Is Hong Kong wise to tinker with guilty plea and good behaviour sentence reductions?

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Flower market district: Residents fear plans to build high-rises and mall will uproot community – Part 1

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How luxury brands still lure Chinese shoppers despite slowdown

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[Recap] Indian cartoonist Rachita Taneja and Hong Kong's Zunzi have won the biennial Kofi Annan Courage in Cartooning Award.

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[Recap] Opinion: “East-meets-West” has echoes of the banging of a gong, the qipao-and-suits juxtaposition, and a white man selecting dim sum, writes Brian Cheng.

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[Recap] In month 46, HK rebutted Western criticism over a new security law, and pro-Beijing groups booked the ex-Tiananmen vigil venue for a carnival.

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[Recap] The Lo Wu arrival hall used to throng with visitors during mainland China's 'Golden Week', but the queues there were modest this year.

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Indian cartoonist Rachita Taneja and Hong Kong’s Zunzi win Kofi Annan cartooning award

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[Recap] HK has urged employers of outdoor workers to develop their own rules to prevent heatstroke after revising its official warning system.

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Cultural cringe: For Hong Kong and Asia overall, the ‘East-meets-West’ cliché suggests a lack of self-confidence

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Explainer: Hong Kong’s national security crackdown – month 46

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New government subsidised passenger ferries propelled by diesel electric hybrid propulsion systems were rolled out on Saturday by the Hong Kong and Kowloon Ferry Company.

Hong Kong faces uphill battle to lure back Chinese tourists after pandemic and protests

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[Recap] Plans to introduce a problem-plagued waste charging scheme in Hong Kong will be reviewed by the end of May after a two-month pilot scheme.

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[Recap] Hong Kong's tax revenue dropped by HK$18.2 billion in the last financial year, the second straight year of decline.

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[Recap] China launched a world first probe on Friday to collect far side Moon samples, as Beijing aims to send a crewed lunar mission by 2030.

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[Recap] A prosecution witness in the national security trial of media mogul Jimmy Lai has denied defence allegations that he had fabricated evidence.

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[Recap] The Wall Street Journal will shift its Asia headquarters from Hong Kong to Singapore, it said on Thursday in a letter sent to staff.

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Hong Kong urges industries to formulate their own safety codes after revising heatstroke warning system

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[Recap] HK again ranks low in the 2024 Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Index owing to an 'unprecedented series of setbacks' including journalist arrests.

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