- Sun
- Jul 27, 2014
- Updated: 9:52am
House
News, a pro-democracy news website and blog, announced its sudden
closure yesterday. A co-founder cited fear, political pressure and low
advertising revenues as reasons.
27 Jul 2014 - 5:26am
Chief
Executive Leung Chun-ying announced he will sign a high-profile
petition against Occupy Central, a decision pan-democrats fear will
further polarise the city.
27 Jul 2014 - 5:26am
Despite
controversy over its "no viewing" stipulation for prospective buyers,
400 of the 492 apartments available at Mont Vert in Tai Po were bought
on the first day of sales.
Updated 27 Jul 2014 - 9:33am
A
29-year-old man is stateless in Hong Kong after he was stripped of his
Belgian nationality. Sze Chung Cheung, who has lived in the city since
2009, was born here to a Belgian mother and Hong...
Updated 27 Jul 2014 - 9:31am
Despite a financial setback, the University of Hong Kong has decided to move forward with its Shenzhen hospital project.
Updated 27 Jul 2014 - 9:12am
A
gay rights group has suggested a disclaimer may be needed for a library
book that openly encourages parents to "prevent" homosexuality in their
children.
Updated 27 Jul 2014 - 9:18am
The
estate of television chef Lau Ka-lun, who recently committed suicide
after reportedly losing a fortune on soccer bets, has received a bank
demand to repay a debt of more than HK$2.7 million,...
27 Jul 2014 - 5:26am
26 Jul 2014 - 11:31am
Opinion
23 Jul 2014 - 4:16am
Today's Poll
- 17
- 83
Total number of votes recorded: 633
Three
siblings on board the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines jet shot down over
the Ukraine grew up in Hong Kong and were much-loved students at the
Australian International School.
26 Jul 2014 - 3:03am
A
witness has for the first time told the corruption trial of former
chief secretary Rafael Hui and two of the Kwok brothers of SHKP that
their older brother was involved in arranging rent-free...
26 Jul 2014 - 3:04am
Development
officials are considering relocating several police facilities,
including a large firing range, to make space for more housing close to a
proposed new town in North District.
26 Jul 2014 - 4:45am
The
University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen hospital which opened in Futian two
years ago with the aim of reforming the medical culture on the mainland
is in crisis.
26 Jul 2014 - 4:09am
Business
chambers are stepping up their campaign against Occupy Central by
sponsoring a commercial - which they say is not a political
advertisement - to run on buses and trains.
26 Jul 2014 - 4:09am
Hong
Kong scientists have discovered that a cheap and readily available
cream used to treat a sexually transmitted disease can make flu vaccines
more effective for the elderly.
26 Jul 2014 - 4:09am
The
fast-food giant has taken several popular items off its menu after it
admitted on Thursday to having imported goods from Shanghai Husi, the
mainland food processing plant that allegedly...
26 Jul 2014 - 4:57am
Now
up-and-coming indie three-piece band New Youth Barbershop are hoping
their music can inspire Hongkongers to ask that same, eternal question.
26 Jul 2014 - 4:47am
More
pro-Beijing groups filed complaints yesterday over Apple Daily founder
Jimmy Lai Chee-ying's multimillion-dollar donations to pan-democrats as
the controversy continued to boil.
26 Jul 2014 - 4:09am
A
group of liberal-minded professionals has urged the Hong Kong
government to press Beijing not to impose a rigid candidate screening
framework for the 2017 chief executive election.
26 Jul 2014 - 4:55am
Surging
rent and labour costs together with self-censorship by food critics are
hurting Hong Kong's culinary culture despite the growing number of
restaurants opening in recent years, industry...
26 Jul 2014 - 4:50am
More
than half of those who live on welfare payments have to fork out money
from their own pockets for rent as the government subsidy they receive
is not enough, a survey has found.
26 Jul 2014 - 5:01am
Die-hard
anime fanatics queued for more than 24 hours to be first into the
biggest ever edition of the Ani-Com & Games convention.
26 Jul 2014 - 4:28am
Wong
Tin-wah, 53, assistant vice-president of PCCW, appeared at Eastern
Court to face three counts of accepting an advantage, contrary to the
Prevention of Bribery Ordinance.
26 Jul 2014 - 3:19am
A
New Territories highway was closed for hours yesterday after a
rush-hour accident involving a tanker and a car left two people injured
and the road covered in oil.
26 Jul 2014 - 4:09am
One
in every 38 Hongkongers is a US dollar millionaire, according to a new
study which ranks the city 11th on a global rich list of percentage of
millionaires by population.
25 Jul 2014 - 5:18pm
Organisers
of this year's Ani-Com & Games exhibition say they are confident
they will set a new turnout record as they prepare to open the biggest
show in the event's 16-year history.
25 Jul 2014 - 7:33pm
Food
safety authorities on Friday said they would investigate McDonald’s
Hong Kong’s failure to disclose its imports of meat products from a
mainland factory at the centre of a rotten meat scandal...
25 Jul 2014 - 11:41pm
The
trend towards single-block flat developments as a result of the
government's aggressive hunt for building land is likely to push up
management fees for both private and subsidised flats.
25 Jul 2014 - 9:18am
A
former civil servant was not capable of splashing hot water on her
Bangladeshi maid in the way the helper described because of her poor
physical condition, medical experts told the District...
25 Jul 2014 - 9:08am
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04 Jul 2014
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27 Jun 2014
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28 Jun 2014
Protesters speak up against lawyers' march
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28 Jun 2014
For Hongkongers, British National (Overseas) passport not worth the…
News
21 Jul 2014
Two internet users held after claim Shanghai's airports shutdown over…
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12 Jul 2014
Hong Kong luxury housing market back in spotlight after record sale…
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01 Jul 2014
Does Chinese blood really lack the DNA for aggression?
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14 Jul 2014
Ten tips to lower blood pressure
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09 Jul 2014
Landlords forced to lower asking rents as mainland tourist spending…
Business
30 Jun 2014
Young jobseekers losing touch with reality
Sport
13 Jul 2014
I'm comfortable being gay, says Thorpe
Business
10 Jul 2014
How do rich Chinese elude foreign exchange laws to move their money…
Comment
16 Jul 2014
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15 Jul 2014
Kindergarten interviews can be as stressful for parents as for…
Property
18 Jul 2014
Mont Vert studio flat in Tai Po sets record for cheapest new home
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