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Top court dismisses government appeals and affirms equal housing and inheritance rights for same-sex couples after years of legal battles

Hong Kong’s top court has upheld earlier rulings that favored the granting of subsidized housing benefits and equal inheritance rights to same-sex couples, in a landmark victory for the city’s LGBTQ+ community

Hong Kong's top court ruled Tuesday to affirm housing and inheritance entitlements for same-sex couples, siding against the government in favour of LGBTQ rights protection.

Key Takeaways: The company’s net profit more than halved in the first half of the year, squeezed by price competition and weak consumer confidence The dining chain is planning to scale back its network in mainland China and Singapore By Lau Chi Hang 

Reed fired the second-ever 59 on the Asian Tour on Saturday at the Hong Kong Open.

LIV Golf star Patrick Reed has become just the second player to shoot a 59 on the Asian Tour, the American doing so in the third round at the Hong Kong Open.

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Jailed Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai on Friday said he had advocated for "peaceful resistance" against China's erosion of the city's freedoms and tried to "reduce violence" during huge democracy protests in 2019.

Rowdy cheers spilled from a Hong Kong banquet hall hosting a mass wedding party, as one of the 20 elderly couples renewing their vows coquettishly shared a strawberry marshmallow mouth-to-mouth.

Since her first brush with fame a decade ago, Hong Kong-born conductor Elim Chan has fought a "long-term battle" against tired assumptions about herself, music and how orchestras should be run.

Earlier this year, a Hong Kong finance worker was tricked into paying US$25 million to scammers who had used deepfake technology to pretend to be the company’s chief financial officer in a video conference call. Thinking the images on screen were his colleagues, the financier authorised the multi-million dollar transfer…