Veteran pollster Robert Chung says Hong Kong society needs to understand the demands and aspirations of the city's younger generation, warning that if they can't be satisfied then governance will suffer. Chung's Public Opinion Research Institute has be...

The Ombudsman has started an investigation into why cheap beds at private hospitals are lying empty – even when public hospitals are struggling with overcrowding. The beds are offered at two private hospitals as a condition of their land grants. But, t...

A new Chinese University study has found that people who have a common condition called sleep apnea have double the risk of suffering serious post-surgery complications such as heart failure. But this risk can be effectively mitigated – if doctors know...

Political analyst Cheung Chor-yung says a call by Liberal party elder James Tien for chairman Tommy Cheung to quit the Executive Council appears to be a political gesture to try and distance the party from the unpopular government. Tien has also said t...

A government-appointed task force has proposed allowing teachers to file complaints about their schools with an independent panel under the Education Bureau – something they're not allowed to do at the moment. The task force is also recommending more t...

State-run media in North Korea say a South Korean man has defected to Pyongyang, in a very rare case of someone seeking to live in the authoritarian state. Choe In-guk is the son of two high-level diplomats who also defected to the North in the 1980s. ...

Student leaders at eight tertiary institutions say they will only meet Chief Executive Carrie Lam if talks are public, and she first promises to drop all charges against anti-extradition bill protesters. Lam had asked for closed-door meetings with stud...