Legislative Council of Hong Kong

Hong Kong Police help residents of Lei Yue Mun to safety on September 16, as the No 10 signal Typhoon Mangkhut caused floods in the low-lying area. Photo: Winson Wong

Hong Kong offices could have waited until typhoon clean-up was over

The morning after a super typhoon batters our city, our amazing street cleaners are in place sweeping up tonnes of debris. Overnight, the sound of chainsaws could be heard, as the fire service immediately started clearing away fallen trees. By Wednesday, it will be like nothing happened!

17 Sep 2018 - 9:00pm 5

In August Eunice Yung (left) announced she and her fiancée Derek Yuen (right) would marry in late September. Photo: Facebook

First sitting legislator to give birth wants to vote during maternity leave

14 Sep 2018 - 7:33am 22

The Hong Kong government is considering extending statutory maternity leave to 14 weeks, in line with the International Labour Organisation standard. Photo: K.Y. Cheng

Don’t use taxpayer money to offset longer maternity leave

12 Sep 2018 - 7:32pm 1

Passengers queue to buy advanced tickets at the West Kowloon terminus. Photo: Nora Tam

Technical glitch or are you on China’s blacklist for high-speed rail tickets?

12 Sep 2018 - 11:56am 20

An aerial view of the high-speed rail terminus in West Kowloon. Photo: Roy Issa

Was Hong Kong’s rail line to mainland China worth all the sacrifices?

11 Sep 2018 - 5:53pm 78

Hong Kong’s transport chief Frank Chan Fan (left) shakes hands with Lin Ji, the deputy secretary general of Guangdong province, at the commissioning of the mainland port area at the West Kowloon terminus of the cross-border express rail link, on September 3. Photo: Handout

Will Hong Kong’s high-speed rail link signal more control by Beijing?

9 Sep 2018 - 2:01pm

Lau’s recent moves in joining the Labour Party, and appearing alongside former lawmaker Lee Cheuk-yan were expected to boost her ties with the pro-democracy camp, sources said. Photo: K. Y. Cheng

Pro-democracy groups back ousted Hong Kong lawmaker as she plans comeback

7 Sep 2018 - 4:33pm 55

The latest six-monthly report to the UK parliament was released on Thursday. Photo: EPA

British government sounds warning on freedom of speech in Hong Kong

7 Sep 2018 - 1:49pm 68

Handover ceremony took place at 11.45pm, marking the creation of a controversial mainland port area in Hong Kong ahead of the opening of the rail link on September 23

800 mainland officers to enforce national law at high-speed rail terminus

4 Sep 2018 - 2:17pm 70

Critics have heaped scorn on political heavyweight Jasper Tsang’s suggestion for the powers of Beijing’s representative here to be defined in the city’s mini-constitution. But is there any merit to the idea at all?

Should powers of Beijing’s man in Hong Kong be defined in Basic Law?

3 Sep 2018 - 3:37pm 13

At Exhibition Centre station, 14 per cent of monitoring points reached or exceeded trigger values. Photo: Sam Tsang

MTR misery continues as 130 locations on high-speed link are sinking

31 Aug 2018 - 11:55am 7

Top officials witness signing of 15 agreements to promote their respective businesses, collaborate in cultural activities and improve access to each other’s financial markets

Hong Kong and Shanghai leaders vow deeper ties amid US trade war

25 Aug 2018 - 6:51am 8

(Left to right) Ip Kin-yuen, Kenneth Leung and Dennis Kwok all accepted invitations to the ceremony on Friday. Photo: Felix Wong

Mending fences? Four pan-democrat lawmakers invited to government ceremony

22 Aug 2018 - 7:33am 7

People pass through Hong Kong Customs. Photo: Lo Wu

Beijing considers upgrade to Hongkongers’ home return permits

24 Aug 2018 - 12:08pm 9

Charles Mok has been pan-democrat convenor for a year. Photo: Dickson Lee

Pan-democrats to save firepower for controversial issues

20 Aug 2018 - 9:42am 7

Lam’s outing on Facebook was the first time a Hong Kong chief executive has used the live platform since it was introduced in 2016. Photo: Winson Wong

Lam rules out cutting number of mainland Chinese migrants to Hong Kong

18 Aug 2018 - 1:23am 53

Tommy Cheung Yu-yan speaks at a Legislative Council meeting on July 14. Cheung is strongly opposed to increasing the statutory paternity leave in Hong Kong from three to five days. Photo: Dickson Lee

Was lawmaker who opposed paternity leave trying reverse psychology?

17 Aug 2018 - 12:00pm 1

A study done on elections found that areas with pan-democrat incumbents were more prone to being rezoned. Photo: Felix Wong

Why redrawing map for district council polls is bigger deal for opposition

13 Aug 2018 - 12:39pm

Angular distortion has been found in pipes around the Exhibition Centre station site a day after the rail giant was forced to suspend all excavation work at the stop on the beleaguered Sha Tin-Central Link. Photo: Dickson Lee

More subsidence problems as pipes found bent at MTR station site

13 Aug 2018 - 1:54pm 2

Lawmaker Eunice Yung and her fiancé Derek Yuen. Photo: Facebook

Eunice Yung’s pregnancy means it’s time to talk about maternity leave

5 Aug 2018 - 6:50pm 5

Dr Ko Wing-man says his patients are his priority. Photo: Dickson Lee

Former health chief Ko Wing-man won’t run in coming by-election

3 Aug 2018 - 11:04pm 3

Eunice Yung Hoi-yan. Photo: David Wong

Is lawmaker set to make Hong Kong history by giving birth while in office?

1 Aug 2018 - 7:32am 28

‘Long Hair’ Leung Kwok-hung ignored a compromise deal. Photo: Felix Wong

‘Long Hair’ slams Legco’s ‘despotic’ act to recover HK$2.98 million

31 Jul 2018 - 9:23pm 30

Buildings Department figures indicate at least one in four properties in Hong Kong, one of the world’s most densely populated places, had unsanctioned features in the past 18 years. Photo: Shutterstock

Checks on Hong Kong homes for sale ‘needed to tackle illegal structures’

31 Jul 2018 - 11:12am 10

Ousted lawmaker ‘Long Hair’ Leung Kwok-hung. Photo: Winson Wong

‘Long Hair’ hit by HK$2.98 million demand for salary, expenses

30 Jul 2018 - 10:36pm 37

Margaret Ng says pan-democrats in Legco require a change in strategy. Photo: Sam Tsang

Legco legal advisers ‘failed to steer president in constitutional duties’

30 Jul 2018 - 10:41am 7

Lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting (centre) holds up a copy of the Rules of Procedure and House Rules of the Legislative Council in protest, during a Legislative council meeting on the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (Co-location) Bill on June 13 at the Legislative Council Complex in Tamar, Admiralty. Photo: K. Y. Cheng

Without veto power, is there a point to Hong Kong’s pan-democrats?

27 Jul 2018 - 6:11am 6

Lessening interest in politics after Occupy protests, along with a rapidly ageing population, behind the decrease, political scientists say

Electoral roll shows city’s registered voters not getting any younger

26 Jul 2018 - 7:25am 6

Chan Kin-por. Photo: Edmond So

Nod for HK$251 billion in funding as filibustering changes kick in

18 Jul 2018 - 10:39pm 7

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