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Monday, December 8, 2014

South China Morning Post- Hong Kong- What Next?

Woman’s body found in bag at Mong Kok waste collection centre
A woman’s body was found in a nylon bag inside a refuse collection centre in Mong Kok on Tuesday morning.
Updated 9 Dec 2014 - 11:11am
‘I was tortured’, Hong Kong maid Erwiana tells court as trial of employer begins
Indonesian domestic helper Erwiana Sulistyaningsih was beaten unconscious and suffered a raft of injuries at the hands of her former Hong Kong employer, a court heard yesterday.
Updated 9 Dec 2014 - 11:15am
‘I was tortured’, Hong Kong maid Erwiana tells court as trial of employer begins
Over 3,000 police officers could be deployed to clear the biggest Occupy camp in Admiralty and the protest zone in Causeway Bay on the same day this week, according to police sources.
9 Dec 2014 - 8:18am
 
‘I was tortured’, Hong Kong maid Erwiana tells court as trial of employer begins
The government announced yesterday that it would accept its heritage advisers' recommendation to dismantle, remove and then reassemble an ancient well unearthed at the future To Kwa Wan station....
9 Dec 2014 - 9:01am
‘I was tortured’, Hong Kong maid Erwiana tells court as trial of employer begins
ATV's major investor Wong Ching could lose control over the station after a High Court judge ruled that the mainland businessman had interfered with the running of the station and had jeopardised...
9 Dec 2014 - 1:34am
 
Green activists happy to pick up the pieces after Occupy protests
With their bare hands, Celia Fung Sze-lai and her friends spend hours shredding foam lunch boxes into small flakes at the Occupy area outside the legislature.
9 Dec 2014 - 7:32am
 
Hollywood star Seth Rogen launched a furious Twitter tirade against Cathay Pacific on Monday, after his wife and dog were prevented from boarding a flight with the carrier.
Updated 9 Dec 2014 - 10:26am
 

OPINION

A man who brandished a bottle of paint thinner and a lighter as he threatened to burn pro-democracy demonstrators in Mong Kok during Occupy protests was jailed for six months on Monday.
9 Dec 2014 - 12:27am
 
Property developer Nan Fung Group plans to invest HK$700 million to revitalise a textile factory that played a major part in the founding of the company.
9 Dec 2014 - 7:49am
The head of a prestigious international school yesterday pledged to increase the number of parents represented on the board of governors.
9 Dec 2014 - 8:00am
Hong Kong archaeologists are calling for the establishment of an independent expert panel to reassess the value of relics unearthed in To Kwa Wan.
9 Dec 2014 - 1:34am
While two prominent archaeologists have raised doubts over the MTR's plan to redesign To Kwa Wan station to preserve unearthed relics, the head of the Antiquities Advisory Board has argued that...
9 Dec 2014 - 1:51am
The Federation of Trade Unions is floating an idea for subsidised housing aimed at lower-middle income young couples.
9 Dec 2014 - 8:07am
A smile or a hug might warm up your heart. But volunteers from Wellcome have come up with a more practical idea by knitting scarves for elderly people with dementia, so they stay warm during cold...
Updated 9 Dec 2014 - 11:14am
Lawmakers pressed the government yesterday to indicate how long elderly Hongkongers must wait for aged-care homes after the Audit Commission found that 5,700 people died last year as they waited...
9 Dec 2014 - 9:54am
Hong Kong and Kowloon Ferry Sea Smooth left the scene of the National Day collision without carrying out a proper damage assessment, an expert witness told a manslaughter trial yesterday.
9 Dec 2014 - 1:34am
The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) yesterday received 11 bids for two residential redevelopment projects in Sham Shui Po that could involve a total investment of more than HK$5 billion.
9 Dec 2014 - 1:34am
A Hong Kong-based top Italian chef is "proud" to be entrusted with cooking the largest white truffle in the world for a party in Central on Friday.
9 Dec 2014 - 1:34am
Justice is the end of government, said Daniel Defoe. Although radical changes are occurring elsewhere to promote prosecutorial freedom, they have, lamentably, passed Hong Kong by.
9 Dec 2014 - 1:34am
Scholarism convenor Joshua Wong Chi-fung said the student group would arrange for school pupils and the edlerly to leave Occupy's main protest site in Admiralty if police started clearing up.
8 Dec 2014 - 5:25pm
 
On Saturday, Hong Kong student activist Joshua Wong Chi-fung, of the group Scholarism, ended a hunger strike he had initiated in an attempt to force a
8 Dec 2014 - 5:27pm
 
Police are investigating the death of a 51-year-old man who died in a suspicious fire in Choi Hung on Monday and another suspected case of arson in Sham Shui Po on Sunday.
8 Dec 2014 - 7:22pm
Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying warned that "furious resistance" is expected from some protesters in the Admiralty Occupy camp when police help bailiffs execute a court order to clear part of the...
8 Dec 2014 - 5:42pm
 
The insurance industry is set to launch new products targeting senior citizens, a direction one firm says may reduce the government's burden of rising long-term health care costs.
8 Dec 2014 - 6:10pm
 
A group of 30 protesters arrested over the Occupy movement said they were seeking legal advice over what they allege were improper detention procedures and inhuman treatment at the hands of police...
8 Dec 2014 - 9:15am
 
The Shenzhen hub of Qianhai opened a 58,000 square metre area designated for young entrepreneurs from Hong Kong and elsewhere to start their businesses.
8 Dec 2014 - 10:12am
 
Conservation officials are proposing to expand a scheme in which areas of coral off Sai Kung have been demarcated to avoid damage, after two green groups found extensive degradation.
8 Dec 2014 - 9:04am
 

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