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Hong Kong indoor air pollution to make people chronically ill

Pollutant levels up to 1,250 per cent higher indoors than outdoors, and PM2.5 fine-particle pollution worse than beside some of the city’s busiest roads, shock research by Baptist University finds

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Stephen Hawking announces plan to reach stars across 4.37 light years

Revolutionary space exploration project unveiled by British physicist and tech tycoon Yuri Milner

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Hong Kong photographer captures 4 years in transgender friend’s transition

Mark Woodward met Lia Romero when he went to New York to study, and Romero's transformation from man to woman is the subject of Woodward’s first solo show in Brooklyn

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The Helper is on the way: Hong Kong film about migrant workers gets closer to completion

After a successful Kickstarter campaign raised US$89,000, the makers of a documentary about the city’s domestic helpers have completed the first phase of their work – but much remains to be done to ready it for submission to the Toronto film festival in June

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Hong Kong's best-kept secrets: all-day breakfasts for HK$48 in a sleepy border village

Full English breakfast, including tea or French press coffee, is a bargain at a Luk Keng stall - handy for cyclists and bikers heading for Bride’s Pool nature trail but equally good for whiling away an hour

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China's ZTE appoints new chairman in management reshuffle amid talks with US to lift curbs

Chinese telecommunications powerhouse ZTE has named veteran executive Zhao Xianming as its new chairman and president in a sweeping senior management revamp, which could help repair the company’s damaged reputation with the United States government.

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Shopping revolution: the 50 years since Hong Kong’s first mall, Ocean Terminal, opened

Hong Kong shoppers recall the novelty of air conditioning, convenience, choice and glamour brought by the Tsim Sha Tsui mall – and those that followed, such as Daimaru and Mitsukoshi

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China's Xiaomi leads US$25 million investment in Indian entertainment company

Xiaomi has made its first investment in India, leading a $25-million Rs170 crore) funding round into Hungama Digital Media Entertainment, an aggregator and publisher of entertainment content on the internet.

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7-Eleven for lunch, Mercedes for dinner, HMV for tea? In Hong Kong, chains branch out

From the ubiquitous convenience store to discount grocers 759, fashion’s Vivienne Westwood and carmaker Mercedes-Benz, businesses are moving into dining to chase the lifestyle dollar

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The 7 best music festivals of 2016 in Asia, starting this weekend

Japan, South Korea and Taiwan play host to Asia’s finest festivals during spring and summer. Here are our top seven

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The verdict on Art Basel; sales defy doubters, crowds exceed expectations

The Hong Kong public showed unprecedented appetite for viewing contemporary art, despite the fair overlapping with Easter, and most exhibitors made a profit as sales held up

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Hong Kong's best-kept secrets: the Tin Hau Temple in Yau Ma Tei

Once a spot for sailors to pray for safe sea voyages, this temple, now hundreds of metres inland, has stood its ground for over a century and a half

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Smartphone maker Xiaomi targets the Indian consumer ahead of global push

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has no plans to extensively expand into the US and European markets as it wants to focus on India in its global strategy

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Memory lane: 25 years of Propaganda, Hong Kong gay nightlife bastion

Owners of what became a Hollywood Road institution remember the stars, the parties, and the costumes and reflect on what made the club special

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Hong Kong tops China’s five most romantic hotels, according to TripAdvisor reviewers

Topping the list for Asia was the Komandoo Maldives Island Resort, which ranked #5 on the World’s Most Romantic list.

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Hong Kong firm to establish China’s first satellite-based mobile broadcasting service

Hong Kong-listed CMMB Vision Holdings has formed a joint venture with a state-controlled company to establish China’s first satellite-based mobile broadcasting service, an enterprise that could be bigger than the operations of Sirius XM in North America.