A law professor from the University of Hong Kong, Simon Young, says it is highly unlikely that Chan Ho-tin and the Foreign Correspondents’ Club have breached Article 9 of the Crimes Ordinance which deals with sedition. He said there are exceptions in t...

Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor has accused the government of failing to put any effort into making sure the United Nations has an accurate picture of the problem of racism in the city. The group's director, Law Yuk-kai, was at a meeting of the UN Commi...

How are the people of India remembering their former leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and what is his legacy? He died yesterday at the age of 93 in a hospital in New Delhi. He served three times as the country's prime minister, the last term in office endi...

A political analyst says a new scheme allowing Hong Kong people who live in the mainland to get access to the same benefits as locals, is a definite boon to people already living across the border. But Chung Kim-wah from the Polytechnic University says...

Kowloon City District Councillors have blasted the MTR Corporation for refusing to disclose any concrete information about the subsidence near the future To Kwa Wan station that's affected 23 buildings. The rail company told a special council meeting t...

The squads have been announced for the Hong Kong rugby sevens competition at the Asian Games in Jakarta. Hong Kong’s men face China, Thailand and Pakistan in their group, while Japan are out to defend their gold medal. Hong Kong’s women are drawn in a ...

Legislators from the pro-democracy Professionals Guild are hoping to persuade fellow councillors to set up a Legco panel with special powers of investigation to find out the root cause of construction problems affecting the MTR's Sha Tin to Central Lin...

A concern group has urged the government to designate specific areas for street scavengers to sort out the rubbish they collect. Officials came under fire recently when an elderly woman in North Point was fined HK$1,500 for littering, after she briefly...