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Fewer than 10 doctors from the Hong Kong Health Department have volunteered to work at overcrowded public hospitals on their days off to help battle a surge in summer flu patients, the city’s health minister said, three days after the government appealed ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s top court could soon get its first female judge, after its UK counterpart appointed its first ever female president. Lady Hale made history on Friday by becoming the third president of the UK’s Supreme Court since its inception in 2009 ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s economy is improving at a rate faster than expected and the government could revise upwards its growth forecast for the year by half a percentage point from the original 2 to 3 per cent, the city’s finance chief said on Saturday. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong health authorities are tackling the world’s first case of a patient contracting the potentially fatal mosquito-borne disease, Japanese encephalitis (JE), through a blood transfusion. The 52-year-old man was fighting for his life at Queen Mary ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong is expected to lease space inside the future high-speed rail terminus at West Kowloon to mainland Chinese authorities to implement a plan for a joint immigration checkpoint, under a deal to be announced as early as next week. The proposal will ... ( read original story ...)

This would be thanks to a super high-speed fibre optic cable, which is being built by Google and Facebook, which aims to span the 12,000 kilometres separating Hong Kong and Los Angeles across the Pacific Ocean. The latest leap in technology was testament ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s post office headquarters in Central is set to be demolished to make way for office buildings as part of a transformation of the city’s prime waterfront space. The General Post Office building, opened in 1976, will be torn down and its ... ( read original story ...)

Police from Hong Kong and Taiwan have busted a syndicate running online romance scams which duped Taiwanese women out of over HK$77 million, according to Taiwan’s official news agency. The racket, based in Taiwan, swindled 127 Taiwanese womenover the ... ( read original story ...)

Protesters have called on one of Hong Kong's most well-known restaurants to stop serving the jelly-like delicacy. Despite government's efforts, the illegal import of fins continues, threatening many species. Diners at Maxim's Palace in Hong Kong on ... ( read original story ...)

Liverpool hosted an open training session at Mong Kok Stadium in Hong Kong on Friday - here is a gallery of the players' workout in the blazing sun. Local supporters were in the stands to watch as the Reds prepared for tomorrow's Premier League Asia Trophy ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong stocks snapped a nine-day winning streak on Friday as investors took a breather after the benchmark index scaled a fresh two-year peak in the previous session. The Hang Seng index shed 0.1 percent, or 34.12 points to 26,706.09, ending its longest ... ( read original story ...)

MACAU (Reuters) - While Hong Kong has been roiled by protests and calls for independence from China, things have been quieter in the neighboring gambling center of Macau, which has seen little dissent to rule from Beijing. The calm in the former Portuguese ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong employers may be forced to set aside a sum of money in the form of “savings” to pay long service and severance payments under a proposal the government is considering for the time when bosses can no longer dip into staff pension funds to ... ( read original story ...)

Klopp took time out of Liverpool's hectic pre-season schedule this week to spend time with local school children in Hong Kong, taking part in a light-hearted ... Klopp will not be pleased however with the recent news of the club having a £66million ... ( read original story ...)