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Executive Council member suggests two pan-democrats as possible Hong Kong chief executive candidates

An executive council member and former top aide to Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying has named moderate pan-democratic lawmakers Ronny Tong Ka-wah and Dennis Kwok as potential candidates for the chief executive election, citing their willingness to engage in dialogue with Beijing.

6 May 2015 - 2:51am 3

How politics ages you – unless you’re CY Leung ‘who looks 15 years younger’ despite Hong Kong unrest

6 May 2015 - 2:19am 3

Key Hong Kong economic index falls for second month

6 May 2015 - 12:57am

HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT

Fines being issued for expanded Hong Kong plastic bag levy

6 May 2015 - 12:30am

LAW & CRIME

Alleged Hong Kong kidnapper appears in court, asks for shower

6 May 2015 - 2:25am

LAW & CRIME

Queenie Rosita Law kidnap suspect takes part in four-hour police reconstruction

5 May, 8:44pm 6

POLITICS

Hong Kong’s Tung Chee-hwa beefs up think tank by adding advisers, committees

5 May, 7:55pm 16

POLITICS

Support level for Hong Kong's 2017 election package changes little despite government promotion efforts

5 May, 5:15pm 6

LAW & CRIME

Guangdong police arrest five suspects over kidnap of Hong Kong fashion heiress Queenie Law

6 May, 12:03am 14

EDUCATION & COMMUNITY

Australian government probes claim that foreigners, including some from Hong Kong, are underpaid

5 May, 5:15pm

MORE HEADLINES

Pro-Beijing group plans new petition to support Hong Kong electoral reform

New-series Hong Kong banknotes to get most advanced security available

Probation for Hong Kong woman who threw her newborn baby in rubbish bag

Hong Kong security guard who lied about age must serve out sentence

Prudent Hong Kong shoppers drive 2.9pc retail sales slump for March

‘I thought I would die’: Filipino maid from Hong Kong survives Nepal quake after attempt to scale Himalayan peak

Belgian businessman denies three sex charges on visits to Hong Kong

Hong Kong tutor molested girl on pretence of explaining English words to her

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OPINION

MICHAEL CHUGANI

A house of cards - and here's the proof

5 May 2015 - 5:15pm 6

ALEX LO

Worst part of rap against Hong Kong police is that it's offensive to the ear

4 May 2015 - 1:08pm 16

TAMMY TAM

Hong Kong television war won't be fought in the city alone

5 May 2015 - 8:39am

TRAVEL & LEISURE

Best of Bangkok: our top tips for Hongkongers' next trip

4 May 2015 - 10:42pm

ECONOMY

Hong Kong actor Adam Cheng says stock market influence is just fiction

3 May 2015 - 9:08pm 6

HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT

Mothers assert their right to breastfeed in public with demonstration on Hong Kong's Star Ferry

3 May 2015 - 11:37pm 5

ECONOMY

Lincoln Leong: the new man in the MTR driver's seat

2 May 2015 - 5:08am

HONG KONG

Hong Kong's ties with South Africa vital to ongoing transformation, says consul general

30 Apr 2015 - 12:09am 1

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4 May 2015 - 3:08am

BLOGS

OFF CENTREKENNY HODGART

A game of cats and rats (and snakes): the politics of balancing Hong Kong's ecosystem

4 May 2015 - 12:15am

OFF CENTREKENNY HODGART

Change the world, you say? Anti-spying push just can’t hack it despite ‘Citizenfour’

4 May 2015 - 12:15am 4

OFF CENTREKENNY HODGART

Careless drinking - an antidote to Hong Kong's unhappiness?

4 May 2015 - 12:15am 3

OFF CENTREKENNY HODGART

Why the Russian narrative on MH17 speaks volumes about our web consumption

4 May 2015 - 12:15am 2

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   Crack international law team to join in China’s hunt for fugitives

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POLITICS

HONG KONG

Executive Council member suggests two pan-democrats as possible Hong Kong chief executive candidates

An executive council member and former top aide to Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying has named moderate pan-democratic lawmakers Ronny Tong Ka-wah and Dennis Kwok as potential candidates for the chief executive election, citing their willingness to engage in dialogue with Beijing.

6 May 2015 - 2:51am 3

POLITICS

Hong Kong’s Tung Chee-hwa beefs up think tank by adding advisers, committees

5 May, 7:55pm 16

POLITICS

Pro-Beijing group plans new petition to support Hong Kong electoral reform

5 May, 5:10pm 16

POLITICS

Lu Ping - Beijing's man carrying Hong Kong in his heart

4 May, 3:40pm 14

POLITICS

Largest poll in bid to sway pan-dems

4 May, 3:23pm 4

POLITICS

Lu Ping (1927-2015): A career in pictures 

4 May, 2:54am

POLITICS

Beijing could suppress pan-democrats if electoral reform rejected, says Civic Party's Ronny Tong

5 May, 7:45am 30

POLITICS

Support level for Hong Kong's 2017 election package changes little despite government promotion efforts

5 May 2015 - 5:15pm 6More on Universal Suffrage

POLITICS

Elections watchdog to check addresses to stamp out vote-rigging

5 May 2015 - 5:15pm 2

MORE POLITICS NEWS

Beijing negotiator on Hong Kong affairs Lu Ping dies at age 87

Hong Kong pan-dems only option is to veto reform plan, Occupy co-founder says

Head of Lingnan University student union defends concert's anti-police song

POLITICSMonday, 4 May, 2015, 2:54am

Lu Ping (1927-2015): A career in pictures 

Lu Ping, Beijing’s top official overseeing the 1997 handover of Hong Kong, died on Sunday night aged 87. Often outspoken, he was instrumental in shaping Hong Kong post-handover.

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ECONOMY

ECONOMY

Key Hong Kong economic index falls for second month

6 May 2015 - 12:57am

ECONOMY

New-series Hong Kong banknotes to get most advanced security available

5 May, 5:37pm 3

ECONOMY

Prudent Hong Kong shoppers drive 2.9pc retail sales slump for March

5 May 2015 - 5:37pm 4

ECONOMY

Sheng Kung Hui development plan in Hong Kong fails to win council backing

5 May, 5:15pm 1

MORE ECONOMY NEWS

Slumping Macau casino stocks are worth the gamble, some analysts say

Cathay Pacific and pilots reach 'tentative pact' on pay rises

Hong Kong's MPF pension fund rings up gains on back of stock market rally

Hong Kong’s holiday visits up only slightly as travellers pass through to other destinations

Ancient Dunhuang holds lessons for Hong Kong in staying relevant amid changing times

Hotel boss David Chiu follows father's footsteps to build Hong Kong TV empire

Hong Kong developers 'disadvantaged' by lack of a clear conservation policy

HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT

HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT

Fines being issued for expanded Hong Kong plastic bag levy

6 May 2015 - 12:30am

HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT

Hong Kong enjoys unseasonably warm, dry weather in April

5 May, 10:47am

HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT

New device helps Hong Kong stroke victim recover arm movement

5 May 2015 - 5:15pm

HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT

Hong Kong vows stricter checks on sea imports after radioactive food concerns

5 May, 12:22am 7

MORE HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT NEWS

Award-winning Hong Kong system keeps cars safe … and easier to park

Hong Kong steps up checks after pesticides found in tea from Taiwan

Loophole opens the door to radioactive food in Hong Kong, lawmaker warns

Tiny sensors developed by HKUST team aim to keep an eye on the air in your office

Mothers assert their right to breastfeed in public with demonstration on Hong Kong's Star Ferry

Overweight at risk of liver disease, Chinese University study finds

Hong Kong schoolgirl, 6, hit by fragments as air conditioner falls 22 floors from crane

POST MAGAZINEMonday, 4 May, 2015, 12:50am

Are you a true Hongkonger? It depends who you ask 

Jenni Marsh

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LAW & CRIME

LAW & CRIME

Alleged Hong Kong kidnapper appears in court, asks for shower

6 May 2015 - 2:25am

LAW & CRIME

Hong Kong tutor molested girl on pretence of explaining English words to her

5 May, 5:15pm

LAW & CRIME

Belgian businessman denies three sex charges on visits to Hong Kong

5 May 2015 - 5:15pm

LAW & CRIME

Probation for Hong Kong woman who threw her newborn baby in rubbish bag

5 May, 4:22pm 4

MORE LAW & CRIME NEWS

Guangdong police arrest five suspects over kidnap of Hong Kong fashion heiress Queenie Law

Hong Kong security guard who lied about age must serve out sentence

Queenie Rosita Law kidnap suspect takes part in four-hour police reconstruction

New Hong Kong police chief says suspects have rights as he is drawn into row over identity parade

Court of Appeal upholds ruling that review of Lamma ferry crash report 'not in the public interest'

Taxi driver who reportedly wore bulletproof vest on her shift appears in Tuen Mun Court on weapon charge

Hong Kong judge orders retrial for man accused of killing his girlfriend, saying trial judge misdirected jury

EDUCATION & COMMUNITY

EDUCATION & COMMUNITY

Cheung Chau residents to get priority on busy holiday ferries

5 May 2015 - 5:15pm 1

EDUCATION & COMMUNITY

Australian government probes claim that foreigners, including some from Hong Kong, are underpaid

5 May, 5:15pm

MORE EDUCATION & COMMUNITY NEWS

Evicted tenants of Tsuen Wan subdivided flats end their sit-in, but vow to fight on

Hong Kong looks to lend a hand in Nepal quake relief efforts as fundraising events held across the city

Philanthropist tycoon Yu Pang-lin, 92, dies in Shenzhen

Hong Kong survivor suffers flashbacks of Nepal earthquake tragedy

Founder of CityU creative writing programme questions decision to cancel it

EDUCATION & COMMUNITY

Father general of Hong Kong's Society of Jesus pulls plug on proposed Jesuit arts college in Sai Kung

5 May, 5:15pm

EDUCATION & COMMUNITY

‘I thought I would die’: Filipino maid from Hong Kong survives Nepal quake after attempt to scale Himalayan peak

5 May, 9:59pm 3

IN PICTURES 

Beach umbrella movement, May 4

 

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