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Temperatures hit highs of 31 degrees Celsius on Sunday as the city enjoyed a day of sun and clear blue skies. Hong Kong’s often stifling humidity levels also dropped to about 50 per cent, creating perfect weather for heading outdoors. A spokesman for the ... ( read original story ...)

Same-sex couples in Hong Kong have called for rights equal to those enjoyed by heterosexual spouses to claim the ashes of their loved ones, after lawmakers approved a bill to regulate the city’s columbariums on Thursday. Betty Grisoni, a French native ... ( read original story ...)

A Hong Kong slacklining group’s weekend-long stunt on the Lion ... “The more we are featured on the news, [the more] negative the reaction. People think that if we have an accident, it will harm other people. They also think we should not do it because ... ( read original story ...)

For collectors of Hong Kong nostalgia, Chu Wing Kee in Possession Street, Sheung Wan, is a treasure trove. The wholesale shop stocks a multitude of goods, many of which hark back to a bygone era, even if they are sometimes modern imitations of the originals. ( read original story ...)

They only take online orders. Starting from scratch, Da Rosa and Ma spent a year visiting different mattress stores around Hong Kong, looking for manufacturers and talking to experts. Through these, they came up with the concept of compressing mattresses ... ( read original story ...)

Tottenham fans turned out in their thousands to watch Mauricio Pochettino's side end the season on a winning note in Hong Kong with a large section holding signs saying 'Walker Please Stay'. Defender Kyle Walker has been strongly linked with a move away ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong has lashed out at Moody's after it downgraded its credit rating over the city's links to China. Moody's cited a "tightening" of economic and political ties between the mainland and the semi-autonomous city. The 55-kilometer China Hong Kong-Zhuhai ... ( read original story ...)

The sources said Tse – a surveyor with close ties to Beijing’s liaison office and Hong Kong’s property developers – changed his mind amid mounting criticism the past two days as news spread he could join Lam’s team. The line-up may not be young ... ( read original story ...)

Dahua Tech had said in March it planned to apply for offering up to 724.85 million shares in Hong Kong, but had not provided details on the timeline as well as how much it was hoping to raise through the issuance. The company, which has a presence in about ... ( read original story ...)

A Hong Kong university is launching an overseas promotional drive in an effort to more than double the number of non-mainland foreign student admissions within the next five years. Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) vice president in teaching and learning ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s iconic trams will soon display a new smiling logo as the operator looks to reshape its visual identity to attract more passengers. The old design, which has been in use for 43 years, is being replaced on trams and signposts over the next two ... ( read original story ...)

HONG Kong champion Able Friend has been retired and will return to Australia where he will spend his days at the Ramsey family’s Turangga Farm in NSW where he was born. The highest-rated horse to race in Hong Kong, Able Friend will be farewelled at a ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong saw its debt rating cut by Moody’s Investors Service hours after China’s downgrade, highlighting potential risks from a tightening economic integration. The former British colony has seen not only its property and stock markets increasingly ... ( read original story ...)

While Chinese stocks spiked lower on Wednesday’s downgrade -- before rebounding amid speculation of intervention-- equities in Hong Kong shrugged off the news, keeping to a trend that’s made the city’s stocks among the best performers in Asia this year. ( read original story ...)