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I’ve never been so excited – after years of frustration – I remember back in March 2016 as this banking nightmare started – seems Hong Kong regulators are loosening up. And developing news that the Hong Kong banking system may ease up with not ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s securities watchdog banned a brokerage employee from the industry for four months for the manner in which the adviser used mobile phone and Tencent Holdings Ltd.’s WeChat to take orders from clients. Xu Tao, a former investment consultant ... ( read original story ...)

Firefighters discovered two bodies after breaking into a Hong Kong public housing flat on Thursday morning to follow up on a complaint about an odd smell. A police spokeswoman said a man and a woman were found dead inside the Ching Chiu House flat at Ching ... ( read original story ...)

A British activist who has voiced concern over eroding freedoms in Hong Kong was barred from entering the city on Wednesday, as Beijing prepares for a major political gathering next week. Benedict Rogers, the deputy chairman of the Conservative party's ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's leader said Wednesday that residents of the southern Chinese city are obliged to reject threats to China's sovereignty, in what appeared to be a veiled warning aimed at rising separatist sentiment. Chief Executive Carrie Lam in her policy ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong developer stocks reversed earlier gains after Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s maiden policy speech didn’t spell out proposals to boost land supply or detail a highly anticipated plan to convert farm land into homes in the world’s least ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong soccer supporters again jeered China's national anthem on Tuesday as tensions between sections of the city's population and the mainland Chinese authorities continue to simmer. A group of fans at Hong Kong Stadium for the ... ( read original story ...)

A Hong Kong court on Monday rejected a defence request to summon the officer who fired bullets into the air during clashes in Mong Kok last year, finding his evidence irrelevant to the trial of nine men accused of rioting soon after the warning shots. ( read original story ...)

A suspected Hong Kong triad member accused of making an elderly man drink a can of Coke at knifepoint was arrested in a police raid on Monday. The 44-year-old man with a pigtail was picked up at a Portland Street guest house in Mong Kok at about 10.30pm ... ( read original story ...)

The world number five took just 74 minutes to see off Japan`s Ozaki in hot and humid conditions in Victoria Park. Hong Kong: Venus Williams raced through her opening match in the WTA Hong Kong Open on Tuesday with a 6-2, 6-2 win against Risa Ozaki. ( read original story ...)

Prime News, International, Business, Hong Kong, October 10:- Visitors departing Hong Kong International Airport can opt for self-service departure from Tuesday. The airport has installed a new biometric system, called Smart Departure, which uses facial ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong police were searching on Tuesday for three men who assaulted a 55-year-old man at a cash machine and stole 127,000 yuan (HK$149,590) in Sha Tin. The men, wearing caps and face masks, attacked the victim from behind as he and his wife were ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam provided glimpses into her vision for Hong Kong's future on Monday (Oct 9) during an event held as part of the 20th anniversary celebrations of the China Daily's Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's securities regulator plans to implement a real-time investor identification system around mid-2018 for "northbound" trading under the Stock Connect program with China, its chief said, a move aimed at detecting potential ... ( read original story ...)