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The plan for immigration checkpoints manned by mainland officials on Hong Kong soil will go ahead on schedule and with no plan B, the government reiterated ahead of the formal announcement of the details as early as Tuesday. Current and past officials ... ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong Observatory has downgraded the tropical cyclone warning, issuing a No 1 signal at 3.10pm on Sunday as Roke began to depart the territory. The forecaster earlier dropped the No 8 signal to No 3 at 1.20pm. Roke had made landfall at Sai Kung ... ( read original story ...)

Rural Hong Kong strongman and former Heung Yee Kuk leader Lau Wong-fat has died at the age of 80, according to sources. Lau retired from public life early last year due to poor health after helming the statutory body, which represents indigenous residents ... ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong Observatory said Cyclone Roke made landfall over the eastern part of the city after issuing a tropical storm signal No. 8, its third-highest warning, on Sunday morning. The weather service said the cyclone will continue to track westward and ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG: Hong Kong was bracing on Sunday for Typhoon Roke with ... The annual book fair was temporarily closed due to the typhoon. Get latest news & live updates on the go on your pc with News App. Download The Times of India news app for your device. ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong Observatory said tropical cyclone Roke had made landfall at Sai Kung East Country Park at 10am on Sunday, less than an hour after a typhoon warning signal No 8 was issued. A spokesman said Roke was expected to move westwards across the city ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s economy is growing faster than expected and the government could raise its forecast for the year by half a percentage point from the original 2 to 3 per cent, the city’s finance chief said on Saturday. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po ... ( read original story ...)

Jeff Rotmeyer is on a mission to change the lives of Hong Kong’s homeless. The 40-year-old English teacher at a local school, who lives with his wife and seven-year-old daughter in North Point, first witnessed the extent of the number of the city’s ... ( read original story ...)

West Bromwich Albion 's oriental adventure draws to a close this weekend. The players and coaching staff have spent the best part of a week in Hong Kong to prepare for and compete in the Premier League Asia Trophy. Albion's involvement in the competition ... ( read original story ...)

Walking down the western tip of Hollywood Road is a step back into a Hong Kong that has long since been replaced by gleaming skyscrapers and high-end restaurants. It is home to an array of eclectic antiques shops that each contribute their own unique ... ( read original story ...)

Fewer than 10 doctors from the Hong Kong Health Department have volunteered to work at overcrowded public hospitals on their days off to help battle a surge in summer flu patients, the city’s health minister said, three days after the government appealed ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s top court could soon get its first female judge, after its UK counterpart appointed its first ever female president. Lady Hale made history on Friday by becoming the third president of the UK’s Supreme Court since its inception in 2009 ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s economy is improving at a rate faster than expected and the government could revise upwards its growth forecast for the year by half a percentage point from the original 2 to 3 per cent, the city’s finance chief said on Saturday. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong health authorities are tackling the world’s first case of a patient contracting the potentially fatal mosquito-borne disease, Japanese encephalitis (JE), through a blood transfusion. The 52-year-old man was fighting for his life at Queen Mary ... ( read original story ...)