Children

3 Mar 2013

Roger Federer was in South Africa for the first time in eight years and surrounded by a swarm of toddlers tugging at his shirt and hankering to play tennis.

Call for budget to look ahead and spend more on the young

25 Feb 2013

Tax rebates may be the fastest way to help relieve the financial burden on the middle class, but the budget should reflect better planning, including making spending on the younger generation a...

Big spender's guide to Hong Kong

25 Feb 2013

Everyone knows Hong Kong is an expensive town. But you might be surprised by the total costs for even generic expenditure, such as owning a dog. The cost of owning a car or raising a child takes...

Does adding children's names to the deeds of a Hong Kong flat involve any duty or tax?

25 Feb 2013

My husband and I have owned our flat here for more than 35 years. For succession planning, we would like to add the names of our two children (living and working abroad) to the title deeds of the...

Social etiquette a global problem

24 Feb 2013

In recent years, the negativity between Hong Kong locals and mainlanders has been disheartening. The most discussed issue is the distasteful and unpleasant behaviour of mainlanders when travelling...

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Barristers call for children to be represented in right of abode case

Barristers are calling on the justice secretary to appoint a separate counsel to represent children born in Hong Kong to mainland parents who could be affected by a right of abode case involving...

Food allergies take high toll on Hong Kong children

More Hong Kong children suffer from severe allergic reactions than the international average, the first large-scale study on food allergies shows.

The findings have prompted calls for more...

Pocket money of 'little emperors' offers engine for growth

The 50 million "little emperors and empresses", the children of mainland middle and upper-class households, have emerged as a strong force in consumer spending as their parents and grandparents...

TECHNOLOGY

Children using touch-screen technology

At 10 months, Perry has only just learned to crawl, but he has no problems negotiating his way around his dad's tablet. The infant is among the many early adopters of touch-screen technology that...

UNITED STATES

Children at centre stage of emotional US gun debate

“Dear President Obama,” began a letter from 8-year-old Grant Fritz, with the shaky printing – missed words, spelling errors – of someone just learning how to put thoughts down on paper.

Learning to break rules isn't all bad

"Oh why do they have to be such boys?" my mother complained when my sons jumped up and down on the bed instead of settling down to do their Chinese homework.