Category: Hong Kong
Avenue of Stars: HK’s spectacular waterfront promenade reopens
If there’s one postcard image that represents Hong Kong, it has to be the neon skyline view across the harbor from the Tsim Sha Tsui promenade. No surprise then, that [...]
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HK man cries and bangs head on table as jury finds him guilty of raping and molesting Indonesian helper
A Hong Kong man sobbed and banged his head on the table in court on Wednesday after a jury dismissed his claim that he was seduced by his Indonesian helper, instead finding [...]
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‘Very high chance’ lost papers on HK’s scandal-hit Sha Tin-Central Link destroyed on purpose, says legislator Tanya Chan
It was suspicious that so many documents which would shed light on the shoddy-work scandal at Hong Kong’s costliest rail project have gone missing, a legislator and [...]
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HK’s electric car trade-in scheme gets boost but why didn’t motorists take advantage of it before and how are the city’s efforts on low-carbon vehicles coming along?
Hong Kong has relaxed the eligibility criteria for an electric car tax rebate scheme to get more motorists to switch to emission-free vehicles after its “one-for-one [...]
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HK loses out to mainland China, Singapore when it comes to marketing, financial sector pay, survey shows
If you are a sales and marketing manager with more than 10 years of experience, then mainland China is where you should be. Average salaries there are at least double that of [...]
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Mainland Chinese visitors drive HK’s tourist numbers to record high of 65.1 million
Mainland Chinese visitors were the driving force that pushed Hong Kong’s tourist arrivals to a record high of 65.1 million last year, even as the Tourism Board rolled [...]
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China, HK stocks get boost after mainland PMI tops estimates, Fed pauses on rates, trade talks get under way
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index advanced Thursday morning and briefly topped the 28,000 mark for the first time in four months, after the US Federal Reserve kept rates [...]
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Policy U-turns and a cash handout debacle: why is HK leader Carrie Lam’s year off to such a rough start?
A charitable reading of Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor’s recent remark that she was a 61-year-old woman putting in more than 10 hours of work every day was that she meant [...]
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Four major HK figures recognised by Beijing as ‘friends of diplomacy’ in inaugural award ceremony
Four Hong Kong business figures and professionals were recognised by Beijing as “friends of diplomacy” at the foreign ministry’s inaugural award [...]
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HK man who tried to lure girl, 8, home with HK$200 jailed for six months
A Hong Kong service station worker who tried to lure an eight-year-old girl to his home with HK$200 (US$25) was sentenced to six months in prison on Thursday. Eastern Court [...]
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Short seller Andrew Left appeals HK market manipulation ruling
A Hong Kong court on Wednesday heard an appeal from short seller Andrew Left that sought to overturn a five-year ban from the city’s financial markets and a fine for [...]
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China and HK stocks swing on outlook for trade talks, rates and earnings
Chinese and Hong Kong stocks swung between gains and losses Wednesday as traders sorted through a platter of rapidly approaching market-moving news: the US-China trade talks, [...]
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HK gifts Pakistan a culinary star
A pair of his father’s old tandoor ovens helped Hong Kong restaurateur Asim Hussain achieve a dreamthe world’s first Michelin star for a Pakistani restaurant, an [...]
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Beijing says no to HK leader’s plan to strengthen city’s anti-corruption laws to encompass gifts to chief executive
China’s central government has rejected a plan by Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor to tighten the city’s anti-corruption laws and ensure that all gifts [...]
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HK doctors at inquest say death of 14-month-old baby boy after eye surgery was result of ‘extremely rare’ complications
A 14-month-old infant in Hong Kong might have suffered from “extremely rare” complications that caused his death after a simple eye surgery, doctors said in an [...]
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