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The chief Buddhist nun of a Hong Kong monastery has been involved in two sham marriages to mainland Chinese monks and transferred donations for maintenance of its building to a bank account which she has total control of, one of its directors alleges.

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Ordering fresh poultry by selecting it on a computer screen that displays video of the chickens on sale, and a free Wi-fi connection while shopping for groceries: These are some of the 21st century shopping experiences being offered at Siu Sai Wan Market in Chai Wan following its HK$25 million overhaul by Link Asset Management.

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A share market analyst is going into battle against the privacy watchdog in a dispute sparked by an order for him to remove information from his website.

A former resident of the now-demolished Tiu Keng Leng squatter area, who has been staying in the sole building left there, set fire to his arm and threatened to jump off the roof in protest at a plan to evict him.

It could take years for the shipwreck discovered in Victoria Harbour to be conserved, salvaged and exhibited, according to the marine historian who is certain it’s the remains of HMS Tamar – the famous vessel scuttled by the British Navy during the Battle of Hong Kong in the second world war.

Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying hit out at pan-democrat lawmakers' attempts to block funding for a proposed innovation and technology bureau as the issue made little progress in the Legislative Council on Tuesday.

Two housing ladders laid out in Leung Chun-ying’s policy address seek to give a leg-up to residents who are unable to buy flats under the government’s subsidised Home Ownership Scheme.

Live chickens returned to the city's wet markets on Sunday for the first time since a bird flu scare at the end of last month forced a mass cull - and prices rose only modestly despite a relatively small supply.

Nearly 50,000 Hongkongers flocked to get information on some 2,000 Home Ownership Scheme flats the first day it was on offer after a decade-long halt to the policy.

A flat in a Wong Tai Sin estate has become the most expensive former public rental-housing residence in Kowloon after it was sold for HK$4 million.

The government's new homes target for the next 10 years has been boosted by 10,000 - meaning a total of 480,000 public and private units are planned by 2025.

A legal expert has put forward an ambitious eight-point blueprint for "constructive dialogue and negotiations" in an attempt to end the political schism after Occupy Central.

Maverick pan-democrat Ronny Tong Ka-wah moved further away from the leadership of the party he co-founded, stepping down from the executive of the Civic Party.

Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang (KMT) yesterday suffered a landslide defeat in the island's biggest-ever local elections, a result analysts saw as voter payback for the failures of the mainland-friendly administration.

Six weeks into its struggle for democracy, the once-carefully planned Occupy movement has grown and shifted in ways beyond the imagination of organisers. And that raises a question: is the protest still a civil disobedience campaign?

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Hong Kong’s colourful annual gay pride parade took on an overtly political tinge yesterday as Occupy moved in, boosting numbers, adding umbrellas as well as a dose of controversy to the traditionally diverse pageant.

The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge project will cost taxpayers at least HK$3.3 billion more than its HK$83 billion budget, according to an estimate construction experts called conservative.

Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying should invoke his power to dissolve the Legislative Council if electoral reforms he proposes are vetoed, Occupy Central co-founder Benny Tai said.

Beijing will not use military force to disperse Occupy Central protesters as it is confident the Hong Kong police force can handle the situation, the city's first chief executive says.