HONG KONG — On a scale of one to ten, six is not exactly great.
When forward Hwang Sun Hong scored on a deft volley in the 26th minute, and midfielder Yoo Sang Chul drilled an unstoppable shot from the top of the penalty area in the 53rd minute, the stadium erupted in shrieking jubilation and the flashing of hundreds of camera bulbs.
HONG KONG — On a frontier where Vietnamese and Chinese soldiers exchanged bullets in a short but bloody war nearly three decades ago, construction workers from the two countries will soon join forces to build a highway that promises to bring new wealth to their once heavily guarded border regions.
I love Project Runway, writes San Francisco designer Zoe Hong on her Verbal Croquis blog.
The others, all Concert Artist Guild International Audition winners, are the Avalon String Quartet, on Feb. 3; Alpin Hong, a pianist, on Feb. 10; Ayako Yoshuida, a violinist, on Feb. 17; James Lent, a pianist, on March 10; and a duo, Anthea Kreston, a violinist, and Jason Duckles, a cellist, on March 24.
HONG KONG — A Hong Kong judge on Monday gave a dwindling band of Occupy Hong Kong protesters two weeks to vacate the space below HSBC's Asian headquarters, accepting a petition by the bank.
HONG KONG — A Hong Kong court on Wednesday overturned a ruling from last year that would have allowed foreign-born domestic workers to apply for permanent residency, the latest decision in a closely watched case.
HONG KONG — Sitting on a wooden bench near his small concrete house, Cheung Cheung drew his hand across the overgrown fields before him and described what they were used for.
HONG KONG — A run on the Bank of East Asia, one of Hong Kong's biggest and best-known banks, stopped Thursday as quickly as it had started the day before.
Shortly after this, Li Jingfang, a cousin, noticed on Hong's bookshelves an unusual work entitled Quanshi liangyan ("Good Words for Exhorting the Age").
