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Articles of the author Hazel Parry
Hong Kong leadership race pits “wolf” against “pig”
Hong Kong (dpa) – One has been nicknamed “pig” for his alleged lack of intellect. He has admitted cheating on his wife, allegedly seduced a mistress on an office sofa and secretly built an illegal 223-square-metre basement beneath his home that is (...)

22 - 03 - 2012
Hong Kong legislator risks losing seat after being sentenced
Hong Kong (dpa) – A Hong Kong lawmaker faces losing his seat after being sentenced to two months in jail Tuesday for disrupting a public forum and causing criminal damage in September. Leung Kwok-hung, a democracy campaigner known as Long Hair, (...)

20 - 03 - 2012
10-year-old arrested for kicking opponent in Hong Kong football match
Hong Kong (dpa) – A 10-year-old boy was arrested for allegedly kicking an opposing player in the head during a football match in Hong Kong, a news report said Sunday. Police arrested the expatriate boy for assault after a video of the incident (...)

18 - 03 - 2012
Child kidnap rumours sweep Hong Kong amid unease over mainlanders
Hong Kong (dpa) – Police in Hong Kong were Tuesday investigating a reports of attempted kidnappings as rumors of child abductions swept the city. Kidnappers from mainland China were said to have attempted to grab a young girl in the Kowloon (...)

13 - 03 - 2012
Hungry Hong Kong brokers have working day extended
Hong Kong (dpa) – Stockbrokers in Hong Kong Monday grudgingly waved goodbye to one of the shortest working days in financial markets globally as their lunch break was cut by another 30 minutes to one hour. The half-hour reduction was the second (...)

05 - 03 - 2012
Hong Kong leader apologizes for accepting tycoons' hospitality
Hong Kong (dpa) – Hong Kong's leader, Chief Executive Donald Tsang, issued a public apology Thursday for the public concern he had caused by accepting hospitality from tycoons. “The series of incidents have caused concerns from the public, media, (...)

01 - 03 - 2012
Hong Kong airline drops dolphin flights after protest
Hong Kong (dpa) – A Hong Kong airline Wednesday agreed to stop the transfer of live dolphins on its cargo planes after coming under pressure from activists and the public. More than 6,400 people signed an online petition after Hong Kong Airlines (...)

29 - 02 - 2012
English exam impostors jailed in Hong Kong
CAIRO (dpa): Three bogus students who sat in for real candidates in international English-language exams in Hong Kong were jailed on Monday, a news report said. The three men, from mainland China, used the passports of the real candidates to sit (...)

27 - 02 - 2012
Milkshake murderess launches bid to appeal second conviction
Hong Kong (dpa) – US citizen Nancy Kissel who was found guilty on two occasions of the “milkshake murder” of her millionaire husband in Hong Kong has applied to appeal against her conviction, a news report said Friday. The 47-year-old has filed (...)

24 - 02 - 2012
Hong Kong schoolboy, 13, arrested in 50,000-dollar internet scam
Hong Kong (dpa) – A 13-year-old schoolboy was among 15 people arrested in Hong Kong over a bogus internet auction site that allegedly conned buyers out of nearly 50,000 US dollars, police said Tuesday. The group was accused of running the site (...)

21 - 02 - 2012
Hong Kong teen stabs to death mother, sister to save the planet
Hong Kong (dpa) – A 15-year-old boy who killed his mother and sister because he believed there were too many people in the world was ordered to be detained indefinitely in a psychiatric hospital, a Hong Kong news report said Thursday. Kan (...)

02 - 02 - 2012
Hong Kongers call mainland Chinese “locusts” in newspaper ad
Hong Kong (dpa) – A group of Hong Kong residents Wednesday took out a newspaper advertisement calling mainland Chinese visitors “locusts” in an escalating cross-border war of words. The full-page advert in the mass-circulation Apple Daily called (...)

01 - 02 - 2012
Mistress of Hong Kong tycoon wins his 33-million-dollar estate
Hong Kong (dpa) – The mistress of a Hong Kong tycoon who died leaving three lovers and 16 children won a court battle for his 33-million-dollar estate, a news report said Wednesday. Chiu Yau-chuen, 55, who made his fortune through taxi (...)

01 - 02 - 2012
Hong Kong police launch inquiry into death of Canadian student
Hong Kong (dpa) – An investigation was launched into the death of a Canadian student found slumped in a toilet in Hong Kong, police said Friday. The body of Joey Basha, 25, was found hours after he left his flat to buy takeaway early December 21. (...)

30 - 12 - 2011
Hong Kong people less likely to consider themselves Chinese
Hong Kong (dpa) – A growing number of Hong Kong people consider themselves Hong Kong citizens rather than Chinese, a survey published Thursday has found. The University of Hong Kong questioned 1,016 people about their ethnic identity asking them (...)

29 - 12 - 2011
Five dead after bus accident on China-Hong Kong border
Hong Kong (dpa) – Five people died when a bus ploughed into a crowd at a busy border crossing between Hong Kong and China, officials said Wednesday. Witnesses quoted by Hong Kong radio station RTHK said the bus accelerated suddenly, mounting the (...)

28 - 12 - 2011
Hong Kong court upholds manslaughter verdict on Australian student
Hong Kong (dpa) – Hong Kong's Court of Appeal Wednesday upheld a manslaughter conviction against an Australian student who killed a taxi driver in a drunken late-night altercation. The three-judge panel unanimously rejected a request to appeal (...)

28 - 12 - 2011
Facebook page to find Canadian missing in Hong Kong launched
Hong Kong (dpa) – Friends and family of a Canadian student missing in Hong Kong for six days launched a Facebook page Tuesday to try to find him. Police said Joey Basha, 25, from Newfoundland, was last seen on December 21 by his flatmate. The (...)

27 - 12 - 2011
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