25-10-2014 09:27
Tokyo closed up 1.01 percent and Sydney rose 0.54 percent while Seoul fell 0.31 percent. Shanghai ended flat while Hong Kong closed 0.13 percent lower.
20-10-2014 08:37
Premium Hong Kong-based airline Dragonair is looking at Vietnam as one of the Pacific region’s leading business and tourist destinations as part of a wider long-term business plan, Jonathan Bailey, newly-appointed manager of Dragonair Vietnam told VIR’s Hoang Anh.
15-10-2014 11:58
Argentina strolled to a 7-0 friendly win over Hong Kong on Tuesday (Oct 14), with superstar Lionel Messi and Napoli striker Gonzalo Higuain both netting a brace.
13-10-2014 10:07
The police, who were dressed in high-visibility jackets, began removing barricades, according to TVB.
10-10-2014 10:48
The call came in an annual report that renewed criticism of China's human rights record, saying Chinese President Xi Jinping continues to "adhere to the authoritarian model of his predecessors."
08-10-2014 10:35
A flawless fancy vivid pink diamond sold for a record US$17.77 million in Hong Kong late Tuesday, Sotheby's said.
07-10-2014 10:12
Student leaders denied their campaign for free elections had lost momentum, saying they would remain on the streets, even as they announced that talks with the government would take place this week.
06-10-2014 10:05
Pro-democracy protesters partially blocked the entrance to the Central Government Offices complex with barricades, but kept a narrow section open to allow the officials to pass through.
04-10-2014 10:38
Hong Kong Federation of Students (HKFS) said it had "no other option but to call off the talks" after "the government and police today turned a blind eye to violent acts by the triads targeting peaceful Occupy protesters".
02-10-2014 10:39
Some 4,000 turned out in Taipei and 2,000 in London but there were other smaller protests too outside Chinese embassies.
08-09-2014 12:55
Microsoft today unveiled a first look of the new MSN for Asia Pacific, including Australia, India, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Taiwan, and Thailand.
21-08-2014 09:07
Hong Kong movie star Jackie Chan said Wednesday (Aug 20) he felt "ashamed" of his son's detention on drug-related charges, adding he had "failed to educate" his child.
15-08-2014 08:15
Doctors conducted an emergency caesarian to deliver the baby of a pregnant woman who was killed by a falling tree in Hong Kong on Thursday (Aug 14).
25-07-2014 08:26
McDonald's Hong Kong has suspended sales of chicken nuggets and several other items after admitting it imported food from a US-owned firm in China at the centre of an expired meat scandal.