Trainer Danny Shum scored an eventful double at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (21 June), with the handler jokingly suggesting that his winners Sparkling Talent and Lucky Wan Feng should swap names to better describe the manner of their victories. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks flat, investors ponder China MSCI inclusion
SHANGHAI: Hong Kong stocks were little changed on Thursday, as investors pondered the potential impact of MSCI's decision to include more mainland China stocks in a key benchmark index. The Hang Seng index fell 0.1 per cent, to 25,674.53 points ... ( read original story ...)
Pansy Ho still has high hopes for Jetstar Hong Kong
Billionaire businesswoman Pansy Ho hopes to resurrect Jetstar Hong Kong after the budget airline’s failure to gain regulatory approval nearly two years ago. Ms Ho, daughter of Hong Kong gaming billionaire Stanley Ho, said she hoped the airline would be ... ( read original story ...)
United youngsters to visit Hong Kong
Manchester United's youngsters will head to Hong Kong in August as part of the preparations ahead of the new season. The Under-16 squad will join the newly established JC Youth Football Academy Summit, through official club partner The Hong Kong Jockey Club. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong couple win right to bury stillborn son
A grieving couple in Hong Kong have finally been granted permission to pick up the ... "We're really happy and relieved," the father, Kevin, told BBC News. "It's bittersweet, of course, but I'm relieved that we've been able to get closure," he said. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s mini apartments boom as property prices soar
With its marble-clad lobby, sweeping balcony views and sleek, modern decor, Donny Chan's apartment building would seem the kind of upscale tower most young Hong Kong professionals aspire to live in. But not for Chan, 39, who avoids spending time in his ... ( read original story ...)
As Hong Kong Flats Shrink, Developers’ Coffers Swell
That’s slightly less space than Stanley Prison, a 30-minute drive across the Hong Kong island, affords its inmates. Cramped living spaces in the world’s major cities are nothing new. But few places have reached such extremes as Hong Kong, where housing ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong green groups urge lawmakers to block Lantau office if more conservationists are not included
Green activists in Hong Kong are urging lawmakers to reject the government’s plan for a new office to spearhead Lantau’s development unless more conservation experts are included. The Sustainable Lantau Office, which will be set up after funding is ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong ignoring 1.5 million marginalised women and funding for women’s rights, campaigners say
Women’s rights campaigners from across Asia have gathered in Hong Kong to discuss the lack of funding for their projects, which they claim are being ignored in favour of organisation that represent pro-establishment groups. Representatives from ... ( read original story ...)
‘We will continue our fight ‘: Why Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong will keep speaking out for democracy
Wong spoke with As It Happens host Carol Off about the new film about his life and what's ahead for Hong Kong as it approaches the 20th anniversary of its handover to China. Carol Off: I want to start with the news, which is that you plan to plead guilty ... ( read original story ...
Hong Kong should use national education to ‘guide’ youth who took part in Occupy protests, ex-Xinhua official urges
former deputy director of Xinhua News Agency, struck a sympathetic tone as he talked about the city where he was stationed for 13 years until his retirement in 1998. Xinhua’s Hong Kong branch was the predecessor of the central government’s liaison ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong cannot develop different set of politics from China, Beijing legal expert says
The legal chief of Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong says Hongkongers should wake up from the “illusion” that they can develop a different set of politics from China under “one country, two systems”, declaring that “all politics is central”. ( read original story ...)
Parking spot in Hong Kong goes for $664,300
The spot, located in the ritzy Upton apartment complex in western Hong Kong, is only 188-square-feet. That’s slightly bigger than a regular parking space anywhere else, about four times the size of a king-size bed and one-fifteenth the size of a tennis ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong parking space sold for $664,000
But what does he park in it? A business executive paid $664,000 for a parking space in his ritzy Hong Kong apartment building, according to property records, setting a new record for the city by $50,000. The South China Morning Post reports that Kwan Wai ... ( read original story ...)