23 Oct 2012

The shortage of land for housing should be addressed by tackling the "commercialisation" of village houses, not necessarily by making the homes taller, a government adviser says.

3:15AM
22 Oct 2012

Hong Kong’s shortage of housing land should be addressed by tackling the “commercialisation” of village houses, not necessarily by making the homes taller, a government adviser said on Monday...

1:12PM
18 Jan 2012

When you don't speak Putonghua in shops selling top brands, you get worse service from staff

Lawmaker Fred Li Wah-ming on the city's tourism boom

It took me a while...

5:39AM
2 Nov 2010

Legislators have passed a non-binding motion calling on the government to resume the subsidised Home Ownership Scheme and build 32,000 public rental flats a year.

7:05AM
5 Sep 2009

Blood tests for patients at four public hospital clinics in east Kowloon have been delayed because of a shortage of tests tubes. The wait in one case is more than a month.

1:29PM
29 Nov 2001

Hopes for a reduction in water and sewage charges have been dashed after the Government yesterday rejected a unanimous call from legislators for more concessions.


But officials...

7:15AM

Lawmakers - whose salaries are adjusted in line with consumer prices - are likely to face a pay cut of up to two per cent from October.


The Finance Bureau has warned the Legco...

1:41PM

A motion sponsored by Fred Li Wah-ming, calling for full liberalisation of the television and telecommunications markets, passed.


3:00AM

Legislators-elect (from left) Fred Li Wah-ming, Cheung Man-kwong, Martin Lee Chu-ming and Andrew Cheng Kar-foo attend their first group meeting to discuss draft rules for procedure.

9:57AM

THE Civil Service Branch does not know how many government staff have part-time jobs or the nature of their jobs, it was revealed.


The revelation prompted calls for the branch...

12:23AM

LAWS are being proposed to ensure money raised from TV charity shows goes to the needy.

9:23AM

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