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Protesters in Hong Kong gathered outside the government's headquarters Sunday evening after a leading pro-democracy activist was barred from standing as a candidate in upcoming elections. The ban on 21-year-old Agnes Chow, who was at the forefront of mass ... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING—Hong Kong’s government banned a 21-year-old pro-democracy activist from standing for election to the territory’s legislature Saturday, in a move her party called payback for the 2014 Umbrella Movement street protests. Agnes Chow was a leading ... ( read original story ...)

Police in Hong Kong battled for over 12 hours to defuse a 1,000lb US World War Two bomb found on a building site after 1,300 people were evacuated from the area. The explosive device was found 15 metres underground at a construction site for Hong Kong's ... ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong government risks losing touch with China’s national development plans by downgrading the role of the Central Policy Unit (CPU) under a revamp being pushed by the city’s leader, a former head of the think tank says. Professor Lau Siu-kai ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG - Bomb disposal officers in Hong Kong on Sunday (Jan 28) successfully defused a 450kg wartime bomb discovered a day earlier at a construction site in Wan Chai. A construction worker made a report to police at 7.40am on Saturday, prompting the ... ( read original story ...)

News of the study set off a chain of reactions across the community ... One of which was former Democratic Party lawmaker Fred Li Wah-ming who was hired by the Hong Kong Golf Club, which runs the Fanling course, to lobby stakeholders. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong election authorities sparked a political storm on Saturday by banning a pro-democracy activist with strong youth support from running in a Legislative Council by-election in March. Agnes Chow Ting accused the government of “political screening ... ( read original story ...)

The 58-year-old former lawyer turned businessman and environmental campaigner – and grandnephew of late TVB creator Sir Run Run Shaw – is now busily promoting an ambitious scheme to pedestrianise one of Hong Kong’s most crowded, polluted roads. ( read original story ...)

Pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow Ting was on Saturday banned from running in Hong Kong’s Legislative Council by-election, dashing her chances of becoming the city’s youngest ever lawmaker. The government said a returning officer had decided Chow’s ... ( read original story ...)

Her Demosisto party said the ban was "payback" against an entire generation. Hong Kong on Saturday banned pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow from running in upcoming elections in a move widely seen as political interference from China. China has increased ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG – The Hong Kong government says it has barred a young pro-democracy activist from an upcoming election because her party's political platform violates electoral laws, in the latest move by the semiautonomous Chinese city to squelch dissent. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s car-oriented roads are designed for an “alarming” number of vehicles, prevent people from walking, and worsen hazardous air pollution and public health, environmentalists have warned. Those who tout walking as a mode of transport argue ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s leader promised on Friday to address issues such as income disparity and a lack of opportunities for young people at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor was addressing a panel discussion on the global ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (AFP) - One of Hong Kong's best-known democracy activists was banned on Saturday (Jan 27) from standing as lawmaker in upcoming elections, the latest blow to freedoms in the city as Beijing tightens its grip. Agnes Chow, 21, a former leader of ... ( read original story ...)