Social Issues

SOCIETY: PENSIONS

Retirement is for wimps

17 Sep 2012

Japan's willing elderly workers are defusing the country's pension time bomb, writes Kanoko Matsuyama.

Nail bar blues

23 Sep 2012

For many young Vietnamese, the long, arduous trek to a 'dream job' in a European or North American beauty salon is a taste of the life that awaits them, writes Simon Parry.

Migrant workers feel like outsiders in mainland cities, says survey

3 Mar 2013

Despite spending years working in mainland cities, migrant workers still feel like outsiders and say their only sense of happiness comes from their families, a Renmin University survey has found...

Wealth tax idea worthy of debate

3 Mar 2013

A higher tax on the owners of Singapore's most expensive homes - the top 1 per cent - resonates here because it is aimed at closing a widening income gap, a problem we share. But it has prompted...

Social etiquette a global problem

24 Feb 2013

In recent years, the negativity between Hong Kong locals and mainlanders has been disheartening. The most discussed issue is the distasteful and unpleasant behaviour of mainlanders when travelling...

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

Hong Kong can lead East Asia in meeting ageing population challenge

It is investment in human capital and systems, as well as in advanced machinery and processes, that has enabled Hong Kong to stay ahead. But it now seems in danger of failing to lead the mainland...

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Falling crime rate a Hong Kong success to celebrate

Although Hong Kong is not totally free of violent crime, it is a remarkably safe place to live in. Comparable communities in developed Asia, like Japan, Korea and Singapore, also have markedly...

Young boys found dead in Guizhou shack

Five young boys in China’s southwestern Guizhou province died of suffocation on Monday in a deserted shack, the Xinhua state news agency reported on Tuesday.

SOCIAL ISSUES

Leung Chun-ying urged to act on 'nomadic' children

A tiresome shuffle back and forth across the border is disrupting the lives and education of an estimated 7,000 Hong Kong children, activists and families said yesterday, calling for government...

POLITICS

Exco chief Lam Woon-kwong's grand ambition: a call for grown-up policymaking

Seven months on from his appointment as convenor of the Executive Council, Lam Woon-kwong remains confident Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying can pave the way for a more prosperous Hong Kong. But it...

SOCIETY

Dogs help 'hidden youths' regain their confidence in Hong Kong

Known as social anxiety disorder, the hidden youth phenomenon was first identified in Japan about a decade ago. In recent years, the problem has surfaced across the globe. In Hong Kong, cheap,...