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Competition for a seat at Hong Kong’s primary schools located near the mainland has eased slightly this year after Shenzhen relaxed admission policies for cross-border pupils. School principals said they were receiving fewer applications from mainland ... ( read original story ...)

An explosion killed two people and injured at least 30 others as it knocked down buildings and left streets littered with damaged cars and debris in a port city south of Shanghai, the government and news reports said. The early Sunday morning explosion ... ( read original story ...)

The 54-year-old woman from Fujian province arrived in the city on Wednesday. On Friday her relatives contacted Hong Kong police to say the kidnappers had called them demanding HK$4 million for her release. After an investigation, police raided a flat in ... ( read original story ...)

A collection of French artist Claude Monet's personal belongings, including a pair of round-rimmed wire spectacles, have fetched almost $11 million at an auction in Hong Kong, Christie's said. The dainty glasses, made from gold-coloured metal, went to an ... ( read original story ...)

The event's star names, Justin Rose and Sergio Garcia, ended on seven-under and five-under respectively after failing to shine on the short but challenging Hong Kong Golf Club course. Get latest news & live updates on the go on your pc with News App. ( read original story ...)

KOWLOON: PV Sindhu's gallant fight ended in agony as she suffered a second successive loss to world no. 1 Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei at the summit clash of the $400,000 Hong Kong Super Series ... Get latest news & live updates on the go on your pc ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (AP) — Australia's Wade Ormsby won the 2017 Hong Kong Open in dramatic fashion for his first European Tour win on Sunday. Ormsby was 12 under and two shots ahead heading into the last, but bogeyed the final hole to head into the clubhouse at 11 ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s rival political camps won one district council seat each in Monday’s early hours, in the first electoral showdown between the pan-democrats and the pro-establishment bloc since six opposition lawmakers were disqualified from the Legislative ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s economic future increasingly lies in being the springboard propelling mainland Chinese companies into the global arena, the associate director general of the government’s investment promotion body has said. With China’s “belt and road ... ( read original story ...)

About 2,000km away, in the heart of Hong Kong, a similar story unfolds each morning. A hunchbacked 89-year-old woman goes from shop to shop in Causeway Bay, hauling piles of used cardboard that she can sell later. It is her only source of income. ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Australian Wade Ormsby won his maiden European Tour title with a two-under-par 68 in the final round of the Hong Kong Open on Sunday after Rafa Cabrera-Bello bogeyed the 18th to blow his chance of forcing a playoff. Cabrera-Bello was ... ( read original story ...)

Three Hong Kong youngsters have won the Best Animated Short Film prize at the 2017 Golden Horse Awards for a 465-second story voicing the struggles suffered by sexual minorities. Shek Ka-chun, Wong Chun-long and Wong Tsz-ying received the honour at a prize ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong, Nov 25 (IANS) Indian golfer S.S.P Chawrasia held a slender one-shot advantage after carding a one-under-par 69 in the third round of the $2 million UBS Hong Kong Open at the Hong Kong Golf Club here on Saturday. Chawrasia, a six-time winner on ... ( read original story ...)

Free flowing badminton was to the fore again as PV Sindhu dished out another dominant performance to drub Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand 21-17, 21-17 in the semi-finals of the Hong Kong Open Super ... Get latest news & live updates on the go on your pc ... ( read original story ...)