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The top court ruled yesterday that foreign domestic helpers did not have the right to apply for permanent residency, affirming the government's right to impose immigration controls. The landmark...
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Seeking to address concerns that China is exploiting Africa's resources and its market for consumer goods, President Xi Jinping vowed to build a mutually beneficial relationship that benefits...
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The president of Cyprus assured his people a bailout deal he struck with the European Union was in their best interests and would end anxiety, but he also announced “very temporary” capital...
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The screening system is now expected to be rewritten after five judges of the Court of Final Appeal unanimously allowed a challenge by three African men. The government said the ruling would not...
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The yuan strengthened beyond 6.21 per US dollar for the first time in 19 years yesterday after the People's Bank of China raised the currency's reference rate and as investors reassured by a...
04:59AM
First lady Peng Liyuan's choice of home-grown designer brands on her maiden overseas trip with President Xi Jinping has been hailed as a boon for China's fashion industry, yearning for its own "...
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Disneyland will increase its ticket prices across the board from tomorrow. The cost of visiting the theme park with an adult one-day ticket will rise HK$51, or 12.8 per cent, from HK$399 to HK$450...
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It should come as no surprise to Hongkongers to see Qiao Xiaoyang, a top National People's Congress official, setting the tone for the debate on the city's political reform even before the...
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In Hong Kong, people enthuse over the "rule of law" and its long-standing presence here. It is the cause of our economic miracle and social stability, and is purportedly the main difference...
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Today's Poll
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Insight
In the past two weeks, more than 16,000 dead pigs have been fished out of the Huangpu River, near Shanghai, and its tributaries. Outraged Chinese citizens have decried government negligence of the...
03:28AM
Hong Kong
The screening system is now expected to be rewritten after five judges of the Court of Final Appeal unanimously allowed a challenge by three African men. The government said the ruling would not...
05:49AM
The top court ruled yesterday that foreign domestic helpers did not have the right to apply for permanent residency, affirming the government's right to impose immigration controls. The landmark...
04:53AM
Disneyland will increase its ticket prices across the board from tomorrow. The cost of visiting the theme park with an adult one-day ticket will rise HK$51, or 12.8 per cent, from HK$399 to HK$450...
05:57AM
Parents at an English Schools Foundation private school have voiced their anger over a fee rise of nearly 10 per cent and a non-refundable building levy. Some say they will refuse to pay.
06:01AM
China
China has signed an agreement with Russia to buy 24 Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets and four Lada-class submarines in its biggest weapons purchase from Moscow in a decade, state media reported.
05:40AM
President Xi Jinping's visit to three resource-rich African countries is part of a strategy to secure valuable supplies of energy and raw materials to fuel China's manufacturing sector.
05:44AM
Seeking to address concerns that China is exploiting Africa's resources and its market for consumer goods, President Xi Jinping vowed to build a mutually beneficial relationship that benefits...
03:42AM
Zhang Lin, 49, who was previously jailed for leading student hunger strikes in Anhui in support of the 1989 Tiananmen pro-democracy movement, lodged his case with provincial prosecutors on Friday...
04:45AM
Asia
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, European Council President Herman van Rompuy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso spoke by telephone for 30 minutes late yesterday, a Japanese...
02:58AM
World
The president of Cyprus assured his people a bailout deal he struck with the European Union was in their best interests and would end anxiety, but he also announced “very temporary” capital...
05:48AM
The European Union suspended most sanctions on Zimbabwe on Monday after voters there approved a new constitution paving the way for an election to decide whether President Robert Mugabe extends...
02:11AM
Cypriots face years of economic hardship due to a harsh euro-zone bailout deal, analysts said yesterday, while the Mediterranean island's future in the currency remains deeply uncertain. The...
05:08AM
Business
Hong Kong's latest tax incentives are expected to lure large numbers of investment houses from the mainland to raise their first offshore private equity funds in the city to compete with big...
04:57AM
The yuan strengthened beyond 6.21 per US dollar for the first time in 19 years yesterday after the People's Bank of China raised the currency's reference rate and as investors reassured by a...
04:59AM
Henderson Land Development posted a 28 per cent increase in its underlying profit to HK$7.1 billion for last year, in line with market expectations. Analysts expect to see a positive result in...
05:01AM
US stocks tumbled on Monday after a top European finance official suggested that the Cyprus bailout framework could serve as a template for other European bank crises.
05:12AM
China Petroleum & Chemical (Sinopec) will continue to buy its parent's overseas assets to boost earnings after domestic fuel price controls stymied its profitability.
05:18AM
Lifestyle
When top mainland conductor Li Xincao made his debut in Hong Kong in 2000, he was “cautiously optimistic” about the future of Western classical music in China. At the time, he reckoned the most...
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If there's one area that women clearly have the upper hand over men, it's longevity. Globally, females live about six years longer than males - roughly 73 years versus 67 - and women outlive men...
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Chris Fung Hong-way is trying to do his bit to help students also from Hong Kong struggling with their studies.
09:59AM
Fiery designer Sonia Rykiel revolutionised the fashion world in more ways than one when she appeared on the Parisian scene in the 1960s.
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Caterpillar fungus, more valuable by weight than gold and famous for its extensive medicinal use in China for thousands of years, is vanishing and may not be available in 10 years' time, according...
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Riots against austerity measures, soaring unemployment and a bleak economic outlook: the recent news from Europe has been somewhat gloomy.
10:12AM
I'm 30 years old, but I still can't seem to swallow pills. How can I teach myself to do so, or what alternatives do I have?
10:24AM
Are your kids picky about their food? Researchers at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill say genes play a key role in food neophobia, or the aversion to trying new foods.
11:35AM
Sport
The government's Sports Commission appears to be waiting until the 11th hour before making a final decision on whether rugby sevens joins the Sports Institute despite it having ticked all the...
04:54AM
Four days on from their 8-0 rout of San Marino, England face a potentially decisive World Cup qualifier today against a Montenegro side who will not be anywhere near as obliging.
04:58AM
With their batsmen in fine form, Hong Kong will hope to get off to a winning start when they take on Malaysia in their opening pool match at the Asian Cricket Council Twenty20 Cup in Kathmandu.
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Property
A turning point could come for the property market in 2015 with expectations of a significant increase in new housing supply at that time. That will no doubt be good news for first-time homebuyers...
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Henderson Land Development posted a 28 per cent increase in its underlying profit to HK$7.1 billion for last year, in line with market expectations. Analysts expect to see a positive result in...
05:01AM
Sun Hung Kai Properties' release yesterday of the first batch of 50 flats at its luxury Riva residential project in Yuen Long underscored the weakening property market.
03:41AM
Technology
More than 200 million years ago, toothy crocodile-like creatures stalked a hot, dry mega-continent while squid-like mollusks with spiral shells drifted in the surrounding ocean. Then, in what...
04:43AM
Most people think counter-insurgency is all about men in masks kicking down doors and rappelling down from the roofs of buildings. Yes, the application of surgical violence is still key, but many...
04:43AM
The Voyager 1 probe was fired into space to observe the outer planets and the mysterious interstellar medium that lies beyond the solar system on September 5, 1977, as Elvis was topping the charts...
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Polls
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Debates
Housing was the dominant theme of Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's maiden policy address last month. His plans include rezoning green-belt land, reclamation outside Victoria Harbour and stepping...
04:58AM
Leung Chun-ying's maiden policy address lasted for more than two hours and covered everything from housing supply to help for the disabled. But the chief executive has faced a growing wave of...
06:51AM
The appearance of colonial-era flags at recent demonstrations in the city has infuriated mainland commentators and former top officials.
05:24AM
Video
- Hong Kong Reaction to Hong Kong maids ruling The controversial foreign domestic helpers case has caused a stir in Hong Kong, SCMP took to the streets for reaction to Monday's ruling.
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- Hong Kong Hong Kong rejects domestic helpers' appeal for permanent residency The city's top court ruled on Monday morning that foreign domestic helpers do not enjoy the right to apply for permanent residency because their residence in Hong Kong is highly restricted.
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- World Cyprus bailout - it's on again EU and IMF officials strike a last-minute deal with Cyprus to resurrect a bailout for the island -- but one banking chain goes to the wall and major clients, who include many Russians, will take a...
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- World Mysterious death of Russian oligarch, Boris Berezovsky Boris Berezovsky, the exiled Russian oligarch and long-time opponent of the Kremlin, was discovered dead at his home near London on Saturday in "unexplained" circumstances, his spokesman and police...
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