- Tue
- Sep 2, 2014
- Updated: 9:40am
One
of the world’s most prominent democracy scholars decried Beijing’s new
restrictions on Hong Kong’s upcoming elections, saying they would fail
to meet international standards for universal...
Updated 2 Sep 2014 - 9:20am
Beijing's
conservative framework for Hong Kong's universal suffrage in 2017 could
apply to elections beyond that year even if it is vetoed by local
lawmakers, Li Fei said in a warning that...
2 Sep 2014 - 7:23am
By
hammering out a zero-risk model for the 2017 chief executive election,
Beijing ensured that the city's leader would be someone it deemed
acceptable, which it sees as vital to national security...
Updated 2 Sep 2014 - 9:08am
The
Hong Kong Economic Journal has scrapped political activist Edward Chin
Chi-kin's weekly column, leading the hedge fund manager to blast the
move as a "political decision".
2 Sep 2014 - 4:45am
Hecklers
at a speech by Li Fei were hauled away by security guards yesterday,
while police used pepper spray to stop protesters from entering the
venue of a forum to discuss the 2017 electoral...
2 Sep 2014 - 3:22am
Students
from at least 11 tertiary education institutions are planning to
boycott classes for a week and rally outside the government headquarters
later this month, student leaders said yesterday...
2 Sep 2014 - 3:36am
The
tough restrictions imposed by Beijing on the 2017 chief executive
election garnered worldwide media attention, with many publications
noting Beijing's high-handed approach and the pan-...
Updated 2 Sep 2014 - 8:40am
2 Sep 2014 - 3:24am
Today's Poll
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- 80
Total number of votes recorded: 124
In
the midst of environmental hearings on a proposed third runway,
conservation authorities have made a surprise pledge to designate two
new marine parks off Lantau Island by 2017.
Updated 2 Sep 2014 - 9:10am
Cross-border
pupils ventured beyond the New Territories to primary school for the
first time yesterday - with many of the six-year-olds arriving late
despite having left their homes three hours...
Updated 2 Sep 2014 - 9:03am
Hong
Kong builders say increasingly onerous demands and "unfair" contractual
terms imposed by developers have contributed to a sharp rise in costs
that have helped make the city the most expensive...
2 Sep 2014 - 4:39am
It
will cost HK$5.5 million in today's money to raise a child until
graduation from university at the age of 22, according to a
pro-government think tank.
Updated 2 Sep 2014 - 9:15am
A former civil servant has been convicted of pouring scalding hot water over a Bangladeshi maid who suffered burns on her chest.
2 Sep 2014 - 7:28am
A
joint tender from Sino Land and Chinese Estates Holdings has won the
contract for the Urban Renewal Authority's single biggest project: the
rejuvenation of Kwun Tong's rundown town centre.
2 Sep 2014 - 4:41am
American engineering student Scot Frank's solar-powered SolSource cooker was an idea born from spare time.
2 Sep 2014 - 4:52am
Gloria
Leung Mei-yee was four years old when she was in a traffic accident
that killed her father and changed her family life forever.
2 Sep 2014 - 4:38am
"You
have to have the respect of your students," said Savio Fok Kin-keung,
73, who worked for more than 30 years at the Aberdeen Technical School
in Wong Chuk Hang.
2 Sep 2014 - 4:38am
A
Kowloon Motor Bus driver is being given customer-service training and
will be put under observation after a disabled woman complained to the
Equal Opportunities Commission about her mistreatment...
2 Sep 2014 - 8:19am
A
Shenzhen hospital managed by the University of Hong Kong pledged
yesterday that it would look at improving how it handled violent
patients.
2 Sep 2014 - 4:03am
The
prominent Oxford scientist Richard Dawkins recently issued a
controversial tweet advising a woman to "abort it and try again" if she
was pregnant with a baby with Down's syndrome. He said "it...
2 Sep 2014 - 4:43am
The
Chairman of the Basic Law Committee, Li Fei, arrived at his Wan Chai
hotel late last night to a chorus of jeers from hundreds of protesters.
1 Sep 2014 - 5:38pm
Police
on Monday used pepper spray to disperse pro-democracy activists who
stormed past security staff at a venue where a senior mainland official
was explaining Beijing’s decision to impose tough...
1 Sep 2014 - 7:52pm
Basic
Law Committee chairman Li Fei is this morning making a speech to
explain Beijing’s decision on the 2017 election of the chief executive.
1 Sep 2014 - 7:45pm
The
faculty of dentistry at the University of Hong Kong has set up a
taskforce to investigate an incident in which dental chairs whose
attached water hoses became contaminated with bacteria were...
1 Sep 2014 - 7:39am
The
nation's top legislature endorsed a tougher-than-expected framework for
Hong Kong's first "one man, one vote" chief executive election in 2017 -
sparking condemnation from pan-democrats.
1 Sep 2014 - 7:55pm
Animal-welfare
advocates are pressing for mandatory labelling to allow customers to
easily identify which cosmetics have been tested on animals.
1 Sep 2014 - 5:55am
Private
doctors are unhappy with a scheme that subsidises some public-hospital
patients for treatment at private clinics in an effort to ease demand in
the understaffed public sector.
1 Sep 2014 - 7:57am
It
may not seem quite the place to make a political statement, but TVB's
Miss Hong Kong Pageant last night gave the city a taste of how democracy
could look in 2017.
1 Sep 2014 - 9:12am
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