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Media mogul Jimmy Lai ‘spent HK$3.5m on Occupy Central vote’, leaked emails show

Media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying spent millions helping Occupy Central to hold its unofficial referendum in June, leaked emails show.

Updated 5 Aug 2014 - 8:47am

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Owners never inspected Taiwan gas pipeline that exploded because they 'didn't have the keys'

Taiwanese Premier Jiang Yi-huah has announced an overhaul of pipelines across the island after a series of deadly explosions in the southern city of Kaohsiung claimed 28 lives and injured more...

Updated 5 Aug 2014 - 8:54am

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Yunnan quake survivors in desperate wait for food and medical supplies

Survivors of Sunday's earthquake in Yunnan province are now facing another grim battle - gaining access to food and desperately needed medical help.

5 Aug 2014 - 8:27am

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'Clock's ticking' for talks on 2017 election, says Catholic diocese of Hong Kong

The city's Catholic diocese has renewed its call for more "earnest dialogue" between officials and political parties amid debate over how Hong Kong should achieve universal suffrage in the 2017...

5 Aug 2014 - 7:49am

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DIPLOMACY

Beijing rejects US, Philippines suggestion it freezes South China Sea projects

Updated 5 Aug 2014 - 9:09am

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HISTORY

European leaders mark 100th anniversary of outbreak of first world war

4 Aug 2014 - 11:06pm

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COURTS

Thomas Kwok considered hiring 'Norman Chan' as a consultant, trial hears

Updated 5 Aug 2014 - 8:50am

Editor's Pick

Historic Hong Kong seen in newly released British video archives

The legendary newsreel maker British Pathé has released its entire collection of historic films on YouTube, consisting of some 85,000 reports.

11 Jul 2014 - 5:59pm

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Opinion

Tammy Tam

Picking sides in the battle for reform

4 Aug 2014 - 4:54am

Alice Wu

Can Hong Kong be a co-author of the 'one country, two systems' story?

4 Aug 2014 - 2:46am

Hari Kumar

Marauding macaques: a monkey business we could do without

4 Aug 2014 - 2:46am

Jake Van Der Kamp

'Grim' retail sales index tells only fraction of story

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3 Aug 2014 - 4:25am

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Would leaked emails indicating Jimmy Lai spent millions helping Occupy Central make you think less of the movement?

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Hong Kong

'Clock's ticking' for talks on 2017 election, says Catholic diocese of Hong Kong

The city's Catholic diocese has renewed its call for more "earnest dialogue" between officials and political parties amid debate over how Hong Kong should achieve universal suffrage in the 2017...

5 Aug 2014 - 7:49am

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Media mogul Jimmy Lai ‘spent HK$3.5m on Occupy Central vote’, leaked emails show

Media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying spent millions helping Occupy Central to hold its unofficial referendum in June, leaked emails show.

Updated 5 Aug 2014 - 8:47am

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Thomas Kwok considered hiring 'Norman Chan' as a consultant, trial hears

Thomas Kwok Ping-kwong once considered hiring a Norman Chan as a consultant to Sun Hung Kai Properties, the city's highest-profile corruption trial heard yesterday.

Updated 5 Aug 2014 - 8:50am

Jimmy Lai's 'close ties with US right-wing politicians' revealed in leaked email trove

Media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has maintained close ties with right-wing politicians in the United States, according to documents leaked to the media.

Updated 5 Aug 2014 - 8:41am

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Lawmakers To and Mo given millions of dollars by Apple Daily founder Lai, emails claim

Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai Chee-ying allegedly donated millions of dollars to two pan-democratic lawmakers according to more leaked emails - flatly contradicting their repeated denials.

5 Aug 2014 - 4:49am

Pay-as-you-throw rubbish scheme could cost Hong Kong households HK$44 a month

A typical household should pay a maximum of HK$44 per month to dispose of waste when pay-as-you-throw charging is introduced, a Council for Sustainable Development subcommittee has recommended.

Updated 5 Aug 2014 - 9:26am

Hungry for maw? Fishy HK$1 contest opens annual Hong Kong Food Expo

Updated 5 Aug 2014 - 9:03am

Opposing camps cast doubt over moderate reform plan

5 Aug 2014 - 4:29am

Groups must not pay people to join anti-Occupy march, organisers say

5 Aug 2014 - 4:29am

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'Exploited' fugitive admits laundering millions, 13 years after he fled to Canada

5 Aug 2014 - 8:24am

China

Yunnan quake survivors in desperate wait for food and medical supplies

Survivors of Sunday's earthquake in Yunnan province are now facing another grim battle - gaining access to food and desperately needed medical help.

5 Aug 2014 - 8:27am

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Owners never inspected Taiwan gas pipeline that exploded because they 'didn't have the keys'

Taiwanese Premier Jiang Yi-huah has announced an overhaul of pipelines across the island after a series of deadly explosions in the southern city of Kaohsiung claimed 28 lives and injured more...

Updated 5 Aug 2014 - 8:54am

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Beijing rejects US, Philippines suggestion it freezes South China Sea projects

China shrugged off the United States and the Philippine's suggestion it suspend developing areas in the disputed South China Sea ahead of a regional summit.

Updated 5 Aug 2014 - 9:09am

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Microsoft warned against blocking anti-trust probe

Microsoft should not obstruct an anti-trust investigation by mainland regulators, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce said yesterday.

5 Aug 2014 - 4:40am

State media warn corrupt 'tigers' might fight back

Academics have warned that efforts to root out graft could trigger a backlash from corrupt "tigers" who might be prepared to "fight to the end".

5 Aug 2014 - 4:40am

Mainland restrictions to be lifted on Line and KakaoTalk, South Korean diplomat says

The Chinese government has told the South Korean embassy that it would soon lift the restrictions it placed on the mobile messaging services Line and KakaoTalk, according to a Korean diplomat, but...

4 Aug 2014 - 5:13pm

China 'increasing number of missile warheads'

4 Aug 2014 - 6:19pm

Rescuers face heavy rain, blocked roads after Yunnan earthquake kills at least 398

4 Aug 2014 - 4:18pm

37 civilians and 59 'terrorists' died in Xinjiang attack, China says

4 Aug 2014 - 7:39am

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Kunshan explosion factory ignored several danger warnings, says regulator

4 Aug 2014 - 6:32pm

Asia

Ban on Suu Kyi standing for Myanmar presidency poses dilemma for party

Aung San Suu Kyi's quarter-century quest to lead Myanmar is running out of time because of a legal roadblock, posing a dilemma for a party that was forged around the mystique of the Nobel Peace...

5 Aug 2014 - 8:32am

Scores missing as overloaded ferry sunk by wave on Bangladesh’s Padma river

4 Aug 2014 - 10:50pm

Civil service test stirs up India's language anxieties

5 Aug 2014 - 5:08am

Japanese anime producer may have made its last film

5 Aug 2014 - 7:07am

Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa beats cancer, plans opera

5 Aug 2014 - 8:33am

World

European leaders mark 100th anniversary of outbreak of first world war

World leaders marked the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the first world war yesterday, warning of the lessons to be learned in the face of today's many crises, including Ukraine.

4 Aug 2014 - 11:06pm

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Doctor confirmed as second Ebola case in Nigeria

Updated 5 Aug 2014 - 9:06am

Israelis accept deaths as price that must be paid to confront Hamas

5 Aug 2014 - 4:27am

Republican 'tea party' candidate admits 'rumour' he is related to Obama

Updated 5 Aug 2014 - 8:40am

Erdogan looks to the past as he vows to build a new Turkey

4 Aug 2014 - 9:18pm