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Thursday, June 19, 2014

Hong Kong- South China Morning Post

Activists who tried to storm the legislature last week said yesterday they were just opposing plans to develop new towns, not a mob conducting a trial run of the planned Occupy Central blockade....
20 Jun 2014 - 7:40am
The drop-off area and protest zone outside the Legislative Council building will be closed today and 800 to 1,000 police officers sent in for a showdown with protesters fighting the government's...
20 Jun 2014 - 7:43am
The lawyer for a SHKP executive brushed off claims yesterday that his client was part of an "elaborate disguise" by which the Kwok brothers arranged to funnel millions of dollars to Hong Kong's...
20 Jun 2014 - 7:36am
Next Media chairman Jimmy Lai Chee-ying and his top aide hit back at reports that linked his meeting last month with former US deputy defence secretary Paul Wolfowitz with the debates on Hong Kong...
20 Jun 2014 - 8:07am
An activist was assaulted outside court yesterday before being given a suspended jail term for trespassing at the PLA barracks in Admiralty.
Updated 20 Jun 2014 - 9:10am
The Law Society is set to vote on a motion of no confidence in president Ambrose Lam San-keung after critics of his support for Beijing's white paper on Hong Kong mustered at least double the...
20 Jun 2014 - 2:12am
Property tycoon Zeng Wei has indicated he will plead guilty to one of the charges against him after being extradited from a United States territory.
20 Jun 2014 - 2:10am

Opinion

Hong Kong's No 2 official has admitted Beijing's white paper on the city's affairs will make it harder for a political reform package to pass the Legislative Council.
20 Jun 2014 - 2:43am
The operations of a controversial Hong Kong-based multilevel-marketing firm in Zhongshan appear to be continuing despite police claims that they had cracked down on the branch.
20 Jun 2014 - 2:43am
Measures proposed in the Airport Authority's environmental impact assessment of the airport's planned third runway are unlikely to compensate for the loss of dolphin habitat, a conservation group...
20 Jun 2014 - 8:05am
Confusion reigns over whether a geologically important set of islands in Tai Po will be given extra protection after plans were announced to zone them as country park land.
20 Jun 2014 - 2:43am
Two television viewers were yesterday given approval to pursue a judicial review against the government's refusal to grant a free-to-air licence to Hong Kong Television Network.
20 Jun 2014 - 8:00am
As the environment minister hoped for a bullseye at the archery range, elsewhere in Ngau Chi Wan Park some elderly folk were doing exercises and children skipped happily.
20 Jun 2014 - 2:43am
Law Society president Ambrose Lam San-keung has found himself at the centre of controversy for his endorsement of Beijing's white paper on "one country, two systems".
20 Jun 2014 - 2:43am
The city's first direct subsidy school has been without a permanent home since its founding in 1965 because of government restrictions that effectively exclude it from site allocation exercises,...
20 Jun 2014 - 2:43am
Hong Kong's growing numbers of female smokers need a different approach than men to help them quit.
20 Jun 2014 - 8:02am
As if crashing out of the soccer World Cup wasn't enough for defending champions Spain, their disappointed supporters had to take a second hit when they tried to drown their sorrows.
20 Jun 2014 - 2:43am
Today is the start of a pop vote for a civil referendum, organised by the Occupy Central movement and the Alliance for True Democracy, on the controversial subject of civic nomination for the...
20 Jun 2014 - 2:43am
Form Three pupil's camera and phone seized, instructions posted on forum were deleted after police request; security stepped up at Legco.
20 Jun 2014 - 7:24am
Minimal compensation and, for the lucky, a public flat await those who will be displaced if two controversial new towns get approval.
19 Jun 2014 - 8:32pm
Despite facing ridicule and possible jail terms, the protesters accused of breaking into the People’s Liberation Army barracks in Admiralty believe their action was worth it.
19 Jun 2014 - 9:27pm
Customs will seek help from mainland authorities to track down the ringleader of a syndicate selling illegal television boxes which receive local pay-TV broadcasts, including live World Cup...
19 Jun 2014 - 2:00pm
A lawyer told of the moment an unwelcome guest was spotted slipping into his home yesterday. The intruder was a cobra.
19 Jun 2014 - 10:53am
Passengers who sexually harass staff on Hong Kong aircraft could soon feel the weight of local law after the government yesterday announced a bill to clamp down on mile-high sex pests.
19 Jun 2014 - 4:25pm
Activists and villagers from eight groups who oppose the government's plan to build two new towns near the border promise they will stay calm when they take part in the next protest outside the...
19 Jun 2014 - 8:49am
Corruption trial shown video of former No 2 official dismissing suggestion that relationship with Sun Hung Kai Properties might affect his performance as chief secretary.
19 Jun 2014 - 8:07am
Cyberattackers brought down Apple Daily's website with 40 million hits a second, the paper revealed today, while an internet expert estimated more than 10,000 computers would have been used. 
20 Jun 2014 - 7:06am

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