The Pulse

We begin with the ubiquitous plastic bag. Since legislation was introduced in 2009, supermarkets at least have not been giving them away with such abandon as they used to. But now the government is planning to extend the reach of the levy. The latest g...

"Give me the child until he is seven, and I will give you the man," runs a quote attributed to St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuit order.

Getting the right stuff into eager young minds as early as possible is clearly important to some...

"Give me the child until he is seven, and I will give you the man," runs a quote attributed to St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuit order.

Getting the right stuff into eager young minds as early as possible is clearly important to some...

This week, representatives of consumers, and representatives from industries and governments, are in Hong Kong to discuss solutions that will make a difference. Delegates from over 60 countries have been at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centr...

You can get from Kowloon to Hong Kong island in less than five minutes by MTR, less than 15 by the Star Ferry, and – in some rush hours – more than 45 minutes by the Hung Hom cross harbour tunnel. Still, many drivers prefer to wait, given that the toll...

Former Hong Kong Governor David Wilson set up the Central Policy Unit as a government think tank in 1989. His successor Chris Patten also relied on it for accurate feedback from the community. It has continued to function since 1997, although some have...

Back in the land of the living, which – in Hong Kong at least - is relatively limited in size, there’s a tendency for buildings to get taller as they can’t get wider. That’s the case even in the New Territories, where indigenous villagers, who have the...

Well, even if you don’t smoke you won’t last forever. But what’s going to happen to our mortal remains when we go? Overcrowding in Hong Kong isn’t only a problem for the living, because cemeteries, ossuariums and columbariums are not good for real esta...

As the number of smokers in the West has been declining, tobacco companies have stepped up efforts to promote the weed in Asian markets. The Hong Kong government, like many other governments worldwide, has decided to combat that, and offset the communi...

The Hong Kong government has long liked to tout itself as providing a “laissez-faire” economy, a “level playing field”, and a free market.But how free is a market when there are no laws to guarantee fair competition? The idea of a competition law has ...