Professor Wong Tze-wai from Chinese University's School of Public Health says there is always a social cost attached to problems caused by air pollution. But he says it has now become easier for governments to act and to seek funding to tackle the issu...

The legal sector’s representative in Legco, Dennis Kwok, has expressed grave concern over death threats reportedly received by newly-elected legislator Chu Hoi-dick. Chu said ‘credible’ threats against him and his family have escalated since he won a s...

An activist who worked for almost two decades as a domestic helper in Hong Kong will appeal to the international community to stop viewing migrant workers merely as cheap labour or a source of income, but as human beings worthy of equality and respect....

A village chief who helped lead headline-grabbing anti-corruption protests in Guangdong’s Wukan five years ago has been given a prison term of three years and one month for corruption. But supporters of 72 year-old Lin Zuluan insist his confession was ...

An academic says if allegations by Liberal Party member Ken Chow are true that he was threatened to withdraw from the just-concluded Legislative Council election by three men from Beijing, their action would amount to a blatant violation of the One Cou...

A microbiologist at the University of Hong Kong, Jasper Chan, says it will not be surprising if more cases of people having dengue fever surface in the territory. He says the next two or three weeks will be crucial for monitoring any sudden surge in nu...

Professor Willy Lam from the Chinese University of Hong Kong says Beijing was "shocked" by the result of Sunday’s Legislative Council election. He says this was because six localists managed to win seats and two of them were returned with a very high n...