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A US supercarrier is set to make a port call in Hong Kong this week before heading to waters near the ... part in exercises with the South Korean navy around October 15,Yonhap News Agency cited a Seoul defence official as saying. Concerns have grown ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG: - Thousands of pro-democracy supporters took to the streets of Chinese-controlled Hong Kong on Sunday to protest against what they say is the Beijing-backed government's use of the courts to pursue its opponents. Demonstrators marched through ... ( read original story ...)

In Hong Kong, protest organisers say 40,000 people marched on Sunday through heavy rain to rally against Chinese National Day celebrations. Demonstrators defied the celebrations to call for more democracy and an end to political persecution. In Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Tens of thousands marched in China-ruled Hong Kong on Sunday in an "anti authoritarian rule" march that called for the resignation of the city's top legal official over the recent jailing of young democracy activists. The march ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong (AFP) - Each Sunday, a choir of Filipina domestic workers in Hong Kong gathers to sing songs that remind them of the children they left back home. Known as the "Unsung Heroes", these initially shy performers now regularly take the stage around ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG — Thousands of pro-democracy supporters took to the streets of Chinese-controlled Hong Kong on Sunday to protest against what they say is the Beijing-backed government's use of the courts to pursue its opponents. Demonstrators marched through ... ( read original story ...)

In an interview with state-owned agency China News Service, former chief executive Leung Chun-ying, who was also at Sunday’s event, said Hong Kong would continue to contribute to China and benefit from its development, claiming it was the country’s ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong must trumpet what makes it unique, and find new ways of luring in mainland tourists, the boss of China’s largest travel booking website said, warning that they are increasingly choosing overseas countries instead. As the mainland’s eight-day ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG – The banners and posters were quietly hung in universities across Hong Kong, often appearing overnight, with bold white lettering calling out for change and testing the limits of the freedoms that Beijing will allow this freewheeling city. ( read original story ...)

Tse said the volatile situation in North Korea had prompted concern about travel to countries nearby, while less negative news in official mainland media about the political situation in Hong Kong, where pro-democracy protests in 2014 paralyzed parts of ... ( read original story ...)

(SOUNDBITE) (Cantonese) OWNER OF RECEPTION PAPER PLANT MR NG, SAYING: "I hope the Hong Kong government will communicate and come ... on the mainland the cost of paper is going up. That's bad news for everyone - from exporters to e-commerce sites - like ... ( read original story ...)

“A number of international banks have told us that they see advantages in booking their Asian risks in Hong Kong,” an HKMA spokeswoman said in an emailed response to questions from Bloomberg News. Singapore is also an option for firms looking to move ... ( read original story ...)

Justice chief Rimsky Yuen Kwok-keung defended the city’s courts on Thursday after Hong Kong fell five places in the judicial independence category of the latest global competitiveness ranking, compiled by Geneva-based non-profit World Economic Forum. ( read original story ...)

Three years after the pro-democracy Occupy movement in Hong Kong was launched, one of its co-founders says wounds from the resulting social divide are gradually healing, but a growing sense of cynicism remains in a city hit by political gridlock. ( read original story ...)