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Hong Kong's highest court freed pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong and Nathan Law on bail Tuesday pending an appeal of their prison sentences after they were convicted of sparking massive protests in 2014. The two were granted bail by the Court of Final ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong’s highest court on Tuesday granted bail to two prominent young democracy activists, Joshua Wong and Nathan Law, who were jailed for unlawful assembly linked to the city’s large-scale pro-democracy protests in 2014. ( read original story ...)

China’s education minister has called for a stronger sense of national identity among Hong Kong’s teachers so they can do a better job of instilling patriotism in the city’s youth. On the sidelines of the Communist Party’s national congress in ... ( read original story ...)

Owners of subsidised flats may not have to pay a high price to fully privatise their properties under a pilot scheme proposed on Monday that echoes the vision of Hong Kong’s leader to boost home ownership. Our Hong Kong Foundation, a think tank founded ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG – It wasn't just the dark-suited delegates in Beijing who were listening intently last week as Chinese President Xi Jinping outlined his grand ambitions to launch a twice-a-decade Communist Party congress. On China's peripheries there was ... ( read original story ...)

A new police division set up under Hong Kong’s organised crime bureau in the wake of mass protests and rallies has sparked consternation from lawmakers and activists who claim community relations and official practices will worsen. Secretary for Security ... ( read original story ...)

For many Hongkongers, the obvious highlight of President Xi Jinping’s lengthy political report on Wednesday must be the assertion of Beijing’s “overall jurisdiction” over Hong Kong, which naturally triggered a new round of debate on whether the ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s No 2 official has denied allegations that the government is targeting former financial secretary John Tsang Chun-wah by demanding that he provide information regarding his failure to declare his participation in a TV programme. Chief ... ( read original story ...)

A 66-year-old former CEO drowned during a Hong Kong triathlon event on Lantau Island on Sunday. Martin So was unconscious when he was lifted from waters near Sunny Bay MTR station at about 8am. He was taken to North Lantau Hospital, where he was declared dead. ( read original story ...)

Healy Racing Photos Librisa Breeze could now tackle the Hong Kong Sprint following his victory on Champions Day at Ascot. Trainer Dean Ivory finally bagged a first Group One win on the biggest stage as Robert Winston partnered the grey to beat a classy ... ( read original story ...)

(AFP photo) HONG KONG, China — In its heyday in the 1980s ... Market information spread quickly and clients would call in for the latest news, Cheung remembers. But despite apparent chaos, Cheung says there was a “culture of trust”. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s two highest-rated gallopers lead a strong team of four from the Size yard, with the high-class Amazing Kids (129lb) and D B Pin (116lb) also in the field of 11. Champion jockey Joao Moreira has sided with Thewizardofoz, prompting speculation ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong (AFP) - In its heyday in the 1980s ... Market information spread quickly and clients would call in for the latest news, Cheung remembers. But despite apparent chaos, Cheung says there was a "culture of trust". On slower days, traders played ... ( read original story ...)

After losing all but one of more than 30 legal challenges against policies he thought unfair and having incurred HK$40 million in fees, Hong Kong’s “king of judicial reviews” has decided to call it a day. But Kwok Cheuk-kin, 78, said it was more his ... ( read original story ...)