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The organisers of Hong Kong's biggest annual pro-democracy march say their application to begin their protest in the usual venue has been rejected. The Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF) said the decision was taken by the government department which runs ... ( read original story ...)

For years, the last surviving memento of rifleman Ray Donald Jackson's life lay in the dirt in Stanley, Hong Kong, where he died. His family didn't even have a photo to remember him by. He was just a memory — a man who died serving with the Royal Rifles ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's authorities have not commented on the claim. Meanwhile, Hong Kong Free Press news portal reported that Victoria Park would be used by the Hong Kong Celebrations Association, which holds its own events to mark the handover on 1 July 1997. ( read original story ...)

The reality is a one-room "shoebox" cubicle, one of five partitioned out of a small apartment in an aging walkup in a working class Hong Kong neighborhood. Into the 120-square foot room are crammed a bunk bed, small couch, fridge, washing machine and tiny ... ( read original story ...)

A Hong Kong public hospital has violated protocol in reporting a serious medical blunder after it was revealed how lapses by two doctors led to a mother’s failing health, a patients’ group and several lawmakers said on Tuesday. They lashed out against ... ( read original story ...)

China's No. 3 official lauded Macau's anti-subversion legislation during a visit to the city Tuesday in a message that appeared aimed at nearby Hong Kong. Similar legislation proposed there has stalled because of opposition from pro-democracy supporters. ( read original story ...)

The financial services industry makes up about a fifth of Hong Kong's economy and employs six percent of its workforce, making it critical for the city to keep up with fintech. The Financial Services Development Council (FSDC), which was set up by the ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong businesses are looking to exploit opportunities along the “belt and road” corridor following the city’s inclusion in March as a member of a key China-led investment bank funding projects along Asia’s new Silk Road trading route. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong customs officials have smashed a suspected drug syndicate, in the city’s fourth multimillion-dollar seizure of cannabis this year. Officers raided a property in Tsuen Wan where they uncovered 131kg of suspected cannabis buds worth HK$21.5 ... ( read original story ...)

Cheung was addressing the 2016 Hong Kong News Awards on Monday, at which the South China Morning Post scooped 10 prizes. He also promised: “[The government] will continue to partner with the press and the media to make Hong Kong flourish and thrive.” ( read original story ...)

The Newspaper Society of Hong Kong organises the Hong Kong News Awards every year to give recognition to the outstanding achievements and professionalism of journalists in Hong Kong. I am pleased to see the Hong Kong News Awards growing from strength to ... ( read original story ...)

These are external links and will open in a new window British band TTNG and US musician Mylets have been briefly detained in Hong Kong over alleged visa offences. According to media reports, the band members were held after a raid by police and ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s incoming chief executive should work to put the city on the global map by seizing the mainland’s go abroad initiative and casting aside political wrangling, says veteran entrepreneur Victor Fung Kwok-king. Making this call to Carrie Lam ... ( read original story ...)

A former top Hong Kong judge has hit out at the city’s judiciary for handing down long and complicated judgments and accused the highest court of acting unconstitutionally in one case. Former Court of Final Appeal judge Henry Litton said the common law ... ( read original story ...)