Parliament of the United Kingdom

24 Nov 2012

British lawmakers were under fire yesterday for racking up £1.5 million (HK$18.55 million) worth of visits to foreign countries, including Hong Kong, in the last two years paid for by governments...

3:14AM

Heckler accosts Blair at HKU talk

15 Jun 2012

Tony Blair was in Hong Kong yesterday to answer questions on the impact of faith and globalisation, but instead he was nearly the victim of a citizen's arrest for war crimes.

5:38PM

A touch of the whimsical in a journey through the Secret Garden

11 Jun 2012

Alan Lo Yeung-kit has revamped three historical sites into hip restaurants - Classified, The Press Room and The Pawn. But the co-founder and director of the Press Room Group has been exploring...

5:18PM

Who said it?

21 Mar 2012

He has some memories of before the incident and he has some memories of after the incident. In between, very little

A lawyer for Staff Sergeant Robert Bales (above), who is accused...

10:42AM

The Iron Lady

8 Mar 2012

Starring: Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Olivia Colman
Director: Phyllida Lloyd
Category: IIA

9:30AM

Strong-willed leader with a woman's touch

7 Mar 2012

In an Oscar-winning performance, Meryl Streep plays the controversial yet strong-willed former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady.

9:24AM

Opinion

Tom Holland

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

4:45AM

Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

5:26AM

Finding north

It is the first night of the journey. The forest looms dark and unbroken beside the tracks. You can stare out of the window for hours and see very little but trees.

3:03AM

Talking points

Our editors will be looking ahead today to these developing stories ...

Scotland keen to strengthen rugby ties with HK

3:03AM

The End of the West: The Once and Future Europe

The End of the West: The Once and Future Europe
by David Marquand
Princeton University Press

2:23PM

Nothing minimalist about Churchill's troupe as he takes city's art scene to the circus maximus

A broker by day, James Churchill's other identity is that of circus owner, and his troupe comprises a lot of artsy types.

10:48AM

Party secretaries face audits in pilot project

Beijing is planning to launch a pilot project to audit the performance of provincial Communist Party secretaries in managing public finances and economic policy, an official of the audit authority...

7:10AM

Gillard keeps power

Julia Gillard is the first woman Prime Minister of Australia. Gillard took over the ruling Labor Party from China-friendly Kevin Rudd when his popularity seemed to be slipping. She called an...

2:24PM