2008-08-22 (Friday)

• Hong Kong issues its highest storm warning as Typhoon Nuri head towards the territory, halting trade at the stock exchange and shutting down most of the city. [1]

2008-08-22 (Friday)

• Hong Kong's chief executive Donald Tsang receives criticism for both the high cost and "negative energy caused by bad feng shui" of a new satellite dish atop Government House. [2]

2008-08-21 (Thursday)

• Convicted peadophile and disgraced singer Gary Glitter is refused entry into Hong Kong after flying there in an attempt to evade deportation back to the UK. [3]

2008-08-21 (Wednesday)

• Four horses taking part in the Beijing Olympics's equestrian events at Hong Kong test positive for the banned substance capsaicin. [4]

2008-08-10 (Sunday)

• Two firefighters and two others are killed at a fire in Mongkok, Kowloon. [5]