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.

World news related to Hong Kong – overview

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• May 23rd 2013 – March 13th 2013
• March 12th 2013 – December 7th 2012
• November 27th 2012 – September 28th 2012
• September 27th 2012 – July 28th 2012
• July 27th 2012 – April 26th 2012
• April 26th 2012 – March 5th 2012
• March 1st 2012 – December 6th 2011
• December 5th 2011 – September 30th 2011
• September 29th 2011 – July 29th 2011
• July 27th 2011 – June 4th 2011
• June 3rd 2011 – March 2nd 2011
• February 25th 2011 – November 30th 2010
• November 30th 2010 – August 24th 2010
• August 24th 2010 – July 30th 2010
• July 30th 2010 – January 12th 2010
• January 11th 2010 – August 22nd 2009
• August 21st 2009 – May 8th 2009
• May 7th 2009 – October 6th 2008
• September 29th 2008 – April 9th 2008
• April 7th 2008 – July 11th 2007
• July 1st 2007 – January 31st 2007
• January 17th 2007 – September 19th 2006
• September 19th 2006 – December 22nd 2005
• December 21st 2005 – November 13th 2005

Hong Kong: news

Hamilton tops practice in Hungary

Friday, July 27th 2012, 13:43
related countries: Bermuda, Hungary
related places: Budapest

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton is fastest in both practice sessions for the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest.
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Chinese 'jailed' over HK protests

Wednesday, July 25th 2012, 12:30
related countries: China

Officials sentence two activists from mainland China to labour camp terms for joining Hong Kong's annual pro-democracy protests, reports say.
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VIDEO: Strong typhoon hits Hong Kong

Tuesday, July 24th 2012, 9:45

A strong typhoon, Typhoon Vicente, has hit Hong Kong, leaving scores of people injured, hundreds of trees felled and many flights cancelled or delayed.
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Strong typhoon lashes Hong Kong

Tuesday, July 24th 2012, 4:45

A powerful typhoon hits Hong Kong, leaving scores injured, hundreds of trees felled and many flights cancelled.
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Hungary detains 'Nazi criminal'

Wednesday, July 18th 2012, 15:00

Hungarian Nazi war crimes suspect Laszlo Csatary, accused of helping to murder 15,700 Jews, is put under house arrest.
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Laszlo Csatary: Is Hungary's Nazi suspect worth pursuing?

Tuesday, July 17th 2012, 16:19

But is new-found Hungarian suspect worth prosecuting?
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ZTE stock falls to three-year low

Monday, July 16th 2012, 7:02

Shares in ZTE, China's second-biggest telecoms equipment maker, fall 17% after it warns that half-year profits could drop by up to 80%.
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HSBC seeks Occupy eviction in HK

Monday, July 16th 2012, 3:31

HSBC asks a court in Hong Kong to let it evict protesters at its Asian headquarters who have been there for nine months.
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HK property billionaires charged

Friday, July 13th 2012, 14:45

Two billionaire property developers and a former senior official in Hong Kong face corruption charges in one of the territory's most high-profile cases.
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HK minister held for 'corruption'

Thursday, July 12th 2012, 10:59

A senior minister in Hong Kong is arrested on corruption charges after it is alleged that he abused government housing allowances.
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Hong Kong seizes 'record' cocaine

Friday, July 6th 2012, 9:07

Customs officials in Hong Kong seize cocaine weighing with a street value of $98m in what they say is their biggest drug haul ever.
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Protests on Hong Kong anniversary

Sunday, July 1st 2012, 15:00
related countries: China, United Kingdom

Tens of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators march in Hong Kong as the former British colony marks 15 years since the return to Chinese rule.
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HK marks 15 years since handover

Sunday, July 1st 2012, 3:58
related countries: China, United Kingdom

Hong Kong is marking 15 years since its handover from UK to Chinese control, as small groups protest against visiting President Hu Jintao.
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Hu Jintao faces restive Hong Kong public

Friday, June 29th 2012, 5:47

Hu Jintao faces restive Hong Kong public on handover visit
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Gatwick boosted by passenger rise

Monday, June 25th 2012, 13:19
related countries: China

Gatwick Airport has cut its pre-tax losses, helped by a rise in passenger numbers and new routes to the Far East including Hong Kong and China
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HK alarm at China activist death

Sunday, June 17th 2012, 17:08
related countries: China

Anger in Hong Kong over Chinese activist's death
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VIDEO: Ex-PM Blair heckled in Hong Kong

Thursday, June 14th 2012, 16:35
related countries: United Kingdom

A heckler interrupted former British Prime Minister Tony Blair as began a speech on religion and globalisation at the University of Hong Kong.
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Pink diamond is sold for $17.4m

Tuesday, May 29th 2012, 16:09

A rare pink diamond is auctioned for $17.4m (£11.1m) - far higher than expected - after six minutes of frenzied bidding in Hong Kong.
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VIDEO: Ancient snuff bottles to be auctioned

Thursday, May 24th 2012, 17:49

Hundreds of centuries-old snuff bottles are to be auctioned in Hong Kong.
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Nina Wang forged will case begins

Monday, May 14th 2012, 2:11

The criminal case against Tony Chan, the fengshui master accused of forging the will of Nina Wang, once Asia's richest woman, begins in Hong Kong.
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Third Kwok brother arrested in HK

Friday, May 4th 2012, 8:19

A third member of Hong Kong's billionaire Kwok family has been arrested as part of a high-profile corruption investigation in the city.
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Janos Ader made Hungary president

Wednesday, May 2nd 2012, 13:59
related countries: Hungary

Hungarian MPs elect Janos Ader as president after his predecessor, Pal Schmitt, resigned last month in a plagiarism scandal.
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China's Panchen Lama in Hong Kong

Thursday, April 26th 2012, 10:23
related countries: China

The man chosen by China to be Tibet's second highest spiritual leader makes his first appearance outside the Chinese mainland.
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