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The alleged abuser of Indonesian domestic maid Erwiana Sulistyaningsih will face 13 fresh charges in addition to the previous seven, which have also been amended. ...

A land and sea search for a police patrol dog is under way after it ran away from its handler and went missing in Quarry Bay on Tuesday morning. ...

Eight hiking trails were closed off today over landslides and fallen trees during the torrent in recent weeks, as an amber-level rainstorm lashed Hong Kong. ...

Protecting Hong Kong investors would be a key concern when the government starts talks on a free-trade pact with Asean countries, commerce chief Gregory So Kam-leung told lawmakers today. ...

Investors should not expect any easing of measures to cool the property market until a rise in US interest rates. That was the message yesterday from the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Chan Ka-keung. ...

China's enthusiasm for wine may have faded over the past two years, but that doesn't bother the Asian brand ambassador for one of Bordeaux's "big five" wine chateaux - he's more interested in the long term. ...

Hong Kong will see its shortage of workers skyrocket to nearly 118,000 in 2022, the latest government projection shows. That's up from its forecast two years ago of a shortage of 14,000 workers by 2018. ...

The peak-hour jams on the MTR are due to the city's record number of workers rather than the increasing number of mainland visitors, a government adviser says. ...

Two newly imported, rare Chinese sturgeons have died at Ocean Park from a viral infection, the park said yesterday. ...

What does it take to be a human rights lawyer in China? News emerging over the past months may shed some light. ...

The dismantled Queen's Pier will not be restored to the waterfront until 2018 - five years later than proposed - the government said yesterday as it suggested building a piazza exhibiting the history of the 54-year-old pier. ...

It was "quite beyond the ability" of Michael Hotung to pay his former wife, ex-TVB actress Katie Chan Fok-sang, lump-sum maintenance of HK$120 million, a court heard yesterday. ...

Price cartels will be among the main targets of the commission responsible for enforcing Hong Kong's new competition law when the legislation takes full effect in the first half of next year. ...

Three of the four activists accused of trespassing at the People's Liberation Army barracks in Admiralty on Boxing Day last year pleaded guilty yesterday to entering a closed area without a permit. ...

A court yesterday quashed suspended jail sentences imposed on lawmakers Wong Yuk-man and Albert Chan Wai-yip for unlawful assembly. ...

Researchers from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan are reporting promising results in using a chemical compound to treat skin cancer and say it could eventually be used in sun cream to prevent the deadly condition. ...

More than half of the local labour force work more than 44 hours a week, a survey has found. In particular, nearly one in five respondents put in more than 52 hours at work each week. ...

Travel alert remains at amber; visitors also advised to stay away from crowds. ...

Recalling the events of 1989 traumatised Dr Lam Yik-tsz. She found herself unable to sleep as she tried to make sense of her memories of events in Tiananmen Square. ...

Lawmaker representing textile and garment sector says firms may withhold further investment until protests are quelled. ...