A distinctive Hong Kong identity politics is emerging. As it is still developing, it is hard to pin down and put your finger on. But one important aspect seems clear enough: demonise China,...
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2 Jun 2013
Last month a mainland couple were so desperate to have their baby in Hong Kong that the man's wife pretended to be Filipino and tried to fool immigration officials at the airport by using a false...
6:03AM
29 May 2013
I'd like to applaud Joy Yang for her courage in penning her recent op-ed on the discrimination she has experienced in Hong Kong. I, too, was born on the mainland and there have been times when I'...
10:35AM
29 May 2013
Retail sales by volume were up 10.2 per cent year on year in March, down from a growth rate of 21.9 per cent in February, according to the latest government data. Growth in sales of jewellery,...
3:33PM
27 May 2013
"There was only one tin left at home, but we could not buy another tin of the same brand for a whole week," says Snowy, the mother of a 10-month-old girl, as she recalls the scramble for milk...
9:04AM
26 May 2013
Has our society lost all its marbles or collective brainpower to spend taxpayers' money on something so trivial? I suppose most readers would be troubled by the front-page news ("Taxi driver...
4:35AM
No truth in report of deal
Referring to your Lai See column entitled "Henry Tang buys historic property in Australia" (May 14), I want to clarify that there is not a shred of truth in the...
3:06AM
The Wharf (Holdings) chairman Peter Woo noted in his chairman's statement in the group's annual report that Hong Kong had become the top brand and the place to go for many goods and services...
5:24AM
In a pre-recorded interview with RTHK, Lu blamed the influx on the individual visit scheme, which he said was "too open".
9:52AM
This year's "golden week", a national holiday, lacked lustre, says the Hong Kong Retail Management Association, whose members run more than 6,700 retail outlets in the city. Retail sales grew...
5:36AM
Besides gold jewellery, baby milk powder, cosmetic products and luxury flats, it seems life insurance policies are now on the shopping list of cashed-up mainland tourists when they visit Hong Kong...
5:53AM
Members of a mainland tour group demanded 3,000 yuan compensation each and an extra three nights' stay from a Hong Kong tour agency, saying they lost about an hour waiting for a coach.
6:16AM
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