Political analyst Chung Kim-wah says chief executive candidate Regina Ip appears to be courting the support of the city’s pro-Beijing camp and those who favour adopting a hardline approach to ruling Hong Kong. But Chung said that the event at which Ip ...

A microbiologist from the University of Hong Kong, Ho Pak-leung, says it’s alarming that tests by the Consumer Council found two-thirds of chicken samples contained a superbug. Ho told Ben Tse that it was significant that many of these chickens came fr...

The Russian president Vladimir Putin has met with Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe in Nagato for talks aimed at strengthening relations between the two countries. A territorial row over islands north of Japan, seized by Soviet forces at the end of th...

Political commentator Joseph Cheng says the government should better regulate exit polls, but doesn’t believe there’s a need to introduce a “cooling-off” period that bans all campaigning activities in the days before an election. The government is seek...

Liberal Party leader Felix Chung says the government should facilitate discussion on euthanasia, and whether it should be allowed in the city. He raised the issue in the Legislative Council, but was told by the Secretary for Health Ko Wing-man that the...

Twelve people have been arrested at an international film festival in south India for refusing to comply with a Supreme Court order to stand for the national anthem at cinemas. Protests have been held at venues involved in the International Film Festiv...

A political commentator, Cheung Chor-yung, says it is no secret that the Chief Executive, CY Leung, and the Financial Secretary, John Tsang, don’t get along. Tsang resigned on Monday and it is expected that he will soon announce his intention to run in...

The Chief Executive Officer of the World Green Organisation, William Yu, says the level of tariff reduction by Hongkong Electric is surprising. The company says its customers can expect to see their bills go down by 17.2 percent next year because of a ...