I read with shock the news that the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Hong Kong is axing the HK$500 a month it currently pays out to refugees. How can this be? Is the UNHCR broke?...
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1 Mar 2013
KMB's deputy managing director, Evan Auyang, said that the government had not supplied land at below-market rates for the company to build staff quarters and bus depots. He also defended KMB's...
26 Feb 2013
I refer to the article by Albert Cheng ("Government must stop private firms getting a free ride on public money", February 22) which contains misinformation and misunderstanding that need to be...
22 Feb 2013
Hong Kong has always been known for its speed and efficiency, but not this government. So it was surprising to see that the Executive Council, led by Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, had moved at...
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19 Feb 2013
The government has slashed an 8.5 per cent fare rise request by Kowloon Motor Bus to 4.9 per cent, but pledged to help the loss-making company change some of its routes.
Exco member named ICAC committee chief
Executive Councillor Chow Chung-kong has been made the chairman of the advisory committee on corruption at the Independent Commission Against...
Supporting our refugees has its rewards
I learned first-hand over 2-1/2 years the difficulties asylum seekers face living in limbo in Hong Kong.
A full-page advert from the manufacturers of formula milk states we should "Help Mothers Make the Right Choice" (November 23) by allowing formula companies to continue promoting their products in...
My relatives in Canada have a name for the bus. They call it "the loser cruiser". Bus service for them is substandard and passengers are too frequently pickpockets, drug addicts and people of...
KMB has applied to the government for an 8.5 per cent fare increase next year, after it lost HK$12.5 million in the first six months of the year.
Inappropriate to wave colonial flag
I refer to the article by Keane Shum (“Leung should remember his oath to keep Hong Kong free”, November 7).
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