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Cypriots faced new worries on Tuesday after a huge international bailout as the chairman of the island’s biggest lender resigned and banks stayed closed for two more days as hundreds of students...
Updated 02:13AM
China said on Tuesday it was “legitimate and necessary” for it to take action against Vietnamese vessels that entered its waters illegally, after Hanoi accused it of attacking a fishing boat.
Updated 01:29AM
Hutchison Whampoa, which saw its net profit more than halve last year, said it would not rule out a legal challenge to the Hong Kong government's decision to seize part of its 3G mobile spectrum...
Updated 01:47AM
Italy’s highest court of appeal overturned the acquittal of US student Amanda Knox on Tuesday and ordered a retrial over the murder of her British housemate in what prosecutors said was a drug-...
11:28PM
The United States takes North Korea’s latest threats to strike targets on the US mainland, Hawaii and Guam “very seriously,” Pentagon spokesman George Little said on Tuesday.
12:44AM
An attempt by a pro-China Taiwanese businessman and three associates to purchase the island’s largest newspaper and its most influential investigative magazine has fallen through.
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The top court ruled yesterday that foreign domestic helpers did not have the right to apply for permanent residency, affirming the government's right to impose immigration controls. The landmark...
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Health secretary Dr Ko Wing-man on Tuesday rejected suggestions Hong Kong would soon lift a newly imposed restriction on the exports of infant milk formula.
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Editor's Pick
In Hong Kong, people enthuse over the "rule of law" and its long-standing presence here. It is the cause of our economic miracle and social stability, and is purportedly the main difference...
03:28AM
Today's Poll
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26 Mar 2013
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Insight
In the past two weeks, more than 16,000 dead pigs have been fished out of the Huangpu River, near Shanghai, and its tributaries. Outraged Chinese citizens have decried government negligence of the...
03:28AM
Hong Kong
Health secretary Dr Ko Wing-man on Tuesday rejected suggestions Hong Kong would soon lift a newly imposed restriction on the exports of infant milk formula.
07:49PM
The chief executive admitted on Tuesday calling the mainland official in charge of Hong Kong affairs before the city raised a stamp duty last year, but denied he was seeking approval for the...
Updated 02:20AM
The screening system is now expected to be rewritten after five judges of the Court of Final Appeal unanimously allowed a challenge by three African men. The government said the ruling would not...
02:04PM
The top court ruled yesterday that foreign domestic helpers did not have the right to apply for permanent residency, affirming the government's right to impose immigration controls. The landmark...
11:27AM
China
Chinese President Xi Jinping met his South African counterpart Jacob Zuma on Tuesday in a state visit ahead of a BRICS summit of emerging powers.
01:23AM
China said on Tuesday it was “legitimate and necessary” for it to take action against Vietnamese vessels that entered its waters illegally, after Hanoi accused it of attacking a fishing boat.
Updated 01:29AM
The chairwoman of the Chengdu Hongqi supermarket chain denied on Tuesday that her store in the Chinese Communist Party’s secret leadership compound had been closed down.
05:48PM
Asia
The United States takes North Korea’s latest threats to strike targets on the US mainland, Hawaii and Guam “very seriously,” Pentagon spokesman George Little said on Tuesday.
12:44AM
World
Cypriots faced new worries on Tuesday after a huge international bailout as the chairman of the island’s biggest lender resigned and banks stayed closed for two more days as hundreds of students...
Updated 02:13AM
Italy’s highest court of appeal overturned the acquittal of US student Amanda Knox on Tuesday and ordered a retrial over the murder of her British housemate in what prosecutors said was a drug-...
11:28PM
The BRICS grouping of emerging powers on Tuesday reached a deal to establish a development bank that would rival Western-backed institutions, South Africa’s finance minister said.
12:59AM
Business
Macau casino operator Galaxy Entertainment Group more than doubled its net profit in 2012 to a record high, lifted by spending from mainland Chinese visitors to its flagship property in the world’...
12:27AM
Hutchison Whampoa, which saw its net profit more than halve last year, said it would not rule out a legal challenge to the Hong Kong government's decision to seize part of its 3G mobile spectrum...
Updated 01:47AM
Cypriots faced new worries on Tuesday after a huge international bailout as the chairman of the island’s biggest lender resigned and banks stayed closed for two more days as hundreds of students...
Updated 02:13AM
The BRICS grouping of emerging powers on Tuesday reached a deal to establish a development bank that would rival Western-backed institutions, South Africa’s finance minister said.
12:59AM
An attempt by a pro-China Taiwanese businessman and three associates to purchase the island’s largest newspaper and its most influential investigative magazine has fallen through.
06:21PM
Lifestyle
March is the most exciting month in Hong Kong's cinematic calendar.
10:05AM
When Sarah Shrimplin injured herself training for a marathon and couldn't join her son in the Beat the Banana! Charity Run on March 17, she immediately looked for a replacement, as she knew how...
10:05AM
Every summer, the Verbier Festival, a classical music festival at the Swiss ski resort of the same name, runs a three-week immersion programme for young musicians. It gives promising players a...
10:05AM
As announced in Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's latest policy address, each of Hong Kong's 18 district councils is to receive HK$100 million for special building projects.
10:05AM
Hong Kong's studios have relied on the international market to bolster profits since its first golden age in the 1930s. Chinese communities in Southeast Asia, Taiwan and pre-1950 mainland China...
10:13AM
10:05AM
Zenith Wu works with her hands. She's an aspiring surgeon, and recently she's been trying to be as nimble on the valves of her trumpet as she is with a scalpel.
10:05AM
Winning one Caldecott award is reason enough to celebrate, but this year Jon Klassen took home two. His book This Is Not My Hat won the Caldecott Medal, the most prestigious US children’s book...
10:05AM
The San Carlo Theatre of Naples is one of the world's oldest opera houses, and its production of Verdi's La Traviata was traditional in both its virtues and its flaws. Grand in scale and...
10:05AM
Sport
Japan wasted a second half penalty as they blew the chance to become the first team to qualify for the next year World Cup finals when they were humbled 2-1 by Jordan in a pulsating clash in Amman...
01:13AM
Substitute Son Heung-min prodded home a 96th minute winner to give South Korea a precious 2-1 win over Qatar in Seoul on Tuesday and put them in sight of another World Cup finals appearance.
01:15AM
The government's Sports Commission appears to be waiting until the 11th hour before making a final decision on whether rugby sevens joins the Sports Institute despite it having ticked all the...
04:54AM
Magazines
17 Mar 2013
Dean Cecilia Chang defrauded a US university for three decades - but who else knew?
10 Mar 2013
Ten years on, hundreds of people in Beijing remain in the grip of Sars
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Restaurants where you can savour the finest views of the city
Property
A turning point could come for the property market in 2015 with expectations of a significant increase in new housing supply at that time. That will no doubt be good news for first-time homebuyers...
05:26AM
Henderson Land Development posted a 28 per cent increase in its underlying profit to HK$7.1 billion for last year, in line with market expectations. Analysts expect to see a positive result in...
05:01AM
Sun Hung Kai Properties' release yesterday of the first batch of 50 flats at its luxury Riva residential project in Yuen Long underscored the weakening property market.
03:41AM
Technology
More than 200 million years ago, toothy crocodile-like creatures stalked a hot, dry mega-continent while squid-like mollusks with spiral shells drifted in the surrounding ocean. Then, in what...
04:43AM
Most people think counter-insurgency is all about men in masks kicking down doors and rappelling down from the roofs of buildings. Yes, the application of surgical violence is still key, but many...
04:43AM
The Voyager 1 probe was fired into space to observe the outer planets and the mysterious interstellar medium that lies beyond the solar system on September 5, 1977, as Elvis was topping the charts...
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Polls
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Debates
Housing was the dominant theme of Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's maiden policy address last month. His plans include rezoning green-belt land, reclamation outside Victoria Harbour and stepping...
04:58AM
Leung Chun-ying's maiden policy address lasted for more than two hours and covered everything from housing supply to help for the disabled. But the chief executive has faced a growing wave of...
06:51AM
The appearance of colonial-era flags at recent demonstrations in the city has infuriated mainland commentators and former top officials.
05:24AM
Video
- Hong Kong Reaction to Hong Kong maids ruling The controversial foreign domestic helpers case has caused a stir in Hong Kong, SCMP took to the streets for reaction to Monday's ruling.
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- Hong Kong Hong Kong rejects domestic helpers' appeal for permanent residency The city's top court ruled on Monday morning that foreign domestic helpers do not enjoy the right to apply for permanent residency because their residence in Hong Kong is highly restricted.
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- World Cyprus bailout - it's on again EU and IMF officials strike a last-minute deal with Cyprus to resurrect a bailout for the island -- but one banking chain goes to the wall and major clients, who include many Russians, will take a...
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- World Mysterious death of Russian oligarch, Boris Berezovsky Boris Berezovsky, the exiled Russian oligarch and long-time opponent of the Kremlin, was discovered dead at his home near London on Saturday in "unexplained" circumstances, his spokesman and police...
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