Democratic Party lawmaker Helena Wong is demanding the government investigate artificial turf at public parks, amid concern that these materials could contain excessive levels of cancer-causing substances and heavy metals. Three pitches in Kowloon have...

A phone call between US President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has called into question a refugee resettlement deal. The Washington Post reported Trump called the conversation "the worst by far" of his calls with world le...

China analyst, Willy Lam, says the apparent abduction of mainland tycoon, Xiao Jianhua, by mainland security agents will have a devastating effect on the One Country, Two Systems principle. He says the agents’ action will also be very detrimental to th...

The Philippine Defence Ministry has asked President Rodrigo Duterte to officially order the military to take part in his war on drugs, after he floated the idea in a speech to army generals. Meanwhile, Amnesty International has accused the Philippine p...

The vice-president of the Federation of Trade Unions, Pan Pey-chyou, says labour groups are very disappointed with a government advisory committee that ruled out legislation on standard working hours. In its report to the Chief Executive, the committee...

A real estate consultant, Nicolas Brooke, says the public feels that housing prices aren’t going to fall despite the government’s efforts to increase the land supply. He says people are afraid that if they do not get onto the property ladder now, they ...

The British Prime Minister, Theresa May, says she will seek a renewed special relationship with the United States. In a speech to Republicans in Philadelphia, she said there should be no return to the failed military interventions of the past -- but Br...