A political scientist says he’s surprised by the Financial Secretary John Tsang’s refusal to take questions from four pro-democracy lawmakers during a Legislative Council panel meeting on Monday. James Sung from the City University says Tsang had wante...

The Chief Executive Officer of GEO Securities, Francis Lun, says the response to the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect scheme has been below expectation. He says sentiment was dampened by a number of factors including remarks by the mainland’s securitie...

RTHK’s London-based correspondent on European Affairs, Gavin Grey, says Italian Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, had staked his political future by holding a referendum on constitutional reform. He says that after Renzi hands in his resignation, Italy wil...

A former chairman of the Bar Association, Civic Party chairman Alan Leong, says the government’s lawsuit to disqualify four more pro-democracy legislators from the Legislative Council can be likened to a coup to oust popularly-elected lawmakers from of...

A patients' advocacy group, Hong Kong Patients' Voices, has expressed disappointment with the government's decision not to include two contentious elements in its long-debated voluntary health insurance scheme to be implemented next year. The administr...

Construction of the world's first full-size replica of the Titanic has begun on the mainland to become a lakeside tourist draw. The 269-metre long, 28-metre wide ship will be docked permanently on a reservoir near Suining, east of Chengdu in Sichuan pr...

An environmental campaigner says the conviction of a shop owner for repeatedly flouting the plastic bag levy is a good reminder for small stores who may try to circumvent the law. The owner of a grocery shop became the first person prosecuted for refus...