The environmental group WWF-Hong Kong has called for an “outdated” development guideline to be scrapped, as it is preventing the Town Planning Board from rejecting applications for the use of brownfield sites. Ken Chan, a research officer with the grou...

A new study suggests that the mainland's gender imbalance is an exaggeration. Research by John Kennedy from the University of Kansas and Shi Yaojiang from Shaanxi Normal University says the oft-cited claim that there are 30 million more men in the main...

A political commentator says it appears that the government is carrying out a full-scale war against opposition lawmakers. Ma Ngok, from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, says apart from Democracy Groundwork legislator, Lau Siu-lai, rumours are goin...

Former lawmaker, Lee Cheuk-yan, has called Beijing’s sincerity into question over its decision to allow “people from the opposition” in Hong Kong to apply for Home Visit Permits. Lee, who is also the Secretary of the Alliance in Support of Patriotic De...

The Red Cross says 20,000 people have fled their homes in East Aleppo in the past two days, as Syrian government forces advance into rebel-held districts. Troops and militiamen now control around a third of the eastern part of the city. The UN describe...

RTHK’s Seoul correspondent, Frank Smith, says South Korean President Park Geun-hye’s request that the country’s parliament help her to find a way to step down may not be a move by her to avoid impeachment. Park has been facing growing calls to resign a...

A catering federation says there may be a need to import labour to fill vacancies in the trade. The idea was put forward by the President of the Federation of Restaurants and Related Trades, Simon Wong. He says an increase in the minimum wage, due to t...

Britain's Football Association has confirmed it is investigating allegations of sexual abuse in football. Former footballers have come forward to say they were sexually abused as youth players and four separate police forces are investigating the alleg...