Provides the latest RSS feeds for Hong Kong News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Hong Kong Herald.com http://www.hongkongherald.com/index.php/cat/b82693edf38ebff8/ en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 23:29:30 -0400 Sat, 25 May 2013 23:29:30 -0400 30 Visitors walk past the "Beetle Sphere" by Ichwan Noor at the Art Basel Hong Kong fair in Hong Kong on May 23, 2013. The first Art Basel fair to be hosted by Hong Kong boasts a prestigious array of international art, highlighting the city's new role as a global arts hub amid an explosion of personal wealth in mainland China. AFP PHOTO / Philippe ... http://www.hongkongherald.com/index.php/sid/214771061/scat/b82693edf38ebff8 Sat, 25 May 2013 22:13:55 -0400 http://www.hongkongherald.com/index.php/sid/214771061/scat/b82693edf38ebff8 Sammy's Kitchen in Hong Kong . And that is not the only way this restaurant stands out in a neighborhood clustered with Cantonese fare. Sammy's trademark is a large three-dimensional billboard of a cow. It juts out over Queen's Road West in the Sheung Wan district, a neighborhood where the odor of dried squid mingles with the aroma of herbs from nearby traditional medicine ... http://www.hongkongherald.com/index.php/sid/214769030/scat/b82693edf38ebff8 Sat, 25 May 2013 20:03:06 -0400 http://www.hongkongherald.com/index.php/sid/214769030/scat/b82693edf38ebff8 Kwun Tong District Council Ping Shek Constituency voters are urged to vote in a by-election tomorrow.The polling station at Ping Shek Estate Catholic Primary School in Ping Shek Estate will open from 7.30am to 10.30pm.A hotline, 2891 1001, will operate from 7am to 11pm to answer queries, while a complaints hotline, 2827 7251, will operate from 7:30am to 11pm to handle complaints about electoral ... http://www.hongkongherald.com/index.php/sid/214759912/scat/b82693edf38ebff8 Sat, 25 May 2013 09:43:29 -0400 http://www.hongkongherald.com/index.php/sid/214759912/scat/b82693edf38ebff8 The Centre for Health Protection is investigating a confirmed case of severe paediatric influenza A infection affecting an 11-month-old girl.The baby, with good past health, came down with a fever and cough on May 17. Her condition deteriorated on May 23 and she was admitted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital's Paediatric Intensive Care Unit the next day.She is now in critical condition, with a ... http://www.hongkongherald.com/index.php/sid/214758300/scat/b82693edf38ebff8 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:36:24 -0400 http://www.hongkongherald.com/index.php/sid/214758300/scat/b82693edf38ebff8 Secretary for the Environment KS Wong says Hong Kong will have trouble dealing with waste in the near future if the city cannot expand its landfills. The Government will try to strike a balance to respond to local concerns.Speaking to the media after attending a radio programme this morning, Mr Wong said everyone in Hong Kong should consider both the city's concerns and local needs, and that ... http://www.hongkongherald.com/index.php/sid/214758301/scat/b82693edf38ebff8 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:36:23 -0400 http://www.hongkongherald.com/index.php/sid/214758301/scat/b82693edf38ebff8 Secretary for Transport & Housing cum Housing Authority Chairman Prof Anthony Cheung (third left, front) and Secretary for the Environment (third right, rear) KS Wong attend the award presentation for Food Waste Has Value - Innovative Cooking Recipe ... http://www.hongkongherald.com/index.php/sid/214758299/scat/b82693edf38ebff8 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:36:23 -0400 http://www.hongkongherald.com/index.php/sid/214758299/scat/b82693edf38ebff8 Secretary for Development Paul Chan said Barry Cheung's resignation will not have a significant impact on the Urban Renewal Authority's work in the short term, as its work plan had already been submitted to the Development Bureau.In a media session today, Mr Chan said an earlier re-appointment decision was based on the consideration that many veteran non-executive members of the ... http://www.hongkongherald.com/index.php/sid/214758303/scat/b82693edf38ebff8 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:36:23 -0400 http://www.hongkongherald.com/index.php/sid/214758303/scat/b82693edf38ebff8 Secretary for Development Paul Chan (centre, front row), and Permanent Secretary for Development (Works) Wai Chi-sing (second right, front row), officiate at the opening ceremony of the Be Our Greening Partner campaign and tree ... http://www.hongkongherald.com/index.php/sid/214758302/scat/b82693edf38ebff8 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:36:23 -0400 http://www.hongkongherald.com/index.php/sid/214758302/scat/b82693edf38ebff8 Forty-three schools and kindergartens were commended today for their meritorious green projects and contribution to environmental greening.Speaking at the prize-presentation ceremony today, the Leisure & Cultural Services Department 's Chief Leisure Manager (Green Campaign) Horace Cheung said the number of participating schools had increased from around 300 in 2000 to more than 850 this ... http://www.hongkongherald.com/index.php/sid/214758304/scat/b82693edf38ebff8 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:36:22 -0400 http://www.hongkongherald.com/index.php/sid/214758304/scat/b82693edf38ebff8 Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations) Tang Kam-moon (centre, front row) presents certificates at the 2013 Bronze Award Presentation Ceremony of the Hong Kong Award for Young People Police Operating ... http://www.hongkongherald.com/index.php/sid/214758305/scat/b82693edf38ebff8 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:36:22 -0400 http://www.hongkongherald.com/index.php/sid/214758305/scat/b82693edf38ebff8 Hong Kong's Consumer Price Index (CPI) in June climbed to 5.6 percent from a year ago, higher than the 5.2 percent rise in May, mainly due to the enlarged increases in private housing rentals, as well as the charges for household services and the prices of pork, the city's statistics department said here on Thursday. Netting out the effects of all the one-off relief measures from the ... http://www.hongkongherald.com/index.php/sid/214756109/scat/b82693edf38ebff8 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:29:19 -0400 http://www.hongkongherald.com/index.php/sid/214756109/scat/b82693edf38ebff8 Hong Kong's liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) ceiling prices at LPG stations will range from 4.44 HK dollars (0.57 U.S. dollars) to 4.86 HK dollars per liter in August, down 25 to 26 cents per liter, the city's Electrical and Mechanical Services Department said here on Thursday. It said the adjustment reflects the movement of the international LPG price in ... http://www.hongkongherald.com/index.php/sid/214755283/scat/b82693edf38ebff8 Sat, 25 May 2013 03:18:19 -0400 http://www.hongkongherald.com/index.php/sid/214755283/scat/b82693edf38ebff8 In a city that adores brand names, it is perhaps no surprise that the Art Basel franchise is going down well. With supporters including Ruinart champagne, Davidoff cigars and Audemars Piguet watches, the fair has aligned itself with the trappings of high-end luxury for its first edition in Hong ... http://www.hongkongherald.com/index.php/sid/214752415/scat/b82693edf38ebff8 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:14:43 -0400 http://www.hongkongherald.com/index.php/sid/214752415/scat/b82693edf38ebff8 Hong Kong's non-profit art spaces and institutions, typically founded by artists and curators, have matured in recent years, thanks to private funding and increased government support. Active in organising community art projects and commissioning works of art, most are found in the old centres of Hong Kong Island and ... http://www.hongkongherald.com/index.php/sid/214750975/scat/b82693edf38ebff8 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:59:21 -0400 http://www.hongkongherald.com/index.php/sid/214750975/scat/b82693edf38ebff8 Two days of heavy rain late last month flattened Paul McCarthy's just-unveiled 51ft-high, 110ft-long Complex Pile, 2007. Installed on the site of what will become the West Kowloon Cultural District, a US$2.8 billion project, this inflatable sculpture, in the words of the curators, "mocks its picturesque surroundings and pokes fun at the prudent qualities of public sculpture". ... http://www.hongkongherald.com/index.php/sid/214750976/scat/b82693edf38ebff8 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:59:19 -0400 http://www.hongkongherald.com/index.php/sid/214750976/scat/b82693edf38ebff8 Contemporary art has never been so fashionable in Hong Kong, which art fairs and commercial galleries have helped make happen. But turning the curious into collectors will take ... http://www.hongkongherald.com/index.php/sid/214750977/scat/b82693edf38ebff8 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:59:16 -0400 http://www.hongkongherald.com/index.php/sid/214750977/scat/b82693edf38ebff8