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Reported by Tina Cheung and Yanis Chan According to the Law Reform Commission, the number of charitable organisations in Hong Kong has almost tripled from 1996 to 2010. With more and more charitable donations being made, the public has become increasingly concerned with where all their money actually goes. The video focuses on the legal issues related to the transparency of charitable funds and how donations raised by such organisations are utilised. The Young Reporter set up a vox pop interview at Kowloon Tong MTR station where a couple of charitable organisations usually set up booths to raise money. Randomly selected interviewees were asked about their perception of how charities use their funds and what they think can be done to make their donations worthwhile. Mr Sidney Lee Chi-hang, a lawyer and councilor of Central & Western District was also interviewed. Providing legal advice on the possibilities and restrictions for setting up a centralised law to monitor the finance of charitable organisations, Mr Lee also laid out some alternatives as to how these organisations can be regulated without a comprehensive law term. Edited by Giselle Chan For text story please click here

Reported by ShanShan Kao and Jackson Ho Peter, a 26-year-old logistics worker, explained to The Young Reporter why he prefers sex workers to a girlfriend. In this processed video, Peter says as he smokes that he sees patronising brothels as the most efficient way to satisfy his needs. Having been frequenting sex workers for more than ten years, he says he has been used to this lifestyle. Love is necessary, he says, but love without sex is unacceptable. Ching Ching, a sex worker The Young Reporter approached through outspoken sex worker rights group Ziteng, says in this interview filmed at the group's office in Mong Kok that men are spared the financial and psychological burdens in paid sex. She says some men prefer having sex with sex workers because of the mutually agreed precondition that no commitment or promise of commitment will be involved at any point of the encounter. She calls it "lucky" for men to have a girlfriend who does not ask for "pocket money." The number of female sex workers in Hong Kong is estimated to be at 20,000, according to Ziteng. Mong Kok alone has about 500 brothels, motels, and massage parlours, accommodating more than 1,000 sex workers and serving 10,000 to 20,000 clients per day, the group says. Organised prostitution is illegal under Hong Kong law. But one-woman brothels where one sex worker provides sex services in her apartment are allowed. Video Editor: Rachel Leung For the text story, click here