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Fans channel Paris as hundreds enjoy World Cup final in Hong Kong hotel

16 Jul 2018 - 1:52pm 7

Remember A Day Luisa Tam

‘King of Liars’, parking meters and the last Warner brother: past headlines

14 Sep 2018 - 4:33pm 2

City Beat Tammy Tam

A Hong Kong ghost story with a legal twist

12 Sep 2018 - 6:53pm 6

Just Saying Yonden Lhatoo

Is ‘gweilo’ really a racist word? Hong Kong just can’t decide

12 Sep 2018 - 6:44pm 116

Remember A Day Luisa Tam

Australia’s not-so-secret spy appeal, smallpox warning, and an MTR preview

6 Sep 2018 - 6:41pm 1

More on Poverty

Letters

Should Hong Kong celebrate beating New York to ‘ultra-rich’ status?

19 Sep, 4:57am

Letters

More housing for the elderly is good only if the rents are right

15 Sep, 1:00am

Letters

Elderly street cleaners paying the price for Hong Kong's shameful act

11 Sep, 10:14pm

Hong Kong economy

West Kowloon: where homeless live in shadow of new high-speed rail link

11 Sep, 2:51pm 6

Letters

Two steps to shorter queues for public rental housing

11 Sep, 1:01am

More on Education

Opinion

Where white privilege falters: Hong Kong’s local school system

18 Sep, 11:27am 15

Society

Trump’s policies may make it harder for US to find Chinese teachers

16 Sep, 10:18pm 15

Letters

Why Hong Kong should learn teaching methods from Singapore

16 Sep, 1:30pm

Letters

Hong Kong parents pushy? A Bollywood film explains why

16 Sep, 8:03am

Society

Chinese school caught feeding pupils nothing more than plain noodles

14 Sep, 5:36pm 9

Opinion

The embrace of non-verbal languages is a welcome sign of the times

14 Sep, 12:34pm

Society

Hackers blamed for pornography screened in college canteen

13 Sep, 10:55pm 2

More on Old Hong Kong

Society

Factory heir wants to save the dying art of Chinese noodle making

15 Sep, 12:46pm 2

Opinion

When child labour was part of Hong Kong’s piecework ‘gig economy’

14 Sep, 7:37am

Short Reads

1965 Kowloon Tsai explosion: triple murder, death sentence for triad member

14 Sep, 7:16am

Opinion

‘King of Liars’, parking meters and the last Warner brother: past headlines

14 Sep, 4:33pm 2

Long Reads

Blame for deadly 1953 Pearl River gunboat clash still disputed

8 Sep, 3:18pm 1

Opinion

British author’s cutting observations on colonial Hong Kong

8 Sep, 9:11pm 6

A plot of unallocated government land near container operations in Kwai Chung. Photo: Winson Wong

300 hectares of government land ‘underutilised or vacant’

Liber Research Community says 532 undisclosed land parcels should be included in 18 options put forth for public consultation on land supply.

19 Sep 2018 - 1:07am 3 More on Urban planning

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Sai Kung in the aftermath of Typhoon Mangkhut. Photo: Winson Wong

Four on yacht saved in heroic sea rescue during Typhoon Mangkhut

18 Sep 2018 - 10:53pm 5

Tree had been at Tsim Sha Tsui site – once the marine police headquarters, now a hotel – for more than 100 years

‘Time running out’ to save historic banyan tree felled by typhoon

18 Sep 2018 - 10:53pm 8

The policy switch is a breakthrough for LGBT rights locally. Photo: AFP

Hong Kong to recognise same-sex partnerships in visa applications

18 Sep 2018 - 11:23pm 40

A fallen tree on Lockhart Road in Wan Chai. Photo: Nora Tam

3 workers hurt by falling fence while removing trees toppled by Mangkhut

18 Sep 2018 - 4:00pm 3

Movie to be shown at Hong Kong’s Human Rights Documentary Film Festival lifts lid on psychological toll taken on content moderators, some of whom see 25,000 disturbing images a day

Facebook outsources filtering of filth to the Philippines for US$1 an hour

18 Sep 2018 - 2:39pm 17

A visitor collects pieces from a fallen tree in Jordan. Photo: Sam Tsang

Out of the woodwork: residents collect ‘souvenirs’ from fallen trees post-Mangkhut

17 Sep 2018 - 10:24pm

Chaos in Tai Wai MTR station as commuters find their way to work. Photo: Cheng Kim Fung

Complaints flood Carrie Lam’s Facebook page amid Mangkhut aftermath

18 Sep 2018 - 12:59am 55

Although city is famous for multimillion-dollar items going under the hammer, the most regular auction is held by the Government Logistics Department

Hong Kong auctions where bidding for broken items can be intense

17 Sep 2018 - 9:03am

No 8 warning signal downgraded to No 3 on Monday morning as monster storm no longer a threat to city

Clean-up may take days as Hong Kong picks up the pieces after Mangkhut

17 Sep 2018 - 5:56pm 83

Staff erecting fencing at a shop in Macau before Super Typhoon Mangkhut arrives. Photo: Dickson Lee

After tragedies of Hato, Macau races to prepare for Super Typhoon Mangkhut

15 Sep 2018 - 10:13pm

About 200 families living on boats at Discovery Bay Marina Club face eviction. Photo: Nora Tam

Living on a boat in Hong Kong a ‘legal grey area’

15 Sep 2018 - 11:32pm 13

A nuclear power plant is close to where Super Typhoon Mangkhut is expected to make landfall in mainland China. Photo: Handout

Two Chinese nuclear power plants in path of Typhoon Mangkhut

16 Sep 2018 - 2:31pm 43

Members of the Hong Kong Blind Football Team arrive on the court. Photo: Handout

Hong Kong Blind Football Team showcases nifty futsal skills

15 Sep 2018 - 12:45pm

Firefighters help residents escape flooding in Lei Yue Mun, east Kowloon. Photo: Winson Wong

As it happened: when Typhoon Mangkhut smashed Hong Kong

17 Sep 2018 - 12:37pm 192

Angus Chan quit his aviation job to save his father’s noodle business. Photo: Edward Wong

Factory heir wants to save the dying art of Chinese noodle making

15 Sep 2018 - 12:46pm 2

Bowie Lam, founder of charity Teen’s Key. Photo: Sam Tsang

Sociologist starts charity to rescue women trapped in sex trade

15 Sep 2018 - 10:49am 2

The aftermath of Typhoon Wanda in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, 1962. Photo: Handout

Flying fish, storm names and No 8 free shots – a history of typhoons

15 Sep 2018 - 11:43pm 2

Casey Kiihfuss with her husband and children (from left) Addison, Reed and Kenzie are scrambling for another place to berth their houseboat. Photo: Sam Tsang

Houseboat saga: First World problems or callous destruction of homes?

15 Sep 2018 - 8:49am 73

A Filipino fisherman near the shoreline in the town of Aparri, Cagayan province, which was set to take a battering from Mangkhut. Photo: EPA

Hongkongers told to prepare for the worst as Mangkhut barrels closer

15 Sep 2018 - 12:08pm 12

Homeless people in Sham Shui Po prepare for the worst for as Super Typhoon Mangkhut approaches Hong Kong. Photo: Felix Wong

How Hong Kong’s homeless will cope as super typhoon bears down

14 Sep 2018 - 10:39pm

Hospitals team up to provide programme that has helped 73 per cent of patients beat their battle with drugs

Drug treatment scheme focuses on the pain behind the addiction

14 Sep 2018 - 9:03am

Mangkhut was hurtling towards the northern Philippines on Thursday night, and forecast to hit Luzon as early as Saturday morning. Photo: EPA

Hong Kong ramps up typhoon preparations, with Taiwan set to escape direct hit

14 Sep 2018 - 8:32am 15

The fire broke out in Tin Heng Estate on September 1. Photo: Felix Wong

Brother and sister die in hospital two weeks after Tin Shui Wai flat fire

13 Sep 2018 - 9:15pm 1

A satellite image taken on September 9 shows Hurricane Florence, Tropical Storm Isaac and Hurricane Helene in the Atlantic Ocean. Photo: AFP/ NOAA/RAMMB

As Hong Kong braces for typhoon, the world prepares for six others

13 Sep 2018 - 11:18pm 2

The woman was taken to United Christian Hospital for treatment. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Woman knocked out by falling stone at Hong Kong housing estate

13 Sep 2018 - 4:40pm

Taxis wait for passengers in Tsim Sha Tsui ahead of a fare increase in the late 1970s. Photo: Chan Kiu

‘King of Liars’, parking meters and the last Warner brother: past headlines

14 Sep 2018 - 4:33pm 2

Dark clouds gather on the horizon as the city prepares for the arrival of Super Typhoon Mangkhut. Photo: Sam Tsang

Hongkongers prepare for worst as Super Typhoon Mangkhut nears

14 Sep 2018 - 8:24am 34

The Hong Kong government held an interdepartmental meeting to discuss preparedness for the oncoming storm. Photo: Dickson Lee

Super Typhoon Mangkhut threatens Hong Kong, Philippines and Taiwan

13 Sep 2018 - 6:32pm 33