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HONG KONG: China’s leader Xi Jinping marked the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return in a speech on Friday emphasizing Beijing’s comprehensive control over the once-British colony under his vision of the "one country, two systems"…

John Lee was elected as Hong Kong's next leader Sunday, after winning over 99% of votes cast by a largely pro-Beijing election committee. Lee received 1,416 votes in the chief executive election, far exceeding the 751 votes he needed to…

A Hong Kong election committee is voting Sunday for the city’s only leadership candidate, John Lee, who is widely expected to win and become Hong Kong’s next chief executive. The committee, comprised of nearly 1,500 largely…

China is installing a career security official as the new leader of Hong Kong in the culmination of a sweeping political transformation that has gutted any opposition in the Asian financial center and placed it ever…

Issued on: 04/04/2022 - 06:14 Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced Monday that she will not seek another term as the city's political elite prepares to select a new…

HONG KONG: Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said it was "unarguable" that the global financial hub was seeing a brain drain due to stringent coronavirus rules, but said she valued the city's international status and envisioned a "better…

HONG KONG: Hong Kong will resume international flights from nine countries including the United States and Britain in April, city leader Carrie Lam said Monday. After the highly transmissible Omicron variant emerged in January, authorities…

HONG KONG: Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Saturday that the city's Covid-19 outbreak wasn't yet past its peak despite recent daily case numbers showing a slight levelling off. "At this moment, we could not comfortably say that we have…

Hong Kong won't reopen for international travel until its Covid-19 outbreak is curbed domestically, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said at a briefing Thursday as the city works to contain surging infections. The financial hub cannot lift a ban…

HONG KONG: Facilities for storing dead bodies at hospitals and public mortuaries in Hong Kong are struggling to keep pace with a record number of Covid-19 infections and deaths, eclipsing authorities attempts to control a deepening…