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“I would consider my cartoon as photography or news reporting,” said Zunzi. “It’s an exaggerated way of documenting what is happening in Hong Kong society. It might not be 100 percent factual; rather, a creative way of expressing the collective ... ( read original story ...)

Two former student leaders face imprisonment following their conviction on Thursday for their roles in a chaotic siege of a University of Hong Kong council meeting last year. Former student union president Billy Fung Jing-en, 23, was convicted after trial ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s divided legislature on Wednesday finally approved the government’s funding boost of HK$3.6 billion for education, but relations between the administration and opposition lawmakers were left in tatters over the recent disqualification of ... ( read original story ...)

A foreign domestic helper was in police custody on Wednesday night after being arrested on suspicion of indecently assaulting her employer’s 10-year-old son, who was in her care. The 47-year-old woman was detained after her employer – the boy’s ... ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong Book Fair’s organiser still expects about 1 million visitors, similar to last year’s turnout. “I think the rain will not put out the Hong Kong people’s passion for reading,” said Benjamin Chau Kai-leung, deputy executive director of ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG — Twenty years ago this July, Prince Charles and former Prime Minister Tony Blair formally returned sovereignty over this British Dependent Territory to China’s then-president, Jiang Zemin. After the Union Jack had been replaced by the ... ( read original story ...)

Legal experts warn that more Hong Kong pan-democratic lawmakers face the same fate as their six colleagues barred over improper oath-taking in the Legislative Council. One legal scholar has even proposed allowing a judge to ­administer oath-taking to ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority will pay for the transfer of patients from overcrowded public hospitals to private ones in an arrangement that could become a long-term measure to cope with an influx of sick people, according to a senior health official. ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A consortium of private equity firms TPG Capital Management LP and MBK Partners, and investment manager I Squared Capital Advisors LLC have put in separate bids for the fixed-line phone unit of Hong Kong's richest man, Li Ka-Shing ... ( read original story ...)

OTTAWA—A group of Hong Kong asylum seekers who sheltered the American surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden in 2013 is calling on the Canadian government to speed up their refugee applications in the face of concern they will be imminently detained ... ( read original story ...)

Seguin was blunt during a news conference in Ottawa Monday about what could happen ... are being specifically targeted for deportation by Hong Kong authorities, said Simkin, who could only speculate on why. "It seems like the families' connection to ... ( read original story ...)

Jurgen Klopp fears torrential rain could turn the pitch for Liverpool’s Asia Trophy game against Crystal Palace into a quagmire, writes Darren Lewis in Hong Kong. Pitch inspections have been taken ahead of Wednesday’s Premier League-sponsored match at ... ( read original story ...)

Lam Soon (Hong Kong) Limited would like to provide further information in relation to the continuing connected transactions under the Master Services Agreements. Reference is made to the announcement of Lam Soon (Hong Kong) Limited (the "Company") dated 7 ... ( read original story ...)

Jurgen Klopp fears torrential rain could turn the pitch for Liverpool’s Asia Trophy game against Crystal Palace into a quagmire, writes Darren Lewis in Hong Kong. Pitch inspections have been taken ahead of Wednesday’s Premier League-sponsored match at ... ( read original story ...)