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The government is proposing a series of relief measures mostly aimed at poor or elderly people that could cost taxpayers at least HK$10 billion a year. Half of this will be used to give elderly people higher allowances, while a relaxation of income lim...

Around 80,000 low-income households across Hong Kong are being offered free digital televisions, as the government prepares to switch off all of the city's analogue channels. The free TVs, for those who receive welfare payments and who only have analog...

A survey commissioned by the Civic Exchange think-tank suggests the majority of people in Hong Kong don't think climate change is an urgent issue – with just 16 percent putting it ahead of livelihood or health matters. But the think tank says the surve...

Classes have restarted at the Polytechnic University, after being closed off for more than a month while its facilities were being repaired. The school says it’s fixed most areas that were damaged when police surrounded the campus and fought with petro...

Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from the areas surrounding the Taal volcano, after it started spewing molten rock into the sky. A state of calamity has been declared, and scientists are warning of an imminent "explosive eruption". RTHK'...

In Taiwan crowds from rival camps have been attending rallies across the island, and sporting the colours of rival parties, on the final day of campaigning for candidates in Saturday's presidential and parliamentary elections. The incumbent President T...

A survey by the Ocean Park Conservation Foundation suggests there's widespread ignorance about the dire situation of Chinese horseshoe crabs - a once common but now endangered species. The foundation says 90 percent of respondents to a survey it carrie...

Officials on Friday revealed that 41 civil servants were arrested from June to December for their alleged involvement in the anti-government protests, and 31 of them have been suspended. Civil Service Secretary Joshua Law said the government is concern...