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Asia Sentinel - Beijing Splits Hong Kong's Pro-Democracy Forces

Clever divide-and-rule tactics by Beijing have split the pro-democracy camp in Hong Kong and assured passage of what passes for political reform in the territory. The now-certain passage of the electoral changes, which only marginally ...

Hong Kong International Airport gets PS3 kiosks | Joystiq

While we Americans are forced to spend our layovers trying not to get chosen for random cavity searches, folks who end up with some free time at Hong Kong International Airport are given a much more pleasant distraction. ...

Hong Kong stretches fall as property shares shrink - MarketWatch

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Hong Kong shares extended their decline early Wednesday as deep overnight losses on Wall Street and a further fall in Shanghai prompted further selling in local property stocks. The Hang Seng Index dropped ...

Hong Kong government issues bizarre World Cup health warning ...

Easy on the drink, skip the chips and stretch out if you want to smoke while watching the World Cup, says the Hong Kong government.

Hong Kong passes Beijing-backed electoral reforms that critics say ...

June 23rd, 2010 HK legislators attack limited electoral reformHONG KONG — Pro-democracy Hong Kong legislators on Wednesday attacked a proposal for limited political reforms made by the territory's Beijing-appointed government and tried ...

Hong Kong to dump 2.8 mn doses of swine flu vaccine

HONG KONG - Around 2.8 million doses of unwanted swine flu vaccine worth $28.2 million are to be thrown away, officials said here Thursday.

JW Marriott Hotel – First Hotel in Hong Kong to Open Public ...

GoThere Virtual Meetings with AT&T and Cisco TelePresence Solution Service Is Expanding To Business Centres Worldwide The JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong celebrated the opening of its GoThere Virtual Meetings studio with a four-city ...

Democracy in action in Hong Kong? | FP Passport

Ever since Britain gave Hong Kong back to China in 1997, pro-democracy activists have hoped that Beijing's special rules for the island would lead to broader constitutional reforms. Hong Kong is largely autonomous when it comes to legal ...

Smoky vehicle spotters seek to remedy Hong Kong's smog problem ...

An army of volunteer and government-trained smoky vehicle spotters are waging war against Hong Kong's biggest polluters ... and winning.

Exploring Hong Kong with Google Street View (Part 2) - Google ...

In our previous exploration of Hong Kong, we looked at how a map of Hong Kong doesn't give you a good sense of the cit.