Green groups and local residents are fighting a senior conservation official's plans to build a house in an ecologically sensitive Sai Kung country park enclave.
Updated 6 Apr 2015 - 9:15am
Two new Chinese-language instruction courses, designed mainly to give the city's ethnic minorities an alternative route to university qualification, have backfired as only 12.5 per cent of...
6 Apr 2015 - 8:24am
The city's communications watchdog has ordered China Unicom to submit reports explaining two failures of its system network in three days that left customers fuming.
6 Apr 2015 - 4:28am
The police unions have taken their fight to lift the mandatory retirement age for serving officers to the equality watchdog, accusing the government of age discrimination.
Updated 6 Apr 2015 - 8:53am
Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying on Sunday backtracked from his claim that authors of the city's mini-constitution never contemplated letting the public put forward candidates for the top job.
Updated 6 Apr 2015 - 9:40am
Known as the 'treasure of ATV', she spent 33 years at the station and reflects on the good times and how the broadcaster lost its way.
6 Apr 2015 - 5:27am
Some 25 years after the Basic Law was endorsed, three lawyers who helped to shape it reflect on whether their hopes and fears were realised.
6 Apr 2015 - 4:28am
Updated 6 Apr 2015 - 9:22am
OPINION
The government should not have asked RTHK to take over ATV’s analogue spectrum once the TV station closes because the businesses are different in nature, a panel of analysts said.
Updated 6 Apr 2015 - 9:19am
Does teaching young Hongkongers how the Basic Law was drafted in the 1980s hold the key to helping people understand why Beijing has a role in the political reform debate? One young member of a...
6 Apr 2015 - 4:28am
A makeshift memorial column made of foam board is no fitting monument to remember the Gurkhas' place in the history of Hong Kong, the local Nepalese community says.
6 Apr 2015 - 5:28am
Another Guinness world record was being set on Sunday as more than 1,500 players made some 73,900 basketball lay-ups within 12 hours in a star-studded fundraising programme for children with...
6 Apr 2015 - 4:44am
Sky-gazers hoping to witness a total eclipse of the moon last night were left disappointed when thick clouds blocked the rare phenomenon.
5 Apr 2015 - 5:35am
Some said Beijing would never let the station sink - they forgot how things work in this city.
6 Apr 2015 - 5:11am
The authors of the Basic Law never intended candidates for the city's leadership elections to be put forward by the Hong Kong public, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said.
5 Apr 2015 - 9:26am
The biggest property sale since the latest squeeze on mortgages proved a sell-out as Li Ka-shing's CK Hutchison sold 740 flats at its Hemera project in Tseung Kwan O after offering discounts of 20...
5 Apr 2015 - 9:15am
The letter, which was backed by more than 21 Muslim groups and released in English and Chinese, listed key teachings of the religion to help dispel common myths about Islam.
5 Apr 2015 - 1:13pm
The closure of ATV next year means 480,000 households still using analogue TV sets will be left with just one station, TVB, to watch newscasts for the next few years, the commerce chief conceded...
5 Apr 2015 - 9:00am
The Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra's decision to axe three principal players who had called for their bosses to go sent out shock waves and the dismissal polarised their audience.
5 Apr 2015 - 9:04am
Hong Kong is on the verge of a new creative period for the arts, with a focus on cultural significance rather than market value.
5 Apr 2015 - 5:35am
When a retired government town planner turned maverick planning consultant appeared before former colleagues a few weeks ago, he presented them with a politically sensitive demand.
5 Apr 2015 - 9:55am
The June 4 Museum has reopened with an exhibition of artefacts from the Tiananmen crackdown, including a bullet that was only removed from a protester's thigh 19 years after the event.
5 Apr 2015 - 5:35am
What is Islam? Islam means voluntary “submission” or “surrender” to the Will of God and comes from the word “salam”, meaning peace gained by following the commands of Allah and his messenger...
5 Apr 2015 - 4:58am
A slew of new measures by mainland authorities to crack down on the ivory trade have left Hong Kong officials looking like they are not pulling their weight.
5 Apr 2015 - 5:35am
Graft-busters in Macau have pledged to support Beijing's corruption crackdown and its hunt for suspects at large, after a senior mainland official issued a stern call last week for cooperation.
5 Apr 2015 - 5:35am
The Democratic Party has warned members they could face disciplinary action if they are found to be the initiators of a petition calling on their allies in the legislature to accept the government...
4 Apr 2015 - 10:30am
Hong Kong retailers have shifted strategy to cope with a sharp rise in people taking overseas breaks during the Easter and Ching Ming holidays and fewer mainland tourists.
4 Apr 2015 - 11:09am
ATV will be able to stay on air for four months at most unless shareholders or investors inject fresh funds into the station, its executive director Ip Ka-po admitted.
4 Apr 2015 - 3:51am
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