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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong police launched a fresh crackdown Tuesday on Uber, arresting 21 drivers suspected of working for the ride-hailing giant in the Asian financial centre. It's the latest regulatory headache for Uber, which already is fighting a similar ... ( read original story ...)

Britain’s top diplomat in Hong Kong condemned the terrorist attack on Manchester that left 22 people dead as a “barbaric act” as he signed a book of condolences on Wednesday paying tribute to the victims. Consul-general Andrew Heyn said the people of ... ( read original story ...)

Mainland Chinese stocks fell on the news, but investors in Hong Kong were more sanguine. "The current market euphoria is a concern for contrarians," wrote Hong Hao, head of research at BOCOM International. "Hong Kong's risk premium is plunging to its ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong police launched a fresh crackdown Tuesday on Uber, arresting 21 drivers suspected of working for the ride-hailing giant in the Asian financial centre. It's the latest regulatory headache for Uber, which already is fighting a similar case in Hong ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong police launched a fresh crackdown Tuesday on Uber, arresting 21 drivers suspected of working for the ride-hailing giant in the Asian financial center. It's the latest regulatory headache for Uber, which already is fighting a similar case in Hong ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG Hong Kong police on Tuesday arrested 21 Uber drivers for illegal car-hiring as part of an ongoing clamp down against Uber Technologies Inc's operations in the Asian financial city. The arrests marked the latest upset for the San Francisco-based ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying should testify before the legislature if he wants to argue his case over cash he took from an Australian company, said the head of the committee looking into the payments. Paul Tse Wai-chun, chairman of the Legislative ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific Airways said Monday it's laying off nearly 600 staff at its headquarters as it faces rising competition from rival carriers and tough business conditions. The airline said it plans to axe about 190 managers, or a quarter of ... ( read original story ...)

The plight of the low-paid in Hong Kong has been laid bare by the Latte Index – a new indicator developed by an academic that measures how many cups of coffee the lowest paid can afford to buy. Professor Paul Yip Siu-fai, of the University of Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)

About 50 per cent of Hong Kong parents and adult children living under a single roof clash at least once a week, a survey by a family care group has found, with issues such as allowance, division of household chores, and lack of privacy among the main reasons. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying fired yet another broadside at an opposition lawmaker on Sunday, saying that Kenneth Leung’s role in a probe into the UGL saga involving his financial dealings was “an example of how Hong Kong’s politics have ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s incoming leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor revealed her softer side in a rare interview aired on Sunday, advising parents to value time spent with their children, while recalling her marriage on December 19, 1984 – the same day as the ... ( read original story ...)

A record turnout of more than 17,600 visitors, 3.5 per cent more than the previous year, attended Entrepreneur Day on 19-20 May at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). Organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), the two ... ( read original story ...)

The plane took off at 1.49 AM with 244 passengers on board from Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad and was scheduled to land at Hong Kong airport at 9.40 AM. The twin engine Airbus A330-300 plane, however, returned to the airport after a bird ... ( read original story ...)