Hong Kong — “I made only 20 cups a day when I started the business. But now I sell up to 150 cups a day,” Johnson Ko, the owner of Coco Espresso, said. “I’ve seen rapidly increasing numbers of coffee drinkers in Hong Kong.” Ko is one of a number of young entrepreneurs to have embraced...

Hong Kong – Tsoi Yuen Tsuen will be bulldozed out of existence later this year to make way for Hong Kong’s controversial HK$66.9 billion (US$8.6 billion) high-speed Express Rail Link (XRL). Soundslide By Lily Lee, Monami Yui and Cleo Chen

One of the survivors of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, Han Dongfang is not passionate about recalling the event in which China’s People’s Liberation Army killed hundreds, if not thousands, of pro-democracy demonstrators. “Do you assume that I’m an unhappy man? No, I’m happy...

Hong Kong – Watch the city celebrating the arrival of the Year of the Tiger. Slideshow produced by Monami Yui Photos by Lise Dalmeijer, Marco Lui, Doug Meigs and Monami Yui

Hong Kong – The government will inject an additional HK$500 million into a fund to help owners of run-down buildings to carry out maintenance on older and more dilapidated blocks, Financial Secretary John Tsang said. The government-controlled Urban Renewal Authority will immediately start a redevelopment...

Hong Kong – The government will allocate an additional HK$52 million to support anti-drug efforts, Financial Secretary John Tsang said. Another HK$3 billion will be injected into the Beat Drugs Fund to raise further awareness on drug abuse and to promote community’s efforts to combat drugs. “The...

Hong Kong – The government will establish a HK$300 million fund to encourage the transport sector to introduce green and low-carbon vehicles, Financial Secretary John Tsang said. It will provide a 36-month subsidy scheme for the replacement of Euro II diesel buses, extending a previous subsidy...

Hong Kong – Hong Kong has overtaken London to become the world’s second largest wine auction centre since the abolition of import duties in 2008, Financial Secretary John Tsang said. The total value of wine imports reached $4 billion in 2009, a 41 pct year-on-year increase. The government...