Executive Council convenor and Legislative Council member Regina Ip recently asked Secretary for Justice Paul Lam questions that highlighted the government’s repeated loss of court cases focusing on the recognition of same-sex marriage. Ip asked why the government “insisted on lodging appeals despite considering that the cases would have a low success rate.” Put more bluntly, […]
Around 70 per cent of people in committed same-sex relationships want to get married, research has shown, as the deadline for the Hong Kong government to establish a framework to recognise same-sex relationships loomed. Suen Yiu-tung, an associate professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Gender Studies Programme, on January 13, 2025. Photo: Hillary […]
For women e-sports players in China, mastering the game is just the first hurdle to carving out a space for themselves in the male-dominated field. This picture taken on December 19, 2024 shows a female gamer competing during a women’s e-sport event in Beijing. For women e-sports players in China, mastering the game is only […]
A pro-Beijing lawmaker has urged Hong Kong’s government to override the top court’s rulings in favour of same-sex married couples by inviting China to interpret the city’s constitution. Lawmaker Junius Ho (centre) at a forum on recent rulings by the top court on same-sex couples’ rights on Dec. 5, 2024. Photo: Hillary Leung/HKFP, Speaking at […]
When Anushka moved to Hong Kong from India in 2021, she could never have imagined the fate that awaited her. She knew that her first 21 days in her new home would be spent in isolation, part of the city’s stringent Covid-19 curbs in place at the time. Beyond that, she said, she expected “positive […]
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) has called on people to get tested for HIV as it revealed an increase in the proportion of patients getting diagnosed at advanced stages of the infection. Dr Lee Cheuk-kwong (left) and Dr Bonnie Wong (left) at a CHP press conference on November 26, 2024. Photo: James Lee/HKFP. Speaking […]
Hongkongers who do not want children cited the city’s education system and political situation as among the main reasons behind their decision, a survey has found, as the government seeks to raise the fertility rate. According to World Bank data in 2022, each Hong Kong couple had 0.7 children on average, making its birth rate […]