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UPDATED at 2.50pm: The four have been shown on live TV being transported to their place of execution.
Six of the nine Hong Kong victims of the Luxor balloon crash have been identified by their relatives, a Hong Kong police officer said in Cairo on Friday.
The government has taken over total control of land supply from developers by scrapping the application list system. Secretary for Development Paul Chan Mo-po announced the end of the system,...
South Korean President Park Geun-hye is urging North Korea to abandon its drive for nuclear weapons or face deepening isolation and deteriorating ties with Seoul.
Government sources said Lou, 62, would replace Xie Xuren to lead fiscal policy after the National People's Congress (NPC), which opens on Tuesday. The decision comes after Communist Party bosses...
Former NBA star Dennis Rodman met North Korea's Kim Jong-un on Thursday on the third day of his improbable journey to Pyongyang, telling the leader, "You have a friend for life".
The Hong Kong action star, who famously accused America of being the most corrupt country in the world, was widely condemned by Chinese netizens after he was caught using a military car in Beijing...
Police arrested two men yesterday after a South China Morning Post photographer taking pictures of mainland parallel-goods traders stocking up on milk powder was slapped in the face in a scuffle...
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Insight
In carrying out the chief executive's vision, Tsang has done his duty, but only just. Enough resources will be allocated to Leung's projects, such as the new Old Age Living Allowance. But Tsang...
Hong Kong
Six of the nine Hong Kong victims of the Luxor balloon crash have been identified by their relatives, a Hong Kong police officer said in Cairo on Friday.
The financial secretary has dismissed criticism that the government was too slow in taking full control of Hong Kong’s land supply by scrapping the application list system, which was announced on...
Two Hong Kong teenage girls – who were allegedly detained in Argentina after damaging a valuable antique vase and a painting – returned home on Friday morning.
South China Morning Post Editor-in-Chief Wang Xiangwei condemned an attack on staff photographer May Tse by suspected paraller traders while on assignment in Sheung Shui on Thursday.
China
The publication of the Hurun Global Rich List 2013, which revealed the top 10 wealthiest Chinese billionaires, on Thursday has triggered discussion among Chinese netizens about
A Zhejiang resident on Thursday set himself on fire in a bank after he was told it had reduced the amount of money he could use on his credit card, the Wenzhou Economic Daily reported on Friday....
By the age of 27, computer whiz Wang Lei had made more than ten million yuan from a plagiarism detection website he developed while still at school. But the Jiangsu man is no Chinese Mark...
Government sources said Lou, 62, would replace Xie Xuren to lead fiscal policy after the National People's Congress (NPC), which opens on Tuesday. The decision comes after Communist Party bosses...
Asia
A standoff between Malaysian security forces and armed Filipinos ended in violence on Friday, with at least two police officers killed amid conflicting reports of casualties as Malaysian Prime...
World
The army private arrested in the biggest leak of classified material in US history pleaded guilty on Thursday to 10 charges that could send him to prison for 20 years, saying he was trying to...
Former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier appeared in a Haitian court for the first time Thursday after repeatedly shunning previous summons, answering questions on whether he should be charged with...
Tourists and business people seeking visas to visit the United States could face even longer waits at already swamped US embassies if severe budget cuts kick in at the State Department.
Business
China’s factory growth cooled to multi-month lows in February as domestic demand dipped, weighing on firms already hit by slack foreign sales and underlining the patchiness of the country’s...
BP’s investigation of its disastrous 2010 Gulf of Mexico blowout did not address the impact of cost overruns on the well, a BP executive said in the final day of testimony this week in the massive...
Asian markets were lower on Friday as traders took a breather after healthy gains in the previous session while Chinese data showed growth in manufacturing activity had slowed.
Gambling revenue in Macau, the world’s biggest gambling hub, rose 11.5 per cent in February year-on-year, boosted by cash-rich gamblers that flooded the southern China enclave during a week-long...
There isn’t much “Hollywood” about Kevin Tsujihara.
He spends most of his time in back-room meetings, away from the red carpets and spotlights for which the city is known. There are few...
Lifestyle
Alexander Wang's debut at the storied couture house of Cristobal Balenciaga was definitely the hot ticket this season. Two small catwalk presentations were shown to a handful of press and VIPs...
Silver Linings Playbook is one of those films with a number of scene-stealing supporting characters. Chief among them is the one played with scene-chewing relish by Robert De Niro; but those...
The English debut of South Korean auteur Park Chan-wook is hell bent on cashing every cinematic chip he banked from a cache of cult built on hits like Oldboy and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance. At...
Taiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee competed against the likes of Steven Spielberg and won his second Oscar for best director for Life of Pi. While he was not the hands-down favourite, his victory was not...
American Ballet Theatre began their series of performances under the Hong Kong Arts Festival with a high-energy mixed bill that showed the company in sparkling form.
Many parents give their children a small treat, or a gift, when they do well in school as encouragement. Some resort to giving cash or a coveted gadget as an incentive to work harder.
Facebook allowed users on Friday to make free calls to friends at the leading social network using its application tailored for iPhones or iPads.
When New York Fashion Week controversially moved its position in the catwalk season running order, so that rather than happening after London, Milan and Paris, it took an early slot before the...
Sport
Hong Kong were brought down to earth - soon after a cosmonaut up in the heavens had read a message for the VIP audience before yesterday's Rugby World Cup Sevens draw in Moscow - as they were...
Watched by her six-year-old son Leopold, Katharina Offel drew first blood at the Longines Hong Kong Masters when she won the bigger of the two events on the opening night - the Speed Challenge -...
China's Zhang Jilong will not contest elections in early May for either the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) presidency, vacated by Mohammed bin Hammam after bribery claims, or the available...
Magazines
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Property
Twenty-three of the 28 residential sites added to this year's land-sale list will not be ready for sale until next year, raising concerns that the government is running out of stock for immediate...
The fall in sales for the full year would be unavoidable, said Victor Lui Ting, a deputy managing director of SHKP, because of the measures imposed by the government to rein in property price...
The property market has been among the key topics at the annual meetings since 2010, after mainland property prices started to rise rapidly in 2009, surging by more than 20 per cent that year.
Technology
A nonprofit foundation wants to recruit a man and a woman – possibly a married couple – for a bare-bones, 501-day journey to Mars and back that would start in less than five years, project...
China’s Huawei, the No 3 smartphone maker behind giants Samsung and Apple, unveiled on Sunday a new mobile, the Ascend P2, which it claims is the fastest in the world.
Samsung yesterday unveiled an eight-inch tablet with phone-call capability to rival Apple's recently launched iPad mini and cement its market dominance by offering different-sized devices.
Debates
Housing was the dominant theme of Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's maiden policy address last month. His plans include rezoning green-belt land, reclamation outside Victoria Harbour and stepping...
Leung Chun-ying's maiden policy address lasted for more than two hours and covered everything from housing supply to help for the disabled. But the chief executive has faced a growing wave of...
The appearance of colonial-era flags at recent demonstrations in the city has infuriated mainland commentators and former top officials.
Video
- World Hong Kong man held in huge drugs bust A man from Hong Kong and a Singaporean have been arrested in connection with an unprecedented methamphetamine seizure in Australia that is almost double the previous record, police say.
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- World Pope's final audience Pope Benedict XVI admits "stormy waters" during his pontificate as he holds his last audience in St Peter's Square before tens of thousands of pilgrims on the eve of his historic resignation.
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- Hong Kong Egypt balloon tragedy Ten family members of the nine Hong Kong victims of the Egypt hot air balloon accident arrived in Cairo on February 27.
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- China Chinese lesbian couple snubbed by registry official Mayu Yu, a 27-year old social worker from Beijing, said a male official at the registry told her and her partner that they could not be registered because the law did not recognise a marriage...
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