An academic has praised the MTR Corporation for its swift response to the public’s demand to allow musicians carry large musical instruments on its trains. This follows a recent protest by a group of people at the Tai Wai Station who accused the compan...

Pro-democracy academic Joseph Cheng says there is an argument for more young people in the Legislative Council, and he expects a ‘changing of the guard’ in the next legislative term. Professor Cheng, who taught politics at the City University, was spea...

Press organisations in Hong Kong and in Thailand have called on Thai authorities to drop charges brought against a Hong Kong photojournalist, who was arrested for possessing a flak jacket and helmet. The journalist, Anthony Kwan from Initium Media, was...

Russian president Vladimir Putin has defended his country’s military action in Syria, saying it will bring stability to the Assad regime and block the advances of Islamic State in the country. Putin also urged Western governments to share military inte...

Top tennis stars are in action in the city this week at the annual Hong Kong Open. But the tournament lost some of its luster with the news that Spanish star Garbine Muguruza had pulled out with an ankle problem, hours after winning the China Open. Eug...

A non-governmental organisation – Pathfinders – has called on the government to grant an amnesty to undocumented children in Hong Kong for one year so that they can be registered with the authorities without their parents being prosecuted. Its Chief Ex...

The mainland’s government collects billions of yuan in tobacco taxes each year and anti-smoking campaigners believe it would be difficult for it to encourage people to give up smoking. Recent studies suggest that one in three young men will be killed b...