A property expert says the government still has some way to go to supply enough housing to meet local demand. Nicholas Brooke, the chairman of Professional Property Services Group, was speaking after the government announced it would take bids for four...

The University of Hong Kong's Academic Staff Association, its Alumni Concern Group, and its student union will seek an explanation from the chairman of the university’s governing body as to why former law dean Johannes Chan wasn’t appointed to a vacant...

The courts in India are beginning to provide more clarity in their approach to terrorism cases. A Mumbai court on Wednesday sentenced five people to death in connection with serial blasts that hit India's business centre in 2006. Seven others have been...

The chairman of the housing think-tank Land Watch, Lee Wing-tat, says the government is right to continue with its property-cooling measures, as owning property is still out of reach for many people. This comes after the Chief Executive CY Leung said o...

The Legislative Council’s IT sector lawmaker Charles Mok says there’s an urgent need to review and merge the existing Broadcasting Ordinance and Telecommunications Ordinance because of rapid technological changes. The High Court dismissed on Tuesday Ho...

Authorities in Taiwan are scrambling to restore electricity and water supplies to hundreds of thousands of residents, in the aftermath of Typhoon Dujuan. Three people are confirmed to have died, and more than 300 people were injured as Dujuan swept thr...

The legislator who exposed the lead-water scandal in July, Democratic Party councillor Helena Wong, says the government should ultimately be held responsible for the contamination of tap-water at public housing estates and schools. A government-commiss...