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Police arrested a man over a suspected arson attack on Friday (February 10) after fire broke out inside a train at a busy Hong Kong subway stations during rush hour. At least 17 people were injured, including two who are in a critical condition. A 60-year-old man surnamed Cheung, who was seriously injured in the incident, admitted he started the fire while the train was headed to the busy Tsim Sha Tsui shopping […]
HONG KONG, China (Reuters) — An unexploded World War II bomb was detonated in a Hong Kong construction site in the early hours of Tuesday (January 24) morning, according to local media. The bomb, weighing around 227kg (500 lbs) was unearthed at a construction site close to the University of Hong Kong staff dormitories on Monday (January 23) morning. The bomb disposal unit said the airdrop bomb contained about 120kg of explosives. “The model (of […]
HON KONG , China (Reuters) — Hong Kong’s former leader Donald Tsang, the highest-ranking official ever to be charged in the city’s history, will make a plea for a bribery charge on Tuesday (January 3) as his graft trial began. Tsang, 72, dressed in a black suit and black bow tie, walked into court with two security guards. He pleaded not guilty to two counts of misconduct in public office during a pre-trial in December […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) –Around 20 containers of smuggled rice worth of P40 million pesos were seized on Friday (December 16) by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) at the Manila International Container Port (MICP). According to the BOC Commissioner, Nicanor Faeldon, the sacks were first declared to contain “glutinous supplies”, but upon checking they found out that it held rice reportedly from Hong Kong which was the place of origin as declared in the documents. “I […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — The usually frenetic streets of Hong Kong were deserted Friday as the city went into lockdown for Typhoon Haima, which has killed at least eight people in the Philippines. Flights were cancelled, roads were clear of cars and pavements empty, with schools and offices shut as the storm loomed southeast of Hong Kong. Trading on the city’s stock exchange was postponed and was unlikely to resume Friday. At 8:00 am […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets rallied Monday with financials up on easing fears about the future of German giant Deutsche Bank after a source said it was nearing a deal to slash a multi-billion-dollar US fine. Traders fled for cover last week, sending stocks reeling Friday, after US officials slapped the lender with a $14 billion charge over its role in the subprime mortgage crisis. The gigantic figure fuelled fears the bank […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The financial center of Asia is on high alert after Hong Kong confirmed its first case of Zika. According to the Hong Kong Department of Health, the patient is a 38-year old woman who experienced body pains and sore eyes last August 20. (Eagle News Service Described Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)
(Reuters) Hundreds of protesters rallied on Sunday against Hong Kong’s disqualification of six candidates from legislative elections, the latest outpouring of anger at a perceived tightening grip on the city’s freedoms by China. The former British colony was handed back to China in 1997 under an agreement that gave ultimate control to Communist Party rulers in Beijing while promising Hong Kong a high degree of autonomy. But Beijing’s refusal to grant full democracy, which […]
HONG KONG, United States (AFP) — Former Philippine leader Fidel Ramos said Friday he had met with a senior Chinese official during a trip to Hong Kong aimed at improving ties between Manila and Beijing, with both sides working towards formal discussions. Relations have cooled since a UN-backed tribunal ruled last month that China’s claims over most of the South China Sea were invalid, in a sweeping victory for the Philippines which brought the case. […]
(Reuters) The Philippines special envoy to China, Fidel Ramos, said on Friday Manila wants formal discussions with China to explore pathways to peace and cooperation after a meeting with former Chinese deputy foreign minister Fu Ying. Ramos was speaking near the end of a trip to Hong Kong undertaken in an attempt to rekindle ties with China, which have been soured by a maritime dispute in the South China Sea. An arbitration court in […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) – A high-profile Hong Kong pro-independence leader said Tuesday he had been barred from standing in upcoming parliamentary elections — the latest candidate backing separation from mainland China to be disqualified. The apparent ban for Edward Leung, of the Hong Kong Indigenous party, from the September vote came despite him signing a controversial new form declaring Hong Kong is an “inalienable” part of China. Critics have slammed the new stipulation by electoral […]
