SCMP reports Australian property tycoon Denis Jen Chiu-kao is in a battle with a Hong Kong doctor over alleged mistakes during surgery to fix a bone fracture, taking out advertisements in Chinese newspapers and calling a press conference to complain. ...

The Standard reports the Democratic Party is under pressure from younger members to be part of a game plan for legislators to resign and force elections that will serve as a referendum on universal suffrage. But it appeared unlikely last night that...

SCMP reports corporate voting in functional constituency elections was unconstitutional because the Basic Law allowed for only "natural persons" to vote, a court heard yesterday. A judicial review hearing was also told that individual voters'...

The Standard reports renowned kung fu master Leung Ting was sentenced yesterday to two months in jail for attacking his girlfriend. Kowloon City deputy magistrate Ko Wai-hung released Leung, 62, on HK$50,000 bail pending appeal. Following the sentencing,...

Customs officers have seized 103 modified game consoles and 316 pirated game discs worth more than $200,000 in raids on 13 shops in Sham Shui Po, four in Mong Kok and four in Wan Chai. A new technique is being used by some shops to illegally modify game...

The Government has published a consultation paper on the methods for selecting the Chief Executive and for forming the Legislative Council in 2012. Unveiling the document at the Legislative Council meeting this afternoon, Chief Secretary for Administration...

SCMP reports the legal community has criticised the creation of more functional constituency seats in the Legislative Council as a setback and against the principles of universal suffrage. The functional constituency system has long been seen by many...

The ICAC has charged 47 persons for allegedly conspiring to defraud the Student Financial Assistance Agency (SFAA) of Non-means Tested Loans (NTLs) totalling over $2.6 million. Among the defendants, three are suspected masterminds. They are Chau Yim-keung,...

The Standard reports t he Catholic Church is facing a new sex scandal after a Chinese University PhD student appeared in court yesterday accused of blackmailing a priest. Economics student Cheung Ka-wo, 27, is accused of attempting to extort HK$6.3 million...

SCMP reports a manager at DBS Bank has been arrested and sacked over suspicions she stole HK$20 million from customers' accounts. Police are looking into whether the 33-year-old woman used forged documents to transfer the funds from accounts held...

Chief Executive Donald Tsang has reiterated the Government is determined to advance Hong Kong's democratic development in 2012, paving the way for universal suffrage elections for the Chief Executive in 2017 and the entire legislature in 2020.  He...

The Standard reports the Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor has decided to drop its investigation into the alleged love affair between lawmaker Kam Nai-wai and his former assistant Kimmie Wong Lai-chu. Director Law Yuk-kai said Wong's lawyer called him...

SCMP reports the film industry has cited uncertainties about movie distribution models as a major reason that it does not want to relax rules on media shifting - changing music or movies from one digital format to another. The government last week suggested...

SCMP reports the Catholic diocese has appealed against a 2006 ruling that upheld the constitutionality of government reforms of school management. The Court of Appeal yesterday heard the diocese's judicial challenge, which says the reforms took away protection...

Customs officers have arrested a 21-year-old woman student and seized counterfeit cosmetics and a computer worth $29,000 in total. Acting on reports about the sale of fake cosmetics on a local auction website, officers found suspected bogus cosmetics and...

The Standard reports a deaf-mute church deacon who stabbed his lover to death for pressuring him to get a divorce and marry her was yesterday jailed for 15 years. Yip Kai-ming, 47, a deacon at the Hong Kong Deaf People's Christian Church in Kowloon...

The Standard reports the banker boyfriend of a former Hang Seng Bank manager who stole HK$98.67 million from 13 clients - including an actress - claims he had little idea of the transactions she carried out using an account in his name. Appearing in the...

The Standard reports a toddler died of severe brain injuries after being repeatedly dropped on her head by her adoptive mother, a Court of First Instance judge was told yesterday. The incident was witnessed by a chef in a hotel opposite the flat...

SCMP reports the Consumer Council has warned that misleading claims such as "less sweet", "unsweetened" and "reduced sugar" on drinks will not be regulated by the food-labelling law that goes into force in July. The council...

SCMP reports while Hong Kong awaits the introduction of full democracy, at least 1,800 people are able to cast three votes in Legislative Council elections. About that number are registered as individual electors in geographical and functional constituencies,...

The Standard reports an elderly woman has been arrested after a two-meter metal pipe fell and hit the roof of a delivery van parked in Sham Shui Po yesterday. The 79-year-old, surnamed Chu, is believed to have admitted that the pipe, used to hang clothes...

The Immigration Department, Police and the Labour Department arrested 22 illegal workers and seven employers today (14th) as the Immigration (Amendment) Ordinance 2009 took effect. The crackdown started at 8am and ended at 5.30pm, seeing raids on 76 workplaces...

SCMP reports about 3,000 tenants of shopping malls and fresh markets, including 200 doctors, yesterday joined a fight against a rent rise at premises managed by The Link Management, with many switching off lights and some suspending business for a few hours....

The Standard reports one worker was killed and another injured yesterday in separate industrial accidents involving vehicles that do not require a driving license. Yau Hung, 37, was crushed to death when his digger plunged 10 feet from the first to the...

The Standard reports a woman suspected of hurling a bag of apples from her Shek Kip Mei flat on Wednesday night is expected to be charged today. The bag landed just a meter away from the spot on Pak Tin Estate hit by a falling 5.5-kilogram hammer...

The Standard reports Cathay Pacific faces a bill of around HK$100 million after a High Court judge ruled yesterday that the airline behaved wrongly in the firing of dozens of pilots eight years ago. Seventeen pilots are now each in line for payouts of...

SCMP reports web users who make copyrighted music or video available to others on the internet could in future face criminal charges if the actions harm the copyright owners. But the government has proposed to relax rules on "media shifting",...

SCMP reports surveillance has been stepped up at a block of flats on a Shek Kip Mei housing estate after a number of dangerous objects were hurled to the ground from upper floors, including a chopper and a 7kg sledgehammer. The hammer narrowly missed a...

The Standard reports privacy watchdogs are investigating three complaints about the unauthorized use of hidden video cameras and telephone bugging devices. But the probes into snooping are shrouded in mystery because beyond saying the complaints came...

Secretary for Justice Wong Yan Lung says the Government has no current plan to introduce juries for criminal trials in the District Court. Mr Wong told lawmakers today, under the existing system, a defendant is equally assured of a fair trial by a judge...