The Pulse

Christmas may be predominantly a Christian celebration, but Hong Kong is a multi-cultural, multi-religious, and multi-national society. We asked a variety of people what the season means to them

For some of us, Xmas gets very bound up with materialistic aspirations. Earlier this year, producer Tsui Lai-yung filmed six-year old Mak Shuet-yee and her family, a family in the New Territories that does not let their lack of material well being get ...

This week, environmental campaigners set up 100 crosses in the centre of Hong Kong to show their concern about what they saw as an ineffectual agreement at the Copenhagen summit on climate change. We begin our Christmas Day edition of The Pulse by fea...

On a seasonal note, the South China Morning Post and RTHK's Operation Santa Claus are currently raising funds for 13 different charitable causes this year. We take a look at three of those who will benefit.

The Democratic Party has decided not to take part in the plan for selected legislators to resign and to initiate what they are calling a de facto referendum on democratic reform. The League of Social Democrats and the Civic Party are going ahead, altho...

We're constantly hearing about how the print news media is dead or dying, and the internet is likely to be the box they bury it in. Rupert Murdoch is planning to charge people to access his news content on line. Others are asking viewers to see ads on ...

Finally this week, few culinary adventures can be as pleasant as a good seafood dinner after a walk in the fresh sea air. But at one of Hong Kong's most famous seafood eating areas, Lei Yue Mun, the air, and the water, are substantially less than fresh...

On December 21st, the Department of Health will begin vaccinating, free of charge, more than two million people in high-risk groups against swine flu. A week later, other people considered at risk will be able to get vaccinated in private clinics for a...

On Monday this week, Financial Secretary John Tsang told legislators that the Hong Kong government is "very concerned" about the risk of an asset bubble developing, but there's no sign of one yet. So what's the risk? In the studio to help us make our o...

The East Asian Games ends on Sunday, and many of Hong Kong's athletes have won praise for their performances. Not everyone is praising certain aspects of the organisation of the event though, particularly in terms of the way volunteers have been handled.