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Last year, Hong Kong's old central pier was decommissioned after half a century of action.

The outspoken leader of Hong Kong's Catholic church, Cardinal Joseph Zen says 10 years of Chinese rule have eaten away at the territory's freedoms.

Last year, Hong Kong's old central pier was decommissioned after half a century of action.

At midnight on June 30, 1997, Hong Kong was handed back to China after 156 years of British rule.

Are the people of Hong Kong better off, worse off, or is it business as usual after 10 years of Chinese rule? There is no doubt that Beijing's interpretation of the timetable for universal suffrage in Hong Kong, as provided for in the Basic Law, continues to generate angst and debate.

In East Timor, half a million people will cast their votes on Saturday to elect their second government since independence five years ago.

Urban sprawl on farmland is an issue worldwide and Vietnam is no exception.

Airlines in the Asia Pacific region are being encouraged to improve their environmental credentials, including the introduction of its own carbon emission programs.

Australia's largest city, Sydney, is getting ready to host this year's APEC summit in September and high level ministerial and business meetings are already taking place to talk about an agenda.

According to the man in charge, security planning for the Olympic Games in Beijing is well advanced.

The Australian Federal Police has confirmed it took part in an exercise in April with the Chinese Public Security Ministry, in the lead up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

The Chinese President, Hu Jintao, vowed to pursue political reform in a major address delivered earlier this week.

In the ten years since the Hong Kong handover China has become a global force, and is known as 'the factory of the world'.

East Timor's third election this year begins on Saturday, with voters to elect a new parliament.

Two years ago Chinese wine consumption was, on average, one glass per person.

Ten Australian federal police left Canberra on Wednesday for a new role in remote Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory.

There has been a breakthrough in a salary dispute threatening to disrupt the trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders.

Former Thai Prime Minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, was due to appear before police this week on charges of tax evasion.

Sri Lankan government forces and Tamil Tigers rebels are continuing their battle despite renewed international efforts to revive the peace process.