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To say that Josie Ho has been busy is an understatement. The Hong Kong singer and actress is putting out new music, touring Asia and has shot a new travel show on TLC. Together with her indie rock band, "Josie and the Uni Boys," Ho is releasing seven new ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - “Important areas” of Hong Kong’s “One Country, Two Systems” framework are coming under growing pressure, illustrated by developments such as reports of mainland security officials operating in the autonomous city ... ( read original story ...)

Sign up here to receive our newsletter. When HNA Group Co., the Chinese conglomerate that’s been buying up companies worldwide, spent $3.5 billion in Hong Kong earlier this year on land for its first luxury real estate development, it had no problems get ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s home prices may be surging from one record high to another, but the prospect of reining them in over the next decade may not be as far-fetched as sceptics make it out to be, according to experts. Price corrections however, will also depend on ... ( read original story ...)

Putting up posters to discuss Hong Kong independence in universities is acceptable as long as the material does not advocate it, according to the head of a tertiary institution embroiled in the recent banner row. Leonard Cheng Kwok-hon, president of ... ( read original story ...)

The government may struggle to implement its “smart city” initiatives, with Hong Kong’s chief information officers saying they are finding it increasingly hard to hire IT workers, according to a poll by an international recruiter. In the survey by US ... ( read original story ...)

China Mobile, one of the four major mobile operators in Hong Kong, cut its monthly package fee by 25 per cent on Tuesday – the last one to jump into the price war ahead of the latest iPhone launch. CSL fired the first shot last week by offering discounts ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s leader on Tuesday said the posting of malicious or pro-independence messages on university noticeboards was not a question of freedom of speech, but a constitutional issue of respect for the “one country, two systems” governing formula ... ( read original story ...)

Steve Bannon was greeted by protesters accusing him of being a racist and a Nazi as he arrived in Hong Kong Tuesday for his first public speech since leaving the White House. The firebrand former aide was speaking at an event hosted by an arm of a ... ( read original story ...)

For Andrew Ling Hin-yau, who has been the leader of the viola section of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra since 2010, the pursuit of the arts can offer a quiet moment away from life’s worries. Ling, 34, one of the city’s top string musicians ... ( read original story ...)

Since being ousted from office Bannon has returned to the ultra-conservative news outlet Breitbart, which he headed before joining Trump's team. He has previously worked in Hong Kong and Shanghai. ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Protesters outside a luxury hotel in Hong Kong shouted anti-racism slogans on Tuesday ahead of a speech by former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon at an investor conference organized by a unit of China's largest brokerage. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary Paul Chan warned potential buyers to be careful buying property in the world’s most expensive housing market, as moves by the Federal Reserve to unwind its balance sheet may shrink money supply. Chan warned in June that ... ( read original story ...)

Cold drinks and hot women don’t seem to have been enough to keep Hooters well supported, with the American restaurant chain facing eviction from its sole Hong Kong site after failing to pay more than HK$1 million in rent, according to legal documents. ( read original story ...)