Hong Kong needs to completely overhaul its civil servant review mechanism rather than add another layer of assessment to the existing system if the administration wants to improve performance and governance, observers have said. While one lawmaker said the government should implement clear assessment criteria for civil servants, others stressed that objective performance measures for…
An advocacy group that has fought to protect Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour for 30 years may take the government to court for passing a legal amendment to relax reclamation restrictions, calling it the last-ditch effort before the organisation closes. Winston Chu Ka-sun, founder of the Society for Protection of the Harbour, said on Saturday that…
Widow Law Wai-ho, 82, lives alone in Hong Kong and worries that no one will be there to help if anything happens to her. Law recalled her helplessness when she fell on the street and could not get up until a security guard arrived and took her to hospital, where she spent a week with…
Widow Law Wai-ho, 82, lives alone in Hong Kong and worries that no one will be there to help if anything happens to her. Law recalled her helplessness when she fell on the street and could not get up until a security guard arrived and took her to hospital, where she spent a week with…
After her father lost his ability to walk, Hongkonger Anita Au spent about HK$1 million (US$128,816) removing safety hazards and redesigning her parents’ house to meet older people’s needs. The five months of renovations to make the 400 sq ft flat in Aberdeen wheelchair friendly were carried out last year so that Au’s 86-year-old father,…
The number of community nannies under a Hong Kong childcare programme has fallen by more than 40 per cent over a year, with industry players attributing the drop partly to carers’ fears over abuse allegations following an earlier scandal that tarnished the service. According to statistics submitted to the Legislative Council’s Finance Committee by the…
The number of community nannies under a Hong Kong childcare programme declined sharply by more than 40 per cent from 2023 to last year, with industry players attributing the dip partly to carers’ fears over abuse allegations following an earlier scandal that tarnished the service. There were a total of 1,043 nannies recruited to provide…
The proportion of first-year, non-local undergraduates at Hong Kong’s public universities who come from mainland China has increased to 75 per cent, while the percentage of the intake hailing from other countries has fallen, raising concerns over whether the city can meet its goal of internationalising its campuses. Data obtained by the Post from the…
Dozens of villagers from a border town in Hong Kong marched to government headquarters on Sunday, demanding better terms under a resettlement plan aimed at freeing up land for the Northern Metropolis mega redevelopment. The villagers from the Hung Shui Kiu area set out from the United Centre in Admiralty at around 11am for the…
Hong Kong lawmakers have urged the government to hire more disabled workers and impose key performance indicators to ensure the target is met after authorities revealed such employees made up 1.5 per cent of civil servants. The Labour and Welfare Bureau revealed in a Legislative Council panel meeting on Monday that 2,513 serving civil servants…