You may have noticed a falloff in blog production on this page over the past few days, roughly contemporaneous with the beginning of the 18th Party Congress here in Beijing. This is not coincidental. This may seem rather counter-intuitive. After all, the media is chock full of news, background and features about the meeting, the key […]

The Immigration Department arrested eight illegal workers and three people suspected of employing them in a citywide crackdown on illegal workers yesterday. Officers raided 13 locations including noodle shops, restaurants and a trading company. They …

The Kowloon City Magistracy has sentenced two cafe operators to two months' jail time for vote-rigging at the 2011 District Council Election, the Independent Commission Against Corruption said today. Magistrate Ko Wai-hung said the offences undermined…

Three legislative amendments to increase the rates of allowances for jurors and witnesses in criminal proceedings and coroners' inquests will be tabled at the Legislative Council. The Allowances to Jurors (Amendment) Order 2012 was gazetted today and …