A patients’ group says the serious overcrowding in accident and emergency wards at public hospitals should be alleviated by increasing manpower and not by increasing the fee from HK$100 to HK$180. The chairman of Hong Kong Patients Voices, Alex Lam, sa...

The lawmaker representing the legal sector, Dennis Kwok, says talk about pardoning those involved in the 2014 Occupy protests is “wrong and premature” at this stage. He says the courts are dealing with the cases that arose from the protests and one sho...

The Under Secretary for Health, Sophia Chan, says local culture and traditional beliefs are part of the reason why Hong Kong doesn't have as many organ donors as Western countries. But she said young people are more open to signing up as organ donors. ...

Engineer Albert Lai, a policy convenor the Professional Commons, has expressed concern about the government’s method for reclaiming some 130 hectares of land in East Tung Chung. He said experience had shown the government doesn’t seem able to closely m...

North Korea has unveiled a new high-rise residential complex in Pyongyang, on the 105th anniversary of the birth of its founder, Kim Il-sung. Foreign media had earlier been told to prepare for a “big and important event”. That fuelled speculation that ...

The Confederation of Trade Unions’ Lee Cheuk-yan has accused the government of evading responsibility by rejected calls to hire its own safety supervisors at construction sites, after an accident at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge last month killed t...

The Asia Regional Director of ECA International, Lee Quane, says Hong Kong’s ranking on the global list for the most livable city for expatriates will continue slipping in future. According to ECA - which provides data, software and global mobility exp...

German police are investigating a possible Islamist link to three explosions that rocked the Borussia Dortmund football team bus. Dortmund's Spanish international, Marc Bartra, and a policeman were injured in the roadside blasts set off as the team hea...