Hong Kong’s legislator for the information technology sector says the city has become a ‘laughing stock’ for international tech companies – who he says now see competitors such as Singapore and Taipei as better expansion options than the SAR. Charles M...

The government has played down concerns that its new e-waste policy will force hundreds of recyclers out of business, saying it expects that “quite a small number” will actually be affected. A new producer responsibility scheme covering the recycling o...

British Prime Minister Theresa May's future is hanging in the balance as she prepared for a showdown with angry MPs from her Conservative party following its disastrous performance in last week's election. May's Conservatives unexpectedly lost their ma...

RTHK's UK correspondent, Gavin Grey, says British Prime Minister, Theresa May, has made one of the biggest political miscalculations in living memory. He says she called for a general election to get a stronger mandate and power base, but ended up tryi...

Latest government figures show Hong Kong's income disparity is at its largest in 46 years. The Gini coefficient, which measures income inequality, increased from 0.537 in 2011 to 0.539 last year. The index ranges from zero to one - the higher the figur...

Japan's parliament passed a law that clears the way for its ageing Emperor Akihito to step down, in what would be the first imperial abdication in more than two centuries. The popular 83-year-old monarch shocked the country last summer when he signalle...

An academic says the Court of Appeal’s decision not to allow a group of multinational banks to give their input in a key gay rights case is still a positive development on the road to equality. Professor Suen Yiu-tung from the Chinese University's Gend...

The Construction Association says Chief Executive-elect, Carrie Lam, “is going to work” on the filibustering by some lawmakers in the Legislative Council over government funding requests. Its Chief Executive, Thomas Tse, says they were given the assura...