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Thursday, September 25, 2014

South China Morning Post- Hong Kong


Students camping outside the Chief Executive’s residence said their sit-in had not been in vain even though Leung Chung-ying ignored their request to meet.
Updated 26 Sep 2014 - 9:16am
Rafael Hui admitted at his graft trial that he had "misled the people of Hong Kong" and that he had taken money secretly from two of his co-defendants.
Updated 26 Sep 2014 - 9:07am
Students staging a classroom boycott marched to Government House last night in an escalation of the civil-disobedience campaign against Beijing's restrictive framework for political reform.
26 Sep 2014 - 8:17am
The city needs an independent body to supervise thousands of requests by the government to obtain the personal data of web and mobile users from service providers, University of Hong Kong...
26 Sep 2014 - 8:27am
Occupy Central has issued a 'manual of disobedience' to possible participants in the expected pro-democracy sit-in on the streets of downtown Hong Kong.
26 Sep 2014 - 7:51am
The future Harbourfront Authority will be able to set its own rules to encourage activities not currently welcomed on the waterfront such as alfresco dining, cycling and street performance.
Updated 26 Sep 2014 - 8:42am
Reports of glitches and physical flaws in the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus since Apple released its latest smartphones a week ago have failed to dampen enthusiasm for the devices in Hong Kong.
26 Sep 2014 - 4:03am

Opinion

About a third of Hong Kong women with breast cancer symptoms wait more than three months before seeing a doctor, increasing their risk of larger tumours, mastectomy and death.
Updated 26 Sep 2014 - 8:33am
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the signing of a draft of the Sino-British Joint Declaration on Hong Kong's future.
26 Sep 2014 - 4:24am
When cosmologist John Peacock, a winner of this year's Shaw Prize for Astronomy, looks into the future of science, he sees China.
26 Sep 2014 - 4:03am
Hongkongers caught up in the heated political reform debate can draw lessons from the Scottish independence referendum by having more dialogue and less confrontation, two local legal academics say...
26 Sep 2014 - 4:03am
Workout classes might look too energetic and equipment at fitness clubs too intimidating to those whose joints are starting to stiffen with age.
26 Sep 2014 - 4:38am
Hongkongers are generally satisfied with the care provided at the city's hospitals, but they say communication with doctors is inadequate and they're not given enough information when discharged...
26 Sep 2014 - 4:03am
This week has seen a class boycott organised by student unions from the eight tertiary institutions to express their disappointment about the chief executive election arrangements for 2017.
26 Sep 2014 - 4:03am
Students who marched to Hong Kong's Government House to protest Beijing's strict package of electoral reforms announced just before 1am that they would spend the night outside the building and...
26 Sep 2014 - 4:17am
A lawyer for a Sun Hung Kai Properties executive claimed in court yesterday that former chief secretary Rafael Hui Si-yan 'invented' evidence and committed 'fraud, and possibly theft'.
25 Sep 2014 - 9:49am
Hundreds of students took part in a surprise march from Admiralty to Central yesterday without seeking approval from the police.
25 Sep 2014 - 7:01pm
A statutory Harbourfront Authority will directly develop and manage 12 sites with a total size of 37 hectares in the next 10 years, according to a consultation document to be released today.
25 Sep 2014 - 8:29am
Henderson Land Development patriarch Lee Shau-kee says he is "gradually retiring" as he presses ahead with more charitable projects, including a youth hostel in Hong Kong.
25 Sep 2014 - 7:52am
Another ritual observation of Hong Kong by high-ranking Beijing officials in Shenzhen could be in store if activists go ahead with plans to stage mass protests and block roads in Central.
25 Sep 2014 - 6:00pm
Secondary pupils are free to boycott lessons in solidarity with university students fighting for democracy, as long as they apply to their schools with letters of approval signed by their parents...
25 Sep 2014 - 5:32pm
Property tycoon Lee Shau-kee's plan to donate a Yuen Long agricultural site to the Housing Society met new obstacles yesterday as members of a farming family and their supporters blocked ground-...
25 Sep 2014 - 7:55am
The supply of land released by the government next quarter will hit a two-year low, and industry observers say it faces increasing difficulties identifying sites for sale as home prices climb to...
25 Sep 2014 - 5:50am
A former Happy Valley captain and assistant coach accused of asking a teammate to throw a soccer game last year has been cleared of match-fixing.
25 Sep 2014 - 4:47am
A Beijing graft-buster has urged greater cross-border cooperation in fighting corruption.
25 Sep 2014 - 6:03pm
A runaway nine-tonne truck rolled 80 metres downhill and injured two people after a nylon belt connecting it to a tow truck snapped this morning in Ho Man Tin. 
25 Sep 2014 - 4:59am
A murder suspect gave himself up to police at the Lok Ma Chau border checkpoint yesterday, about 1½ hours after he allegedly knifed his elder brother to death in a Mong Kok tea cafe.
25 Sep 2014 - 5:10am

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