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A judge on Monday chided lawyers for not doing enough to ease pressure on a young sexual assault victim who was left wondering if she had to testify against her attacker in court. It came as judge Johnny Chan Jong-herng sentenced a father of six to 26 ... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING — China's top political advisory body voted Monday to appoint Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying to the ceremonial post of vice chairman, ahead of his departure from office in July. Leung announced in December that he wouldn't seek a ... ( read original story ...)

he has been firm in stance and resolute in action, effectively safeguarding national sovereignty, security and development interests, as well as Hong Kong’s overall interests, Choi was quoted as saying by state-run Xinhua news agency. ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong deputy also told the Post that people close to the central government had asked him to support chief executive candidate Carrie Lam Cheng ­Yuet-ngor. “Judging from the backgrounds of those people, I don’t believe they were just ... ( read original story ...)

Tung on Saturday told a group of Hong Kong delegates to the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference in Beijing that Lam was the best candidate for the chief executive, according to two delegates who refused to be named. The former chief ... ( read original story ...)

Whether you look at prices or policy, the property markets in Singapore and Hong Kong are marching resolutely in opposite directions. Singapore has eased some rules in its property market, after more than three years of home price declines. Hong Kong in ... ( read original story ...)

Uber Hong Kong’s general manager Kenneth She Chun-chi vowed yesterday the company would continue to fight for legal status in Hong Kong with its driving partners. “We’ll continue to push for our ride-sharing business and its legalisation. We hope all ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s historic Red House, widely thought to be a secret base for revolutionary and founding father of modern China Dr Sun Yat-sen, may have narrowly avoided the wrecking ball under its new owner. A Development Bureau spokesman said on Thursday that ... ( read original story ...)

Passengers could end up having to pay more for flights from Hong Kong as the city’s aviation regulator announced it is considering allowing airlines to set their own fuel surcharges. The Civil Aviation Department said on Friday it had began a 12-month ... ( read original story ...)

A serious medical blunder at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, in which a doctor operated on the wrong side of a patient’s skull, has led to an investigation by the facility. The doctor cut open the left side of a woman’s skull, when it was actually the ... ( read original story ...)

They did so at the request of Snowden’s Hong Kong-based Canadian lawyer ... as refugees,” Montreal-based immigration lawyer Marc-André Séguin said in a news release published on the new organization’s website, Fortherefugees.com. ( read original story ...)

Lawyers for three families who sheltered Edward Snowden in Hong Kong say they have formally asked the Canadian government to grant them asylum. They issued a statement Thursday saying that the families want to move to Canada because they face persecution ... ( read original story ...)

The aim of the privacy law though was to strike a balance between upholding the freedom of the press and protecting personal information, Hong Kong's privacy commissioner for personal data, Stephen Kai-yi Wong, said in a statement. Exemptions for news ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG -- Lawyers for three families who sheltered Edward Snowden in Hong Kong say they have formally asked the Canadian government to grant them asylum. They issued a statement Thursday saying that the families want to move to Canada because they face ... ( read original story ...)