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Willy Ho Tsz-ho, 28, who works at a local news media company, said he was glad Mr Xi weighed in on the importance of “seeking broad common ground while setting aside major differences” in Hong Kong. The remarks showed that Mr Xi understands and ... ( read original story ...)

A Hong Kong government plan to lease part of a new high-speed rail station to China and allow Chinese police to enforce mainland laws has sparked new fears the city is losing its autonomy. The proposal, which has drawn heavy criticism from pro-democracy ... ( read original story ...)

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Located on the northwestern tip of Hong Kong Island, the 12,000 sq ft site is occupied by a group of low-rise buildings built between 1959 and 1978 near Des Voeux Road West – also known as “dried seafood street”. Adjacent to the site, a small public ... ( read original story ...)

Dozens of young people queued up for the annual Ani-Com and Games Hong Kong show on Thursday night to gain early entry to the five-day event, which starts on Friday. Among attractions are exhibits showing Hong Kong landmarks built with Lego bricks and what ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong: Controversy over a new cross-border rail link which will see mainland laws enforced in a Hong Kong train station escalated Thursday after the justice chief likened China to the city's "landlord". It comes at a time when fears are worsening that ... ( read original story ...)

Four con artists, believed to be African men, are being sought by Hong Kong police after a Taiwanese businessman was duped out of US$100,000 (HK$780,000) with fake gold granules in his hotel room. It is the third similar case in Tsim Sha Tsui district over ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's government has unveiled a controversial plan which would allow Chinese mainland law to apply in the territory for the first time. It's part of attempts to streamline operations at the new Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link ... ( read original story ...)

National laws will be enforced on Hong Kong’s soil for the first time under a controversial plan ­approved by the city’s government on Tuesday to lease to mainland authorities a quarter of the West Kowloon ­terminus of the high-speed rail link to ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong announced on Tuesday a controversial plan to allow mainland officials to enforce Chinese laws inside a Hong Kong train station, an immigration set-up critics say will encroach on the city's autonomy and put existing freedoms ... ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong government’s top policymaking body on Tuesday approved a controversial plan to let mainland officers enforce mainland laws within a leased area at the local terminus of the high-speed rail link to Guangzhou, a source told the Post. ( read original story ...)

A policeman and his wife denied cheating 14 people out of more than HK$20 million in a scheme that involved buying and reselling luxury watches. Mainland Chinese businessman Herman Yu told the District Court on Monday how he bought 30 Rolexes in May 2013 ... ( read original story ...)

For the past decade, Hong Kong travellers crossing the border at Shenzhen Bay Port in the west of the special economic zone have been able to complete the customs clearance of both sides under one roof thanks to an unprecedented joint checkpoint. ( read original story ...)

The death of veteran Hong Kong political heavyweight Lau Wong-fat will leave the Heung Yee Kuk, a powerful government-recognised advisory body on rural affairs, without the influence of its “big brother” for the first time in nearly four decades ... ( read original story ...)