https://www.scmp.com/rss/268518/feed Billy Wong is executive secretary of the Hong Kong Committee on Children’s Rights, which is mandated to monitor the child rights situations in Hong Kong and make the voice of children heard by the community. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com At what age could a child be left alone at home or in any place? Should it be purely the decision of a parent, or should we have a legal benchmark for the society to follow? In January 1991, four children were locked up and left alone in their home in Ho Man Tin, and then burned to death when a fire broke out. The tragedy occurred against the backdrop of Hong Kong’s economy growing rapidly in the late 1980s and early 1990s and the traditional family structure changing to nuclear families, with... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3217546/how-many-deaths-hong-kong-reviews-laws-child-neglect?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3217546/how-many-deaths-hong-kong-reviews-laws-child-neglect?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 22 Apr 2023 00:15:12 +0000 The tragic death of an unhappy 15-year-old girl who jumped from her Repulse Bay home unveiled the situation of children in our city without identity. Article 7 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child calls for every child to be registered immediately after birth and to have the right to a name and nationality. It says governments should ensure the implementation of these rights, otherwise the child would be stateless. Yet, this issue seldom comes to our attention because these children are... https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/1783195/hong-kongs-undocumented-children-need-our-care-and-attention?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/1783195/hong-kongs-undocumented-children-need-our-care-and-attention?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 May 2015 08:00:45 +0000 It's the start of the new school year, with all the usual parental duties that brings. But this year, some parents have an additional task. They are heeding the call of Eva Chan Sik-chee, a co-founder of the Parents Concern Group on National Education, to write letters opposing the early introduction of national education in schools. Under the "One Person, One Letter" campaign, parents are asked to inquire if their children's schools will implement the Moral and National Education... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/family-education/article/1022555/parents-should-protest-introduction-national-education?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/family-education/article/1022555/parents-should-protest-introduction-national-education?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 25 Aug 2012 16:00:00 +0000