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HONG KONG has scooped up more than 88 tons of palm oil and closed more than a dozen beaches after a ship spill washed foul-smelling, Styrofoam-like clumps ashore, the latest major environmental disaster to blight the territory's waters. Dead fish ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong could lose out to regional rivals due to the city’s antitrust watchdog refusing to allow shipping liners to exchange sensitive market information, industry players have warned. The Competition Commission on Tuesday refused to grant block ... ( read original story ...)

A total of 13 beaches in Hong Kong have been shut down by a palm oil spill from a ship collision that happened in the Pearl River estuary in mainland Chinese waters last Thursday. Several government departments have worked together with volunteers to clean ... ( read original story ...)

according to a statement from the government-run Philippine News Agency. The post Duterte promises Marawi troops all-expenses-paid Hong Kong trip ‘if they stay alive’ appeared first on Coconuts. ( read original story ...)

with a growing understanding of how to exploit people’s vulnerabilities Ben Yates, international law firm RPC There’s more bad news: Yates expected such scams to keep growing in Hong Kong. “It is a global problem, and I think it is an inevitable ... ( read original story ...)

Latoya Blackwood and Andrea Burk, who missed Canada's tour of New Zealand in June through injury, return to the lineup Wednesday as third-ranked Canada opens its Women's Rugby World Cup campaign against No. 23 Hong Kong in Dublin. Blackwood, a second-row ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong police are investigating a primary school in Tuen Mun accused of having exaggerated its number of pupils in order to avoid a funding cut. The school’s teachers and the Professional Teachers’ Union (PTU) complained to the Education Bureau that ... ( read original story ...)

The Philippine national women’s volleyball team opens its campaign in the 19th SMM Asian Senior Women’s Volleyball Championship against Hong Kong. The Philippine national women’s volleyball team's journey in the 19th SMM Asian Senior Women’s ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong (AFP) - Residents in Hong Kong desperately tried to clear the coastline of greasy lumps of palm oil Tuesday as it continues to wash ashore after a huge spillage at sea. Their efforts came as the government said around 1,000 tonnes of the ... ( read original story ...)

It’s a very important game for the Philippines especially if we want to enter the quarterfinals. So we need to win against Hong Kong -- PHI team head coach Francis Vicente Philippine national women’s volleyball team head coach Francis Vicente sees the ... ( read original story ...)

A debt-laden and crowbar-wielding delivery man was jailed for four years and eight months on Tuesday for burgling nine homes across Hong Kong to steal almost HK$900,000 in cash, jewellery and electronics. Both the judge and the lawyers in the case said ... ( read original story ...)

Public Eye can reveal that the Hong Kong government is in secret talks with the United States and Canada to have joint immigration clearance at the city’s airport. US and Canadian officials will be stationed in Chek Lap Kok to clear passengers for entry ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong is the “most mobile” market when it comes to news consumption, a Reuters Institute study has shown, with a 36 percentage point difference between those using smartphones and computers as their main news source. The study also found that 31 ... ( read original story ...)

Earlier on Sunday, MTR engineer Wong Yuen-wood, also chairman of the Hong Kong Railway Professionals Union, claimed he learned the three computer systems that controlled the “interlocking” had broken down around the same time. In railway signalling ... ( read original story ...)