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  • Horse Racing Hong Kong horses score double win at SIA Cup

    Singapore's most prestigious international horse racing event -- the Singapore Airlines International Cup -- witnessed a Hong Kong double on ...

  • Military Attack wins Singapore Airlines Cup to make it Hong Kongs night

    Military Attack and Zac Purton are led in after the Singapore Airlines International Cup by George Moore, son of trainer John Moore. Photograph: Neville ...

  • Hong Kong dolphins at risk from pollution

    Hong Kong's harbour is home to unique pink dolphins, but there are growing concerns pollution is damaging their habitat. The dolphins inhabit some of the busiest waters in the world and so far have overcome the challenges posed by living in such a heavily-used environment. Now, activists fear escalating pollution levels are too much even for them. Al Jazeera's Rob McBride reports ...

  • Horse racing-Hong Kong horses steal the show in Singapore

    By Peter Rutherford SINGAPORE, May 19 (Reuters) - Hong Kong horses swooped to capture the biggest prizes on the Singapore racing calendar on Sunday, Military Attack romping to an easy win in the S$3 million ($2.39 million)SIA Cup and Lucky Nine landing the S$1 million KrisFlyer Sprint. Military Attack made it four wins on the trot after blowing away a top quality field in the main race at ...

  • Hong Kong City Guide Where to Eat Play and Stay

    Hong Kong has plenty of superlative hotels, amazing food, and cool shopping. That's why we've narrowed down a few picks from our editor at large, Hanya Yanagihara--to make it easier for ...


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Casino Jack

Casino Jack opens with its eponymous antihero, disgraced super-lobbyist and businessman Jack Abramoff (Kevin Spacey), delivering an increasingly angry defense of himself into a bathroom mirror. He is not practicing a speech, nor is his defense directed at anyone in particular. Rath ... ...

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  • On Hong Kong Shelves Illicit Dirt on China Elite

    Visitors from mainland China climb the narrow stairs to a cramped room here filled with forbidden delights: shelves of scandal-packed exposs about ...

  • HK Our Home activities to be held

    A host of activities for the 'Hong Kong: Our Home' Campaign will be staged this week, including art exhibitions, the HSBC Share-To-Care Volunteer Campaign, and the Cohesion of Youth Carnival.From May 22, two free exhibitions will run concurrently at the new Visual Arts Exhibition & Activity Centre on Oil Street, North Point.The 'Embark! Beyond the Horizon' exhibition, ...

  • Health chief begins German visit

    Secretary for Food & Health Dr Ko Wing-man (right) listens to the briefing by the Chief Executive Officer of a Chinese medicine clinic in Ktzting Anton Staudinger on the facilities and operation of the clinic during a visit in ...

  • Air traffic movements up 5.1

    Passenger trips and air-traffic movements at Hong Kong International Airport rose 1.1% and 5.1% year-on-year in April, to 4.9 million and 30,530, while cargo volume increased 4.5% to 342,000 tonnes.The Airport Authority said today that for the first four months of the year, the airport handled 19.2 million passengers, 1.28 million tonnes of cargo, and 119,025 flight movements, representing ...

  • Art Basel to bring international flair to Hong Kong

    Art lovers, collectors and gallerists will gather on Thursday for Hong Kong's inaugural edition of Art Basel, sealing the city's status as an international art hub and Asia's leading art destination. The four-day annual show is the world's premier art fair and has until now only been held in Switzerland and the United States each year. More than 2,000 international artists ...

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