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Friday, November 21, 2014

South China Morning Post- Hong Kong

The split among pro-democracy protesters deepened last night with radicals confronting the campaign leadership to demand an equal say on the movement.
22 Nov 2014 - 3:14am
 
A ban may have been imposed on nine Hong Kong journalists that would block them from entering the Philippines to report on next year's Apec summit.
22 Nov 2014 - 3:18am
 
It is "complete nonsense" to suggest that China "always wanted democracy" for Hong Kong, as it appeared "resistant to any form of democracy" even before the 1997 handover, former Hong Kong...
22 Nov 2014 - 3:49am
 
Courts have the duty to protect the constitutional rights of private citizens, two appeal judges have ruled in upholding an injunction order that authorised bailiffs and the police to help clear...
22 Nov 2014 - 4:43am
 
The long wait for a railway to the south of Hong Kong Island will get even longer, with the opening of the South Island Line pushed back a further six months, the MTR Corporation announced...
22 Nov 2014 - 4:36am
She will soon return to cinemas to use the force to battle the dark side - but Hollywood superstar Carrie Fisher took time out to visit Hong Kong and use her star power to bring some light to the...
22 Nov 2014 - 7:05am
A mystery Hong Kong collector has paid more than HK$250 million for a 9.75-carat blue diamond at a New York auction, setting a new record for precious gemstones.
22 Nov 2014 - 3:25am

OPINION

Town planners have shown sympathy to villagers' wish to resume farming on their own land, by changing the government's proposed land use in So Lo Pun, an enclave near Sha Tau Kok.
22 Nov 2014 - 4:36am
Nineteen people were injured after an MTR light rail train and a double-decker bus collided in Tuen Mun yesterday, the second similar accident in three weeks.
22 Nov 2014 - 4:36am
Beijing's restrictive framework on Hong Kong's political reform conflicts with standards in the city's mini-constitution and runs counter to international commitments it made, a US Congress...
22 Nov 2014 - 4:36am
 
Be it kimchi, chilli sauce, ginseng or noodles, demand for Korean food is surging, buoyed by the popular television drama My Love From The Star.
22 Nov 2014 - 4:36am
The Marine Department's radar system did not show an alert before the collision between two vessels involved in the National Day tragedy two years ago that led to the deaths of 39 passengers, the...
22 Nov 2014 - 4:36am
Former chief secretary Rafael Hui Si-yan "misappropriated" investment funds that an alleged bagman for his two Kwok bosses gave to Hui's friend, a defence lawyer said yesterday.
22 Nov 2014 - 4:47am
The six men arrested in connection with an attempt to break into the Legislative Council complex in the early hours of Wednesday have been bailed and barred from coming within 300 metres of the...
21 Nov 2014 - 4:30pm
The future To Kwa Wan MTR station will be redesigned to accommodate archaeological finds up to 1,000 years old under the government's latest heritage conservation proposal.
21 Nov 2014 - 5:37pm
 
Half of Occupy protesters said they would retreat if asked to do so by campaign leaders, according to a poll of more than 2,100 people taking part in the sit-in.
21 Nov 2014 - 2:14am
 
The number of elderly people who die while waiting for places in care homes has shot up in the past four years, the Audit Commission has revealed in a damning report.
21 Nov 2014 - 2:14pm
 
Government departments have been passing the buck and arguing whether it is their responsibility to maintain roadside trees that might pose threats to road users, the Audit Commission has found....
21 Nov 2014 - 5:30pm
 
Police have nabbed another four men - including two from a radical political group and the chief editor of a free publication - over Wednesday's storming of the Legislative Council building.
21 Nov 2014 - 5:01pm
 
The Audit Commission criticised the Civil Aviation Department for spending HK$67.45 million on security and electronic systems at its new headquarters at the airport without approval from the...
21 Nov 2014 - 4:32am
 
Some public open spaces in private developments are difficult to access, poorly maintained and have opening hours that are shorter than required, the Audit Commission found.
21 Nov 2014 - 8:37am
 
The rule of law in Hong Kong will survive no matter how severely critics of the courts say it has been undermined, a founding judge of the Court of Final Appeal said yesterday.
21 Nov 2014 - 5:50pm
 
More than 640,000 viewers tuned in to HKTV programmes on its inaugural day on Wednesday, crashing the internet television channel's server and sending 300,000 viewers to other websites carrying...
21 Nov 2014 - 7:10pm
 
Two of the city's 10 largest employment agencies for domestic helpers have been warned after they were found to have illegally disclosed the full names and addresses of their helpers' former...
21 Nov 2014 - 8:55am
The Tourism Board is encouraging cruise companies to deploy more vessels to Hong Kong after passenger numbers more than doubled in the first nine months of the year.
21 Nov 2014 - 3:10am
About a year has passed, yet Carmen Lam still remembers clearly the desperation that Indonesian domestic helper Mary displayed when she sought help from PathFinders.
21 Nov 2014 - 3:10am
A government body set up to monitor misleading home sales tactics has warned buyers of flats at a luxury development to take marketing claims with a pinch of salt - not least because it is not in...
21 Nov 2014 - 4:40am

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