Giving

ASK MELANIE

Ask Melanie: Why you should afford to be charitable

24 Dec 2012

We would like our family budget to include giving to charities. How should we incorporate this?

Giving is often spontaneous. Things happen over the course of a year that tug at the heart...

Choosing wisely is an art

7 Sep 2012

Trinkets, knickknacks, dust collectors - call them what you will. Some gifts, while given with love, should have been left in the shop.

From the experts: Organ donation

21 Aug 2012

The British Medical Association has recently suggested that patients should be kept alive using elective ventilation, or life support, to facilitate the harvesting of their organs for donation...

Clear charity rules can boost giving

5 Aug 2012

Mainland China has more than 10 per cent of the world's billionaires and 1.4 million households with assets of at least US$1 million.

Volunteers discover how helping others helps yourself

1 Jul 2012

Within the next few days, students will have ended their school year and packed for holidays in exotic destinations, visits to home countries, summer camps, internships and part-time jobs. But...

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Switch to gift registries

Weddings are filled with tradition, from the gown to the exchange of vows and rings, the reception and banquet.

Offering a red envelope at a Chinese wedding may be customary, but...

A prisoner in her own mansion

The Haunting of Charity Delafield
By Ian Beck
Published by The Bodley Head
ISBN 978 0370 332109

Charity Delafield is lonely. She's almost 13, yet knows nothing...

Thinking about favours

Wedding favours are a popular tradition. But when a guest list runs into the hundreds, choosing items that are within budget and suit a range of ages and personalities requires prudent planning....

Changing lives, step by step

I am now entering the final month of my 61/2-month long Walking Home From Mongolia expedition. Along the way, my cameraman Leon McCarron and I have crossed the Gobi Desert and northern China in...

Helping others from the heart

I have recently become quite involved with a charity here at university. I spend several hours a week at meetings, organising fund-raisers and publicising our events.

Master Ho hands apprentice a gift-wrapped birthday present

Apprentice Ben So Tik-hung was given a 26th birthday present by master Peter Ho Leung in the form of a ride on Healthy Blueberry in a Class Four on the dirt.