New People’s Party lawmaker Michael Tien says he’s disappointed that pro-government legislators decided against holding a secret ballot to choose a single candidate to run for the influential position of Legco President. Tien announced he wouldn’t run ...

Today is World Habitat Day, an occasion designated by the United Nations to promote awareness that adequate shelter is a basic human right. Here in Hong Kong, flats remain unaffordable to many, despite the Chief Executive CY Leung's vows to rein in pro...

The founder of New World Development, Cheng Yu-tung, died on Thursday night. He was 91. The billionaire has rarely been seen in public in recent years, amid reports that he was seriously ill. Peter Churchouse, a veteran property analyst and founder of ...

Tough talks between representatives of workers and employers ended without a consensus on whether to raise the city’s minimum wage of HK$32.50. The meeting on Friday was supposed to be the final meeting of the Minimum Wage Commission, but the gulf betw...

The ethnic minority advocacy group Hong Kong Unison says the Education Bureau needs to listen to the views of ethnic minority parents, who are worried that some kindergartens are failing their children. The group said parents had told them that some ki...

Two former high-flying Communist Party officials have been jailed for corruption and

bribe-taking – the latest targets of President Xi Jinping's crackdown on graft. Former Guangzhou party boss Wan Qinglang was sentenced to life imprisonment, while Wang...

An incoming legislator is demanding answers from the government, after the Housing Department confirmed to RTHK that another proposed public housing development has been drastically scaled back following informal talks between officials and stakeholder...