Society & Politics
Working mothers' struggle: Lack of support in the workplace hampers breastfeeding
- 2013-10-14
- 2013-10-14
As government tries to promote breastfeeding by banning advertising for formula milk, practical problems faced by working mothers trying to breastfeed their babies go unresolved.
Give Society Back its Lost Grain of Rice
- 2013-10-14
- 2013-10-14
To most people, tons of rice is no different from stacks of money. But for Mr Leung Yat-shun, growing rice is all about sharing and bringing joy to everyone.
Ethnic minority children struggle to learn Chinese
- 2013-07-21
- 2013-07-21
Inadequate provisions for teaching Chinese as a second language to South Asian students strip them of access to higher education
Homeless and new immigrants barred from food banks
- 2013-07-21
- 2013-07-21
Strict rules say recent arrivals and needy with no proof of residence connot benefit from government-funded programmes
Organic by deception
- 2013-07-21
- 2013-07-21
A lack of legislation to regulate what can be called organic has laid bare legal loopholes to be exploited. The organic label is what I treasure most. Without regulation, people cannot have enough confidence in organic food. -MR. SHEA SHEUNG KWONG, owner of Chun San Yuen Organic farm
War of identity
- 2013-03-20
- 2013-03-20
Growing social discontent is powering up HongKongers' battle against a Chinese identity
Upbeat numbers for mainland exchange
- 2013-03-18
- 2013-03-18
Study tours to motherland with full-blown subsidy schemes have been drawing students like magnet
SPCA: animals need more than just dogcatchers
- 2013-03-18
- 2013-03-18
Animal rights group wants law-enforcement powers
Channel 101: Sex Education
- 2013-03-18
- 2013-03-18
NOW TV's controversial TV programme highlights the city's slow progress in sex education