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Monday, January 19, 2015

South China Morning Post- Hong Kong

CY Leung’s plans to grow Hong Kong film industry come under fire in Legco
Lawmakers have questioned whether Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's proposal to reserve space for cinemas in new development areas could really help grow Hong Kong's film industry.
19 Jan 2015 - 1:38pm
Chalk Girl who drew on Occupy ‘Lennon Wall’ released as court refuses to put her in children's home
A 14-year-old girl who was arrested for scribbling graffiti with chalk on the “Lennon Wall” outside government headquarters did not need a child protection order, a magistrate ruled.
19 Jan 2015 - 1:04pm
 
Chalk Girl who drew on Occupy ‘Lennon Wall’ released as court refuses to put her in children's home
The Chinese white dolphin whose body was deeply gashed by a propeller engine was identified as a Hong Kong habitant, who has been spotted in the city’s waters several times.
Updated 19 Jan 2015 - 1:46pm
Chalk Girl who drew on Occupy ‘Lennon Wall’ released as court refuses to put her in children's home
Hong Kong’s top official in the United States says he has been lobbying US Congress to tread carefully on pushing for democratic reforms in the autonomous Chinese territory.
19 Jan 2015 - 10:55am
 
Chalk Girl who drew on Occupy ‘Lennon Wall’ released as court refuses to put her in children's home
A mysterious uniformed group that aims to make Hong Kong's youngsters 'aware of their responsibilities and obligations as Chinese citizens' has been inaugurated.
19 Jan 2015 - 10:49am
 
Hong Kong tourist arrivals jump 12pc despite Occupy uncertainty
Tourist arrivals in Hong Kong increased 12 per cent to 60.8 million last year - up on an estimate made last February that there would be 59 million visitors and despite uncertainty created by the...
19 Jan 2015 - 10:41am
 
An upcoming extradition treaty between Hong Kong and Macau may apply to cases predating the agreement even if no specific retroactive clause is written into it, the South China Morning Post has...
19 Jan 2015 - 8:03am

OPINION

Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital in Tai Po plans to use landfill gas to generate electricity in an attempt to go greener.
19 Jan 2015 - 3:17am
The shock delivered by the Swiss franc is a good reminder why Hong Kong must not ditch its peg to the US dollar, the city's finance chief said in his weekly blog.
19 Jan 2015 - 9:20am
 
A hiker died after falling some 60 metres from a cliff in north Lantau as he tried to rescue another hiker in trouble.
19 Jan 2015 - 9:19am
 
An attempt to rectify the uneven distribution of cinemas across the city, as pledged by the chief executive, may be a quick fix for Hong Kong's struggling film industry, veterans say.
19 Jan 2015 - 10:44am
Young filmmakers and independent productions can seek up to HK$2 million under a new government scheme to back low-budget films made in Hong Kong.
19 Jan 2015 - 3:20am
A butterfly never seen in Hong Kong before has emerged in the border town of Sha Tau Kok, a formerly closed area that is becoming known as a butterfly haven among nature lovers.
19 Jan 2015 - 3:18am
Contentious issue gathers steam after Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying lashed out at student publications for ‘advocating self-determination’
18 Jan 2015 - 10:43pm
An anonymous Hong Kong entrepreneur has donated US$1 million to the families of slain New York police officers Liu Wenjian and Rafael Ramos, according to Chinese newspaper Sing Tao Daily, which...
18 Jan 2015 - 3:26pm
 
It was a day for the history books for ultra-running in Hong Kong on Saturday as two elite runners broke the 10-hour barrier in the Vibram Hong Kong 100 over the notoriously hilly terrain.
19 Jan 2015 - 10:03am
A Chinese white dolphin has been spotted off the coast of Tai O sporting horrific slash injuries across its fin and back after what is believed to have been a collision with a tour boat's outboard...
18 Jan 2015 - 12:59pm
 
Beijing will not only insist on its stringent framework for political reform in Hong Kong for now, but for at least another four to five years if the electoral overhaul fails this summer, two...
18 Jan 2015 - 11:54am
 
A picture has emerged of the fraught negotiations that went on between Hong Kong and Beijing ministers and the British over the vetoed visit to the city by a UK parliamentary inquiry team.
18 Jan 2015 - 8:34am
 
A scheme to allow mainland migrants in Hong Kong to return home raises "complex'' issues, Hong Kong's security chief warned amid debate on why the idea has been floated.
18 Jan 2015 - 8:43am
 
In an apparently blatant example of illegal racial discrimination in the city, an estate agent has told a client he was unable to view a flat because he is Indian.
18 Jan 2015 - 8:44am
 
Two pedestrians have filed the city's first two writs complaining of police violence in the aftermath of the force's clearance of the Occupy site in Mong Kok in late November.
18 Jan 2015 - 5:30am
Tenants facing displacement from their Shek Kip Mei private estate prefer that their developer donate the site to the government, rather than retain it for redevelopment, so they can be resettled...
18 Jan 2015 - 5:30am
A lick of paint and months of elbow grease have given a fresh lease of life to what was once a thriving mining village in the remote hills of Ma On Shan in the New Territories.
18 Jan 2015 - 5:30am
As ministers defended Leung Chun-ying's U-turn on a vow to freeze wages paid to him and his cabinet, legislators accused the chief executive of giving himself a de facto pay rise by stealth.
18 Jan 2015 - 8:38am
 
Malaysia's embattled home affairs minister has asserted his right to send a letter in support of an alleged gambling racketeer, but claimed secrecy prevented him from being able to explain his...
18 Jan 2015 - 5:30am
Development minister Paul Chan Mo-po pledged that the current government would not build flats in country parks, days after Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying delivered a policy blueprint that is...
18 Jan 2015 - 5:30am
 

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