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Blowing Water Luisa Tam

US Farm Bill should give the impetus for global dog meat ban

10 Dec 2018 - 8:07pm 12

The Naked Truth Luisa Tam

Everlasting true love really does exist, and here’s how to find it

9 Dec 2018 - 5:00pm 7

Remember A Day Luisa Tam

Pandas, ‘indecent’ stamps and a stray torpedo: past headlines

6 Dec 2018 - 10:43pm

Blowing Water Luisa Tam

Why I won’t stop slurping my soup noodles

3 Dec 2018 - 10:46pm 36

More on Poverty

Insight & Opinion

New thinking needed to level playing field for those living in poverty

9 Dec, 11:13pm 4

Society

Pay a ‘living wage’ of HK$54.70, Hong Kong employers urged

9 Dec, 10:59pm 24

Health & Environment

HSBC deploys dementia specialist staff amid greying population

8 Dec, 10:36am 5

Letters

Hong Kong could do with a Lee Kuan Yew effect on housing

3 Dec, 6:10am 5

Education

Hong Kong teens aim to break out of poverty through music

2 Dec, 10:13pm 3

More on Education

Letters

Hong Kong must step up education to curb underage drinking

11 Dec, 7:42am

Insight & Opinion

Sports day: why doesn’t my child’s school take it seriously?

8 Dec, 8:19pm 1

Tech

Stanford physicist and tech investor dies after depression bout

7 Dec, 5:22am 4

Hong Kong

Hong Kong has the talent, so why can’t our schools nurture it?

6 Dec, 6:17pm 3

Letters

School bullying cases should be reported to the Education Bureau

6 Dec, 6:23am

Letters

Why changes to HKU’s admission process are too much, too late

5 Dec, 12:11pm

Health & Environment

Why do only 15 per cent of Hong Kong women want to have a baby?

5 Dec, 11:45am 98

More on Old Hong Kong

Books

Ding ding! 100-plus historic images of Hong Kong trams in book

10 Dec, 8:03pm

Opinion

Why amateur historians should leave wartime relics alone

7 Dec, 7:53am

Short Reads

How George H.W. Bush honoured governor Sir Edward Youde

7 Dec, 7:17am

Opinion

Pandas, ‘indecent’ stamps and a stray torpedo: past headlines

6 Dec, 10:43pm

Society

US university’s Hong Kong site remembers dark past of brutal detention centre

6 Dec, 9:39am 9

Opinion

From ‘gweilo’ to ‘bun bun’, racism is usually rooted in older ideas

3 Dec, 7:09pm 10

Critics have long complained about a severe shortage of childcare places in Hong Kong. Photo: Edmond So

Welfare chief slammed over lack of timetable on childcare places

Lawmakers question how government can deliver the near 38,000 recommended places given the large disparity with current supply.

10 Dec 2018 - 9:02pm 1 More on Hong Kong youth

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An Akita dog in a kennel at a breeding centre in Takasaki, Gunma prefecture in Japan. Photo: AFP

US Farm Bill should give the impetus for global dog meat ban

10 Dec 2018 - 8:07pm 12

Victoria Harbour in the early 1870s. Photo: Hong Kong Museum of History

How a fire in 1851 triggered Hong Kong’s first reclamation project

10 Dec 2018 - 11:08am 1

Carsten Stoehr and Liza Green from Credit Suisse join Project Space’s Christmas party at the charity’s Quarry Bay office, with children from families supported by Project Space. Photo: Felix Wong

Project Space helping needy families through Operation Santa Claus

10 Dec 2018 - 10:00am

The University of Hong Kong. Photo: Shutterstock

HKU reveals provost won two extensions amid retirement contract controversy

10 Dec 2018 - 8:02am 6

The study found that basic monthly expenses for a single person were between HK$10,494 and HK$11,548. Photo: Fung Chang

Pay a ‘living wage’ of HK$54.70, Hong Kong employers urged

9 Dec 2018 - 10:59pm 24

Everlasting true love really does exist, now here’s how to find it

Everlasting true love really does exist, and here’s how to find it

9 Dec 2018 - 5:00pm 7

Only 8 per cent of 276 school leavers from special needs institutions in the 2014-15 academic year who had a mild intellectual disability went on to find work, according to official figures. Photo: Alamy

Job coaches needed to get intellectually disabled into work, forum told

9 Dec 2018 - 9:41pm

Preserve underwater relics of Hong Kong’s past as a 19th-century sea trade hub or risk losing them to reclamation, say Chinese University scholars

‘Preserve Hong Kong’s underwater relics or risk losing them to reclamation’

8 Dec 2018 - 10:39pm 10

Ng Sau-fung (right), a beneficiary of Habitat for Humanity Hong Kong, shows off her tai chi moves in her home. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

Beyond mopped floors: charity home services connect young with elderly

8 Dec 2018 - 12:26pm

A footbridge at Mai Po nature reserve, installed with raised sides for wheelchair safety. Photo: Nora Tam

Nature with no barriers: how disabled can enjoy the great outdoors

8 Dec 2018 - 11:13am

Counselling cafe out to beat ‘self-imposed constraints’ of Chinese culture, says founder ‘Mrs Wong’

Counselling cafe out to beat ‘self-imposed constraints’ of Chinese culture

8 Dec 2018 - 11:06am 1

As work and social norms continue to delay marriage and baby-making plans for couples, the number of people seeking IVF treatment will rise.

Why more Hong Kong couples are turning to IVF treatment

8 Dec 2018 - 10:06am 3

Florence Hui died on Monday at the age of 44. Photo: Handout

Memorial service for Florence Hui to be held next Sunday

7 Dec 2018 - 7:22pm 2

A schoolboy walks past collapsed trees on Tin Ping Road in Sheung Shui after Typhoon Mangkhut hit Hong Kong on September 16. Photo: Sam Tsang

Ombudsman may probe government handling of typhoon tree waste

7 Dec 2018 - 7:19pm 7

Anyone has proved very popular with Hongkongers. Photo: Edmond So

The inside story of Anyone: Hong Kong’s favourite weird blue mascot

7 Dec 2018 - 10:50pm 1

Even colder days can be expected early next week. Photo: David Wong

Hong Kong bracing for a cool weekend as temperatures fall

7 Dec 2018 - 4:53pm 5

The government has been struggling to find land to build enough housing in Hong Kong. Photo: Felix Wong

More young, single, highly educated Hongkongers waiting for public housing

7 Dec 2018 - 10:57am 37

Law Chi-kwong (third right) with attendees at the forum. Photo: Winson Wong

Tell us what public needs from government, welfare chief tells NGO leaders

7 Dec 2018 - 10:02am 10

The Discovery Bay Marina Club informed members on August 31 that their memberships and berthing permits would be terminated by December 31, as the marina would be closed for extensive renovation. Photo: Nora Tam

Discovery Bay Marina hikes berthing fees up as high as HK$12,000 per day

7 Dec 2018 - 11:24am 27

Hong Kong experts say the business being investigated has deeply rooted ties to Hong Kong. Photo: Nora Tam

Hong Kong urged to investigate partners of arrested recruiters

6 Dec 2018 - 10:13pm 2

Bao Ling and Bao Li – arrived in Hong Kong on a three-month loan from Guangzhou. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Pandas, ‘indecent’ stamps and a stray torpedo: past headlines

6 Dec 2018 - 10:43pm

Construction worker dies in Hong Kong tunnel after being hit by runaway truck

Construction worker dies after being hit by runaway truck

6 Dec 2018 - 10:43pm

(From left) Bruce Stinson, co-founder and vice-chairman of The Hub; Ian Gardner, general manager of Hong Kong Golf Club; Vicky Jones, championship director of the European Tour; Helen Chan Li, chief executive of Friends of Asia Hong Kong; and Hugh Chiverton, head of English programming service at RTHK display a HK$1.3 million cheque presented to beneficiaries. Photo: Jonathan Wong

200 golfers in full swing for charity at Hong Kong Golf Club

6 Dec 2018 - 10:00am 4

The site was formerly the Victoria Road Detention Centre. Photo: K.Y. Cheng

US university’s Hong Kong site remembers dark past of brutal detention centre

6 Dec 2018 - 9:39am 9

The index, compiled by Arton Capital, ranks the passports of 193 United Nations member countries and six other territories. Photo: Shutterstock

Hong Kong passport is now the world’s 13th most powerful

6 Dec 2018 - 12:00pm 16

The Post’s infographics team was awarded at a ceremony in New York. Photo: SCMP

Post’s infographics team bags top trophy at Information is Beautiful awards

6 Dec 2018 - 6:18am 2

Hui was certified dead at North Lantau Hospital. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Motorcyclist dies after crash with truck near Hong Kong airport

5 Dec 2018 - 6:05pm

The Trivago app on a smartphone.

Customs monitoring travel website Trivago accused of misleading ads

5 Dec 2018 - 10:32pm 2