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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Hong Kong: news

Priced off Hong Kong's streets

Sunday, July 21st 2013, 23:19

The businesses priced out of Hong Kong's streets
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VIDEO: Bruce Lee remembered 40 years on

Saturday, July 20th 2013, 9:14

A major exhibition has opened in Hong Kong on the life of the martial arts superstar, Bruce Lee, who died 40 years ago.
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VIDEO: Huge ivory haul 'from baby elephants'

Friday, July 19th 2013, 14:38

Hong Kong customs officers have confiscated elephant tusks worth more than $2,000,000 on the illegal ivory market.
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WWII bomb near Hungarian nursery

Thursday, July 18th 2013, 13:48
related countries: Hungary

A Soviet-made bomb dating back to World War II is found near a kindergarten in Hungary.
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China official meets HK lawmakers

Tuesday, July 16th 2013, 9:30
related countries: China

China's top representative in Hong Kong meets the city's pro-democracy lawmakers over lunch, in the first such meeting since the 1997 handover.
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Fu secures Australian Open title

Sunday, July 14th 2013, 13:38
related countries: Aruba

Hong Kong's Marco Fu beats world number one Neil Robertson 9-6 to win the Australian Open.
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Pirelli tyres to be softer in Hungary

Wednesday, July 10th 2013, 9:35
related countries: Hungary

Pirelli has decided to take softer tyres to the forthcoming Hungarian Grand Prix than it initially planned.
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The troubles of Hong Kong's unloved leader

Saturday, July 6th 2013, 0:25

The beleaguered life of Hong Kong's unloved leader
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Man jailed for faking Nina Wang will

Friday, July 5th 2013, 6:25

A court in Hong Kong sentences a Feng Shui master and alleged lover of billionaire tycoon Nina Wang to 12 years in jail for forging her will.
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Chan guilty of faking Nina Wang will

Thursday, July 4th 2013, 15:06

A court in Hong Kong finds a Feng Shui master guilty of forging the will of the late billionaire tycoon Nina Wang, once Asia's richest woman.
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School shortage fuels Hong Kong tensions

Wednesday, July 3rd 2013, 23:40

Influx of mainland students fuels Hong Kong tensions
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Snowden 'broadens asylum requests'

Tuesday, July 2nd 2013, 9:56
related countries: United States

Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has sent asylum requests to 21 countries, Wikileaks says, but he has withdrawn an application to Russia.
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VIDEO: Hong Kong 'to get universal suffrage'

Monday, July 1st 2013, 14:01

Hong Kong's chief executive, CY Leung, has promised universal suffrage by the year 2017, but protesters remain unconvinced of his message.
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Hong Kong marchers demand democracy

Monday, July 1st 2013, 11:56
related countries: China
related places: Huge

Tens of thousands of people march in Hong Kong to demand China honour promises to hold fully democratic elections in 2017.
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Beijing rebuffs US Snowden charge

Tuesday, June 25th 2013, 8:59
related countries: China, United States

China describes US accusations that it facilitated the departure of fugitive Edward Snowden from Hong Kong as "groundless and unacceptable".
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VIDEO: US criticises Russia over Snowden

Tuesday, June 25th 2013, 6:07
related countries: China, Russia, United States
related places: Moscow, Snowden

America has criticised Russia and China after fugitive Edward Snowden left Hong Kong for Moscow.
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Top HK official guilty of fraud

Monday, June 24th 2013, 6:45

Hong Kong's former development secretary, Mak Chai-kwong, is convicted of fraud related to housing allowances.
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Fugitive Snowden arrives in Moscow

Sunday, June 23rd 2013, 15:55
related countries: Russia, United States
related places: Moscow

US intelligence fugitive Edward Snowden has arrived at a Moscow airport from Hong Kong, but it is thought he will fly on to another country.
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Snowden quits Hong Kong for Moscow

Sunday, June 23rd 2013, 13:03
related countries: Russia, United States
related places: Moscow

US intelligence fugitive Edward Snowden is flying to Moscow after the Hong Kong government said he was free to go despite a US extradition request.
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US seeks Snowden's HK extradition

Sunday, June 23rd 2013, 3:27
related countries: United States
related places: Snowden, White House

The White House contacts Hong Kong for the extradition of US intelligence fugitive Edward Snowden, who leaked details of secret surveillance.
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Father urges NSA leaker: 'Come home'

Tuesday, June 18th 2013, 15:42

The father of ex-CIA document leaker Edward Snowden, who is in hiding in Hong Kong, urges his son not to commit "treason" and to face justice.
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Hong Kong protesters back Snowden

Saturday, June 15th 2013, 14:36
related countries: United States
related places: Snowden

Hundreds of people turn out in Hong Kong for a protest in front of the US consulate in support of ex-CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden.
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VIDEO: Hong Kong march in support of Snowden

Saturday, June 15th 2013, 12:20
related countries: United States
related places: Snowden

Hundreds of people have marched to the US consulate in Hong Kong to support Edward Snowden, the ex-CIA worker who leaked secret US surveillance details.
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VIDEO: Snowden in hiding after China claims

Thursday, June 13th 2013, 12:31
related countries: China, United States

The US government has been hacking computers in mainland China and Hong Kong for years according to the whistleblower and former CIA contractor Edward Snowden
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Snowden 'vows to fight extradition'

Wednesday, June 12th 2013, 20:52
related countries: United States

Edward Snowden, the ex-CIA employee who leaked secret US surveillance details, vows in an interview to fight any bid to extradite him from Hong Kong.
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Europe alarmed by US surveillance

Tuesday, June 11th 2013, 21:45
related countries: United States

EU officials express concern at a vast American surveillance programme, as top US politicians label the ex-CIA man behind the leaks a traitor.
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US spy leaker 'goes to ground'

Tuesday, June 11th 2013, 10:49
related countries: United States

An ex-CIA employee who leaked details of US top-secret phone and internet surveillance checks out of a Hong Kong hotel and goes to ground.
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Thousands flee Central Europe floods

Monday, June 10th 2013, 14:40
related countries: Germany, Hungary
related places: Budapest

Thousands of people are forced to leave their homes in parts of eastern Germany and Hungary as flood levels continue to rise.
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VIDEO: Europe still at risk of severe floods

Monday, June 10th 2013, 5:42
related countries: Hungary
related places: Budapest

Parts ofcCentral Europe remain on high alert as flood waters continue to rise.
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Official linked to Tiananmen dies

Tuesday, June 4th 2013, 17:26
related countries: China
related places: Beijing

Former Beijing mayor Chen Xitong, said to have backed the Tiananmen crackdown, dies as Hong Kong marks the protest's 24th anniversary.
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Barbarians 8-59 Lions

Saturday, June 1st 2013, 14:03

The British and Irish Lions begin their tour with a comfortable eight-try win against the Barbarians in Hong Kong.
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Lions can cope with heat - Farrell

Friday, May 31st 2013, 8:46
related countries: Ireland, United Kingdom

British and Irish Lions assistant coach Andy Farrell insists the players can cope with 30C heat in their tour opener in Hong Kong.
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O'Connell captain for Lions opener

Thursday, May 30th 2013, 5:22
related countries: Ireland, United Kingdom

Paul O'Connell will captain the British and Irish Lions in their tour opener against the Barbarians in Hong Kong.
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VIDEO: Polluted Hong Kong gets new electric taxis

Thursday, May 23rd 2013, 5:44

Hong Kong, one of the most highly populated islands in the world, launches a trial run of a fleet of electric taxis in a bid to tackle its serious pollution problems.
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Hong Kong probes commodities market

Wednesday, May 22nd 2013, 8:45

Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange, which trades commodities, is being probed by the police and market regulators over alleged financial irregularities.
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HK taxi sued for 6 cent overcharge

Friday, May 17th 2013, 7:25

A Hong Kong taxi driver prosecuted for overcharging a passenger by HK$0.5 (£0.04; $0.06) has the case against him thrown out.
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Giant duck deflates in Hong Kong

Wednesday, May 15th 2013, 14:19
related countries: Seychelles

A 16m-high rubber duck, which has attracted crowds of visitors as it travels around the world, deflates in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour.
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