Urban parts of Hong Kong cannot cope with any more high-rises as street-level airflow has become more stagnant and unable to disperse heat and pollutants, an academic says, warning of an "urban...
3 Apr 2015 - 7:42am
ATV may not yet be at the end of the road, with influential supporters who do not want to see TVB monopolise Hong Kong's free-to-air television seeking a lifeline for the ailing station.
3 Apr 2015 - 3:48am
A beauty store manager and consultant who badgered a customer into buying lymph therapy by telling her she was at risk of breast cancer have become the first people jailed under a new law against...
3 Apr 2015 - 12:24am
A retired couple's mission to prove 17-year-old student Ho Pak-hei innocent of assaulting a police officer during the Occupy protests was set in motion by a series of chance events.
3 Apr 2015 - 5:15am
Efforts to make the city's slopes safer will never completely eliminate the risk of dangerous landslides, a senior official with the office responsible for slope upkeep said.
3 Apr 2015 - 5:27am
As one long-running drama nears an end with the exit of ATV, another may be just beginning over which station, if any, will take its place.
Updated 3 Apr 2015 - 7:54am
The city enjoyed a warmer and dryer March than usual, mainly due to the dominance of maritime airstreams during the latter half of the month.
3 Apr 2015 - 7:00am
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3 Apr 2015 - 5:07am
OPINION
An endangered bird that breeds in Japan has reappeared in Hong Kong after 26 years, prompting renewed calls from bird lovers for better protection of ecologically valuable countryside enclaves.
3 Apr 2015 - 12:39am
A magistrate berated a police officer for unprofessionally accusing a student of punching him in the mouth and demanded that follow-up action be taken against him.
3 Apr 2015 - 5:13am
Younger generations would rather not pass up chance for reform despite rules imposed by Beijing, pro-establishment youth group finds in its poll.
3 Apr 2015 - 5:37am
A mainland university student was arrested for indecency in public after a video clip went viral of him apparently having sex with a woman on a Hong Kong street on his 19th birthday.
3 Apr 2015 - 5:38am
Private companies on both sides of the border found it slightly more difficult to do business last month compared with February, the latest HSBC indices showed.
3 Apr 2015 - 5:28am
Failed chief executive candidate Henry Tang Ying-yen is setting up a new body next month which he believes will help to unite the pro-establishment camp.
Updated 3 Apr 2015 - 8:02am
The second Indonesian woman allegedly murdered by British banker Rurik Jutting in Wan Chai last year was named in court on Thursday.
3 Apr 2015 - 5:40am
A newborn finless porpoise, a small marine cousin of the dolphin, died at Ocean Park on Thursday night, where it had been born just 73 hours earlier.
3 Apr 2015 - 5:47am
Former commerce minister Frederick Ma Si-hang said yesterday that ATV could have breached laws by issuing inaccurate information.
2 Apr 2015 - 11:01am
Pan-democratic lawmakers will face pressure to back down from their firm stance on the 2017 chief executive election via a planned petition by allies to accept limited democracy in exchange for a...
2 Apr 2015 - 10:50am
Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying and his cabinet finally pulled the plug on struggling broadcaster ATV yesterday, deciding not to renew its free-to-air licence which expires in November.
2 Apr 2015 - 3:33pm
A mainland artist hurled a plastic cup at a Cathay Pacific flight attendant on a Hong Kong-bound plane after she was slow to fetch him some water, a court heard yesterday.
2 Apr 2015 - 8:02am
An expanded levy scheme on plastic bags left consumers at a loss - and shops compelled to provide free bags to insistent customers - on the first day the rule kicked in yesterday.
2 Apr 2015 - 3:03am
ATV's de facto boss Wong Ching has taken the station on a turbulent ride over the past week as he sought a new investor, but his sometimes-controversial tactics proved futile in the end.
2 Apr 2015 - 8:19am
After months of apparent dithering, the government's announcement yesterday that it would not renew ATV's licence appears to have staved off a crisis and earned it much-needed points with the...
2 Apr 2015 - 8:23am
Are officials doing enough to promote green living? Hong Kong's small band of farmers say no.
2 Apr 2015 - 12:19pm
Results of a newly published local survey suggest a majority of pregnant women in the city fear for the safety of their babies and think a caesarean section must be performed to treat a condition...
2 Apr 2015 - 12:45am
One major local industrialist says the government should work with the city's electricity suppliers to formulate a long-term plan.
2 Apr 2015 - 8:33am
After working in a bank for 18 years, Larry Chan Cheuk-lun called it quits in December. What followed surprised many around him.
2 Apr 2015 - 10:57am
Musical fantasy Frozen has had a magical effect on Hong Kong Disneyland merchandise sales, bringing per capita spending on products to a new high.
The power of Elsa, the main character in...
The power of Elsa, the main character in...
2 Apr 2015 - 12:45am
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27 Mar 2015
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31 Mar 2015
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SPORT
18 Mar 2015
Brazen behaviour: how fans like to party hard at Hong Kong Sevens
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27 Mar 2015
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COMMENT
29 Mar 2015
'Foreign' children sidelined by Hong Kong's racist policy
BUSINESS
09 Mar 2015
Asian casinos go all-out to lure Chinese gamblers
COMMENT
25 Mar 2015
Did you hear the one about the Chinese driver and the white people…
VIDEOS
06 Mar 2015
Woman allowed by captain to sit in Cathay Pacific flight's cockpit
COMMENT
20 Mar 2015
Hong Kong chief executive's family troubles should be off limits
SPORT
25 Mar 2015
Pitch invaders, pints and painted ladies: Hong Kong Sevens fever…
VIDEOS
15 Mar 2015
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