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Mr Long, 47, has told BBC News that he left mainland China because he had been "persecuted" at the newspaper since late 2014, after he shared posts on his private social media account that were supportive of the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong has become a bustling vibrant city and financial hub filled with skyscrapers . But it hasn't always been like this. Photos taken between 1841 and 1843 show Hong Kong long before it became the metropolis it is today. Black and white images ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG -- Seven Hong Kong police officers were sentenced Friday to two years in prison for assaulting a pro-democracy activist at the height of 2014 protests, in an attack that was caught on film by TV news cameras. The video of officers beating up Ken ... ( read original story ...)

Former Hong Kong chief executive Donald Tsang was convicted today on one count of misconduct. The sentencing will be carried out on Monday with each misconduct carrying a maximum sentence of seven years in prison. Tsang, 72, pleaded not guilty to three ... ( read original story ...)

Seven Hong Kong police officers have been sentenced to two years in prison for assaulting a pro-democracy activist at the height of 2014 protests. The attack was caught on film by TV news cameras, stoking outrage among residents of the Chinese financial ... ( read original story ...)

Seven Hong Kong police officers have been jailed for two years each for beating a handcuffed protester. The group were convicted of Tuesday of assaulting social worker and activist Ken Tsang as he took part in the 2014 pro-democracy rallies. TV cameras ... ( read original story ...)

This is the incredible moment firefighters in Hong Kong gave CPR to a cat after saving the animal from a blazing building. The feline passed out after a fire had broken out in a crowded apartment building in north-west Kowloon on Thursday morning local time. ( read original story ...)

A triad-controlled cross-border syndicate that is believed to have pocketed more than HK$30 million over the past two years by smuggling endangered red sandalwood and electronic goods from Hong Kong onto the mainland was broken up following the arrest of ... ( read original story ...)

In a veiled reference to his arch-rival, chief executive contender John Tsang Chun-wah suggested that any candidate who hopes to win without the support of the wider Hong Kong public would end up “not being able to govern”. The popular underdog in the ... ( read original story ...)

Seven police officers in Hong Kong have been convicted of beating a protester during pro-democracy rallies in 2014. The group, charged with intentionally inflicting grievous bodily harm, were found guilty of a lesser charge of causing bodily harm. ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG -- Seven Hong Kong police officers were convicted Tuesday ... During the scuffle on Oct. 15, 2014, TV news cameras caught officers kicking and punching a handcuffed Tsang in a dark corner of a nearby park. Tsang himself was convicted last year ... ( read original story ...)

As we get older, the question of who will look after us is likely to loom larger in our minds. There is no shortage of cases in which elderly people have promised substantial inheritances to relatives who agree to look after them. Whether these promises ... ( read original story ...)

The mainland pips Hong Kong by just over HK$200 in the latest Mastercard Consumer Purchasing Priorities Survey, with Taiwan spending HK$2,103 and Singapore HK$1,506. The regional average stands at HK$1,032. Some 65 per cent of the 412 Hongkongers surveyed ... ( read original story ...)

The following day, she requested that police withdraw the request, then fled to Japan, according to the Hong Kong news website Initium Media. On Jan. 31, a statement under Xiao’s name appeared on the front page of Ming Pao, a local newspaper, claiming ... ( read original story ...)