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BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's parliament on Wednesday said part of a Hong Kong high-speed railway station being built in the city center would be regarded as Chinese territory, an unprecedented move that critics say further erodes the financial hub ... ( read original story ...)

With glittering lights, Christmas tree displays and discounts advertised on storefronts, Hong Kong’s malls were abuzz with tourists and local families this past weekend. At the upmarket Pacific Place on Christmas Eve, diners indulged in hearty meals ... ( read original story ...)

More elderly organ donors have contributed to saving the lives of others, with Hong Kong recording an increase in the number of such people aged 70 or above this year following the removal of an age limit in public hospitals. As of end November ... ( read original story ...)

Cybercrimes and deception would be major challenges faced by Hong Kong’s police in the next decade, an outgoing veteran crime buster has said amid increasing cases of both types of offences. Over the past decade, reports of technology crimes have jumped ... ( read original story ...)

The new chairman of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong has said his country can learn from the city’s economic system and adopt it, increasing competitiveness, economic growth and tax revenue for Canada’s government. Todd Handcock was ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong has the dubious distinction of being the world’s most expensive real estate market, a title it has retained for the past seven years. In 2017, there was no shortage of warnings of a property bubble, complaints of how homes were seriously ... ( read original story ...)

Former Indonesian maid Erwiana Sulistyaningsih attends a news conference in Hong Kong, Friday, Dec. 22, 2017. The court on Thursday ordered the former abusive employer Law Wan-tung to pay Erwiana HK$809,430 (US$103,500) in damages for abusing her between ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said she would not blindly obey the orders of Communist Party leaders in Beijing, while admitting the government has no way to suppress skyrocketing prices in one of the most expensive property markets in ... ( read original story ...)

The head of the Anglican Church in Hong Kong has urged the government and residents to address the city’s poverty problem with “strategic and creative policies” and acts of care. Archbishop of Hong Kong the Most Reverend Paul Kwong focused on poverty ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong arm of embattled Chinese tech conglomerate LeEco has filed a petition to the territory's high court to wind up the company, media in the Asian financial hub said on Thursday. LE Corporation Limited, a unit of LeEco ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Le Corporation Limited, the Hong Kong arm of embattled Chinese tech conglomerate LeEco, has filed a petition to the territory’s high court to wind up the company, media in the Asian financial hub said on Thursday. LeEco’s other ... ( read original story ...)

A dozen Greenpeace members stormed the recently reopened observation wheel at Hong Kong’s Central waterfront on Thursday morning, prompting rescue action from the Fire Services Department and police. At about 7.15am, a man alerted police that a dozen ... ( read original story ...)

Taking the above definitions as read, only a mad and/or bad man or woman could conclude that the treatment of domestic workers by Hong Kong amounts to anything other than inhumane insanity. Time and again governments – be they of the British pioneers ... ( read original story ...)

Travel plans for scores of foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong who were hoping to return home for Christmas and New Year have been thrown into disarray as the flights they paid for do not exist. Air tickets bought through Peya Travel, an agency ... ( read original story ...)