Lau ... ( read original story ...)

For four years and 10 months, Surati, an Indonesian domestic helper in Hong Kong, had no mobile phone, could not visit her family back home, and was required to remain in her employer’s house unless she had to run errands. “My son has forgotten me ... ( read original story ...)

Property managers and security guards in Hong Kong will get trained in handling dementia as part of a high-level government campaign to tackle the citywide problem. Revealing the plan to the Post, Elderly Commission chairman Dr Lam Ching-choi said he hoped ... ( read original story ...)

Xi’s move was made in his open response to an appeal by 24 of the city’s leading scientists published by the state news agency Xinhua. In its latest budget, the Hong Kong government promised HK$50 billion for supporting innovation and technology ... ( read original story ...)

The past nine consecutive days of very hot weather in Hong Kong has broken the record for the month of May, with the run of high temperatures the longest since 1963 when there were eight consecutive days of the mercury rising above 33 degrees Celsius. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong may be the heartland of capitalism but it is also the improbable last redoubt of the unlikeliest of Chinese dissidents – China’s band of Maoists. The city has become the only place where the self-proclaimed holdouts of Mao Zedong’s cause ... ( read original story ...)

A Hong Kong man accused of assaulting his wife and children before his seven-year-old daughter nearly died from neglect told a court on Friday that his personal experience of child abuse has deterred him from using violence. Rocky Ling Yiu-chung ... ( read original story ...)

THEY are firmly in the driver’s seat and by the time the match against Malaysia ends about 6pm Saturday, Hong Kong should be in a stronger position to play in the home and away repechage against the Cook Islands end June. Despite knowing that the team ... ( read original story ...)

Migrant groups will march in protest on Sunday over “racist and discriminatory remarks” Hong Kong lawmaker Eunice Yung Hoi-yan made about foreign domestic workers in the Legislative Council. On Friday the groups demanded an apology from Yung ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG — World stock markets were mixed Friday after North ... between China and the U.S. over trade and technology policy. China’s official Xinhua News Agency said the two sides will “continue negotiations on Chinese-U.S. economic and trade ... ( read original story ...)

A new curriculum framework for teaching Chinese history at Hong Kong secondary schools was announced on Thursday – with no separate sections on the city’s past. As reported on previous consultation drafts of the framework, there would also be no ... ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong dollar rallied the most in a month amid demand for the currency by banks hoarding cash for the end of the month and by companies paying out dividends. The exchange rate rose as much as 0.06 percent to HK$7.8428, its strongest level since ... ( read original story ...)

Bus driver unions in Hong Kong say they would “not rule out” a strike as Friday morning commuters seemed mostly unaffected by a 4,000-strong work-to-rule protest against 14-hour shifts. At one of the city’s busiest interchanges, near the entrance of ... ( read original story ...)

Han’s trip – his first since he took up the vice-premiership in March – coincided with news reports that Beijing would soon unveil details of the bay area development plan for Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau. Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng ... ( read original story ...)