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It has been dubbed the "bridge of death" by some local media. At least nine workers on the Hong Kong side have died and officials told BBC News Chinese that nine had died on the mainland side, too. Hu... ( read original story ...)

China on Tuesday opened the world’s longest sea-crossing bridge linking Hong Kong to the mainland, a feat of engineering carrying immense economic and political significance. Chinese President ... ( read original story ...)

“This is part of the ‘Greater Bay Area’ Project, which includes Hong Kong and Macau with the development of the Pearl River bay area,” he told ABC News. “It is about making Hong Kong an ... ( read original story ...)

A distinguished Hong Kong judge who has ruled on significant civil rights cases, including those involving pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong Chi-fung, has urged the city to stand up for its rule of l... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s trade and logistics sectors are raring to be the first winners from the cross-border mega bridge when it starts operating this week, as organisers put the finishing touches to the multibil... ( read original story ...)

Indonesia’s top envoy in Hong Kong has called on the city’s government to step up action against loan sharking syndicates that target domestic helpers, who are usually forced to surrender their passpo... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong will break-even on a controversial 1,700-hectare reclamation project off Lantau Island within 20 years and could make trillions of dollars from the deal, a member of a government-friendly th... ( read original story ...)

Lap Kwan Yue, 19, will spend one year behind bars. The Hong Kong man pleaded guilty to charges of voyeurism and child pornography Thursday in a Lethbridge court. Court heard that in March of 2018 ... ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong Journalists Association has urged three news outlets as well as a group of local media chiefs visiting Beijing to explain the “highly unusual” retraction of multiple reports that include... ( read original story ...)

Wong Wing-hang, who chairs the Hong Kong News Executives Association, told the Post that officials from Beijing had told the delegation that the meeting was for “internal communication only” and was “ ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s professional body of solicitors is seeking to plug a loophole that allows foreign and mainland Chinese lawyers to work “back door” on local cases, but this has raised concerns it will only ... ( read original story ...)

The reported remarks by Huang Kunming, head of the Chinese Communist Party's propaganda department, were quoted by Siu Sai-wo, CEO of Hong Kong's Sing Tao News Corporation, who spoke to the city's med... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong universities suffered drops in the latest Times Higher Education law, and business and economics rankings, with the publisher urging the city’s institutions to improve their teaching environ... ( read original story ...)

When Jardine Matheson’s former Hong Kong executive Geoffrey Jones was shopping for a new car two years ago, a special package by Axa on Tesla’s four-door sedan caught his eye. The French insurer offer... ( read original story ...)