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Hong Kong media magnate Jimmy Lai Chee-ying said on Wednesday he would continue to run his print empire in Taiwan now that a NT$17.5 billion (HK$4.55 billion) deal to sell Next Media’s print and...
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North Korea severed its military hotline with South Korea on Wednesday, breaking the last direct communication link between the two countries at a time of heightened military tensions.
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A one-room shack with a single, bare light bulb on a non-descript Beijing side street is 29-year-old Chinese migrant worker Zhang Xuefang’s best recourse to medical care.
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Sun Hung Kai Properties won a luxury residential site at Kau To Shan in Sha Tin, paying a higher-than-expected HK$1.42 billion. It's a sign the appetite of big developers for high-end sites has...
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Many young people in Hong Kong don't have a sense of their past, perhaps due in part to the rapid technological changes. Under the mountain of Facebook and weibo updates, history can easily be...
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Today's Poll
Did CY Leung undermine the city’s autonomy by 'notifying' Beijing before unveiling a new stamp duty?
- Yes: 75%
- No: 25%
27 Mar 2013
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Insight
The recent murder cases involving Hong Kong youths have undoubtedly left people shaken and caused many to question just what has gone wrong with our society. Discussions have primarily been about...
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Hong Kong
It raised concerns that Leung could have breached the Executive Council's confidentiality rule and the principle of Hong Kong people governing Hong Kong, and that the information could have been...
07:22AM
Hong Kong media magnate Jimmy Lai Chee-ying said on Wednesday he would continue to run his print empire in Taiwan now that a NT$17.5 billion (HK$4.55 billion) deal to sell Next Media’s print and...
11:39PM
Advocates of an end to one-party rule and separation of powers in China are regarded by Beijing as confrontationists, a Hong Kong lawmaker on Wednesday quoted an unspecified mainland official as...
11:57PM
Sun Hung Kai Properties won a luxury residential site at Kau To Shan in Sha Tin, paying a higher-than-expected HK$1.42 billion. It's a sign the appetite of big developers for high-end sites has...
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China
Authorities denied rumours of a nationwide hike in natural gas prices after long queues were seen outside natural gas selling stations in a number of cities across China.
08:28PM
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09:12PM
China’s increasingly powerful navy has denied firing on a Vietnamese boat in disputed waters in the South China Sea, state media said on Wednesday, as its craft made wide-ranging patrols of the...
01:51AM
War of words continues just days after China’s state broadcaster, CCTV, attacked Apple for allegedly providing Chinese users with an inferior service.
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Asia
North Korea severed its military hotline with South Korea on Wednesday, breaking the last direct communication link between the two countries at a time of heightened military tensions.
05:33PM
World
US President Barack Obama has appointed Julia Pierson as the first woman to head the Secret Service, the agency best known for protecting the president, vice- president and their families.
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Freak blizzards and freezing weather over the first few days of spring in Europe and parts of the United States caused fatal cases of hypothermia, power outages and transport chaos.
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Leaders from the BRICS group of leading emerging market economies yesterday failed to launch their eagerly awaited development bank to rival Western-dominated institutions such as the World Bank...
02:19AM
Business
Cyprus reopens its banks on Thursday while limiting withdrawals, banning cheques and curbing the use of Cypriot credit cards abroad, among measures imposed to avert a bank run after it agreed a...
03:20AM
Hong Kong media magnate Jimmy Lai Chee-ying said on Wednesday he would continue to run his print empire in Taiwan now that a NT$17.5 billion (HK$4.55 billion) deal to sell Next Media’s print and...
11:39PM
China’s rush to bail out Suntech Power Holdings and other solar panel makers is condemning its solar sector to a worsening glut, as demand remains stubbornly stagnant, both at home and abroad.
12:42PM
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...
05:27AM
Renewed market jitters following the decision to rescue Cyprus bailout have prompted some of the world’s top fund houses to cut their risk profile to minimise losses in volatile global equity...
05:25PM
Lifestyle
March is the most exciting month in Hong Kong's cinematic calendar.
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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Zenith Wu works with his hands. He's an aspiring surgeon, and recently he's been trying to be as nimble on the valves of his trumpet as he is with a scalpel.
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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...
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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...
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Sport
Australian hockey idol Jamie Dwyer has thrown his support behind the proposed five-a-side format for the Olympics, saying that it would provide a more entertaining spectacle on television and...
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Playing at home and in front of thousands of their fans, Nepal were always considered a huge threat but Hong Kong brushed aside the hosts with minimum fuss to record their second successive six-...
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Trainer Derek Cruz says Joy And Fun has "nothing left to prove" and will be retired after Saturday's US$1million Al Quoz Sprint - a race fellow Hong Kong-trained runner Eagle Regiment seems...
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Property
Upward pressure on Hong Kong home rents has eased as a growing number of flat owners shelve plans to sell and opt to let their apartments instead.
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In a break from the trend by developers to release smaller new homes, Sun Hung Kai Properties has launched a low-density riverside luxury residential project in Yuen Long that may appeal to those...
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As part of his latest budget, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne introduced Help to Buy, a combination of shared-equity loans for buyers and mortgage guarantees for lenders. The plan is...
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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...
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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...
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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
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