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New markets needed to boost Hong Kong's maritime industry

​Hong Kong's total port cargo throughput slumped 13.8 percent in 2015, the biggest year-on-year drop in the past 10 years.

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Cold front set to push down temperature

Hong Kong enters a chilly week ahead after a steep drop in temperature over the past twenty four hours.

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HK police report spike in phone scam

​The number of telephone scams involving mainland con artists posing as government officials shot up by an astonishing amount last year, over 2014, say Hong Kong police. The numbers went up from 23 cases in 2014 to about 1,400 in 2015.

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Booksellers slipped back to mainland China after requesting Hong Kong police drop missing persons cases

The two missing booksellers who were allowed by mainland authorities to return to Hong Kong on separate days last week both quietly crossed the border back to the mainland hours later, sources have told the Post.

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Finally showing: movie that makes everyone fall in love with Hong Kong

Emily Ting's debut feature film, a romantic drama into which she's sunk her life savings, offers Western audiences 'a refreshing take' on the city, she says. After a months-long wait, the film is now screening in Hong Kong.

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Partial eclipse hidden behind thick cloud over Hong Kong, then this happened

A rare solar eclipse took place on Wednesday morning but Hong Kong revellers had to admire the spectacle through dense clouds.

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Politicization won't do HKSAR any good: Top legislator

Top legislator Zhang Dejiang has told Hong Kong to stop politicizing everything and, instead, seize the opportunities for development, while affirming his faith in the city’s residents in making the right choice using their wisdom.

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Li underscores SARs' distinctive roles for nation

Premier Li Keqiang’s latest annual government work report has put emphasis on the "distinctive strengths" of the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao to advance the country's economic development and opening up.

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Central authority to follow Constitution, Basic Law of HK, Macao

​China's top legislator Zhang Dejiang said Sunday the central authority will act strictly in compliance with the Constitution and the respective Basic Law of Hong Kong and Macao.

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CPPCC spokesperson denounces HK riot

​A spokesperson with China's national political advisory body on Wednesday denounced mob violence in Hong Kong's Mong Kok during the Lunar New Year holidays last month.

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Hong Kong bookseller Lee Po is not telling the full story, police chief says

Hong Kong’s police chief said on Tuesday he suspected Causeway Bay bookseller Lee Po was hiding something, but that the force would have to accept his story that he had sneaked into the mainland of his own free will in order to help with an investigation.

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HK on sukuk bandwagon ahead of Silk Road revival

Hong Kong’s possible third Islamic global bond in three years brings it closer to Indonesia and Malaysia in terms of sovereign sukuk presence, a boost to the market that coincides with the nation’s Silk Road revival.

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HK role as tourism, legal services center stressed

Hong Kong should be promoted as China's tourism and legal services center in the country's Belt and Road Initiative, said Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee members from the Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA).

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Hong Kong can serve as bridge between U.S. companies, mainland market

​Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying met the visiting Secretary of the Treasury of the United States Jacob Lew at Government House here Tuesday to exchange views on issues of mutual concern.

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Science Park sees 2020 finish for HK$4.4b plan

The Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) says its Phase I expansion plan could be completed in the 2019-20 financial year, if the Legislative Council Finance Committee approves its HK$4.4 billion funding request.

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HK police meet with bookseller Lee Bo

An officer from the Hong Kong police and an officer from the Immigration Department met with bookseller Lee Bo and took his statement in a hotel room on the mainland on Monday morning.

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E-cigarettes have harmful chemicals: HKBU

Tests by Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) show controversial e-cigarettes pushing hard for admission into the Hong Kong market contain deadly chemicals.