Mainlander

A house is not a home until it becomes affordable

4 Mar 2013

Property prices are one of the hottest topics in Hong Kong these days. Everyone seems to have a strong opinion, although many have lost sight of the real issue.

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Mainlander jailed for 10 years for laundering HK$13 billion in Hong Kong

24 Jan 2013

A young mainlander was yesterday jailed for 10-1/2 years for laundering a record HK$13.1 billion over just eight months.

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Veterans who fled mainland for Hong Kong in 1970s tell their stories

6 Jan 2013

Mok was just 26 when, despondent and demoralised, he decided he had no future on the mainland and would try to flee to Hong Kong.

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Number of quality migrant applicants rises 10pc in Hong Kong

27 Dec 2012

Hong Kong has seen an increase of nearly 10 per cent in the number of well-qualified people who want to live here, says the Immigration Department. Most of those approved were from the mainland....

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Chinese workers in Singapore crane protest

7 Dec 2012

Two crane operators staged a high-rise protest at a construction site in Singapore yesterday, its second industrial incident involving mainland Chinese workers in less than two weeks.

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Mainland Chinese parents dumping disabled, sick children in HK, charity claims

13 Aug 2012

Mainlanders are using Hong Kong as a place to abandon mentally handicapped and chronically ill children born in the city, a welfare group says.

Charity St James' Settlement says at least...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Only real reform can calm Hong Kong's political volcano

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Frank Ching

Liaison Office chief must investigate relationship with former ICAC boss

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Our children need a basic knowledge of their country

During the consultation on moral and national education last year, a document on the new curriculum quoted ancient Chinese writer Mengzi, or Mencius: 'The empire has its basis in the state, the...

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Mainland mothers jailed for subterfuge

Two mainland mothers were jailed for five months after one of them held the other's newborn baby to cover up her seven-month pregnancy to evade border controls aimed at stemming the influx of...

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As clubs close, the lights are fading on a racy tradition

Deng Xiaoping famously promised Hongkongers that 'the dancing and horse racing will continue', as he sought to assure the city that its lifestyle would stay unchanged after the 1997 handover.

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Father of baby born at border is jailed

A baby was born while his mainland parents were being interrogated at the Lok Ma Chau border checkpoint, a court was told yesterday.

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Lesson in bias

The compulsory national education curriculum has been the subject of much dissent in recent weeks. It is important to understand the issue within the broader context of political autonomy and...

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Heard at the book fair, the sound of free speech

Some say achieving the great reconciliation between Hong Kong and mainland politics is easier said than done. But, at the Hong Kong Book Fair, it has already happened.

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