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JOLIE HO
The fourth legislative assembly poll since the 1999 handover features the most candidate lists and seats up for grabs after two directly elected seats and two functional constituencies were added last year to the existing 29 seats.
Campaign vehicles armed with loudspeakers are rolling through the streets of Macau, but some candidates in the coming legislative election are already challenging a grey area of the law that banned them from seeking publicity before the campaign period began on August 31.
Hong Kong's team of 20 - who have all undergone organ transplants - scooped 14 golds, 12 silvers and 11 bronzes when they took on some 900 other athletes at the 19th World Transplant Games in Durban, South Africa.
Cartoonists and internet users have taken a stand against a proposal that could criminalise those who parody graphical, audio or any other representations of copyrighted material.
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Mainland tour groups setting off from Hong Kong to Taiwan on cruise ships can now travel onwards to Japan or South Korea before returning home, Beijing authorities say.
About 5 million illicit cigarettes were seized by the Customs and Excise Department in a one-week special operation to combat the smuggling of cigarettes from the mainland to Hong Kong through a cross-boundary logistics network.
A proposal on universal retirement protection by "lawmakers" from the city's secondary schools won the approval of real legislators at the sixth Hong Kong Model Legislative Council.
From sea urchins near Tolo Harbour to strange creatures in the South China Sea, Dr Qiu Jianwen walks a fine line between researcher and conservationist in his work as a marine biologist.
Thousands of Macau households are keen to hire the first batch of domestic helpers from the mainland, but the scheme has been delayed and it is still unclear when it will start.
Nine-year-old Ethan, an adopted Chinese boy, has two fathers. "Dada" is Walter Jennings, a 51-year-old American. "Papa" is Santo Rizzuto, 49, an Australian-born Italian. The family arrived in Hong Kong in 2009.
The complaints came as Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor sought to quell fears over Li's exit from Hong Kong and to quash speculation it was because of his discord with the Leung Chun-ying administration. Li had supported Leung's rival, Henry Tang Ying-yen, in last year's chief executive election.
Plunging 1,200 metres deep into the South China Sea is nothing like what's shown in nature documentaries on television. In fact, says Dr Qiu Jianwen, you can barely see anything at all at that depth because the organisms are so tiny.
A mainland woman who told relatives she was going to kill herself was rescued yesterday after apparently floating in Victoria Harbour for eight hours. The woman, 28, was first spotted by a passer-by in the water near the Star Ferry Pier in Tsim Sha Tsui at around 9pm on Friday.
Women shopping in the city's modern malls with their large glass panels and high-rise escalators should be aware that these places attract voyeurs.
While thousands of Hongkongers took to the streets to fight for democracy, the 16th anniversary of the handover was being celebrated by thousands of others, according to event organisers.
Thousands of children excitedly posed with military vehicles and fired laser-fitted guns at the People's Liberation Army open day yesterday, with the force giving the public a glimpse of what's behind the gates at two of its barracks.
