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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

South China Morning Post Hong Kong

Wheel of misfortune: Hong Kong double-decker bus tyre blowout injures two passengers
Two women passengers escaped serious injuries when a tyre on a Hong Kong double-decker bus blew out under their seats.
Updated 10 Feb 2015 - 1:20pm
'I forgive my employer', says battered and imprisoned Hong Kong maid Erwiana
Despite her ordeal at the hands of her former employer, Erwiana says she has managed to forgive the woman who subjected her to months of abuse.
10 Feb 2015 - 12:12pm
 
'I forgive my employer', says battered and imprisoned Hong Kong maid Erwiana
The former employer of Indonesian domestic worker Erwiana Sulistyaningsih was convicted of a raft of assault charges at the District Court this morning.
Updated 10 Feb 2015 - 1:28pm
 
'I forgive my employer', says battered and imprisoned Hong Kong maid Erwiana
Committee member won't say if Johannes Chan being considered after press attack on scholar raises fears of political interference in selection
10 Feb 2015 - 12:47am
 
'I forgive my employer', says battered and imprisoned Hong Kong maid Erwiana
The growth in the number of tourists visiting Hong Kong will slow down this year despite a robust increase in 2014, the Tourism Board is predicting - as spending by tourists, excluding day-...
10 Feb 2015 - 7:31am
 
Tea, coffee, flu to blame as more unhealthy potential blood donors turned away
Coffee and tea have been blamed for causing iron deficiency among Hongkongers - after more potential donors were deemed unfit to give blood owing to the condition that could cause anaemia,...
10 Feb 2015 - 10:17am
A shopping mall which reportedly used goats as part of a Lunar New Year promotion to attract customers has come under fire from animal lovers.
10 Feb 2015 - 10:13am
 

OPINION

A combination of record-high home prices, poor retail consumption and exports as well as unsettling political turmoil is likely to send Hong Kong’s economy on a roller coaster ride this year,...
10 Feb 2015 - 12:40am
 
Sector has outpaced logistics, finance and professional services as the most rapidly growing of the four so-called pillar industries
10 Feb 2015 - 12:42am
The woman accused of torturing her domestic helper Erwiana Sulistyaningsih is set to learn her fate at the District Court on Tuesday.
At 10am, Judge Amanda Woodcock is due to deliver her...
10 Feb 2015 - 8:36am
Kindergarten principal and pupil's mother accused by anti-corruption commission; trial hears boy was singled out for favoured treatment
10 Feb 2015 - 10:05am
The sole director of the company which MyCoin clients say controls the bitcoin trading platform resigned one month before it was said to have changed trading rules to stop investors cashing in all...
10 Feb 2015 - 8:08am
The 10 were among hundreds who participated in the protest which marched from a central Tuen Mun light rail station to B3X bus stop.
10 Feb 2015 - 12:25am
Sympathy for the 39 victims of the 2012 Lamma ferry disaster should have no influence on the jury’s decision when it decides whether to convict two skippers accused of manslaughter, the judge said...
10 Feb 2015 - 12:21am
Guangdong Governor Zhu Xiaodan on Monday played down the impact of the Occupy protests on the relationship between Hong Kong and the mainland, saying the campaign had only caused a "ripple".
10 Feb 2015 - 8:26am
Clear-the-air talks called off and top musicians banned from rehearsals
10 Feb 2015 - 12:16am
1,000 birds en route to city after lifting of ban imposed during New Year avian flu scare
10 Feb 2015 - 12:17am
A police inspector convicted of assaulting his lover had his name cleared yesterday after the top court found his excuse that he had been performing an exorcism was not totally incredible.
10 Feb 2015 - 11:12am
 
Caution, said Victor Hugo, is the eldest son of wisdom. The police caution, which developed in England in the nineteenth century, is a formal alternative to prosecution in the less serious cases,...
10 Feb 2015 - 2:17am
Executive Councillor Bernard Chan on Monday reiterated that he would not stand for chief executive in the 2017 election because he is too busy with his family’s business.
9 Feb 2015 - 3:15pm
 
Shops closed and tensions ran high in Tuen Mun on Sunday as a protest against parallel-goods trading descended into chaotic scenes, arrests and pepper spray.
9 Feb 2015 - 10:43am
 
The city's revenue from stamp duties received in this financial year could amount to HK$70 billion, a more than 80 per cent jump from last year, thanks to the government's extra effort to cool the...
9 Feb 2015 - 7:24am
 
Workers who suffer a terminal illness will soon be able to cash in their Mandatory Provident Fund in a move that would free up account holders' money for costly medical bills, the South China...
9 Feb 2015 - 7:32am
 
Unequivocal support for the police from high-ranking officials has created a "very difficult situation" for the independent watchdog that monitors the force, a newly departed member says.
9 Feb 2015 - 7:59am
 
A major medicine being used to fight the flu outbreak is running low and further supplies may not be available for a week, a doctors' union has warned.
9 Feb 2015 - 10:23am
Beijing loyalist reflects on defeat that changed the course of his political career
9 Feb 2015 - 4:20am
Simmering tensions are threatening to worsen the China-Hong Kong divide as locals grapple with the rapidly changing character of their city
9 Feb 2015 - 10:50am
 

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