- Tue
- Sep 9, 2014
- Updated: 9:41am
A
foundation set up by Hang Lung Group chief Ronnie Chan Chichung and his
family has made the biggest donation in Harvard University's 378-year
history.
Updated 9 Sep 2014 - 9:20am
Taiwan
has ordered the cooking oil supplier at the centre of a snowballing
food scandal to pull all of its "Chuan Tung" lard oil products from shop
shelves, even if they passed food safety tests...
Updated 9 Sep 2014 - 8:44am
Moody's
warned that Beijing's stringent ruling on electoral reform could lead
to prolonged political discord, eroding Hong Kong's status as a global
financial centre and potentially leading to a...
Updated 9 Sep 2014 - 8:44am
There
could be more than one round of protests, an Occupy Central co-founder
says as he works on transforming the civil disobedience movement into a
long-term struggle.
Updated 9 Sep 2014 - 9:02am
Beijing-loyalist
activists have come under fierce criticism for setting up a hotline to
expose the names of schools where class boycotts are being organised.
Updated 9 Sep 2014 - 9:06am
As
hundreds of revellers gathered at Victoria Park to celebrate the
Mid-Autumn Festival last night, traders voiced fears that inflatable
lanterns and 'snowy' mooncakes are eroding tradition.
Updated 9 Sep 2014 - 8:56am
A
demand-led redevelopment project in To Kwa Wan fell apart yesterday
after the Urban Renewal Authority failed to gain the support of 80 per
cent of the land lease holders.
9 Sep 2014 - 3:23am
9 Sep 2014 - 3:23am
Updated 9 Sep 2014 - 9:11am
Today's Poll
- 42
- 58
Total number of votes recorded: 95
The
contractor that runs Tuen Mun's Pillar Point sewage treatment plant
could be fined millions of dollars if it is found guilty of discharging
95,000 cubic metres of raw sewage into the sea after...
9 Sep 2014 - 3:23am
Twenty-one
swimming pools and beaches are expected to be closed or left without
safety staff today as more than a third of the city's lifeguards strike
against what they say are insufficient...
Updated 9 Sep 2014 - 9:12am
When
Lau, 55, joined Richform, which distributes the Everpure Drinking Water
System in Hong Kong and Macau, he brought his corporate social
responsibility ideals with him.
Updated 9 Sep 2014 - 9:20am
Nelson
Yip Siu-hong uses crutches to get around, the result of cerebral palsy,
which affected his lower body but not his speech. He describes how,
until the age of 16, he wouldn't leave the house...
9 Sep 2014 - 3:23am
GuGuSoy
is a bean curd factory and restaurant that specialises in making
traditional and sesame-flavoured tofu pudding, or tau foo fa.
9 Sep 2014 - 3:03am
A
Slovak businessman whose international money-laundering plot came
undone at the hands of an undercover journalist was jailed for four
years yesterday after a dramatic trial.
Updated 9 Sep 2014 - 9:25am
Two more homes have been burgled in the Tai Mong Tsai area of Sai Kung, with over HK$200,000 in cash and valuables stolen.
9 Sep 2014 - 3:23am
Can,
and should, a trader settle a criminal case under the Trade
Descriptions Ordinance? The ordinance was amended on July 19 last year
to better protect consumers from unfair trade practices.
9 Sep 2014 - 3:23am
More
big chains have been drawn into the scandal over the use of old or
tainted cooking oil in Hong Kong, as it emerged on Monday that cakes
made with 'gutter oil' had been sold by 7-Eleven,...
8 Sep 2014 - 7:33pm
Former
government minister Frederick Ma Si-hang said he was disappointed with
the 'ultra-conservative' framework Beijing had laid down for the city's
2017 election.
8 Sep 2014 - 9:20am
The
gutter oil scare deepened in Hong Kong after it emerged that another
importer in the city had purchased oil from the Taiwanese supplier at
the centre of the scandal.
8 Sep 2014 - 11:44pm
In
a move seen as a curtain-raiser to Occupy Central, students from at
least 14 universities and colleges yesterday announced they would stage a
week-long boycott of classes from September 22.
8 Sep 2014 - 8:54am
About
40 democracy activists were sprayed with high-pressure water hoses
yesterday as they practised for the upcoming Occupy Central protest.
8 Sep 2014 - 10:41am
The
weather doesn't seem to be playing along with Hongkongers celebrating
the Mid-Autumn Festival and hoping for clear skies and a full moon.
8 Sep 2014 - 10:14am
The
popularity of the Cheung Chau bun festival and other Hong Kong
traditions means cultural events are preserved - but at what cost to
local populations?
8 Sep 2014 - 11:03am
Hi-tech
ways to allow the elderly to remain independent as they age and
innovations to help small and medium-sized firms take advantage of the
digital world - these are likely to be among the key...
8 Sep 2014 - 10:50am
In
the week since Beijing set down strict restrictions on electoral reform
in Hong Kong, one man's stern defence of the central government's
ruling has made him a household name.
8 Sep 2014 - 2:52pm
Making
senior management pay for the delay in the high-speed cross-border rail
project won't make the MTR more accountable to the public, a key
non-executive director of the train corporation told...
8 Sep 2014 - 12:18pm
In
families where the children "like" each others' Facebook photographs,
follow multitudes of friends on Twitter and immerse themselves in
various other social media, a parent can feel left out....
8 Sep 2014 - 7:00am
The
business sector should consider giving individuals a bigger role in
electing the members of the nominating committee when Hong Kong picks
its leader by "one man, one vote" in 2017, a former...
8 Sep 2014 - 6:05am
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