A union representing foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong has urged authorities to more than double their monthly food allowance to HK$2,770 (US$350), saying the current stipend averaging HK$13.30 per meal is insufficient due to inflation.
Representatives from the Federation of Asian Domestic Workers Unions (FADWU) met Labour Department officials on Sunday after staging a protest. Besides the food allowance, the groups demanded an increase in the monthly minimum wage to HK$6,6
In an online post on Friday, “Zhejiang Propaganda”, a social media account affiliated with the Zhejiang provincial publicity department, said that while Chinese fans could appreciate the skills of other teams, their support should have “boundaries”.
“The current controversy shows that many people in China are not intolerant of simply
Iran’s new supreme leader shares his late father’s “positive” view of relations with China, Tehran’s ambassador told a security forum in Beijing.
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The import-heavy nation is looking at huge ‘unexplored’ areas off the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago bordering Thailand and Indonesia
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India, the world’s third-largest importer of oil and the second-largest buyer of liquefied petroleum gas, faced major disruptions
A motorcyclist died after losing control of his bike and colliding head‑on with a tricycle in Hong Kong on Sunday afternoon.
Police said the crash happened at about 3.21pm on the Sha Tin Heights section of Tai Po Road near the Kowloon Reservoir, when the motorcycle heading north toppled and crossed into the opposite lane, colliding head‑on with the tricycle at a bend.
Both riders were injured.
The motorcyclist, 22,
New study finds China lagging behind Japan and the US in key patents for advanced rare earth technologies
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“China is not in a leading position in mastering key core technologies in certain fields,”
A Hong Kong tour group on an aurora-chasing boat ride near an island in Australia saved two fellow city residents who went missing while scuba diving, in a dramatic rescue the agency said “shone light on the brilliance of humanity”.
WWPKG Tours detailed the rescue on Sunday in a Facebook post and commended tour group leader Foxman Hui and his members who were on a trip in Tasmania.
They were out at sea on a Southern Lights sightseeing cruise in Hobart on Friday, when they came across two Hong Kong divers who
Residents at the epicentre of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC’s) Ebola outbreak are pinning their hopes on experimental treatments after researchers began a highly anticipated study in early July of two possible Ebola treatments in hopes of fighting the still-growing outbreak.
At the Ebola treatment centre inside Bunia’s Evangelical Medical Centre, in eastern Congo’s Ituri province, the launch of the research was marked by urgency rather than ceremony on Thursday.
As ambulances continued arriving and healthcare workers disappeared behind layers of protective equipment
