Emily Hung

Hundreds of underprivileged Hong Kong families fear they will need to cut back on essentials, including academic support for their children, when the government ends a trial handout scheme next month for those awaiting public housing, a survey has found. […]

Despite the scorching heat, giant pandas Suhail and Thuraya have found a comfortable home in Qatar, thanks in part to the care of a Hongkonger who has brought her Ocean Park skills and experience to the Gulf country. Cissy Kou

Hong Kong health authorities will relax the eligibility criteria of a fee waiver mechanism at public hospitals, benefitting an extra 1.1 million patients starting in 2026. Under the reform of the public healthcare service subsidy model, non-urgent patients will pay

Hong Kong’s security minister has hit out at a British news outlet for “smearing remarks” made in an article about the top court’s rejection of an appeal by former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying over the hiring of a foreign

Hong Kong’s largest workers’ union has called on the government to establish a mechanism to suspend a staff import scheme in industries experiencing rising unemployment rates, citing the impact of the arrival of 75,000 labourers in the past two years.

Hong Kong lawmakers have slammed the government for its slow progress in establishing a database of carers for the elderly and disabled despite pleas for patience to address existing privacy concerns. The idea of setting up a database was introduced

The Chinese foreign ministry’s arm in Hong Kong has slammed the American, British and Canadian ambassadors to the United Nations, accusing them of interfering in the city’s affairs after the son of jailed former media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying met

Hong Kong authorities can only apply a new pricing model for the HK$2 (25 US cent) transport fare scheme by September of next year because they need time to organise updates, checks and tests covering 17,000 Octopus card readers on

Hong Kong authorities should consider gradually raising some service charges to a cost-recovery level for the government’s long-term financial health despite the move not having an immediate effect on the nearly HK$100 billion (US$12.8 billion) deficit, experts have said. Experts

Hong Kong’s winter flu season is expected to peak in mid-January, a respiratory disease expert has predicted, noting holidaymakers were returning from countries experiencing H1N1 outbreaks. David Hui Shu-cheong, a professor of respiratory medicine at the Chinese University of Hong