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1994 Tragedy: 75 Killed in Plane Crash

When a commercial flight from Moscow to Hong Kong crashed in 1994, the pilot's 16-year-old...
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Rubber Duckies Lost at Sea: Washing Up 28 Years Later

On January 10, 1992, a shipment crate containing 28,000 plastic rubber duckies toys was lost...
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One Trillion Hong Kong-Style Populations

The population of the planet would be nearly exactly 1 trillion people, +/- 0.001%, if...
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Light Speed Max Proves Time Travel Impossible: Hong Kong Physicists

Researchers from the University of Hong Kong claim to have demonstrated in a recent study...
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Drunken Passengers: How Kung Fu Flight Attendants Handle Them on Hong Kong Airlines

To deal with drunken and disorderly passengers, Hong Kong Airlines flight attendants are trained in...
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Transpolar Flights: 5 Hours to Asia from North America

In the 1990s, the first commercial transpolar flight between North America and Asia was made...
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Opium Addiction Spurs HK Cession 'Til '97

In 1838, England imported approximately 1,400 tonnes of opium to China per year. As a...
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Bruce Lee's $100 Journey to US: Cha Cha Lessons Included

At the age of 18, Bruce Lee packed his belongings and left his home in...
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Bruce Lee Flees Hong Kong After Epic Street Fight

In the early 1960s, Bruce Lee was involved in a street brawl with the son...
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Hong Kong Actions Outperform Aid for Poverty Reduction in Britain

In the previous century, Britain accidentally did more to alleviate global poverty through its activities...
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Gangster Kidnaps Billionaire's Son, Seeks Investment Tips

In 2015, a Hong Kong gangster kidnapped Asia's richest man's son and demanded a US$130...
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Oyster Farming in Hong Kong: Suspending Bamboo Rafts

Oyster farms are a type of aquaculture, or marine farming, where oysters are grown for...
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