China analyst Willy Lam believes Beijing still hasn’t decided whether to back the Chief Executive, CY Leung, for a second five-year term in office. He says it still has one or two months to decide, although Leung’s tough action against localists and th...

A spokesman for the Coalition to Monitor Public Transport and Utilities, Richard Tsoi, says the fares set for the South Island Line are a “bit too high”. He says a journey between Admiralty and Ocean Park Stations will cost more than a trip of a simila...

RTHK’s Delhi correspondent, Murali Krishnan, says the death toll from the train accident in Uttar Pradesh is likely to rise further. He says rescue teams are still at the scene trying to find if anyone is still trapped in the mangled carriages. Krishna...

Pan-democratic lawmakers have asked Justice Secretary Rimsky Yuen for a meeting to discuss concerns about judges now having to pledge allegiance to the People’s Republic of China. The new requirement was set out in Beijing’s recent interpretation of th...

A social worker has been convicted of abusing a person with autism at a care home. Shatin Court found Chan Ma-lee guilty of common assault for intentionally inflicting personal violence on a resident at the Neighbourhood Advice-Action Council Harmony M...

The chairman of Hong Kong Patients’ Voices, Alex Lam, says the Hospital Authority needs to provide clear justifications for increasing the HK$100 fee for Accident and Emergency services. Sources say the authority is planning to increase the fee, follow...

Labour Party lawmaker Fernando Cheung says he’s disappointed that the government was unwilling to amend “unfair” fire safety laws. Lawmakers had urged the government to amend the laws, to exempt lower-income landlords from prosecution for failing to up...