Java

Four-year-old dies from bird flu in Indonesia

18 Dec 2012

A four-year-old boy has died of bird flu in Indonesia, the health ministry said on Tuesday, the 10th fatal case in the country this year.

The boy, from Bogor district in western Java, died...

11:43AM

Six held over YouTube street brawl

9 Dec 2010

Police arrested six suspected triad members after a video clip appeared on YouTube showing a street fight between two gangs in North Point.

7:10AM

endangered species

15 Jan 2008

Quiz

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4:37PM

Java giveaway at Starbucks

15 Mar 2007

Perhaps it's Starbucks' chairman Howard Schultz's way of thanking everyone for putting him on the recent Forbes billionaire list, but the coffee chain is offering a free cup of fresh brew for all...

9:54PM

Hundreds feared dead after ferry sinks in Java Sea

31 Dec 2006

Hundred are feared dead after a ferry with 545 passengers aboard broke apart and sank in Indonesia's Java Sea during a violent storm. By late last night 59 people had been rescued by naval ships...

1:04PM

Dark side mars portrait of Indonesia's steely survivor

5 May 2006

OBITUARY

Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Author

Born: February 6, 1925

Died: April 30, 2006

4:42PM

Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

1:26AM

Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

4:40AM

Action packed

Samsung Electronics' second slider phone for this year - the tri-band Anycall D528 - is not only sleek at a thickness of 14.9mm, but also packs a decent array of features, including a 1.3...

2:10PM

Mass movement

Over the past week, 18 million people - the equivalent of the population of a small country - have been on the move, in what must surely be the largest migration of people within a week anywhere...

7:48PM

Woman arrested for importing sparrows

A 51-year-old woman has been arrested for bringing two live Java sparrows into Hong Kong on her return from Zhongshan.

5:14AM

Villagers smoked as petrol leaked from smashed van

The ordeal for Ng Kam-chu began when her son George Cheung's van rolled over on a bumpy forest road near the Baluran Nature Reserve on the eastern tip of Java as they were travelling to visit...

3:00PM

Girl, 6, falls to death

A six-year-old girl plunged three floors to her death at an education centre at Java Road, North Point. She was certified dead at Eastern Hospital.

6:26AM

Harbour fall

Sze Kwan-kwan, 17, fell into the harbour off Java Estate, North Point, while trying to retrieve his wallet. He was rescued by police.

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