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Monday, January 26, 2015

South China Morning Post- Hong Kong

Troubled broadcaster ATV receives ‘several proposals’ for stake in cash-strapped station
The managers of ATV and representatives from Deloitte China confirmed yesterday that the cash-strapped broadcaster had received "several" proposals to buy a 10.75 per cent stake in the TV station...
27 Jan 2015 - 7:29am
 
Post-Occupy Central public views of Hong Kong reform little changed: SCMP poll
Support for a pan-democratic threat to vote down electoral reforms tabled by the government in the legislature remained at just under half of the Hong Kong public.
27 Jan 2015 - 7:14am
Post-Occupy Central public views of Hong Kong reform little changed: SCMP poll
A runner who collapsed just 100 metres from the finishing line at the Hong Kong Marathon on Sunday has died in hospital.
Updated 27 Jan 2015 - 8:42am
 
Post-Occupy Central public views of Hong Kong reform little changed: SCMP poll
London parliamentarians are not in breach of international law by inquiring into Hong Kong's post-handover affairs, so long as they do not try to visit the former British colony if China does not...
27 Jan 2015 - 2:35am
 
Post-Occupy Central public views of Hong Kong reform little changed: SCMP poll
Veteran pan-democrat Albert Ho Chun-yan appears unmoved by public disapproval for his idea to force a "referendum" on how Hong Kong should choose its next chief executive.
27 Jan 2015 - 7:39am
 
Decision 'very soon' on charges against Hong Kong former chief executive Donald Tsang
The investigation into allegations former chief executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen's accepted hospitality from tycoons has ended, but the city's scandal-ridden former leader will have to wait before...
27 Jan 2015 - 2:49am
 
There was singing, dancing and even scenes of legislators declaring support for ATV staff to soldier on as free labour.
27 Jan 2015 - 2:46am

OPINION

The exaggerated stage etiquette of mainland pianist Lang Lang has found an antithesis in his Taiwanese counterpart, Chen Ruei-bin.
27 Jan 2015 - 2:52am
The central government has been "more frequently and openly" interfering with press freedom in Hong Kong, according to the federation's seventh annual China Press Freedom Report released yesterday...
27 Jan 2015 - 2:54am
 
Basic Law Institute chairman and senior counsel Alan Hoo is considering seeking an injunction and a protection order against his ex-girlfriend, a friend of his, who refuses to reveal their...
27 Jan 2015 - 12:49am
A defence lawyer let down his client, a police divisional commander, by failing to challenge the contents of restaurant bills that landed the defendant in prison for misconduct, a High Court...
26 Jan 2015 - 11:29pm
Sportswear company Puma has apologised for a catty Hong Kong Marathon marketing stunt that appeared to have its claws out for Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying.
26 Jan 2015 - 11:55pm
 
Putonghua teacher Lau Yin was always the adventurous sort, an avid mountain climber on the mainland who conquered peaks including the 3,000 metre high Mt Emei in Sichuan province before relocating...
27 Jan 2015 - 7:48am
Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah was urged on Monday to boost Hong Kong's competitiveness in his forthcoming budget by offering tax incentives to corporations which set up headquarters in...
27 Jan 2015 - 3:02am
 
Creative workers are being enticed by the promise of cheaper rents to Wong Chuk Hang's first industrial-turned-commercial building, following revitalisation measures introduced by the government...
27 Jan 2015 - 12:49am
A long-awaited bill for a "polluter pays" scheme is to be tabled at the Legislative Council this spring. If approved, it will change the way televisions, fridges, washing machines, computer...
26 Jan 2015 - 11:17pm
The Employment Ordinance was amended last month to introduce three days' paid paternity leave for working fathers and fathers-to-be. This amendment will be effective on February 27.
26 Jan 2015 - 11:42pm
A defence lawyer failed to challenge the contents of restaurant bills which landed a former Wan Chai divisional police commander in jail for misconduct in public office two years ago, the High...
26 Jan 2015 - 4:30pm
Financial Secretary John Tsang should not offer generous handouts in next month’s budget despite his expectation of a fiscal surplus in each of the next three financial years, Lam Woon-kwong said...
26 Jan 2015 - 6:11pm
 
A second Hong Kong hiker has died in a week after a woman fell into the sea as she climbed a cliff near a popular beauty spot in Sai Kung on Sunday.
26 Jan 2015 - 5:34pm
 
As the bidding deadline passes for embattled Hong Kong broadcaster Asia Television to sell a 10 per cent stake, SCMP looks back on the road that led it to its current crisis.
Updated 27 Jan 2015 - 8:48am
Poll respondents urge Financial Secretary John Tsang to maintain competitiveness in his upcoming budget by offering tax incentives to working mothers and newlyweds and increasing transport...
26 Jan 2015 - 2:19pm
Executive Council convenor Lam Woon-kwong has warned "nothing will happen" and the bitterness over the failure to achieve universal suffrage will only worsen if pan-democrats veto the proposal for...
26 Jan 2015 - 11:11am
 
An overhaul of the Mandatory Provident Fund scheme is being readied in a bid to stop 600,000 of the city's most passive pension savers being pushed into some of the most high-risk, high-cost...
26 Jan 2015 - 5:41pm
 
Organisers of the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon will push for all of Hennessy Road to be opened for next year's event, but the ceiling of 73,000 entries is unlikely to be raised.
26 Jan 2015 - 6:01pm
 
The first Hongkonger to work in an Ebola treatment centre in West Africa has described the fight against the virus as more terrifying than his nursing stints in war zones.
26 Jan 2015 - 8:48pm
Pan-democrats who have given up confrontation in favour of a top government role are likely to be accepted by Beijing as 'patriots' suitable for Hong Kong's top job, an expert says.
26 Jan 2015 - 6:18pm
 

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