Hong Kong News

Hong Kong people should be angry with govt: activist

AFP - Friday, February 5

HONG KONG (AFP) - - A high-profile Hong Kong activist who was accused of assaulting police during a protest said Thursday the city's seven million people should be angry with its undemocratic political system. More »

  • Hong Kong tycoons' wealth soars: Forbes

    AFP - Thursday, February 4

    HONG KONG (AFP) - - Hong Kong's tycoons are worth a combined 135 billion US dollars, with many of its wealthiest people boosting their fortunes from investments on the Chinese mainland, Forbes said Thursday.

  • Police to probe Hong Kong feng shui master's fake will

    AFP - Wednesday, February 3

    HONG KONG (AFP) - - Hong Kong police said Wednesday they may investigate a feng shui master after the city's high court ruled the will granting him an eccentric tycoon's massive property fortune was fake.

  • Falungong activists march through Hong Kong

    AFP - Monday, February 1

    HONG KONG (AFP) - - Several hundred Falungong activists marched through central Hong Kong on Sunday to protest a decision by city immigration officials to deny visas for several members of a Falungong-linked dance troupe.

  • Four killed in Hong Kong building collapse

    AFP - Saturday, January 30

    HONG KONG (AFP) - - Rescue workers Saturday pulled a fourth body from the rubble of a rundown housing block that collapsed in Hong Kong as the government ordered urgent checks on all buildings more than 50 years old.

  • Falungong says China blocked Hong Kong dance shows

    AFP - Wednesday, January 27

    TOKYO (AFP) - - The Falungong religious group, which is banned in China, Wednesday accused Beijing of forcing a dance troupe linked to the sect to cancel a Hong Kong performance tour by denying visas to key members.

  • China jails former Tiananmen protest leader: lawyer

    AFP - Thursday, January 21

    BEIJING (AFP) - - A former leader of the Tiananmen pro-democracy protests has been jailed for nine years for fraud, after authorities in Hong Kong handed him over to China, his lawyer and a rights group said Thursday.