News: Hong Kong

We have started to collect the most important news related to Hong Kong in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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• January 29th 2013 – October 24th 2012
• October 21st 2012 – September 4th 2012
• September 1st 2012 – July 6th 2012
• July 1st 2012 – March 26th 2012
• March 25th 2012 – January 7th 2012
• January 5th 2012 – November 6th 2011
• October 26th 2011 – September 3rd 2011
• August 30th 2011 – July 4th 2011
• July 2nd 2011 – April 14th 2011
• April 11th 2011 – January 16th 2011
• January 16th 2011 – October 9th 2010
• October 5th 2010 – August 2nd 2010
• August 1st 2010 – April 7th 2010
• April 7th 2010 – November 2nd 2009
• October 26th 2009 – July 26th 2009
• July 25th 2009 – March 30th 2009
• March 22nd 2009 – September 1st 2008
• August 22nd 2008 – December 2nd 2007
• November 29th 2007 – April 20th 2007
• April 18th 2007 – November 1st 2006
• October 27th 2006 – August 2nd 2006
• July 1st 2006 – December 12th 2005
• December 11th 2005 – November 13th 2005

Hong Kong: news

No attack charges for Mugabe wife

Sunday, March 22nd 2009, 8:39

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's wife is given immunity over an alleged attack against a photographer in Hong Kong.
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No attack charges for Mugabe wife

Sunday, March 22nd 2009, 8:39

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's wife is given immunity over an alleged attack against a photographer in Hong Kong.
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'Obstacle' Hungary PM to resign

Saturday, March 21st 2009, 11:06

Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany says he will quit because he is an obstacle to the country's economic recovery.
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Macau law a 'bad example' for HK

Tuesday, March 3rd 2009, 7:14
related countries: Macau

A new state security law takes effect in Macau, raising rights concerns in neighbouring Hong Kong.
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Thaksin cancels speech from exile

Monday, March 2nd 2009, 9:05
related countries: Thailand

Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra cancels a speech in Hong Kong, amid pressure from Thailand for his extradition.
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Great escape

Saturday, February 7th 2009, 12:54
related countries: Japan

Wartime trek to freedom through southern China
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Brokerage to pay Lehman investors

Friday, January 23rd 2009, 9:52

A Hong Kong brokerage is to buy back some of the Lehman Brothers investments it sold that may now be worthless.
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Sharapova hopeful for Aussie Open

Wednesday, December 31st 2008, 9:45
related countries: Aruba

Maria Sharapova is "hopeful" of being fit to defend her Australian Open title despite withdrawing from an exhibition event in Hong Kong.
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HK finds bird flu on chicken farm

Thursday, December 11th 2008, 12:09

The authorities in Hong Kong say they have found the deadly H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus on a chicken farm.
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Carter switched to centre for NZ

Tuesday, October 28th 2008, 9:22
related countries: Australia, New Zealand

New Zealand coach Graham Henry picks star fly-half Dan Carter at centre for Saturday's Test with Australia in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong widens China food tests

Monday, October 27th 2008, 4:47
related countries: China

Hong Kong food and health authorities will test more food stuffs from China, including meat, fish and offal.
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Appeal denied for 'milkshake murder'

Monday, October 6th 2008, 5:45
related countries: United States

An US woman in Hong Kong loses an appeal against her conviction for bludgeoning her husband after lacing his milkshake.
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Melamine found in Cadbury goods

Monday, September 29th 2008, 14:54
related countries: China

Preliminary tests find the chemical melamine in Cadbury's Chinese-made chocolates, the company says.
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Hong Kong bank recovers from run

Thursday, September 25th 2008, 6:23

Hong Kong's Bank of East Asia appears to have recovered after a run on its deposits on Wednesday.
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Withdrawals hit Bank of East Asia

Wednesday, September 24th 2008, 12:31

The Bank of East Asia is hit by worried depositors trying to remove their savings from its branches in Hong Kong.
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Three die in Philippine typhoon

Tuesday, September 23rd 2008, 6:18
related countries: Philippines

Typhoon Hagupit has left three dead in the Philippines and 13 trapped in a mine, and is now heading towards Hong Kong.
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'Thousands ill' due to China milk

Sunday, September 21st 2008, 19:42
related countries: China

Nearly 13,000 children in China are now in hospitals after drinking tainted Chinese milk powder, officials in Beijing say.
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Hong Kong recalls dairy products

Thursday, September 18th 2008, 12:35

Hong Kong removes from shops dairy products made by a company implicated in China's contaminated milk scandal.
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Hong Kong democrats keep veto

Monday, September 8th 2008, 9:35

Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp does better than expected in legislative elections, and retains key powers of veto, say reports.
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Hong Kong holds legislative polls

Sunday, September 7th 2008, 19:08

Voters in Hong Kong choose between pro-government and more pro-democracy candidates in a hotly contested poll.
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Hungary's Mol in Croatian oil bid

Monday, September 1st 2008, 16:47
related countries: Croatia

Hungarian energy giant, Mol, makes a bid to expand its stake in Croatia's oil firm Ina, for some 1.2bn euros.
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Sense of identity

Monday, September 1st 2008, 16:44

Gypsy roots cause dilemma for Hungarian director
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Sense of identity

Monday, September 1st 2008, 16:44

Gypsy roots cause dilemma for Hungarian director
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