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Beauty Generation, who was G1-placed in Australia when named Montaigne, has had two starts in Hong Kong, finishing second on debut in a 1400m Class 2 handicap behind My Darling before racing to a head victory in another Class 2 handicap over the Classic ... ( read original story ...)

As a child, it was more comforting to be oblivious about the news. Even as my friends and I went to secondary school, we rarely thought about developments in mainland China - we were teenagers after all. This all changed in 2003. Hong Kong was hit by ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s outgoing leader said independence for the former British colony was impossible as he gave his final policy address before stepping down. Leung Chun-ying, who is backed by Beijing, has been a divisive figure during his four year term ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s three-year decline in home prices could see relief from an unexpected quarter in 2017: Hong Kong. So says Cushman & Wakefield Inc., which expects the slide in the city-state’s home prices to end this year as foreign investors turned off by ... ( read original story ...)

As Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, aka CY Leung, delivers his swansong policy address on Wednesday, focus will turn to how his replacement deals with an increasingly assertive China. Leung isn't expected to announce any grand measures at his ... ( read original story ...)

“This issue matters to the well-being of our next generation and warrants serious deliberation of its pros and cons by society,” Leung said, pointing out that only 7 per cent of land in Hong Kong was zoned for housing while country parks accounted for ... ( read original story ...)

With less than six months to go before retiring, Hong Kong’s controversial leader sought to claim his legacy in his swansong policy speech yesterday, proposing plans ranging from economic development to sports to show he was not heading a lame-duck ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong actor Andy Lau has been injured while working in Thailand. A statement from his representative said the 55-year-old actor fell off a horse and injured his pelvis on the set of a commercial Tuesday. The statement thanked people who expressed their ... ( read original story ...)

"Of course Yellen's comment is not good news for Hong Kong stocks," said Linus Yip, a Hong Kong-based strategist at First Shanghai Securities. Still, he thought a bigger factor explaining Thursday's drop would be that the previous day's rally might have ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's outgoing leader warned in his farewell policy speech Wednesday that independence for the Chinese-controlled territory is not possible. In his annual address to the legislature, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said that Hong Kong is an ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's outgoing leader warned in his farewell policy speech Wednesday that independence for the Chinese-controlled territory is not possible. In his annual address to the legislature, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said that Hong Kong is an ... ( read original story ...)

Now that Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has declared her bid for the chief executive post and pundits have labelled her Beijing’s preferred candidate, she must be a shoo-in for the job, a novice watcher of Hong Kong politics might be tempted to conclude. ( read original story ...)

He also argued the decision had violated his right to be treated with respect for dignity, which is protected by the Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance. Longhair Long Haired No More, HK Says No to Same-Sex Marriages, and Occupy Central “Civil Referendum ... ( read original story ...)

Seven football-sized raw jade stones have been confiscated in Hong Kong in a joint anti-smuggling operation on Monday night, with the suspected smugglers evading arrest by speedboat. Officers are trying to establish the value of the haul that was believed ... ( read original story ...)