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Hundreds pay tribute at funeral of Hong Kong billionaire Cheng Yu-tung

​City’s top political leaders and business tycoons attend

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Hongkongers eye largest flats as applications open for pilot public housing scheme offering 40pc discount

​Hong Kong’s land realities call for a radical approach, but is anyone willing to take on the vested interests?

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Pound hammered after Hollande promises tough stance on Brexit

​But visiting British Parliamentary Under Secretary at the Dept for International Trade, says in Hong Kong that currency has “probably been too high anyway” and is now correcting

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Thailand’s warning to Joshua Wong: video speech will be cut off if you criticise Beijing or reveal details of detention:SCMP

Video call would be cut off if he talked about detention in Bangkok, incited Thai people or criticised Beijing, according to report in local paper

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Hongkongers arrested in Manila airport drug bust netting 28kg of cocaine worth HK$22 million

​Haul found in luggage as the men travelled to the Philippines from Brazil via Dubai

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Review: PlayStation VR – launch titles unspectacular, but this is the future

​Sony’s virtual-reality headset is more accessible than competitors – it’s cheaper and doesn’t require a high-end PC – but none of the opening slate of games really stands out

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Senior Hong Kong football official cries foul over "negligent" government plan to take back land from club

Football Association vice-chairman Pui Kwan-kay says much has been invested in Kitchee’s HK$84 million training centre

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At Paris Fashion Week, female designers shine brightly

It’s always been ironic that, in womenswear, most of the head designers and creative directors are men, while customers and nearly all the staff (from the design studio to the shop floor) are mostly women. We are slowly seeing a change, however, as more women are leading the way at global fashion houses, as seen at this Paris Fashion Week – and it couldn’t have come soon enough.

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Macao International Music Festival marks 30th anniversary with performances from internationally renowned artist

October is officially music month in Macau as the annual Macao International Music Festival returns bringing internationally renowned artists from all over the world.

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Hong Kong's 15,000 cases of breast cancer complication made worse by lack of awareness

Hong Kong lacks resources to deal with lymphoedema: swelling of the arm or leg following the removal of lymph nodes, most often as part of cancer treatment.

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China’s version of GPS ‘is now just as accurate’

China’s Beidou navigation system is now accurate within centimetres and on par with the US Global Positioning System (GPS), said a scientist who has been developing the technology.

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‘Snake on a train’ halts Japan bullet express

A passenger spotted the 30cm serpent poking between a gap in the seats, prompting the train, travelling between Tokyo and Hiroshima to stop

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California dreamin: how Chinese investors are pumping billions into the US West Coast

From real estate, to high-tech firms to entertainment giants, Chinese investments in the US, notably California, are moving at a dizzying pace and are on course to smash records again this year.

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Chinese billionaire Wang Jianlin opens second ‘Wanda City’theme park

Billionaire Wang Jianlin has fired the latest salvo in his war with Disney over dominance of the mainland’s theme park business, opening a 24 billion yuan (HK$27.9 billion) complex in Anhui province on Saturday.

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Fintech – the next frontier for Hong Kong’s battle with Singapore?

Perennial “frenemies” Singapore and Hong Kong have never shied away from an opportunity to slug it out – whether in the race to outdo each other as Asian hubs in finance, aviation or even street food.

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Philippines' Duterte says talks with China on sea dispute‘within the year’

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he expects talks with China on their South China Sea dispute within a year and he would not raise an international ruling rejecting China’s claims there when attending the ASEAN summit in Laos next month.

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Earth's tides can trigger earthquakes along a US fault

​New study says the sun and moon's activity triggers tremors as well as tides