A law professor at the University of Hong Kong, Simon Young, says if existing laws are amended to protect national security, it would be a good idea to change them one by one. He says if the issue is dealt with by introducing one big piece of legislati...

The World Green Organisation says domestic energy consumption rose in efficiency by three percent between 2000 and 2013 because people have become more aware of saving energy. But it says the commercial sector needs to do more as it has become less ene...

RTHK’s southeast Asia correspondent, Larry Jagan, says the situation in Myanmar is getting worse. The country’s army has said that several dozen people have been shot dead in Rohingya Muslim villages in restive Rakhine state. It said the people killed ...

The chief economist of the Bank of Communications, KC Law, says the GDP growth figures for the third quarter aren’t very good. He said growth of 1.9 percent year-on-year was driven by volatile investment, and spending by consumers on long-term and dura...

President Xi Jinping’s “solemn vow” to protect China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity can be seen as a warning to Taiwan and independence advocates in Hong Kong, according to RTHK’s Beijing correspondent Paul James. He told Annemarie Evans it ca...

Labour Party lawmaker Fernando Cheung says concern groups are very disappointed with the Secretary for Education for trying to dismiss a link between a recent spate of student suicides and the local education system. He told Jim Gould that from “any pe...

Lawmaker and solicitor, Paul Tse, says Beijing’s interpretation of the Basic Law on oath-taking by legislators has shown what criteria should be adopted when dealing with the issue. The oaths taken by Youngspiration lawmakers-elect, Sixtus Leung and Ya...