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No blanket approach, Hong Kong head of standard working hours body pledges

​But influential labour union claims initial findings lack regulatory specifics

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Baptist University staff and students upset at last-minute announcement of sole candidate for senior post

Former HKU dean of student affairs Albert Chau Wai-lap named as potential vice-president in teaching and learning right before scheduled consultations

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Hong Kong tourism sector fears the worst during next week’s mainland Chinese holiday

Travel Industry Council executive director thinks the number of Chinese tour groups visiting the city could halve to 150; retailers are also pessimistic

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Apple iTunes and Disney services shut down by new mainland rules

The regulation is aimed at managing online publishing services, in particular images, games, animation, comics, audio recordings and video

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Hong Kong lawmaker Wong Yuk-man jabs at CY Leung as his assault trial continues

Radical legislator accused of throwing glass at city’s top official brings up past incidents involving chief executive, saying latter is ‘used to resorting to special privilege’

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Hong Kong Legislative Council budget debate adjourned as not enough lawmakers present in chamber

Pro-establishment members blame pan-democrats for the adjournment, saying 10 hours of debate has been wasted; the other camp disagrees

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Hong Kong TV debuts: Gear, Grease and Glory, a slice of petrolhead heaven

Robin Auld picks out some highlights for Hong Kong television viewers, including a documentary about the impact on sherpa communities in Nepal of the deaths of 16 sherpas on Mount Everest in 2014

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Hong Kong artist Cath Love on body image, graffiti as art and her TEDx Salon talk

The Swiss-Thai creator of curvaceous cartoon character Jeliboo talks about the subversive nature of her work and rebelling against the Asian perception of beauty

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Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying tells court of "shock" when glass was hurled at him

Chief executive says he feared injury during incident in Legislative Council chamber, as radical lawmaker Wong Yuk-man goes on trial accused of assault

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Third-alarm fire in Hong Kong residential building brings area traffic and tram service to a halt

Fire Services say they largely put out Wan Chai blaze that sends two to hospital

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HK Legco president Jasper Tsang slashes number of budget amendments from 2,168 to 407

Most of proposed changes came from pan-democrat trio who vowed to filibuster Appropriation Bill, claiming it neglects low-income earners

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No bail for three defendants in HK body-in-cement case

​Three defendants in the body-in-cement murder case have been remanded in custody and will reappear in court on June 23.

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"Vanished" PolyU teacher was murdered in Shenzhen the day he left Hong Kong: police

​Hilary St John Bower was last seen alive at the Lo Wu border crossing

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Newcomers muscle in on Hong Kong’s TV war

Promotions stepped up and audience ratings fluctuate as channels compete for viewers

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Service with a scowl? Hong Kong dead last in global customer survey "smiling index"

Hong Kong ranked bottom for the first time in an annual global customer service survey as a gloomy economic outlook wiped away the smiles of many local employees.

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Mong Kok riot charges against 10 Hongkongers dropped due to lack of evidence

​Ten defendants charged over the Mong Kok riot walked free on Thursday – including a former member of now-defunct student activist group Scholarism – with the city’s prosecutors citing a lack of evidence as reason for withdrawing the allegations.