Hong Kong has a free market economy, highly dependent on international trade and finance - the value of goods and services trade, including the sizable share of reexports, is about four times GDP.

Pak Tin Estate in Beacon Hill, Kowloon. Rents in Hong Kong rose to a five-and-a-half-year high in February. Photo: Eugene Lee ...

Those celebrations ended four years ago. My father, Jimmy Lai, is sitting in solitary confinement in a Hong Kong prison. He was once one of the city’s most successful entrepreneurs. He pioneered ...

Some high schools that once took a “college for all” approach are now guiding teenagers toward more choices. Do you think that is a good idea? By Shannon Doyne Look closely at this image ...

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Israel Carries Out Deadly Strikes in Gaza and Warns of More Attacks Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office cited Hamas’s refusal “to release our hostages” in authorizing the first ...

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A massive fire broke out early on Sunday in the nightclub, killing 59 people and injuring about 100 more, interior minister ...

Try these discussions to improve your speaking and listening. There are 20 questions in each activity - 10 for Student A and 10 for Student B. You can print out the worksheet. You can listen to the ...

Partly cloudy. The chance of raised dust in the north early this evening. Winds northwesterly 20 to 30 km/h shifting south to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h in the evening. Sun protection recommended ...