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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks to the media during a press conference in Chengdu, Sichuan province on July 17, during a six-day official visit to China. Photo: EPA
China-Australia relations

Letters | The wisdom of Australia’s fresh approach to China

Readers discuss why Canberra must keep its foreign policy options open, private DSE candidates in Hong Kong, and driverless vehicles for the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge.

Hong Kong economy

Letters | Hong Kong has what it takes to be an Islamic finance hub

Hong Kong youth

Letters | Younger Hongkongers are taking it slow and steady? Good

Renewable energy

Letters | Asean’s renewable push needs inclusive economic models

Readers discuss energy transition strategies, the low-altitude economy, and China buying ‘fourth-best’ AI chips.

Workers clean solar panels at Jatijajar bus station in Depok, Indonesia on April 16. Photo: EPA-EFE
Workers clean solar panels at Jatijajar bus station in Depok, Indonesia on April 16. Photo: EPA-EFE
Hong Kong politics

Letters | Same-sex bill is an acid test of Hong Kong’s human rights protection

Readers discuss the city’s constitutional order, the argument against recognising same-sex relationships, and two-dish rice queues in Hong Kong’s financial district.

Hong Kong housing

Letters | Home sweet home? More like investment sweet investment in Hong Kong

Readers discuss the city’s world-topping property prices, care for low vision, and what Napoleon’s wallpaper had to do with his death.

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Education in Hong Kong

Letters | Hong Kong students must remember grades aren’t everything

Readers discuss the true priorities of school education, climate fixes for the city’s vulnerable, and how to get seriously tough on illegal parking.

Primary Six pupils receive their school allocation results on the campus of Yaumati Catholic Primary School (Hoi Wang Road) on July 8. Photo: Nora Tam
Primary Six pupils receive their school allocation results on the campus of Yaumati Catholic Primary School (Hoi Wang Road) on July 8. Photo: Nora Tam
Hong Kong

Letters | Hong Kong thrives because of, not despite, its hybridity

Readers discuss Hong Kong’s unique value to the country, the quality of dying, and how local restaurants can respond to intense competition.

Hong Kong economy

Letters | How Hong Kong’s new drug regulator can give the city a competitive edge

Readers discuss the potential of the Centre for Medical Products Regulation, and the struggles of fast-food chains.

China-Russia relations

Letters | Trump-Musk feud: Chinese saying sheds light on who might prevail

Readers discuss the US president’s falling out with Tesla’s founder, countries’ issuing nuclear threats, and the end of USAID as an independent agency.

US President Donald Trump (left) and and Tesla founder Elon Musk, speak in the Oval Office before departing the White House in Washington for Trump’s residence at Mar-a-Lago in Florida on March 14. Trump and Musk’s unlikely political marriage exploded in a fiery public divorce on June 5. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS)
Hong Kong society

Letters | Hong Kong police force needs more officers from ethnic minority groups

Readers discuss ethnic minority representation in the civil service, and fines for traffic offences.

The passing-out parade of probationary inspectors and recruit police constables, at the Hong Kong Police College in Wong Chuk Hang on April 27, 2024. Photo: Jonathan Wong
The passing-out parade of probationary inspectors and recruit police constables, at the Hong Kong Police College in Wong Chuk Hang on April 27, 2024. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Hong Kong society

Letters | Hong Kong must unite to prevent criminal gangs from exploiting children

Readers discuss criminal syndicates preying on children, and steps schools should take to protect pupils on trips.

Artificial intelligence

Letters | Worried about AI taking your job? Stop relying on it

Readers discuss the limitations of artificial intelligence, English language proficiency among Hong Kong students, and the decline in the US’ attractiveness.

Hong Kong transport

Letters | Driverless bus incident points to Hong Kong’s need for AI governance

Readers discuss the city’s AI governance shortfall, ESG implementation hurdles, and how to save small shops.

Two driverless buses collided at Hong Kong International Airport on June 22. Photo: SCMP Pictures
LGBTQ

Letters | Equal marriage is not a break from Hong Kong tradition

Readers discuss legal protection for same-sex relationships, the morality of denying human rights to some in our community, the power of the word ‘spouse’, and how to make the city’s steps safer.

A couple hold hands during an event to raise awareness of gay rights in Hong Kong on May 25, 2019, one day after Taiwan made history with the first legal same-sex weddings in Asia. Photo: AFP
A couple hold hands during an event to raise awareness of gay rights in Hong Kong on May 25, 2019, one day after Taiwan made history with the first legal same-sex weddings in Asia. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong

Letters | For Hong Kong’s mediation body to be on par with The Hague, more must be done

Readers discuss Hong Kong’s opportunity to cement its international status, the meaning of ‘like-minded’, the city’s long-term fiscal planning, and civil service exams.

LGBTQ

Letters | Hong Kong’s necessary step forward on same-sex partnerships

Readers discuss the government’s proposal to recognise same-sex partnerships, and international standards for same-sex policy.

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Banking & finance

Letters | Cross-border remittance risk management tips for Hongkongers

Readers discuss how to mitigate regulatory risks in transferring funds to mainland China, and why Hong Kong must make table tennis facilities widely available.

People walk past the People’s Bank of China on October 19. Hong Kong residents should understand that cross-border remittance data is accessible to the mainland authorities. Photo: AFP
People walk past the People’s Bank of China on October 19. Hong Kong residents should understand that cross-border remittance data is accessible to the mainland authorities. Photo: AFP
Ethnic minorities in Hong Kong

Letters | More work is needed to ensure an inclusive Hong Kong

Readers discuss how to tackle ethnic barriers in Hong Kong, the city’s international status, and the danger of AI revolt.

Hong Kong environmental issues

Letters | Taking stock of 36 years in environmental protection

Readers discuss how to cherish our planet, Malaysia’s whistle-blower protection law, and China’s investors.

Hong Kong transport

Letters | The case for building a transport museum in Hung Hom

Readers discuss a dedicated transport museum for Hong Kong, and why taxi owners must be held to account for service standards.

Retired Mid-Life Refurbishment train carriages go on display at the Water Sports and Recreation Precinct in Wan Chai on December 20. Photo: Dickson Lee
Israel-Gaza war

Letters | Wanted: a ceasefire in Gaza

Readers discuss a solution for Gaza, threats to the world, and how to respond to US aid cuts.

Palestinian children transport cans of water home as people queue at a water distribution point in Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip, on June 23. Photo: AFP
Palestinian children transport cans of water home as people queue at a water distribution point in Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip, on June 23. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong youth

Letters | Hong Kong students’ mental well-being starts at home

Readers discuss the power of emotionally attuned parenting, and ways to improve the city’s taxi industry.

Hong Kong society

Letters | Hong Kong’s complex social problems demand transparent and collective effort

Readers suggest areas for improvement in the city’s governance, light pollution, and the death of a renowned food critic.

Hong Kong economy

Letters | Hong Kong’s best chapters are still unwritten

Readers discuss the progress Hong Kong has made, the impact of the national security law, and the city’s transport infrastructure.

A man looks out at Victoria Harbour from Tamar Park in Admiralty on May 5. Photo: Eugene Lee
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