A former senior civil servant, Rachel Cartland, says Hong Kong’s last Governor, Chris Patten, is being a bit unrealistic by saying that the United Kingdom is letting Hong Kong down. Patten accused the British government on the BBC’s Newsnight programme...

A study has shown that the presence of English-speaking foreign domestic helpers at home may help children build better English vocabulary skills. Professor Catherine McBride from the Department of Psychology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong says...

Archaeologists in England say they are stunned to have discovered three near-complete Roman buildings under a park in the southern city of Chichester. They used ground-penetrating radar and a test dig to reveal two large masonry houses set around a cou...

Social worker and Labour Party lawmaker, Fernando Cheung, says the training and care being provided in private care homes is of a “horribly-low level”. His comments came after a video showing a staff member apparently encouraging a male resident with m...

Legislator Claudia Mo from Hong Kong First says the government’s plan to spend HK$40 million to set up an office for the chief executive-elect is “preposterous and extravagant”. Officials told a meeting of the Legislative Council’s Panel on Constitutio...

Jerusalem-based journalist, Robert Berger, says the issue of building settlements by Israel in occupied areas is a divisive one in the country. Israel has approved plans to build 2,500 new homes for settlers in the occupied West Bank. Prime Minister, B...

A lawmaker has accused the government of ignoring the historical reasons for having country parks in Hong Kong. Edward Yiu, who represents the architectural, surveying and planning sector in the Legislative Council, says the parks provide catchment are...

Greenpeace Hong Kong has called on the public to be more socially responsible, after a survey it conducted found Hong Kong people spend HK$25 billion a year on new clothes. That is about twice as much as what people in Taiwan spend annually on clothing...