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Doctors and concern groups in Hong Kong are calling for heightened awareness of the mental state of patients suffering from a rare and incurable neurological disease as a local survey found close to 30 per cent of patients had experienced suicidal thoughts. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong customs officers uncovered more than seven tonnes of scales believed to have come from endangered pangolins in a shipping container that arrived from Africa, the government said on Tuesday. The 7,200kg haul – one of the biggest seizures of its ... ( read original story ...)

A young man who was reported missing while scouting for a site to play war games with friends on a Hong Kong hillside over the weekend was lured there, murdered and pushed down a slope, police said on Monday. Officers arrested three men, aged between 21 ... ( read original story ...)

John Moore-trained Werther (No. 1), ridden by Hugh Bowman, defeated Blazing Speed (No. 2) and Eagle Way (No. 4) to win the Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup (G1 2400m) at Sha Tin Racecourse today. Werther delivered a timely reminder of his ... ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority confirmed on Monday that it would look into using facial recognition or fingerprint technology in the city’s cash machines to beef up financial security, as doubts remain whether such biotechnologies are mature and safe ... ( read original story ...)

Zhou Nan, former director of the official Xinhua news agency’s Hong Kong branch – Beijing’s de facto embassy before 1997 – made the suggestions in an article to be published in the latest issue of the pro-­establishment Bauhinia magazine on Thursday. ( read original story ...)

Residents in Hong Kong have started calling for the return of their former colonial rulers. Britain left the Far East 20 years ago on July 1, but citizens in the administrative region are now calling for their return. Serial sex offender locked up for 15 ... ( read original story ...)

The Post reported on Monday that banks in Hong Kong would almost certainly have to replace all of the city’s 3,250 cash machines with new ones equipped with facial recognition technology as part of the battle against money laundering, financial crime and ... ( read original story ...)

The steamy weather could be bad news for paddlers competing in the centuries-old races ... will edge closer to the coast of Guangdong in the next couple of days,” the Hong Kong Observatory said in a statement. “A trough of low pressure is expected ... ( read original story ...)

Buyers queue to get a shot at newly-released developments Newspaper describes property market as ‘becoming crazier’ Snaking queues of thousands of prospective apartment buyers in Hong Kong signaled authorities have made no progress in cooling a red-hot ... ( read original story ...)

A Muslim organisation based in Hong Kong has condemned a British far-right group for sharing a video of a brawl on a train in the city as part of its anti-immigrant “propaganda” ahead of the UK election on June 8. The Muslim Council of Hong Kong has ... ( read original story ...)

Paul Niel and Esther Röling emerged wet, exhausted, but elated when they arrived at Siu Sai Wan, Chai Wan on Sunday evening after a groundbreaking journey around Hong Kong Island. The couple successfully completed a round-the-island expedition in which ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong lawmakers and district councillors have urged the government to tighten cycling rules after a recent debut of the city's first bike-sharing services prompted a string of complaints over the haphazard parking of bicycles. But according to Raphael ... ( read original story ...)

Temperatures hit highs of 31 degrees Celsius on Sunday as the city enjoyed a day of sun and clear blue skies. Hong Kong’s often stifling humidity levels also dropped to about 50 per cent, creating perfect weather for heading outdoors. A spokesman for the ... ( read original story ...)