A political commentator says the Chief Executive’s invitation to newly elected young district councillors to join government committees and advisory boards doesn’t go far enough to address the concerns of the city’s young people who may see it as an em...

An academic from the University of Hong Kong’s Department of Social Work and Social Administration says a government allowance scheme for poor working families is helpful – but believes the government should do more to address the “structural problem” ...

China analyst Mark O’Neill says he expects a Beijing court to reject jailed journalist Gao Yu’s appeal against her conviction for leaking state secrets. Gao was jailed for seven years in April. The court heard the 71-year-old’s appeal on Tuesday, and h...

Results from this year’s District Council elections show there society has been split to two extremes after the Umbrella movement, says Dr Chung Kim-wah, director of the Centre for Social Policy Studies at the Polytechnic University. Dr Chung also said...

The Society for Community Organisation says UN experts have recommended Hong Kong look into new guidelines for the treatment of prisoners, which will likely be adopted by the UN General Assembly next month. SoCO community organiser Richard Tsoi, who re...

Many people are still missing after a massive landslide at a jade mine in Myanmar’s northern Kachin state. At least 108 bodies have now been recovered after the incident in Hpakant on Saturday, when mining debris collapsed, engulfing homes. Annemarie E...

The lawmaker representing the information technology sector in the Legislative Council, Charles Mok, says he agrees with the Chief Executive, CY Leung, that it would take the new Innovation and Technology Bureau some time to produce results. But he sai...