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Latest news about Hong Kong society, including community, welfare, heritage, leisure and entertainment.
Hong Kong can congratulate itself on the high number of mainland visitors despite the awful weather, but there’s still room for fresh ideas and better targeted policies.
As Singapore looks to an improved work-life balance, Hong Kong should consider such moves and whether they will attract the talent and investment it needs.
Hong Kong institutions have been warned that they must continue to meet the requirement of 70 per cent of pupils being non-local despite widespread departures in recent years and a rise in arrivals.
Legislation to protect the most vulnerable in society has been amended to give Hong Kong childcare professionals benefit of the doubt, but that should not abandon core principles of the original intent of the law.
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A scheme to reduce waste and increase recycling was always going to be complex in Hong Kong, but a lack of preparation has created problems the government never bargained for.
Providing personal details is part of modern life, but we expect them to be secure. Instead, government departments are leaking like a sieve.
- Equal Opportunities Commission hopes suggestions will ensure guide dog users do not face discrimination taking transport or going to restaurants
- Official statistics show there were about 47,600 visually impaired people in Hong Kong in 2020
Three voltage dips this year left more than 200 residents trapped in lifts, with CLP Power saying bad weather played role in most of interruptions.
Hong Kong Palace Museum to host ‘The Adorned Body’ show, marking 60 years of diplomatic ties between China and France.
Rock group set to hit stage at Central harbourfront at 7.15pm to play final in seven-show tour of city after one concert postponed last week.
Readers discuss the limitations of the bill on mandatory reporting of child abuse, why Hong Kong shops offer relatively poor service, and America’s unfair targeting of Chinese businesses.
Little Frog Learning Centre cites ‘internal issues’ as reason for class suspensions and apologises to parents.
Drop attributed to pressure families faced as they returned to normal lives after coronavirus pandemic.
Readers discuss the benefits of a push for universal suffrage while shoring up the economy, why we should bring our own cutlery when dining out, and the ills of high property prices and unbridled capitalism.
New measure to be implemented on May 27 onwards, remain in place for five years to allow applicants to extend temporary status in Canada, Ottawa says.
Hong Kong Bar and Club Association chief hopes lucky draw launched on May 1 can increase business by 10 to 20 per cent.
Social Welfare Department says funding arrangement aims at enhancing NGOs’ understanding of national affairs.
International Baccalaureate says an investigation has found ‘students have engaged’ in ‘time-zone cheating’ activities but it did not disclose the number of pupils involved.
Incident occurred on Friday when an outsourced contractor handled a data migration procedure, Fire Services Department says
Leisure and Cultural Services Department also says visitors will no longer need to preregister to access installation from Wednesday.
Data of almost 130,000 people leaked in string of breaches at major public bodies revealed in recent days.
From a baby in Hong Kong left with ‘irreversible’ brain damage after abuse to Asia’s multibillion-dollar fertility treatment industry, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.
Readers discuss the pass-fail grading system for the citizenship and social development DSE exam, and teachers’ approach in the classroom amid concerns about student mental health.
City recorded first red rainstorm warning this year over weekend, with eastern areas hit hardest and 15 landslides logged.
Nine-year-old Morris Kwok was able to interact with a lifelike reproduction of his late younger brother Yat-lai through a a collaboration of start-ups and technology firms creating AI versions of deceased loved ones.
Simon Wong of restaurants federation says bigger operations better equipped for fast change to green alternatives to single-use plastics.
Mother says brain damage has permanently affected baby’s learning ability, cognition and senses, with doctors having to remove part of skull to release pressure.
Small number of pupils have engaged in ‘time zone cheating’ and practice not widespread, IB says, although Post finds papers downloaded over 45,000 times.
Tourism minister Kevin Yeung says about 670,000 mainlanders came to city over first four days of Labour Day break.
