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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 After the Union Jack had been replaced by the ...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 ...)

Hong Kong’s pan-democrats have suggested some ways the city’s new leader could try to mend ties with their camp after her good start suddenly went sour over a court ruling unseating four pro-democracy lawmakers. While the lawsuit was orchestrated by ... ( read original story ...)

Inside his 60 sq ft cell in the notorious New Bilibid Prison in Manila, convicted Hong Kong drug offender Tang Lung-wai completed a mission impossible – writing a book detailing his ordeal in the Philippines over the past 17 years. He wrote that he was ... ( read original story ...)

Thousands of mourners marched through the heart of Hong Kong in a candlelight vigil for Chinese Nobel peace prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, sending a powerful message to Beijing as it tries to erase his legacy. Liu died on Thursday at the age of 61, less than a ... ( read original story ...)

About a third of female respondents surveyed by a Hong Kong political party said they were victims of actual or attempted indecent assault on the MTR, but just one in 10 had actually reported it to police. The pro-establishment Democratic Alliance for the ... ( read original story ...)

Lam was allowed back to Hong Kong last year on condition that he pick up a hard disk listing bookstore customers and return. Lam said he had been saddened by the news of Liu's death but would not lose hope for the future of Hong Kong. "If the timeframe you ... ( read original story ...