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...
- Tue
- Mar 26, 2013
- Updated: 1:56pm
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Seeking to address concerns that China is exploiting Africa's resources and its market for consumer goods, President Xi Jinping vowed to build a mutually beneficial relationship that benefits...
12:10PM
The president of Cyprus assured his people a bailout deal he struck with the European Union was in their best interests and would end anxiety, but he also announced “very temporary” capital...
05:48AM
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...
05:49AM
Disneyland will increase its ticket prices across the board from tomorrow. The cost of visiting the theme park with an adult one-day ticket will rise HK$51, or 12.8 per cent, from HK$399 to HK$450...
05:57AM
Editor's Pick
In this second episode of our Uniquely Hong Kong series, a third generation tailor tells us the history of qipao, and why the art of Chinese tailoring has a special place in his heart.
07:37AM
Hong Kong
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...
05:49AM
Parents at an English Schools Foundation private school have voiced their anger over a fee rise of nearly 10 per cent and a non-refundable building levy. Some say they will refuse to pay.
06:01AM
The influence of mainland authorities on Hong Kong policy has been thrown under the spotlight by the exposure of a sensitive phone call, which Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying has refused to...
05:53AM
China
Chinese internet users expressed their anger after six Danish tourists were witnessed urinating in the middle of a busy overpass in Shanghai.
Updated 13:14PM
China has signed an agreement with Russia to buy 24 Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets and four Lada-class submarines in its biggest weapons purchase from Moscow in a decade, state media reported.
05:40AM
President Xi Jinping's visit to three resource-rich African countries is part of a strategy to secure valuable supplies of energy and raw materials to fuel China's manufacturing sector.
05:44AM
Seeking to address concerns that China is exploiting Africa's resources and its market for consumer goods, President Xi Jinping vowed to build a mutually beneficial relationship that benefits...
12:10PM
Asia
Japan’s politicians were grappling with possible implications on Tuesday after a high court said some general election results were invalid, with other rulings expected later in the day.
Updated 13:56PM
World
As new President Nicos Anastasiades hesitated over an EU bailout that has wrecked Cyprus’s offshore financial haven status, money was oozing out of his country’s closed banks.
10:26AM
Cypriots face years of economic hardship due to a harsh euro-zone bailout deal, analysts said yesterday, while the Mediterranean island's future in the currency remains deeply uncertain. The...
05:08AM
In Pictures
Hong Kong actor Andy Lau poses on the red carpet of the 7th Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong on March 18, 2013. Photo: AFP
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