Hong Kong >>

Man found in flat taken to hospital for smoke inhalation; woman may have been dead for some time, says department spokesman. ...

Children’s soccer boots made by global sports-equipment giant Nike and bought from a Hong Kong shop have been found to contain hazardous chemicals, according to a worldwide study by Greenpeace. ...

Police are hunting for a motorcyclist who reached speeds of 260km/h on their motorbike after eluding a traffic officer who tried to stop them at the exit of the Nam Wan Tunnel in Tsing Yi. ...

Transport minister Professor Anthony Cheung Bing-leung said on Monday he would resign immediately if he was found to be at fault in the high-speed railway fiasco. ...

We in Hong Kong are accustomed to idolising real world cities like New York. But there is at least one crucial respect in which the Big Apple is following our example: increasingly cramped apartments and shrinking living space. ...

Language is one factor Hong Kong uses to back up its claim to be Asia's "world city". With English and Chinese as its official languages - symbolic of the "one country, two systems" set-up - all government documents are bilingual. ...

We have one of the most sophisticated rail systems in the world. When we see those empty buses emitting clouds of toxic black smoke, choking lungs and our road systems, we can be sure that they're not the reason we're the best city in the world for commuters. ...

Hongkongers could have been forgiven for dismissing Benny Tai Yiu-ting as just an intellectual with his head in the clouds when he raised the idea of a democracy push through civil disobedience in January last year. ...

Eight emerging artists will get the chance to hone their skills on a four-week artist-in-residence exchange programme offered by schools in Hong Kong, Beijing and London that begins this summer. ...

Secretary for Development Paul Chan Mo-po appealed in his blog for the public to get into the habit of spending less time in the shower to prepare the city for "the unpredictable future" in the global supply of fresh water. ...

The home affairs minister, who was once jailed for seditious acts during the 1967 leftist riots, has backed the education minister's call for students not to take part in the "illegal" Occupy Central civil disobedience campaign. ...

A two-metre long dolphin died after becoming stranded on the beach at Tung Wan, part of the popular Tai Long Wan area in Sai Kung. ...

Women are being warned to be more cautious as spy gadgets used by tech-savvy peeping Toms are becoming more sophisticated and obscure. ...

One in two Hongkongers don't know how to go about donating their organs, a poll on cornea donation has found. And doctors say anyone who wants to donate their organs should be able to register to do so when they turn 18 and apply for an identity card. ...

At least 20 per cent more elderly people in Hong Kong are seeking treatment every year for an eye condition that could lead to blindness, a specialist from the city's major private eye hospital says. ...

After more than five decades of power-broking between the government and the people, the Heung Yee Kuk chairman - known affectionately as "Uncle Fat" - plans to record all his experiences in a biography. ...

A pet dog has been crushed to death in front of its owner and her two young children in the second attack by a huge python in Sai Kung West Country Park in less than a fortnight. ...

Singaporean artist Lee Wen was discharged from hospital a day after he was found unconscious in a City University bathroom with facial injuries following a forum there. ...

A tin of cranberry sauce that's nearly seven years past its best-before date could still be safe to eat, testing by Baptist University has found. ...

The increase in mainland investors looking for a solid return on their money by buying and selling second-hand memberships has resulted in many prices more than doubling in as few as six years. ...