The Consumer Council has warned people who pay for services in private homes for the elderly to beware of miscellaneous charges for daily necessities. It came after the watchdog surveyed 85 homes across Hong Kong and found the basic fees for a place in...

Independent lawmaker Paul Tse says people are “over-reading” the comments made at the weekend by the director of Beijing’s Liaison Office that the chief executive's authority is higher than that of the executive, legislature and the judiciary. There ha...

A study has found that more than one-third of mobile apps commonly used in Hong Kong are not secure enough to protect people's personal information from hackers. The study, conducted by the Hong Kong Productivity Council and the Professional Informatio...

The United Nations refugee agency says European countries must urgently find a comprehensive response to the influx of refugees. Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic have tightened border controls, following the arrival, in Munich and elsewhere, of ...

A mystery investor has emerged in a proposed deal to buy a 41-percent stake in troubled broadcaster Asia Television (ATV). The station’s court-appointed manager, Deloitte, revealed that a Hong Kong buyer with a background in media is involved in the tr...

A patient who received a new liver on Wednesday - two weeks after a failed transplant operation was aborted mid-surgery - is now breathing on his own and is fully awake. However, 46-year-old Stephen Lam remains in intensive care at Queen Mary Hospital....

Floods that swept houses off their foundations and crushed others under landslides spread across Japan on Friday as more rivers burst their banks, leaving at least 20 people missing – including two children – and forcing more than 100,000 to flee. In t...