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- Jun 24, 2014
- Updated: 9:19am
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The
loss of marine habitat to a new airport runway will probably displace
the population of Chinese white dolphins from north Lantau - but they
will come back eventually.
Updated 24 Jun 2014 - 8:26am
Up
to 40 per cent of cyberattacks on the website used to run Occupy
Central's unofficial plebiscite on electoral reform came from computers
registered to mainland firms in Hong Kong.
24 Jun 2014 - 7:28am
Hong
Kong's former central banker Joseph Yam Chi-kwong has warned that the
city could lose its status as China's top financial centre if political
developments unnerve the country's leaders.
Updated 24 Jun 2014 - 8:31am
The
authorities in Beijing had "noted the views" of Hongkongers about the
flood of visitors from Shenzhen, the commerce minister said yesterday
after talks.
24 Jun 2014 - 7:13am
Another
former mainland representative in Hong Kong has dismissed the
unofficial poll on Hong Kong's electoral reform in which more than
720,000 people have cast ballots.
24 Jun 2014 - 5:08am
Unofficial
referendum of more than 700,000 Hongkongers an 'illegal farce' that is
'tinged with mincing ludicrousness', says Global Times.
24 Jun 2014 - 7:21am
Entrepreneur Allan Zeman revealed yesterday it was the government that was forcing him out as Ocean Park chairman.
Updated 24 Jun 2014 - 8:37am
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Updated 24 Jun 2014 - 8:33am
Today's Poll
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Total number of votes recorded: 87
It
is high time the city ditched its "piecemeal" way of revitalising old
areas and focused on the big picture by identifying urban slums for
redevelopment, a veteran surveyor says.
24 Jun 2014 - 8:13am
Lawmakers
have hit out at the MTR Corporation's 3.6 per cent fare rise and urged
it to offer more concessions when the increase takes effect on Sunday.
24 Jun 2014 - 3:34am
The
new head of the police watchdog has backed away from his predecessor's
view that it should seek the power to start its own investigations.
Updated 24 Jun 2014 - 9:02am
The
government and the Airport Authority have been accused of keeping the
public in the dark by failing to put a price on the controversial third
runway at Chek Lap Kok.
24 Jun 2014 - 7:45am
The
deadly 1967 riots are seen by many as a watershed in Hong Kong's
history - but for drama director Wu Hoi-fai, the days of havoc hold
another message: resorting to violence won't help.
24 Jun 2014 - 5:13am
New
People's Party leader Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee has made a U-turn on her
call for Ng Leung-sing to step down as chairman of the Legislative
Council's Finance Committee.
24 Jun 2014 - 4:25am
Clutching
gigantic pens designed to look like chunks of cheese, six men in sober
business suits and one dressed as a rat stand poised, ready to connect
dots on a board.
24 Jun 2014 - 5:17am
In
its 25th year, the Hong Kong Book Fair will include a record 570
exhibitors from 30 regions - with Saudi Arabia, Colombia, Israel and
Kazakhstan represented for the first time.
24 Jun 2014 - 4:25am
A
mainlander who used a miniature closed-circuit television set to
monitor two houses in Sai Kung before burgling them was jailed for six
years yesterday.
24 Jun 2014 - 5:14am
The
issue of the size of Hong Kong juries - just seven people, usually, and
why it should be reformed is one that needs further comment.
24 Jun 2014 - 4:25am
Police
are investigating the disappearance of tens of thousands of dollars
worth of the virtual currency bitcoin in a move that could open the
floodgates for more potential victims to come forward...
23 Jun 2014 - 9:50am
More
than 700,000 ballots have been cast in an unofficial poll on Hong
Kong's electoral reform that a former top mainland official in charge of
the city's affairs has dismissed as unrepresentative...
23 Jun 2014 - 5:16pm
The
sovereignty and security of the nation take precedence over maintaining
Hong Kong's prosperity, a former top mainland official in charge of the
city's affairs said.
23 Jun 2014 - 5:34pm
People
with Hong Kong passports are being denied the chance to travel because
their documents are caught up in British bureaucracy.
23 Jun 2014 - 11:51am
'Most
countries in the north' are developed, wealthy and free while 'southern
countries' are poorer, with lower education levels, a lack of
technology and more political censorship.
23 Jun 2014 - 11:54am
If,
as they say, a week is too long in politics, then what does that say
about a gap of eight years outside the corridors of power? For Ng
Leung-sing, who quit politics for eight years before...
23 Jun 2014 - 4:57am
Nine
out of 10 voters at Occupy Central's polling stations believe the
public must have a say in who can run in the next chief executive
election, a mini-poll by the South China Morning Post found...
23 Jun 2014 - 5:19pm
Weeks
after the Occupy Central movement decided to stage the vote on
electoral reform, the civil disobedience movement was in a serious
crisis.
23 Jun 2014 - 6:05pm
Occupy
Central organisers have hit back at those who tried to damage the
credibility of the unofficial plebiscite on electoral reform after a
pro-Beijing group admitted casting fake ballots.
23 Jun 2014 - 4:58am
As
the so-called civil referendum on democratic reforms gathered steam
yesterday, some Hongkongers chose to give it the cold shoulder. Some
dismissed the campaign - which Beijing has called "...
23 Jun 2014 - 4:58am
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