The government in Hong Kong has restricted the import of live poultry and poultry products from parts of the Chinese city of Shenzhen due to concerns relating the detection of the bird flue there.

The move comes after a man who was diagnosed bird flu died in the southern city of Shenzhen. He ban on import is likely to stay for 21 days and comes as the authorities in Hong Kong increase effort to control the situation as H5N1 resurfaced in recent weeks.

Investors looking at the Hong Kong market appear more cautious of the bonds of yuan-denominated bonds, which are referred to as ‘dim-sum’ bonds as the rise of the Chinese currency is not certain in the coming months.

Internet giant, Google is planning to release the next version of its Android operating system, known as Android Ice Cream Sandwich on October 19 in Hong Kong, at an event which will also see the launch of a new smartphone by Samsung powered by new Android.

Samsung and Google had planned to launch Ice Cream Sandwich and the new device in San Diego on October 11. However, the two companies decided to delay the launch while the world paid tribute to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who died last week.

The founders of one of the most file sharing service in the world, The Pirate Bay have now come out with a new more legitimate service, called Bayfiles, which respects copyrighted content.

The new file-hosting site will be based in Hong Kong and will allow users around the world to exchange files while respecting copyright laws and ownerships, according to co-founder Fredrik Neij. He also said that the site has been developed in association with co-worker Peter Sunde.

Shanghai, April 21 : The erotic movie "3D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy" has become a huge draw in Hong Kong, a media report said.

Shanghai Daily reported Thursday that the pioneering 3D movie, which is $3.5 million Cantonese-language production, has beaten the first-day record set by "Avatar".

It earned HK$17 million (US$2.2 million) as of Tuesday after it opened last week in 73 screens, said producer Stephen Shiu.

The movie has full nudity and lovemaking scenes. It, however, does not show actual intercourse.

The entire genome of her fetus has been charted by the researchers of Hong Kong. It was discovered by using a blood sample from a mother-to-be. There is ability of opening the door for extensive non-invasive prenatal showing for genetic evils.

The Li Ka Shing Professor of Medicine and professor of chemical pathology of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, researcher Dennis Lo that the genome refers to the entire DNA a person possesses, MD has alleged that genome-wide sequencing of a fetus can be done simply using the mother's blood by the first proof of concept study indeed.

Custom officers in Hong Kong have seized synthetic drugs valued at $22.5 million in the international market.

According to officials, this was one of the largest drug rackets ever cracked in the country.

As per reports, the officials have detained 5 suspects aged between 25 and 60.

All of them will be charged with manufacturing hazardous drug or trafficking in a dangerous drug and will appear at Tsuen Wan Magistrates' Courts on Saturday.

It has been reported that researchers in Hong Kong have identified an identical gene in both humans and animals for antibiotic resistance.

Dr. Pak-Leung and colleagues at the Carol Yu Centre for Infection at the University of Hong Kong examined Escherichia coli bacteria, responsible for human urinary tract infections, in samples from both humans and food-producing animals.

According to media reports, archaeologists and others are expressing skepticism a team of explorers has found the remains of Noah's ark on Turkey's Mount Ararat.

Paul Zimansky, an archaeologist at Stony Brook University in New York state, told National Geographic, "I don't know of any expedition that ever went looking for the ark and didn't find it."

The alleged discovery was announced in Hong Kong Monday by Turkish and Chinese explorers from Noah's Ark Ministries International.

It's raining accolades for Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan in 2010.

The 67-year-old actor is all set to add another feather to his cap with the lifetime achievement award at the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival.

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has indicted four companies based in Hong Kong and Taiwan, for patent infringements.

The case which seeks a petition in a Federal Court says that these companies have transfigured over 300,000 genuine HP print heads from its services in Asia and sold these components globally as products manufactured by Hong Kong-based Mipo, according to reports of Bloomberg.

The other three accused are Taiwan-based printer cartridge maker, MicroJet Technology, Hong Kong-based PTC Holdings and SinoTime Technologies, US affiliate of Mipo.

Hong Kong, March 1 - Movie star Jackie Chan has been voted one of the least trustworthy Hong Kong personalities in a poll, scoring lower than the city's unpopular Chief Executive Donald Tsang.

Chan, 56, who stunned his home city last year by saying Chinese people needed to be controlled and that too much freedom might harm China, finished behind Beijing-appointed Tsang, who ranked 77th out of 80 in the most-trusted poll.

On Monday, Hong Kong shares revived back to life after facing a one-week low after the Shanghai wrapped up quickly making gains and giving a sigh of relief to the investors.

China's index ladders up, with a better than expected performance and a whammy reserve ratio, after a long financial weekend, following the moves of the U. S. Policy. It closed down 0.49 percent in thin volume, led by banks.

A possibility of cure for Glaucoma and other eye ailments can be aided by green tea. Researchers in Hong Kong have found that it may be a possibility that eye diseases can be treated by consumption of green tea.

Hong Kong, Jan 8 : Thousands of protesters surrounded Hong Kong's parliament Friday to demonstrate against a proposed $8.6-billion express rail link to China.

The crowd, holding up banners and chanting slogans, gathered as legislators began a meeting where they are expected to approve funding for the controversial 26-km underground railway.

Protest organisers said there were more than 4,000 demonstrators outside the city's parliament shortly after 5 p. m. (1430 IST) and predicted the number could later reach 10,000 as people joined in after finishing work.

Hong Kong, Jan 6 - Wildlife campaigners in Hong Kong were fighting Wednesday to stop a rare bluefin tuna bought for $175,000 from being served in a Japanese restaurant chain in the city.

The 232-kg, 15-year-old fish was bought at an auction in Tokyo by the Hong Kong restaurant chain Itamae Sushi and a Japanese partner chain Kyubei Sushi.

The price it fetched at Tuesday's auction was the highest paid in nine years in Japan for a giant tuna, but conservationists said fishing of the bluefin species should be halted as stocks dwindle.

Hong Kong, Dec 29 - The Hong Kong government was Tuesday being pressed to investigate claims that plainclothes Chinese police dragged activists and journalists across the border into China.

Four activists and two journalists from Hong Kong were detained for three hours in China Sunday after a protest rally at an immigration control point on the Hong Kong side of the border.

The six, who protested the jailing in China Dec 25 of prominent dissident Liu Xiaobo, claim they were dragged across the border by plainclothes Chinese police.

Hong Kong, Dec 28 - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao Monday publicly chided Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang over "deep-rooted conflicts" in the city and told him to be more effective in tackling them.

The remarks, made during Tsang's annual duty visit to Beijing, come as the Hong Kong government faces opposition as it tries to push through electoral reforms in the former British colony.

Pro-democracy legislators say the reforms do not go far enough towards universal suffrage and Beijing has shown increasing frustration at Tsang's hesitant handling of the issue.

Hong Kong, Dec 26 - Hong Kong visitor arrivals surged 7.6 percent year-on-year in November, thanks partly to moves allowing more mainland Chinese into the former British colony, officials said Saturday.

The city of seven million welcomed 2.6 million visitors in November, with a 13.3 percent rise in arrivals from mainland China compared to the same month in 2008.

The healthy figures put Hong Kong on course to come close to 2008's record year-end total of 30 million visitors, despite the global slump which has hit tourism hard.

Hong Kong, Dec 21 - More political activists were barred from entering Macau as the territory marked the 10th anniversary of its return to Chinese rule, a news report said Monday.

Three activists from Hong Kong said they were detained and roughed up by immigration officers when they arrived in the territory by ferry Sunday, the day of the anniversary, the South China Morning Post reported.

One of the pro-democracy activists told the newspaper he was detained for an hour, pushed and kicked in the groin before being put back on a ferry to Hong Kong.