Category: Hong Kong
HK taxi driver cleared over 6 cent overcharge
A taxi driver who endured a six-month lawsuit after overcharging a passenger by six US cents has finally had his name cleared by a Hong Kong court. Tam Hoi-Chi walked free [...]
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HK arrests in Australian drug bust
Two men from Hong Kong were arrested Friday in Australia after methamphetamine with a street value of Aus$43 million (US$42 million) was found in a consignment of [...]
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HK official under fire for rape remarks
Hong Kong’s security minister came under fire Wednesday for saying that women should “not drink too much” if they wanted to avoid being raped. Secretary for [...]
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HK cries fowl as giant rubber duck deflates
The giant inflatable rubber duck which has attracted tens of thousands of visitors since it sailed into Hong Kong two weeks ago was reduced to a sad deflated disc on [...]
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US urges HK to start early on talks for universal suffrage
Universal suffrage could be achieved in different ways but Hong Kong needed to stay true to its spirit, the United States’ most senior diplomatic representative in the [...]
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HK to probe spending of ex-chief graft buster
Hong Kong’s anti-corruption agency said Tuesday it is to carry out a criminal investigation into its former chief over allegations he spent vast sums on gifts for [...]
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HK calls on Bangladesh to fill domestic helper shortage
Hong Kong is facing an acute shortage of one the engines of its dynamic economy – cheap domestic help. More than 290,000 foreign domestic helpers – mainly [...]
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HK home rents fall as owners cancel sale plans amid falling
Residential rents are tumbling as a growing number of home owners balk at falling house prices and choose to lease their flats rather than sell. In the Lohas Park development [...]
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HK has world’s most expensive retail space: report
There’s expensive and then there’s Hong Kong. The Asian shopping haven in the first quarter kept its crown as having the world’s highest rent for prime [...]
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HK a model for growing yuan business
Taiwan should learn from Hong Kong’s experience in establishing Chinese yuan-denominated businesses as it aims to become one of the world’s largest offshore yuan [...]
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HK policymakers told to take account of China’s views
A confidential Executive Council memo that requires all future policy proposals to factor in the likely mainland reaction has sparked concern that the government is putting [...]
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HK sees modest GDP growth of 2.8pct
Hong Kong’s economy saw modest year-on-year growth in the first quarter, with strong demand from mainland China offsetting a weak environment in the West, officials [...]
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HK property sales plunge 60pct – with prices following
The volume of Hong Kong property sales fell 60 percent compared with last year in a sign that recent government policies are cooling one of the world’s most expensive [...]
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HK’s secret street racing world
As night begins to give way to dawn, 40 high-performance cars pull up on an empty Hong Kong backstreet. While the city sleeps, their revving engines fill the air with a heavy [...]
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Building on EU-HK ties for peace
Today is Europe Day, the anniversary of the declaration by Robert Schuman, the former foreign minister of France, which is seen as the symbolic start of the integration of [...]
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