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The Financial Secretary Paul Chan has heeded calls from across the political spectrum for a HK$10,000 cash handout to all Hong Kong adult residents in his budget speech. He insists it's an "exceptional" measure that will not jeopardise the SAR's long-t...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan stressed that the cash handout plan won't cause a long-term burden to the government's fiscal account. He says the handout is intended to boost the economy - and it's not about trying to win over public sentiment following...

Sweden has demanded the release of Causeway Bay bookseller Gui Minhai, after a court in Ningbo sentenced him to ten years in prison for providing intelligence abroad. There's been widespread international concern about the case. Gui, a Swedish citizen,...

The government says local schools will be suspended for another month because of the coronavirus epidemic, and won’t re-open until April 20 at the earliest. Classes had been suspended since the Lunar New Year Holiday. But the government says the public...

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has tendered his resignation, shocking the country, after his political allies sought to form a new coalition in a bid to block the succession of leader-in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim. Anwar's rivals and opposition ...

The Covid-19 outbreak has now infected nearly 80,000 people around the world. The situation in the mainland is the most serious, with the number of deaths there up to almost 2,600. South Korea has also recorded a spike in cases in recent days, with mor...

Intelligence officials in the US have warned Congress that Russia is attempting to help President Trump win November’s presidential election, according to American media. The assessment was presented to the House Intelligence committee last week, where...