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Hong Kong held a referendum on Sunday on the future, and the democracy activists won handily. In a record 55 per cent turnout, people voted solidly for parties that have been lobbying Beijing to let Hong Kong&#39;s
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By Roland Lim, Channel NewsAsia&#39;s Hong Kong correspondent. HONG KONG: Hong Kong&#39;s Centre for Health Protection has conducted its first ever drill on how to deal with a contagious disease outbreak.
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Text of report by Radio New Zealand International on 17 September  [Newsreader] Residents of the remote Pitcairn Island are a step closer to the outside world with the introduction of a host of modern communications.
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The fundamentals (eg, wage or population growth) are present to support a strong property market in Hong Kong. Wages in Hong Kong are not rising.
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With helicopters pumping out streams of red smoke and boats carrying giant red Chinese characters, and with demonstrators calling once again for the elusive goal of full democracy, Hong Kong marked today the 10th anniversary of its return by Britain to Chinese rule.
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Albert Cheng, a Hong Kong radio personality turned politician, has a flare for the whimsical insult. An outspoken pro-democracy advocate, he routinely called Hong Kong&#39;s Chinese administrators, &quot;dog-like.
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Moderate quake jolts seas west of Indonesia    HONG KONG, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- A moderate earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale struck the seas west of Sumatra Island, Indonesia, early Monday morning, according to a bulletin released by Hong Kong Observatory on Monday morning.
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To gaze across Hong Kong's harbor at the city's glittering skyscrapers and soaring peaks is to take in one of the world's most spectacular urban vistas.
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By Nicole C. Wong, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Mar.
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ELEANOR HALL: It&#39;s being watched closely around the world as a test of Indonesia&#39;s stand against terrorism. Today the trial of Abu Bakar Bashir has begun in the Indonesian capital with the cleric facing charges relating to the Bali and Marriott bombings.
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The world&#39;s biggest arbitrage opportunity lies tantalisingly out of reach. Courtesy of the frenzy in Shanghai&#39;s stock exchange, the shares of companies with dual Hong Kong and mainland listings trade at totally differently prices. Among the top 10 dual-listed stocks by market capitalisation, domestic shares trade at an average 43 per cent premium. The arbitrage opportunity is enormous. Were the top 10 Chinese shares to fall to Hong Kong prices, $192bn of market capitalisation would be lost. Were Hong Kong shares to trade up to Chinese prices, market cap would rise by $75bn.
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A delegation of Olympic gold medalists from the Chinese mainland arrived in Hong Kong yesterday to a lofty welcome. On a three-day visit, the 68-strong delegation includes 50 gold medal winners at the Athens Olympic Games.
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HONG KONG - Hong Kong media criticised Beijing yesterday for meddling in this weekend&#39;s elections, saying China&#39;s new publicity about a pro-democracy candidate jailed for hiring a prostitute was timed to influence the result.
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SINGAPORE: While a majority of Hong Kong citizens likely will cast their votes for greater democracy in Sundayâs Legislative Council election, international fund managers are more concerned about maintaining the status quo.
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VOTERS go to the polls in Hong Kong tomorrow after one of the Chinese territory&#39;s dirtiest election campaigns, during which Beijing has warned that a victory by pro-democracy candidates would &quot;sink the city in long turmoil&quot;.
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KERRY O&#39;BRIEN: Reading the electorate&#39;s mood has been no easy matter since the Latham ascendancy. And voters rarely seem to show their true intent these days until an election campaign is in full swing.
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Hong Kong's red flag was raised into a cloudy blue sky Sunday as the former British colony marked the 10th anniversary of its handover to China and bid farewell to a rocky decade of financial woes, disease outbreaks and economic recovery.