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Hong Kong localist leader Edward Leung Tin-kei was bound over for HK$1,000 in Eastern Court on Friday after the prosecution decided to offer no evidence on one count of fighting in a public place against him and a pro-Beijing newspaper journalist. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong stocks rebounded on Friday to cap a three-week winning streak, helped by strength in the energy sector and heavyweight China Vanke Co Ltd, the mainland's second largest developer. The benchmark Hang Seng index added 0.5 percent, to 22,937.38 ... ( read original story ...)

Greenland Hong Kong and Wuxi Metro Group also agreed to establish a joint venture company to develop a property development project which comprises the proposed property 08:30p GREENLAND HONG KONG: HK to buy stake in Wuxi land at Rmb2.34bn 08:30p GREENLAND ... ( read original story ...)

It has been a tough run for Hong Kong’s top officials since the 1997 return to China. And controversy seems to be on the agenda for the election of the next chief executive. One former number-two official is already behind bars for bribery, and the man ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong (AFP) - Hong Kong's tough pro-Beijing number two Carrie Lam announced her bid to lead the deeply divided city Thursday after stepping down from her current post. Lam is deputy to Hong Kong's unpopular leader Leung Chun-ying and rose through the ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's No. 2 government official said Thursday that she was resigning to prepare for a leadership bid for the southern Chinese city's top job. Chief Secretary Carrie Lam said she tendered her resignation to Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying and asked ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's No. 2 government official resigned on Thursday in what is widely seen as preparation for a bid for the southern Chinese city's top leadership job. Chief Secretary Carrie Lam tendered her resignation to Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's number two official Carrie Lam resigned Thursday ahead ... Lam, who has worked in government since 1980, would become the city's first woman chief executive. News of her resignation was announced by the government Thursday afternoon in a ... ( read original story ...)

Jan 11 Hong Kong stocks rose for a fifth straight session on Wednesday to hit fresh one-month highs as investors awaited U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's news conference later in the day for clues which may set the tone for global markets. The benchmark ... ( read original story ...)

Those cultural treasures, however, have become the focus of a dispute in Hong Kong. A recently unveiled proposal to build a local branch of the museum has met much resistance, amid growing political tension with the mainland Chinese government. The ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG -- Clare Hollingworth, a British war correspondent who was the first to report the Nazi invasion of Poland that marked the beginning of the Second World War, died in Hong Kong on Tuesday. She was 105. The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG: Hong Kong's former leader Donald Tsang abused his power and was "hopelessly compromised" while in office, prosecutors said Tuesday (Jan 10) in opening arguments at his high-profile corruption trial. Tsang, 72, held the leadership post of chief ... ( read original story ...)

Clare Hollingworth, a British war correspondent who was the first to report the Nazi invasion of Poland that marked the beginning of World War II, died in Hong Kong on Tuesday. She was 105. The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Hong Kong announced her ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG Leading Hong Kong lawyers voiced fresh concerns on Monday ... to very basic principles … one is the independence of the judiciary," Ma told a rare news conference. Despite broad concerns in the legal community, including a silent protest ... ( read original story ...)