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broke the news of Wright’s passing on the group’s Facebook page on Tuesday. Law, who first visited Wright in London in 2012, recalled how the former director of public works continued to keep an eye on Hong Kong affairs even though he had been retired ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s freshly appointed justice minister should have withdrawn ... arbitration work were mentioned two weeks ago in the Global Arbitration Review, a news website read by arbitrators around the world. “News spread quickly,” he said. ( read original story ...)

"China resolutely opposes any foreign government, organisation or individual interfering in Hong Kong's affairs," she told a daily news briefing. The United States firmly supports Hong Kong's respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, said a ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - The European Union on Tuesday criticised the ... in mainland China that include an independent judiciary but not a fully democratic vote. News of the disqualification sparked a protest by 2,000 people in the Asian financial hub ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A group of Hong Kong lawyers on Monday condemned a ban on a democracy activist by the territory's government to prevent her from contesting a by-election, describing it as the suppression of free expression and a curb on voting. ( read original story ...)

Pro-democracy groups took to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday to protest the government's decision to disqualify a prominent activist from legislative elections in March. Agnes Chow, 21, was seeking to become Hong Kong's youngest council member ever ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s opposition politicians are hoping to turn a setback to their advantage and harvest more votes from supporters outraged by the banning of pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow Ting from running in the coming Legislative Council by-election. ( read original story ...)

Legal professionals, including a top adviser to Hong Kong’s leader, see no grounds for electoral authorities to ban any more candidates from running in the coming Legislative Council by-election after pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow Ting was ... ( read original story ...)

It was only the second time in Hong Kong history that such a large bomb had been discovered in an urban area, and it brought parts of the district to a standstill. Police experts began the final process to disarm the unexploded second world war ordnance ... ( read original story ...)

This reluctance mirrored the Hong Kong government’s attitudes towards such businesses locally, according to Amadeus, a Spanish B2B IT provider for the global travel industry. The company polled 300 people in the city about their travel habits and found ... ( read original story ...)

Protesters in Hong Kong gathered outside the government's headquarters Sunday evening after a leading pro-democracy activist was barred from standing as a candidate in upcoming elections. The ban on 21-year-old Agnes Chow, who was at the forefront of mass ... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING—Hong Kong’s government banned a 21-year-old pro-democracy activist from standing for election to the territory’s legislature Saturday, in a move her party called payback for the 2014 Umbrella Movement street protests. Agnes Chow was a leading ... ( read original story ...)

Police in Hong Kong battled for over 12 hours to defuse a 1,000lb US World War Two bomb found on a building site after 1,300 people were evacuated from the area. The explosive device was found 15 metres underground at a construction site for Hong Kong's ... ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong government risks losing touch with China’s national development plans by downgrading the role of the Central Policy Unit (CPU) under a revamp being pushed by the city’s leader, a former head of the think tank says. Professor Lau Siu-kai ... ( read original story ...)