Some elderly residents facing eviction from a block of subdivided flats in Hong Kong have expressed concerns that they could lose their jobs if forced to relocate to allow for their landlords to upgrade the homes to comply with new regulations. Residents of Sham Shui Po’s Yee Wa Building were previously told they needed to…
A Hong Kong court has ordered on-demand food delivery platform Foodpanda to pay more than HK$1.3 million (US$167,000) in compensation to a worker who injured himself during a tropical storm five years ago, ruling that the company failed to ensure the employee’s safety in extreme weather. The High Court on Wednesday ruled in favour of…
A 39-year-old man with degrees from Oxford, Peking University and Tsinghua is making headlines in China, not for his academic achievements, but for his current job as a food delivery worker. Ding Yuanzhao, once considered a top-performing student in China’s cutthroat entrance exam system, now works for Meituan in Beijing after failing to find employment…