The spokeswoman for pan-democratic camp, Labour Party lawmaker Cyd Ho, says she is surprised by the government’s announcement that it may withdraw the controversial Copyright (Amendment) Bill if legislators do not pass it by next week. The announcement...

A professor of Geography Resource Management at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Edward Yiu, says the government’s latest land sale programme is too ambitious in light of the current downturn in the property market. He says flat prices are dropping...

A lawmaker says the Financial Secretary, John Tsang, appeared less confrontational when he touched on the issue of worsening social conflicts in Hong Kong while delivering his Budget speech in the Legislative Council on Wednesday. Charles Mok, who repr...

A tax partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Jeremy Choi, says the Financial Secretary, John Tsang, was quite generous by announcing increases in various allowances for taxpayers in his Budget. He tells Jim Gould that Tsang delivered a “very balanced Budge...

Amnesty International says human rights are fast becoming a casualty in the drive to wipe out fanatical groups such as Islamic State. That is the grim warning from the watchdog group as it released its annual report on the state of human rights around ...

A journalism lecturer at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Grace Leung, says Beijing has sent a “strong signal” to Hong Kong movie-makers that if they wish to show their films on the mainland, they will have to choose the types that do not offend th...

Britain's Financial Times says the chief executives of about half of Britain's 100 biggest companies are to sign a letter backing British Prime Minister David Cameron in his fight to keep the country in the European Union (EU) in the referendum in June...