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Singapore's defense minister said Monday that nine armored personnel carriers that are being held in Hong Kong should be returned immediately under sovereign immunity laws. Customs authorities in Hong Kong, a Chinese territory, seized the eight-wheeled ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG: Hong Kong's youngest legislator Nathan Law was attacked by anti-independence protesters at the city's airport late Sunday (Jan 8) after flying back from a political forum in Taiwan. Law, 23, was met by a crowd of angry pro-Beijing demonstrators ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE Singapore's defence minister said on Monday nine armoured vehicles seized in Hong Kong could not be detained or confiscated and that the city-state had repeatedly asked for their return. Hong Kong customs seized the troop carriers in November as ... ( read original story ...)

A dog poisoner has struck again in a scenic area of Hong Kong where up to 200 animals have been targeted, many with fatal results, stretching back at least 25 years. Animal welfare workers and police warned people to be on the alert while walking their ... ( read original story ...)

Lawmakers from Hong Kong and Taiwan said their common ground was a desire for democracy and social justice, not “collusion for political independence” as Beijing had suggested. Hong Kong lawmakers Nathan Law Kwun-chung, Edward Yiu Chung-yim ... ( read original story ...)

Want to curse Nigel Farage for leading the UK to Brexit? A group of sorcerers in Hong Kong have what you need, and a track record they say proves their success. Known locally as “villain hitters”, the group of mostly elderly women set up stall every ... ( read original story ...)

Artist and entrepreneur Shweta Rohira and her mother Kajal Rohira recently went for a vacation to Hong Kong and the mother and daughter duo had a great time there. They stayed there for six days and gathered some very precious lifetime memories. ( read original story ...)

“Uncle Ray” has been around for so long that even calling him the “Godfather of Hong Kong pop music” is inadequate to fully describe him or honour his illustrious broadcasting career. “What about ‘Great Godfather’?” Ray Cordeiro jokingly ... ( read original story ...)

according to FactWire news agency. The revelation added more pressure onto Lam – who is ­expected to resign next Thursday to run for Hong Kong’s top job – to ­explain the secrecy shrouding what she insisted would become a popular museum to showcase ... ( read original story ...)

Pro-China protesters waving placards reading "Independence will get you nowhere" greeted Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong and three rebel lawmakers as they arrived in Taipei Saturday. Wong, along with Hong Kong legislators Nathan Law ... ( read original story ...)

The parents of evil British banker Rurik Jutting divorced days before he stood trial for the ‘sadistic’ murder of two prostitutes at his luxury Hong Kong flat, MailOnline has learned. The 32-year marriage of father Graham and mother Helen was dissolved ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's army of domestic helpers let loose with a variety of activities on Hong Kong streets. Tara Joseph reports. Reuters is the news and media division of Thomson Reuters. Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency ... ( read original story ...)

The Finnish-owned Hong Kong chain of discount stores applied to the Espoo District Court on Thursday for debt restructuring. The company’s 2016 books recorded 1.3 million euros in losses. The chain’s 27 department stores, most of which are located in ... ( read original story ...)

One of the reasons I decided to leave Hong Kong was that I'd seen all big cities of the world, especially in East Asia. I'd gotten to the point where it's all the same — there's a metro, a lot of people, the architecture's the same — so I thought I ... ( read original ...