Hong Kong

Disney on Monday dismissed claims that its new Hong Kong theme park will only have enough activities to keep visitors occupied for four hours, saying it will offer a full day of fun. The company described as ”unfounded” a report in the satirical magazine Spike, which said there are concerns over the park having only one major ride.

A young boy looking for his mother walked from one subway station to another on the train tracks, narrowly dodging an oncoming train, a subway official said on Monday. The boy’s mother had mistakenly left him on a subway train and he walked the tracks looking for her after getting off at the next station.

She needs to be coddled with sweet talk and pampered with gifts, but you’ll never see her in the flesh, says a Hong Kong company that’s developing a ”virtual girlfriend” for new cellphones with video capability. The gifts will keep the relationship going from one level to the next — and even though it’s all made up of cold, hard data, suitors will have to pay cold, hard cash for the gifts.

Hong Kong justice chiefs have suspended a lawyer who admitted being ”drunk as a monkey” after his giggling and mumbling caused the adjournment of a court case, an official statement said on Tuesday. Roderick Murray clapped, put on his sunglasses, drummed his fingers on his desk and laughed during the court case.

Hong Kong shut down for business and battened down the hatches as a tropical storm packing winds of 75kph slammed into the territory on Friday. At least two people were injured and 10 flights in and out of the city were cancelled before Tropical Storm Kompasu made landfall in the rural north-eastern Sai Kung district.

Pop stars Neil Young and Prince were paid ,5-million more than they would normally receive to play a post-Sars (severe acute respiratory syndrome) festival in Hong Kong, an independent panel’s report into the heavily criticised event revealed on Monday. Other bands also received far more money than their usual fee.

An Australian crocodile expert failed on his first night on Friday to catch a rogue croc that has outwitted Hong Kong officials for almost two weeks. The crocodile has become a local media sensation after Hong Kong officials tried in vain to capture it for nearly two weeks.

Chinese authorities have banned the second Tomb Raider blockbuster starring Oscar-winner Angelina Jolie after complaining that it portrays the country negatively, giving the impression of a country in chaos.

Tourists normally avoid authoritarian nations such as Myanmar, but industry officials say their ideas — and their money – could be key to bringing down repressive regimes.

Memories of Beijing’s crackdown on pro-democracy activists in Tiananmen Square still resonate in Hong Kong, where activists marked Wednesday’s 14th anniversary by warning that civil liberties here could be crushed by a pending anti-subversion Bill.

With the vast majority of the population of Hong Kong now donning face masks to protect themselves from the Sars virus, the temptation to stand out from the crowd has proved too much for some.

Medical researchers around the world were desperately trying on Tuesday to identify a mysterious respiratory disease which has left at least nine people dead and sparked a global medical alert.

Air pollution in Hong Kong reached dangerous levels on Friday prompting a warning to people with heart and lung problems to stay off the streets.

A Hong Kong supermarket chain said on Saturday it has halted the sale of dog meat in its branches in China after customer protests.