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Hong Kong may get a more favourable water import deal with mainland China after 2020, following an agreement between authorities from both sides to review the current price formula. The details on water supply from Guangdong are contained in a document to ... ( read original story ...)

Hongkongers are set to foot a ­bigger bill than expected for the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge after latest ­estimates showed the cost for the bridge had overrun by one-third, or HK$11.8 billion. Although the main section of the project – a 22.9km ... ( read original story ...)

A practising eye surgeon before he joined the Hong Kong government in 2002 ... “I don’t find any problems in his honesty,” Ip said, saying he was shocked by the news. He confirmed that Ho had rather strong ties with Beijing officials among the ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong tied for 25th place with New Zealand and Sweden, beating larger countries like the US and Spain, with the delegation taking home one bronze medal and seven medallions of excellence, which meant the participants achieved above-average scores in ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong tribunal on Tuesday imposed a fine of HK$400 million ($51 million) on the private banking unit of HSBC (HSBA.L) in a case related to the sale of Lehman Brothers-linked structured financial products between 2003 and 2008. ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A lack of space for cemeteries in crowded Hong Kong clashes with the age-old Chinese tradition of reverence for one’s ancestors. But one entrepreneur uses virtual reality software to reconcile the two, allowing people to honor ... ( read original story ...)

A Hong Kong man with financial woes who brought his deaf-mute and mentally disabled son to Singapore and abandoned him there in 2014 – believing he would be better cared for in the city state – admitted his guilt in court on Tuesday. Construction ... ( read original story ...)

The Sydney carnival may be the only chance for punters to see stars of the saddle Joao Moreira, Tommy Berry, Zac Purton and Nash Rawiller ride in Australia next year after a ruling from Hong Kong Jockey Club on Monday. Tougher rules: Joao Moreira and ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong secondary school pupils placed third in a worldwide ranking on collaborative problem-solving skills, according to results announced on Tuesday. The city came behind Singapore and Japan in the latest Programme for International Student Assessment ... ( read original story ...)

A two-year-old boy died on Thursday after suffering from a pneumococcal infection, in the third such fatality involving children this year. The patient, who had a record of good health and had received pneumococcal vaccines, developed a fever, cough and ... ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong government has invited a mainland delegation to brief its senior officials on Chinese President Xi Jinping’s report to the Communist Party congress last month, the city’s leader confirmed on Tuesday. The delegation, tasked by Beijing with ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong came in joint-25th with New Zealand and Sweden, beating larger countries like the US and Spain, with the delegation taking home one bronze medal and seven medallions of excellence, which meant the participants achieved above-average scores in ... ( read original story ...)

US authorities have arrested Hong Kong’s former home affairs secretary and the ex-foreign minister of Senegal for allegedly leading a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme in Africa on behalf of a top Chinese energy company, with some deals supposedly ... ( read original story ...)

About 88,000 Hong Kong families had applied for 620 subsidised homes, a record of 141 applicants competing for each flat, housing authorities said on Monday as the city’s overall property prices continued to soar. By the 7pm deadline, applications for ... ( read original story ...)