A political analyst says he believes Beijing’s interpretation of the Basic Law is a “top-down” decision aimed at disqualifying the two Youngspiration lawmakers-elect, Sixtus Leung and Yau Wai-ching, from serving in the Legislative Council. Professor Ma...

The Consumer Council says a cooling-off period should be provided for online shoppers. Its Chief Executive, Gilly Wong, says this would enable consumers to return the goods they had purchased within a specified period in case they are not satisfied wit...

The Indian captial Dehli is to close its schools for three days from Monday because of pollution levels that are 70 times higher than those deemed safe by the World Health Organisation. The national environment minister has described the situation as a...

The lawmaker representing the legal sector, Dennis Kwok, has questioned the need by the central government to interpret the Basic Law. He says it should not do this just to achieve its political goals. Kwok tells Annemarie Evans that the interpretation...

The Hong Kong Shark Foundation says it is surprised that well-known organisations have refused to sign its “Say No To Shark Fin” pledge. The foundation invited 327 organisations to sign it but only 87 did so. Large non-governmental organisations, polit...

The South Korean president, Park Geun-hye, has apologised for allowing a long-standing friend inappropriate access to government policy-making. Appearing close to tears in a televised address, she agreed to be questioned over the scandal, but has not o...

Drilling was the likely reason for the collapse of a wall at the former Central police station compound, an engineer who led a probe into the incident said on Thursday. The probe found holes drilled very close to columns supporting a wall had weakened ...