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A Hong Kong public hospital has violated protocol in reporting a serious medical blunder after it was revealed how lapses by two doctors led to a mother’s failing health, a patients’ group and several lawmakers said on Tuesday. They lashed out against ... ( read original story ...)

China's No. 3 official lauded Macau's anti-subversion legislation during a visit to the city Tuesday in a message that appeared aimed at nearby Hong Kong. Similar legislation proposed there has stalled because of opposition from pro-democracy supporters. ( read original story ...)

The financial services industry makes up about a fifth of Hong Kong's economy and employs six percent of its workforce, making it critical for the city to keep up with fintech. The Financial Services Development Council (FSDC), which was set up by the ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong businesses are looking to exploit opportunities along the “belt and road” corridor following the city’s inclusion in March as a member of a key China-led investment bank funding projects along Asia’s new Silk Road trading route. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong customs officials have smashed a suspected drug syndicate, in the city’s fourth multimillion-dollar seizure of cannabis this year. Officers raided a property in Tsuen Wan where they uncovered 131kg of suspected cannabis buds worth HK$21.5 ... ( read original story ...)

Cheung was addressing the 2016 Hong Kong News Awards on Monday, at which the South China Morning Post scooped 10 prizes. He also promised: “[The government] will continue to partner with the press and the media to make Hong Kong flourish and thrive.” ( read original story ...)

The Newspaper Society of Hong Kong organises the Hong Kong News Awards every year to give recognition to the outstanding achievements and professionalism of journalists in Hong Kong. I am pleased to see the Hong Kong News Awards growing from strength to ... ( read original story ...)

These are external links and will open in a new window British band TTNG and US musician Mylets have been briefly detained in Hong Kong over alleged visa offences. According to media reports, the band members were held after a raid by police and ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s incoming chief executive should work to put the city on the global map by seizing the mainland’s go abroad initiative and casting aside political wrangling, says veteran entrepreneur Victor Fung Kwok-king. Making this call to Carrie Lam ... ( read original story ...)

A former top Hong Kong judge has hit out at the city’s judiciary for handing down long and complicated judgments and accused the highest court of acting unconstitutionally in one case. Former Court of Final Appeal judge Henry Litton said the common law ... ( read original story ...)

The only way really is up, as these stunning photographs of Hong Kong from a never-seen-before angle can affirm. French photographer Romain Jacquet-Lagreze wanted to capture the Chinese city from a vertical perspective, making the towering skycrapers seem ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s incoming chief executive should work to put the city on the global map by seizing the mainland’s go abroad initiative and casting aside political wrangling, says veteran entrepreneur Victor Fung Kwok-king. Making this call to Carrie Lam ... ( read original story ...)

French expatriates in Hong Kong were casting their vote from Sunday morning in the election for their country’s next president, with signs that most would be opting for liberal candidate Emmanuel Macron of En Marche over far-right Front National leader ... ( read original story ...)

As it turns out, the project has also been a learning experience for Chen, who says she now enjoys the city more, and has been taught to enjoy the grittier side of Hong Kong. “I was always hanging around in Central district. I rarely went to Mong Kok. ( read original story ...)