- Sun
- Sep 14, 2014
- Updated: 9:53am
The
amount of time Hong Kong puts criminal suspects behind bars before they
come to trial has increased by almost 40 days over five years, a
development that one legal expert says ought to "shock...
14 Sep 2014 - 6:15am
Hong
Kong's 40-year-old anti-graft agency can be a model for members of the
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, a visiting US senior official
says.
14 Sep 2014 - 6:15am
A
dying Hong Kong-based Briton has received good news after a six-month
tussle with British authorities over a requirement that he use a credit
card to renew his passport and get one for his...
Updated 14 Sep 2014 - 9:49am
Former
executive councillor and Airport Authority chairman Marvin Cheung
Kin-tung died yesterday after a long battle with leukaemia. He was 67.
14 Sep 2014 - 6:15am
A
government plan to redraw constituency boundaries for the next
Legislative Council may work to the advantage of the city's biggest
Beijing-friendly party, which initiated the idea, observers say...
14 Sep 2014 - 6:15am
Italian
freelance journalist Antonio Papaleo reveals the amazing story of how
he infiltrated the Slovakian underworld, travelled to Hong Kong to clean
dirty cash at their behest.
Updated 14 Sep 2014 - 9:47am
As
Scots living in Hong Kong mark this week's referendum on independence
for Scotland with a dram of whisky or two, staff of the British
consulate will not be joining in on the toast.
14 Sep 2014 - 6:15am
Updated 14 Sep 2014 - 9:48am
Opinion
13 Sep 2014 - 5:03am
Today's Poll
- 24
- 76
Total number of votes recorded: 248
A
man who posted photographs of a dog churning in a washing machine on
Facebook has now threatened to kill several dogs, sparking howls of
protests from internet users.
Updated 14 Sep 2014 - 9:31am
Formula
E came to the streets of Beijing in its first ever race. And among the
observers was Lawrence Yu, president of the Hong Kong Automobile
Association, who is confident the series will come...
14 Sep 2014 - 6:15am
More
than 100 patients at Queen Elizabeth Hospital were stitched up after
heart surgery using thread past its expiry date because of an excess of
stock and nurses failing to follow standard...
13 Sep 2014 - 1:40pm
Two
men and a woman were arrested for fraud yesterday in a police
investigation into a trading company suspected of supplying a Taiwan
firm with industrial lard oil that was labelled as fit for...
13 Sep 2014 - 9:24am
The
defamation trial of Development Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po and his wife
yesterday heard from the young woman they allegedly falsely accused,
along with her twin brother, of cheating in an exam...
13 Sep 2014 - 9:30am
A
determined and unhesitating Rafael Hui Si-yan told the jury in the
city's biggest graft trial he was "absolutely not" the inside man in the
government for two property tycoons.
13 Sep 2014 - 9:02am
Voting
in the 2017 chief executive under restrictive conditions laid down by
Beijing would be meaningless, says a new group led by Cardinal Joseph
Zen Ze-kiun.
13 Sep 2014 - 8:53am
Hong Kong's flagship orchestra is bound to be affected if the row over political reform flares up, its musical chief says.
13 Sep 2014 - 9:39am
Beijing could move to reduce Hong Kong’s autonomy if actions such as Occupy Central go ahead, a mainland academic has warned.
13 Sep 2014 - 3:28am
Washington
has spoken out about its desire to see Hong Kong move forward in its
democratic development - but also believes that the issue is an internal
affair for China, according to several...
13 Sep 2014 - 8:47am
There
were winners and losers yesterday as iPhone fans in Hong Kong scrambled
to log on to tech giant Apple's website to get their hands on the
latest gadgets.
13 Sep 2014 - 8:57am
Two
years ago, a bespectacled 15-year-old became a household name for his
fearless crusade against the ill-fated national education curriculum.
13 Sep 2014 - 4:31pm
When
literature lover Alex Chow Yong-kang arrived at the University of Hong
Kong to study arts three years ago, he did not imagine himself leading a
protest like the overnight sit-in on Chater...
13 Sep 2014 - 4:20am
A
businessman whose sex drive plunged after he was trapped in a lift for
20 minutes was awarded HK$260,000 compensation in the District Court
yesterday.
Updated 14 Sep 2014 - 9:27am
Rafael
Hui Si-yan described himself in the High Court yesterday as a man who
would "spend everything" in his pocket and pay only the minimum charges
on his credit card bills.
13 Sep 2014 - 8:01am
Proposed
changes to hostel licensing laws threaten the survival of Hong Kong's
guest houses and will affect tourism in the city, guest-house operators
say.
13 Sep 2014 - 4:53am
A man turned himself into police last night, telling officers he had killed his wife.
13 Sep 2014 - 4:20am
Hong
Kong will prohibit the sale of all products made with lard or cooking
oil supplied by Taiwanese company Chang Guann - accused of selling
tainted edible oil.
Updated 14 Sep 2014 - 9:32am
Hong
Kong’s reputation has been tarnished by a recent food scare in Taiwan
in which lard oil exports from the city were labelled as edible oil, the
secretary for food and health said today.
12 Sep 2014 - 8:46pm
An
hour spent listening to Rafael Hui Si-yan's musical appreciation
aroused the curiosity of the trial judge, Mr Justice Andrew Macrae,
about vinyl records.
13 Sep 2014 - 4:20am
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