Midtown Blogger/Manhattan Valley Follies: South China Morning Post- Hong Kong

Son who killed parents considered murdering mainlanders and brother, court hears

A jobless man who allegedly dismembered the bodies of his parents in a Tai Kok Tsui flat last year had thought of killing his brother as well, a court heard yesterday.

Updated 7 Aug 2014 - 9:46am

HEALTH

Chronic shortage of doctors in Hong Kong will not be met in medium term, report warns

The medical watchdog is under growing pressure to relax stringent licensing rules for overseas doctors after a government-commissioned study concluded that a chronic shortage of doctors "would not...

Updated 7 Aug 2014 - 9:14am

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INTERNET

Hong Kong tycoon can sue Google over 'autocomplete' search suggestions, court rules

A Hong Kong court has ruled that a local entertainment tycoon can go ahead with a defamation lawsuit against Google, which could have far-reaching consequences for the search engine giant.

Updated 7 Aug 2014 - 9:13am

WEALTH

Hong Kong is multimillionaire capital of the world, says new study

At 15,400, Hong Kong has more multimillionaires - those with at least US$10 million in net assets - than any other city in the world, a study has found.

7 Aug 2014 - 5:13am

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COURTS

Rafael Hui charged SHKP HK$4m in consultancy fees inclusive of months as chief secretary, court told

Rafael Hui claimed HK$4 million in consultancy fees from SHKP covering a period that would extend into his later time as Hong Kong's No 2 official, the city's highest-profile corruption trial...

7 Aug 2014 - 3:55am

DEVELOPMENT

Declaration of interest row after Lands Department official bought 13 plots

The Lands Department will review its declaration-of-interest procedures after it was revealed a senior official overseeing Yuen Long had bought 13 plots of land in the district and planned to...

Updated 7 Aug 2014 - 9:09am

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Hong Kong experts cautious about British aspirin cancer claims

A British study that recommends people aged 50 to 65 take an aspirin a day to protect themselves from cancer has been greeted cautiously in Hong Kong.

7 Aug 2014 - 5:12am

CONSUMER AFFAIRS

Greenpeace says lack of controls over GM foods in Hong Kong 'frightening'

7 Aug 2014 - 8:18am

COURTS

Mother who dumped her baby daughter's dead body in bin 'made up abduction story'

7 Aug 2014 - 5:16am

CRIME

Security guard held after 83-year-old jogger is blasted in chest with high-power airgun

Updated 7 Aug 2014 - 9:31am

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Opinion

Michael Chugani

When everything is white terror, is anything?

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6 Aug 2014 - 4:21am

Kelly Yang

The power of internal motivation

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6 Aug 2014 - 3:56am

Tammy Tam

Picking sides in the battle for reform

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4 Aug 2014 - 4:54am

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MEDICINE

Queen Elizabeth Hospital investigates death of man, 50, after he is given wrong dosage of drug

Queen Elizabeth Hospital is investigating the death of a 50-year-old man who died days after it gave him an incorrect dosage of a drug to slow down his heart rate.

7 Aug 2014 - 5:19am

Probe into 'hacking attack' on Next Media

Police are investigating a suspected computer hacking case in connection with the recent leaks of files and emails involving senior executives at Next Media.

7 Aug 2014 - 4:25am

LAW

Society chief refuses to back down

The Law Society's embattled president has appealed for support ahead of a vote on a motion of no confidence a week today - but stood by the comments that attracted the ire of many fellow...

7 Aug 2014 - 4:25am

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TOURISM

Shopping mall wants to build Hong Kong's first zip line on The Peak

A shopping centre and leisure complex on The Peak is seeking permission to build the city's first zip line on its roof, after a similar project, planned for Lantau, was put on hold.

Updated 7 Aug 2014 - 9:16am

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HEALTH

Tuen Mun man makes Hong Kong's fourth case of Japanese encephalitis this year

Health authorities yesterday confirmed the city's fourth case of Japanese encephalitis this year, but said there was no direct link between the cases.

7 Aug 2014 - 5:21am

INTERNET

CUHK just one of data hijackers' half a million targets

Half a million computer devices around the world have been targeted by the same hackers who this week managed to seize control of the Chinese University Faculty of Medicine's data on 10,000...

7 Aug 2014 - 8:27am

COURTS

4 years' jail after decade on run for money launderer

The fugitive who returned to Hong Kong to face money-laundering charges after a decade avoiding justice in Canada was jailed for four years yesterday.

7 Aug 2014 - 5:25am

POLITICS

Democratic Party faces dilemma over call for compromise on 2017 poll

The Democratic Party is faced with a new political dilemma: should it back a petition put forward by moderates in the Beijing-loyalist camp calling for cross-party consensus on political reform?...

7 Aug 2014 - 5:26am

TRANSPORT

MTR steps up escalator safety campaign

While MTR station escalators may seem benign, accidents can and do happen when passengers fail to pay attention or follow simple safety procedures.

7 Aug 2014 - 5:23am

Malls fail to provide for nursing mothers

Three shopping malls have failed the test when it comes to facilities for nursing mothers - because the facilities don't exist or they have hygiene problems.

7 Aug 2014 - 4:25am

ALL AROUND TOWN

Defector happy to be on the other side

Andrew Fung Wai-kwong may have endured no small amount of abuse after he quit the Democratic Party to serve as beleaguered Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's information coordinator - but at least...

7 Aug 2014 - 4:25am

LABOUR

HK$3 rise in Hong Kong’s minimum wage ‘would cost HK$1.4 billion’

The city's employers will have to fork out an additional HK$1.4 billion a year if the hourly statutory minimum wage goes up from the current HK$30 to HK$33, the Minimum Wage Commission was told....

6 Aug 2014 - 2:42pm

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COURTS

Elderly couple’s ‘heads found in fridge after they were killed by their own son and cooked'

An elderly couple allegedly murdered by their son and his friend were dismembered, salted and cooked after being killed, the Court of First Instance heard yesterday.

6 Aug 2014 - 1:41pm

COURTS

Walter Kwok accused SHKP employees of bribery in 2003, court told

Tycoon Walter Kwok accused a staff member at Sun Hung Kai Properties of taking bribes in a memo he wrote to one of his brothers, Thomas Kwok, the High Court heard yesterday.

6 Aug 2014 - 8:21am

POLITICS

Jimmy Lai's top aide reveals his email accounts were hacked

A top aide of media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has admitted his email accounts were hacked into, in the wake of leaked emails alleging his boss' support for pan-democrats.

6 Aug 2014 - 9:00am

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PRIVACY

Stop the cold calls: Hong Kong's privacy watchdog demands stricter rules on telemarketing

The privacy watchdog has pleaded for stricter controls on unsolicited marketing phone calls, which it says dog more than nine out of 10 Hongkongers.

6 Aug 2014 - 9:34am

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ECONOMY

Would you like a rise with that? How Hong Kong fares on the Big Mac Index

How many cheeseburgers can a minimum-wage earner afford? It's an odd question, but it goes to the heart of a debate over the spending power of workers who earn the minimum wage of HK$30 an hour....

6 Aug 2014 - 6:24pm

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ART

Artist Cui Ruzhuo puts auction blunder behind him with launch of Hong Kong museum

His HK$28 million painting might have been accidentally thrown into the trash after a blunder at an art auction in Hong Kong in April, but that hasn't stopped Cui Ruzhuo from dreaming big in the...

6 Aug 2014 - 3:36am

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TRANSPORT

Cost of high speed rail link swells to HK$80b in light of two-year delay

The delay in the construction of the cross-border express railway could see its cost rise from HK$67 billion to HK$80 billion, lawmaker Michael Tien Puk-sun quoted sources at MTR as saying.

6 Aug 2014 - 9:24am

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POLITICS

Hongkongers losing faith that city is stable, democratic and free: study

Hongkongers feel less strongly than at any point in the past decade that their city is a stable, democratic and free society, the latest poll by the University of Hong Kong reveals.

6 Aug 2014 - 9:24am

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