Complaints about abuse of the elderly have risen by 23 per cent over the past three years, a welfare agency says - with most of the claims relating to children pocketing their parents' welfare...
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- May 23, 2013
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23 Mar 2012
Three elderly people were abandoned by relatives in Hong Kong last year and abuse cases of the elderly increased 15 per cent to 368 - but a welfare group says this is just 'the tip of the iceberg...
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24 Feb 2011
Child abuse is widespread, but much of it goes on behind closed doors. Victims are often unwilling to seek help and witnesses are reluctant to speak up.
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11 Jan 2010
A study on elderly abuse showed that almost half of the abusers were the victims' children, while some 28 per cent were their spouses.
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5 Feb 2008
Almost one in 10 pregnant women said they had been abused by their partners, according to a city-wide study led by the University of Hong Kong.
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7 Feb 2007
Social workers say cases involving mistreatment by women are steadily increasing
Low incomes and long working hours have pushed more wives to mistreat their husbands, according to a...
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Men who abuse their pregnant wives are more likely to use psychological than physical violence, according to a study by the University of Hong Kong.
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The problems of being young affect more people than just the young; police, parents and society as a whole feel the impact of young people's problems.
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I have to disagree with Gordon Fowler on his views about the sale of looted antiques (letter headlined, 'Patriots have selective memories', South China Morning Post, May 12).
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THE article ''Wife abuse in high places'' (Sunday Morning Post, April 24) is timely. The writer refers primarily to physical abuse and we know this is at the extreme end of the continuum of...
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