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Asia-focused HSBC profits double as credit losses reversed
By Jerome Taylor HSBC said on Tuesday that first-quarter profits more than doubled, helped by a reversal in credit losses as well as its ongoing restructuring and pivot to Asia. Adjusted profit before...
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Russian man ‘trapped’ on Chinese reality TV show finally voted out
By Jing Xuan Teng The reality TV ordeal of a Russian who joined a Chinese boy band show by accident — and made it to the finals despite urging fans to vote him off — has finally ended after nearly...
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Fifth senior official quits Hong Kong public broadcaster RTHK
A fifth senior staffer at Hong Kong public broadcaster RTHK has resigned, the news outlet has announced. RTHK. File photo: Tom Grundy/HKFP. RTHK‘s Assistant Director for Radio & Corporate...
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National security clampdown casts shadow over Hong Kong’s annual Tiananmen...
The future of Hong Kong’s annual candlelight vigil to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre – which was officially banned for the first time in three decades last year due to Covid-19...
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Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam to host RTHK show aired 4 times a day, as embattled...
Hong Kong’s embattled broadcaster RTHK has signed up Chief Executive Carrie Lam to host her own daily show on Beijing’s electoral overhaul for the city. The government-owned broadcaster will air The...
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Organiser of Hong Kong’s mass pro-democracy demos faces police probe, as...
A Hong Kong civil rights coalition which organised numerous demonstrations during the 2019 mass protests is facing a probe by the city’s police force into allegations that the group has breached the...
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Covid-19: Hong Kong social distancing measures to ease as ‘vaccination...
Bars and karaoke lounges in Hong Kong will be allowed to open gradually while restaurants will be given the option of easing dine-in restrictions to allow up to eight people per table from Thursday,...
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