Social Inequality

13 May 2013

Hong Kong is heading for the unfamiliar position of having more university places than it knows what to do with. Within three years, education authorities say, we will have 1,200 more places than...

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Give York Chow a fair chance

8 Apr 2013

Three years ago, when Lam Woon-kwong was appointed the head of the Equal Opportunities Commission, he was criticised for his close links to the government and his lack of some sort of human rights...

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Skewed take on domestic helpers

27 Mar 2013

In Alex Lo 's column ("Court's ruling enforces semi-apartheid", March 26) he is hopelessly confused. His premise is that no society may treat any segment of its population less favourably than the...

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Court's ruling enforces semi-apartheid

26 Mar 2013

Hong Kong now has full judicial backing to continue treating foreign domestic helpers as a special class of people to be excluded from many basic rights accorded to legal residents who, in the...

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Don't use the law to discriminate against domestic workers

26 Mar 2013

In Hong Kong, people enthuse over the "rule of law" and its long-standing presence here. It is the cause of our economic miracle and social stability, and is purportedly the main difference...

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A shame to forget the poorest of the poor

25 Mar 2013

All eyes will be on Bali this week as Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono hosts a meeting that will define the next global development agenda. The UN High Level Panel for the post-2015...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

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Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

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European nations and China seek to curb pay for executives and bankers

Sickened by years of financial crises and reports of huge salaries and bonuses for the executives and bankers they say plunged the global economy into chaos, governments and voters around the...

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Education is key to closing Hong Kong's wealth gap

Using government census figures, Professor Chou Kee-lee, of the Institute of Education, has found disturbing inequity that could entrench the wealth gap that officials are trying to close.

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Wage increases part of approved income distribution plan

The State Council on Tuesday approved long-delayed guidelines to reform the mainland's income distribution system, under which wages will be raised and state-owned enterprises will be required to...

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CHINA

Slower economic growth prompts Beijing to shift focus

With the mainland's economy growing at its slowest pace in 13 years, officials are shifting their focus from speed to sustainability, addressing the issues of an ageing population and social...

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ON SECOND THOUGHT

Human desire for equality is innate, science suggests

In the 17th century, the philosopher Thomas Hobbes described the natural condition of humanity as "every man against every man". But more recently, research on primates is suggesting that we are...

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MIGRANTS

Easing of college exam barriers fails to satisfy migrant parents

Migrant parents expressed disappointment yesterday after three of the largest magnets of migrant labour - Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong - announced only a modest relaxation of residency...

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