Hong Kong  - Plans to build a museum dedicated to the life of fabled kung fu actor Bruce Lee are moving ahead with proposals for an international design competition, a media report said Saturday.

The project involves the restoration of Lee's former house in the Kowloon Tong district of Hong Kong plus the possibility of building an adjacent cinema and library, the South China Morning Post said.

Hong Kong  - The brother of a homeless Nepalese man shot dead by a police officer has demanded a full explanation from Hong Kong's police and government, a media report said Friday.

Ram Limbu, who arrived in Hong Kong from Britain and identified the body of his younger brother Dil Bahadur Limbu on Thursday, is also taking legal advice about his relative's death, the South China Morning Post said.

Hong Kong  - Hong Kong stocks recovered the bullish sentiment seen earlier week after the benchmark Hang Seng index climbed 3.6 per cent on Thursday.

The Hang Seng broke the 14,000-point mark to close up 486.87 points at 14,108.98, an 11-week high.

Turnover was 64.05 billion Hong Kong dollars (8.2 billion dollars).

Analysts said investor confidence reflected wider upbeat sentiment in Asia about the US economy.

Hong Kong - Hong Kong is playing an important role in the survival of the endangered green turtle by acting as a key breeding ground and transit route, a media report said Thursday.

Biologists using satellite tracking tags fixed to four female green turtles showed Hong Kong was a vital marine passage, the Standard newspaper said.

"Our data showed they do migrate among feeding grounds in waters near Hong Kong, migrating from the Philippines to China to lay eggs," said Cheung Ka-shing, an officer with the Agriculture Fisheries and Conservation Department.

Hong Kong  - The price for new flats in Hong Kong has crashed to their lowest level since 2003 as a Chinese property developer offered homes for 1.83 million Hong Kong dollars (234,615 dollars), a media report said Thursday.

Developer Chinese Estates cut prices by up to 20 per cent to attract buyers to a new housing project in the west Kowloon area of the city, the Standard said.

The prices are the lowest since the economic slump caused by an outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) respiratory disease.