China's economy grew by 6.9 percent last year – slightly higher than the official target. It's the first increase in the rate of growth in seven years. New data also shows that the economy grew at an annual rate of 6.8 percent for the last quarter of 2...

The Hospital Authority is urging people who aren't seriously ill to seek help at private clinics instead of public hospitals. An average of almost seven thousand people have been turning up each day at accident and emergency departments this week. And ...

A law professor says the sentences meted out to Occupy Movement student leader Joshua Wong and others involved contempt of court by disobeying its order to clear a protest site. Simon Young from the University of Hong Kong said that was why the case wa...

The pan-democratic camp has proposed summoning Justice Secretary Teresa Cheng to give evidence in Legco over the illegal structures found at her house. The camp's convenor Charles Mok said he has filed a motion asking her to attend the council meetings...

The United Nations agency which provides relief for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, has called a decision by the United States to suspend a large tranche of its funding, regrettable, abrupt and harmful. Washington has said it will deliver only US$60-milli...

An academic says Chief Executive Carrie Lam and her administration are nowadays just taking orders from Beijing and its Liaison Office in Hong Kong. Professor Willy Lam, from Chinese University's Centre for China Studies, said that compared with her pr...

An environmental group says the Environmental Protection Department should not just blame the weather for the worsening air pollution in Hong Kong. The Chief Executive Officer of Clean Air Network Patrick Fung said ageing vehicles are also contributing...

Bangladesh and Myanmar say they've agreed on the timeframe for repatriating hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims. Bangladesh said that under the deal, Myanmar would accept the return of 1,500 Rohingyas every week. More than 650,000 people fled the...