- Tue
- Jul 15, 2014
- Updated: 9:47am
Six
rounds of mortgage tightening by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority since
2009 have reduced lending but not reined in prices, the latest figures
show.
15 Jul 2014 - 8:00am
Hong
Kong's political reform process takes its first step today with the
unveiling of Leung Chun-ying's report to Beijing on the electoral
overhaul needed to achieve universal suffrage for the...
15 Jul 2014 - 7:16am
An
amendment to stamp duty legislation to give refunds to corporate buyers
who hold on to premises for three years looks set to be voted down
today.
15 Jul 2014 - 7:52am
The
future of Hong Kong weighed on the young minds of some of the city's
best and brightest, even as they moved closer to the pursuit of their
dreams.
15 Jul 2014 - 4:43am
Rafael
Hui did meet with a SHKP co-chairman over a project on Ma Wan, but
there was nothing unusual about the city's second-highest government
officer meeting property developers, a corruption...
15 Jul 2014 - 8:15am
Occupy
Central co-organiser Benny Tai Yiu-ting has called on police not to
regard civil disobedience activists as "provoking quarrels and making
trouble", because they would not regard frontline...
Updated 15 Jul 2014 - 9:15am
Severe
Tropical Storm Rammasun was upgraded to a typhoon last night as it
headed towards the Philippines, where it is expected to hit land today
and bring foul weather to Hong Kong by the weekend...
Updated 15 Jul 2014 - 9:07am
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Today's Poll
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Total number of votes recorded: 62
Stalled
land-premium negotiations between the government and developers will be
resolved within 10 weeks under a pilot arbitration scheme to be
launched next month.
15 Jul 2014 - 8:28am
Teenage
Scholarism leader Joshua Wong revealed that he plans to appeal some of
his DSE exam results and that he was 'disappointed' in his Liberal
Studies grade.
15 Jul 2014 - 8:47am
The
military commander of Hainan, Major General Tan Benhong, is to replace
Lieutenant General Wang Xiaojun as head of the People's Liberation
Army's Hong Kong garrison.
Updated 15 Jul 2014 - 8:59am
Four
men who were arrested after joining a rally against development plans
for the northeastern New Territories a month ago say they are outraged
that police have refused to launch a criminal...
15 Jul 2014 - 4:29am
The
internet is making more information available than ever before, but
it's not necessarily making us smarter, New Zealand researchers have
said.
14 Jul 2014 - 10:03pm
Shortly
before his debut with the Hong Kong Philharmonic last November, Lorin
Maazel, the late, legendary conductor, talked of a "master plan" for
humanity.
15 Jul 2014 - 4:29am
The
Allegro Singers, founded in 1964 by soprano Barbara Fei, performed much
as they did 50 years ago, with their signature mixed programme and
cheongsams for the lady choristers.
15 Jul 2014 - 4:29am
A
planned artificial island at the border crossing of the Hong
Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge should set aside land for logistics facilities,
industry insiders have proposed.
15 Jul 2014 - 4:43am
The
film Overheard 3 tells the story of a battle for the control of a
corporation set up to acquire the rights of the male indigenous
residents of New Territories villages and engage in property...
15 Jul 2014 - 4:29am
Airport chiefs are ignoring inefficiencies in the use of its two runways as they seek to justify a third, concern groups say.
14 Jul 2014 - 12:01pm
A
record 12 high-flying students have stood out from this year's Diploma
of Secondary Education (HKDSE) examination, as the percentage of
students meeting the basic requirements for local...
14 Jul 2014 - 10:44am
The
city is becoming "ungovernable", and the political system barring its
leader from being a member of any party is to blame. So says political
scientist Dr Cheung Chor-yung, of City University...
14 Jul 2014 - 9:28am
A
group that marched through Causeway Bay in protest against Occupy
Central claims to have collected 5,000 signatures from the public - but
its petition has been rejected by a fellow pro-Beijing...
14 Jul 2014 - 9:27am
Pupils
are likely to fare better socially and academically in classes of not
more than 30 learners, a new study has found. Small-class teaching, or
SCT, could be a model for more secondary schools...
14 Jul 2014 - 5:57am
Jasper
Tsang Yok-sing may be one of the most open-minded politicians from the
pro-Beijing camp, but even he himself laments that it is getting harder
to bridge the rift between the opposition and...
14 Jul 2014 - 5:57am
To
those who equate taking part in social movements with joining marches
and chanting slogans, recent events may have come as a shock.
14 Jul 2014 - 9:41am
The
Law Society president has come in for renewed criticism after urging
his fellows to deplore the Bar Association for calling on the government
to accommodate the idea of public nomination in...
14 Jul 2014 - 5:57am
A
private obstetrician has been cleared of professional misconduct after
the medical watchdog found insufficient proof that he performed an
invasive diagnostic procedure in 2011 on a woman without...
14 Jul 2014 - 5:57am
Billions
of dollars paid in property transactions have been put at risk by a
delay in passing a law that enacts a doubling of stamp duties, lawyers
warn.
14 Jul 2014 - 4:24pm
Cancer
survivor Lam Yi-ning is only 12 years old, but she was rewarded for
being an inspiration to others suffering from the disease - including
her former teacher.
14 Jul 2014 - 5:57am
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