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Behave yourselves, Leung tells tourism workers

Leung said we must salvage our image as a hospitable city. Photo: Sam Tsang

Tourism-industry workers should exercise "self-discipline" in upholding the good name of Hong Kong as any new regulatory legislation will take time to come into effect, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said yesterday.

Three Hong Kong public housing tenants join tainted water probe

Documents are brought in for the commission investigation being held at the Former French Mission Building in Central.Photo: Dickson Lee

Plumbers face blacklist over Hong Kong lead-in-water scare as Carrie Lam defends civil servants' role in scandal

Chief Secretary Carrie Lam came to the defence of civil servants over the lead-in-water scandal. Photo: Sam Tsang

Community democracy: Land policy academic sets his sights on one of Hong Kong's district council seats

The two candidates for the Chi Fu constituency. Left, incumbent Chu Ching-hong and newcomer Edward Yiu.Photos: K. Y. Cheng, Franke Tsang
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Community democracy: Land policy academic sets his sights on one of Hong Kong’s district council seats

Rural village representative Cheung Kwai-choi (left), Edward Yiu and environmentalist Chu Hoi-dick make pledges for the district council elections. Photo: Sam Tsang

Cultural exchange could unite mainland China and Taiwan on Japan war history experience, Hong Kong forum participants say

Professor Wang Hsiao-po, professor Xiang Longwan and professor Chiu Yu-lok were among the presenters at the forum promoting closer cooperation between the mainland and Taiwan. Photo: SCMP Pictures

It is politically unrealistic for the mainland and Taiwan to jointly write an official history of their resistance against Japanese invasion, three academics said on Tuesday at a forum to mark the 70th anniversary of China’s liberation from the island nation during the second world war.

Tsukiji and Soho lookalikes: Features of upgraded Link Reit market in Hong Kong’s Tin Shui Wai

Tin Shui Wai residents will be able to enjoy a revamped market. Photo: Nora Tam

Future Hong Kong vision: Kai Tak tourist hub moves closer to reality

The Kai Tak Cruise Terminal (left) and the winning design for the tourism hub. Photos: SCMP Pictures

Reclamation ruled out for tourism hub in Hong Kong’s Kowloon East

The Kai Tak cruise terminal will get a new neighbour. Photo: Felix Wong

150 pillboxes and counting: Hong Kong historians want city's second world war relics conserved

150 pillboxes and counting: Hong Kong historians want city's second world war relics conserved
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Hong Kong cable car operator worried about Tai O extension warning former fishing village will become overcrowded

The Ngong Ping cable car may be extended to Tai O. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Scholarism offers to fund water tests for 20 to 30 Hong Kong secondary schools

Joshua Wong Chi-fung said the exercise was estimated to cost HK$20,000 to HK$30,000

Joshua Wong says too few schools are taking the initiative so group wants to share donations raised on July 1 march

Hong Kong government pledges consultation on controversial Avenue of Stars revamp

The government has pledged to come up with plans to consult the public on the controversial proposal to revamp the Avenue of Stars. Photo: Edmond So

Hong Kong veterans of second world war guerilla units to attend China's grand military parade in Beijing

Practice drills at a military base in the suburbs of Beijing for the military parade on September 3. Photo: Kyodo

Don't forget foreign war dead, says Hong Kong historian

A worker cleans the Sai Wan cemetery ahead of celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the end of the world war.Photo: Felix Wong

Fact check: separating the myths from facts about Hong Kong WW2 guerrillas

Soldiers of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Independent Brigade on the move in North Sai Kung in 1943. Photo: East River Column by Chan Sui-jeung

Tsim Sha Tsui harbourfront could close for three years as developer looks to revitalise promenade beyond 2024

The proposed eatery in TST. Photo: SCMP Pictures

A plan to build more shops and attractions on the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront could mean an extension of New World Development's management role on the Avenue of Stars to 2035.

Doubts raised on Hong Kong government's tree policy after Peng Chau cut-down plan halted

The cutting down of these Chinese banyan trees has caused controversy. Photo: David Wong

12-metre-tall Celtic sinensis on Shing Ka Road is not on the government’s old and valuable tree list

Hung Shui Kiu villagers in Hong Kong may receive alternative farmland near current homes

Sam Tang Chi-yau, Village Head of San Sang Tsuen in Hung Shui Kiu. Photo: Felix Wong

Hong Kong villagers evicted early ahead of massive commercial and housing development

About 30 squatter villagers are set to become the first to be evicted from Hung Shui Kiu. Photo: David Wong

No judge in sight to head Hong Kong's lead-in-water inquiry yet

Sha Tin District Council member Yau Man-chun kneel in front of Carrie Lam's car urging the government to test water lead level for Shui Chuen O Estate. Photo: David Wong

Daniel Lam Chun: the Hong Kong boss who took crisis management to a new level

Daniel Lam Chun on the ninth day of his tenure as Urban Renewal Authority managing director.

Hong Kong Peak residents counter historic mansion demolition with green belt site plan

A peek inside the site of 23 Coombe Road, which the developer wanted to demolish to make way for luxury housing. Photos: David Wong

Historic 128-year- old European mansion near The Peak may be saved with new development and conservation proposal

West Kowloon Cultural District bosses look to commercial developments to pay for arts facilities

The masterplan for the arts hub includes residential, commercial and institutional uses clustered in a single waterfront strip.

New rules to stop Hong Kong estate agents from misleading buyers

A sales agent speaks to potential buyers in front of a model of Riva, one of the latest developments by Sun Hung Kai Properties, in Hong Kong in 2014. Photo: Reuters

US human rights report on Occupy protests gets Hong Kong government offices confused

Scenes from the pro-democracy Occupy Central protest in Hong Kong last year. Photo: SCMP

Where is the "central government office" in Hong Kong under "one country, two systems"? It proved to be a tricky question that apparently confused the US State Department.

Plan for historic Central Market to be creative hub at heart of Hong Kong

A design for Central Market by Chan Hoi-cheung. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Old defensive wall in Hong Kong Park may be saved as government wavers on plan to relocate water pumping station

The wall faces demolition as part of pumping station move.

Fallout from implosion of Hong Kong's reform package continues

Lawmakers (left to right) Frederick Fung Kin-kee, Starry Lee Wai-king and Chan Yuen-han speaking on the radio about Hong Kong's future after Thursday's failed reform vote.Photo: Franke Tsang

Plan to revitalise former Dairy Farm staff quarters in Pok Fu Lam as living museum gets go-ahead

The renovated Dairy Farm senior staff headquarters in Pok Fu Lam, which will become a museum. Photo: Bruce Yan
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