SCMP reports advertisements for second-hand homes will have to show exactly how much space there is in each flat from next year, though estate agents will not be banned from using a controversial measure that can hugely inflate the quoted size of flats....

The Standard reports a construction worker arrested at the Chinese University of Hong Kong is believed to be linked to 13 cases of theft and voyeurism at the Ma Liu Shui campus. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=4&art_id=122712&sid=36482025&con_type=3&d_str=20120523&fc=4...

The Standard reports a further nine suspects, one of them female, have been arrested in connection with the brutal chopping of a suspected gangster in Cheung Sha Wan two weeks ago. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=122692&sid=36479175&con_type=1...

SCMP reports a company bidding to run a new free-to-air television station has waded into a row over the future of the free television market by urging the government to launch a consultation on whether the public really wants more free channels. ...

Secretary for Development Carrie Lam says she is pleased no confrontation ensued during the Lands Department's operation to remove illegal structures erected on Government land in Tai Tong Lychee Valley. The contractors were backed by Police officers during...

SCMP reports land officers and contract workers failed to remove more illegal structures from a rural leader's park and zoo in Yuen Long yesterday as dozens of villagers guarded the entrance and hurled insults at them. http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a3b5f895b7f67310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=Hong+Kong&s=News...

The Standard reports legislators may soon face another filibuster as pan- democrats try to force Chief Executive-designate Leung Chun-ying to consult the public on his government restructuring plan. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=11&art_id=122664&sid=36467795&con_type=1&d_str=20120522&fc=2...

SCMP reports Apple, fighting for the right to use the "iPad" name on the mainland, won a Hong Kong court ruling yesterday, barring its legal adversary from introducing certain evidence in an upcoming trial in the city. http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3c55f895b7f67310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=Hong+Kong&s=News...

SCMP reports a magistrate yesterday refused to hear self-styled fung shui master Tony Chan Chun-chuen's application to halt criminal proceedings against him, saying that decision should be left to the court where Chan will be tried. http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1584f895b7f67310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=Hong+Kong&s=News...

Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma welcomed four new Senior Counsel - CY Li, Robert Pang, Eugene Fung and Charles Manzoni - to enrich the pool of able counsel assisting judges to fulfil their oath of administering justice according to the law. Speaking at the...

The Standard reports tough terms for private hospital operators have influential political figure Bernard Charnwut Chan balking at a bid for a project in Wong Chuk Hang. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=11&art_id=122610&sid=36460727&con_type=1&d_str=20120521&fc=1...

The Standard reports Legislative Council president Jasper Tsang Yok-sing and his pre-handover predecessor Andrew Wong Wang-fat yesterday traded barbs over the former's decision to halt the filibuster on the government's by-election bill. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=122618&sid=36461143&con_type=3...

Secretary for Constitutional & Mainland Affairs Raymond Tam says the Government fully respects Legislative Council President Jasper Tsang’s decision to end the debate on the replacement mechanism bill. Speaking to the media today, Mr Tam said...

SCMP reports wealthy businessman Jerome Lau Ting-sing took nude photos of a second victim at his home in 2008, a court was told yesterday. http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e75db3e26fa57310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=Hong+Kong&s=News...

SCMP reports a 33-hour marathon filibuster came to an abrupt end yesterday after Legislative Council president Tsang Yok-sing invoked for the first time powers in the rules of procedure to halt debate on a controversial bill to restrict Legco by-elections....

The Standard reports a former assistant director of lands, Patrick Fan Yung-cheong, received an eight-month suspended jail sentence for fraudulently claiming more than HK$1.3 million in housing benefits from the government between 1987 and 1995. ...

The Standard reports a South Asian man was arrested after a bomb hoax at the crowded Central MTR station, during which four exits were sealed. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=11&art_id=122518&sid=36422034&con_type=1&d_str=20120517&fc=7...

The Standard reports Television Broadcasts, which enjoys a quasi-monopoly over Hong Kong's free-to-air market, said it may take legal measures to prevent the government from issuing more licenses. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=11&art_id=122521&sid=36423024&con_type=1&d_str=20120517&fc=7...

The Standard reports the trial of well-known businessman Jerome Lau Ting- sing and Lo Yan-kit, a member of the boy band 4anda, on charges of molesting several men and threatening to put nude pictures of them on the internet began in the District Court yesterday....

The Standard reports lawmakers will brush up on their calligraphy, draw cartoons, write columns for newspapers and catch up on reading during an all-night sitting to debate the controversial by-election bill. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=122478&sid=36411972&con_type=3...

SCMP reports the professor appointed head of Hong Kong's Academy of Performing Arts has been caught up in controversy back in Australia. http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=711d3434d2157310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=Hong+Kong&s=News...

The Executive Council has accepted an independent commission's recommendations on the remuneration package for politically appointed officials serving in the fourth-term Government. Secretary for Constitutional & Mainland Affairs Raymond Tam told the...

Customs officers have arrested a 42-year-old man after seizing electronic goods worth $4 million. Officers saw a high-powered speedboat south of Sham Shui Kok during a joint anti-smuggling operation with Marine Police yesterday. The boat was stopped off...

SCMP reports defeated chief executive candidate Henry Tang Ying-yen on Tuesday ruled out running in the upcoming Legislative Council election, saying he wanted a break to think about his future. http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=34097aa7cce47310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=Hong+Kong&s=News...

SCMP reports Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen on Tuesday urged legislators to stop a filibuster aimed at stalling a controversial government bill. http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=03b07aa7cce47310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=Hong+Kong&s=News...

The District Court today sentenced a 61-year-old man to 32 months in jail, and his 28-year-old son to 20 months, for money-laundering offences. Several victims living overseas were informed they had won lucky draw prizes and were required to deposit various...

SCMP reports a preliminary hearing in the criminal case against self-styled fung shui master Tony Chan Chun-chuen will be far shorter than expected, as only three prosecution witnesses will testify, a court heard yesterday. http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3e3b3513c9b47310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=Hong+Kong&s=News...

The Standard reports angry demonstrators took to the streets yesterday, protesting the abuse of police powers and calling on top cop Andy Tsang Wai-hung to step down. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=4&art_id=122382&sid=36387968&con_type=1&d_str=20120514&fc=1...

Police arrested six men aged 22 to 56 in connection with a gang knife attack in Cheung Sha Wan in which one of the attackers was shot by a policeman and died. They are being held for questioning. At about 9.40pm last night, a traffic officer found...

The Standard reports top banker and longest-serving legislator David Li Kwok-po ends his political career on June 30 wishing he'd never started it 27 years ago. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=122385&sid=36388557&con_type=3...