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The observatory issued a Number 8 storm signal Friday -- the third-highest warning level. The usually frenetic streets of Hong Kong were deserted on Friday as the city was battered by Typhoon Haima after the storm left a trail of deaths and damage in the ... ( read original story ...)

New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Bill English cancelled a meeting with two senior Hong Kong democracy supporters this week on advice from his foreign office, he said on Friday, underscoring a delicate relationship with Communist Party-ruled China. ( read original story ...)

At least 5 suspicious deaths reported in Hong Kong scandal-hit nursing home for mentally disabled An initial investigation by the department showed that a nurse falsely placed a speculum, which had been cleansed but not sterilised, in a box for properly ... ( read original story ...)

The government has defended its decision to revoke the temporary licence of a scandal-stricken nursing home for the mentally disabled, despite new revelations there were seven deaths in two years. The Social Welfare Department announced on Thursday it ... ( read original story ...)

Typhoon Haima lashed Hong Kong with strong winds and torrential rain on Friday. The extreme weather caused schools and offices to close and more than 700 flights were cancelled. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong is not exactly renowned to be the most kid friendly country around but don’t fret if you want to go and visit and have to bring the children. I gave birth to two out of my three babies there and I never felt that there was a lack of ... ( read original ...

HONG KONG: The usually frenetic streets of Hong Kong were deserted Friday as the city was battered by Typhoon Haima after the storm left a trail of deaths and damage in the Philippines. More than 700 flights in and out of Hong Kong were cancelled or ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong international rugby player Jamie Tsang ... One elderly man became a local hero after online images of him calmly reading a newspaper in a flooded branch of Starbucks went viral, earning him the nickname 'Starbucks uncle'. Haima, which means ... ( read original story ...)

Heavy rains brought flooding to parts of Hong Kong this week, but that was not enough not to stop one elderly man from enjoying his newspaper and coffee. A photo showing the old man sitting unaffected in a flooded Starbucks outlet in Chai Wan district went ... ( read original story ...)

An elderly man in Hong Kong has become an unlikely social media star after he was spotted enjoying his newspaper in a flooded Starbucks. Picture of the man was taken yesterday in a shopping mall in Chai Wan and has since become widely shared on social media. ( read original story ...)

From swearing to throwing luncheon meat, unprecedented scenes have been playing out in Hong Kong's lawmaking body - the Legislative Council. On Wednesday, dozens of lawmakers staged a walk-out ahead of a second attempt to swear in newly elected pro ... ( read original story ...)

Unprecedented scenes have been playing out recently in Hong Kong's Legislative Council, the territory's main lawmaking body. On Wednesday, dozens of lawmakers staged a walk-out ahead of a second attempt to swear in newly elected pro-independence lawmakers. ( read original story ...)

Activists Baggio Leung, right, and Yau Wai-ching after pro-Beijing MPs tried to stall their swearing-in [Bobby Yip/Reuters] Dozens of pro-Beijing politicians have staged a walk-out from the Hong Kong legislature to stall the swearing in of two pro ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG -- Tensions flared at Hong Kong's legislature Wednesday as pro-Beijing lawmakers prevented a pair of newly elected representatives advocating independence for the Chinese region from getting a second chance at taking their oaths. Sixtus Leung and ... ( read original story ...)