Barrister and lawmaker, Priscilla Leung, says a private members' bill was submitted to the Department of Justice to make it an offence for people to insult law enforcement officers because of demand from hundreds of thousands of members of the public. ...

A think tank says thousands of flats could become available for people waiting for public housing if the government adopts a scheme that it has proposed. The Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre has suggested allowing owners of subsidised flats to rent ...

China's first home-made commercial jet has successfully completed its maiden flight in Shanghai. It has taken almost a decade for the project to take off, having been beset by delays blamed on manufacturing problems. President Xi Jinping has called for...

Some primary three students who began taking a controversial school-assessment test on Thursday say it was not as hard as they had thought. The Basic Competency Assessments, or BCA, is a revamped version of the Territory-wide System Assessment, or TSA ...

Emmanuel Macron, the centrist candidate for the French presidency, has cemented his position as the favourite in Sunday's vote after a quarrelsome televised debate with his nationalist rival, Marine Le Pen. For more than two-and-a-half hours, the two t...

Professor Ho Lok-sang, head of the Chu Hai College’s business school, says Hong Kong should rethink its tax regime, as multinationals are less enthusiastic about using the city as a regional headquarters. Professor Ho was reacting to the latest figures...

New People’s Party chairwoman Regina Ip says the Basic Competency Assessment (BCA) should only be taken by students at school that volunteer to take part, so the feedback can be used to improve teaching in the city. Ip had opposed the BCA during her ca...

The US military says its controversial missile defence system deployed in South Korea is now operational. The system can intercept North Korean missiles, although full operational capability is still some months away. China has already registered its o...