Humanitarian Aid

Sluggish relief a blow to typhoon-hit Philippines

18 Feb 2013

Two months ago, Typhoon Bopha struck Mindanao in the southern Philippines. It's hard to explain the devastation that such a storm can wreak but, when I arrived there as an aid co-ordinator, I was...

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Microlending is well-aimed aid

2 Jan 2013

The international community has failed to help many of the world's poor. Could you or I do better without even spending a dollar? Around this time of year, many of us think about how we can make a...

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UN errors in Sri Lanka war's climax revealed in damning report

15 Nov 2012

The United Nations failed in its mandate to protect civilians in the final months of Sri Lanka's civil war, according to a draft of a damning internal UN report seen by the BBC.

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Briefs, October 20, 2012

20 Oct 2012

Schoolgirl shot in head by Taliban can stand

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Mainlanders keen to volunteer abroad, says medical charity chief

2 Sep 2012

The interest in humanitarian work is huge on the mainland and the number of Chinese volunteers seeking to work abroad is bound to rise, says the president of a big international aid group.

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They were cleaned out

28 May 2012

Nine homeless people are suing the government. They say government workers threw all their belongings away during a clean-up. The judge has asked them to see if they can reach an agreement with...

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Opinion

Placating graduates a work in progress

Updated 5:24AM

George Chen

For HSBC, the first love is apparently not the deepest

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Street sleepers urged to seek settlement

Nine homeless people suing the government were urged to seek an out-of-court settlement yesterday at a preliminary hearing into the case.

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A safety net ripped apart

The issues

Getting the budget wrong

The government has been wrong about its budget forecast - twice. When it thinks it has a budget deficit, there is instead a surplus...

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U.N. aid chief looks to HK for donations

If you want to raise funds for a good cause you follow the money.

That is why Catherine Bragg, the United Nations' assistant secretary general for humanitarian affairs, made her...

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70pc grab HK$6,000 handout and forgo bonus

More than two-thirds of people eligible for the government's HK$6,000 cash handout have opted to take the money now rather than wait and collect a HK$200 bonus. But this is less than the expected...

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Shippers rock boat with security fees

Hong Kong's exporters have urged container lines to explain the level of security surcharges imposed to pay for armed guards and other anti-piracy paraphernalia on ships transiting the Indian...

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A healthy meal can be had by all, including the poor

In these times of spiralling inflation in Hong Kong, low-income workers and their children are struggling to eat nutritionally balanced meals.

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