Punishments

Discipline: zero tolerance vs common sense

8 Jul 2012

My son's school seems to have no disciplinary policy. He says that when students do something wrong, the teachers just tell them off and nothing else happens. He has told me about some serious...

Charge struck out in 7s tickets trial

17 May 2012

The city's first trial over fake Rugby Sevens tickets ended yesterday with the magistrate striking out a charge of deception against the British defendant after the prosecution's sole witness...

Despite defeat, academic remains defiant against unfair one-child policy

5 May 2012

A prominent legal academic who lost a two-year legal battle against a big fine for breaking the one-child policy said he stood by his decision to fight for his rights.

Fears persist on toned-down detention code

3 Mar 2012

Rights advocates are worried that a watered-down regulation on cleaning up the detention system passed last month still gives police too much room to continue existing abuses.

Corporal punishment kills creativity

17 Jan 2012

Many traditional Chinese families use corporal punishment to teach their children. They believe that once the pain is over, the lesson will be engraved on the child's mind and the mistake will not...

Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

An age-old problem and the sums that just don't add up

Howard Winn

HSBC suffers the Taibbi treatment in Rolling Stone

Shirley Yam

How tycoons' IPO 'losses' may hide profits at herd's expense

Tutor who assaulted autistic girl fined

A tutor who pulled the hair of an autistic pupil and pushed her to the floor because she was noisy received a suspended sentence in court yesterday.

More parking fines as police get tougher

Tougher action on illegal parking and an increase in policing in Central has led to a 9 per cent rise in the number of fixed-penalty tickets issued between January and last month, from the whole...

Judge urges probe after deported thief slips into Hong Kong 40 times

A serial shoplifter from Macau who had been deported for life from Hong Kong evaded security checks to visit the city more than 40 times in two years, court papers show.

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Communication skills can be useful

Communication is important. With better skills, we can communicate more easily. This can help with our school work.

Bokhary comment unfortunate, judge says

A Court of Appeal judge described as unfortunate a comment by the magistrate sentencing top judge's niece Amina Mariam Bokhary that the defendant had a 'good background'.

Chief steward delighted as Whyte guides Yeung in right path

The next time top apprentice Keith Yeung Ming-lun beats Douglas Whyte in a finish, the premier rider may have only himself to thank after offering his time and advice to the youngster last Tuesday...