The Consumer Council says Hong Kong is lagging behind advanced countries when it comes to protecting elderly consumers. The chairman of its publicity and community relations committee, Clement Chan, said there are measures in place in those countries t...

Community group SOCO has welcomed a government plan to convert three industrial buildings in East Kowloon into transitional housing for those currently waiting for public flats. The plan was revealed by the Federation of Public Housing Estates after a ...

A think thank says Hong Kong should do away with all its toll booths and let motorists pay for their road use via new smart technology. The Hong Kong Policy Research Institute said introducing automatic electronic payments would lead to an economic boo...

Britain's Defence Minister, Gavin Williamson, has condemned Russia as a "pariah state" after London accused Kremlin spies of mounting a campaign of alleged cyber attacks on civilian bodies around the world. Cyber experts from the U.K. have identified o...

The government is expected to announce a new offer for the business sector next week, to get companies to agree to stop raiding their workers' MPF accounts to make long-service and severance payments. The Chief Executive's Policy Address is likely to o...

Five local civic groups say they will send a delegation to the United Nations in Geneva next week, to urge the international community to put pressure on China over human rights abuses. They include representatives from the Hong Kong Alliance in Suppor...

China analyst, Mark O’Neill, says he expects more mainland film stars to come forward like actress Fan Bingbing to pay taxes that they owe to the government. He said Fan was spared criminal liability because the authorities wanted to make an example of...