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  "id": 8869982,
  "title": "Once the world’s most-visited city, Hong Kong now converts hotels into student dorms",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/once-the-worlds-most-visited-city-hong-kong-now-converts-hotels-into-8869982",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-21T07:00:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
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    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3368207/once-worlds-most-visited-city-hong-kong-now-converts-hotels-student-dorms"
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  "summary": "Late last month, an open tender for Hotel Cozi Harbour View in Kwun Tong was announced, with interested parties given until October 15 to submit bids. The 598-room hotel, located in Hong Kong’s eastern Kowloon Peninsula, a former industrial area, was taken over by Nanyang Commercial Bank for HK$1.87 billion (US$238.4 million) in 2025, with the bank now looking to dispose of the asset to the…",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/soft-resistance-is-the-most-malicious-threat-to-nat-security-in-hong",
        "published": "2026-09-21T04:21:53.000Z"
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/f-35-parts-diversion-to-hong-kong-under-probe-in-u-s-congress",
        "published": "2026-09-21T05:34:00.000Z"
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        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "14 Malaysians held in Hong Kong over suspected drug smuggling",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/14-malaysians-held-in-hong-kong-over-suspected-drug-smuggling",
        "published": "2026-09-21T06:10:07.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}