Key issues that matter to our home, Hong Kong

For 120 years, the SCMP has reported on issues that matter to Hongkongers and played a pivotal role in shaping vital conversations about the city's past, present and future. This series spotlights the Post’s most impactful reporting on housing, quality of life, health care, sustainability, diversity and the economy, all areas that inspire and inform social improvement.

Updated: 09 Nov, 2023

Key issues that matter to our home, Hong Kong

[1]

Where are the expats? Hong Kong’s talent drive fails to bring back foreigners

Foreign talent needed to maintain the city’s international status, say business chambers and experts.

21 Sep, 2023

[2]

Explainer | Life in Hong Kong’s shoebox housing

Smaller than a prison cell, more than 200,000 people live in extremely cramped conditions and spend years waiting for public rental housing.

07 Jun, 2022

Life in Hong Kong’s shoebox housing - complete visual explainer

[3]

Why is Hong Kong’s inflation so low compared with other global cities?

Hong Kong appears to have averted the worst of the inflation woes dragging down other major global cities.

28 Apr, 2023

[4]

Hong Kong to give terminally ill patients more say over where and how they die

Allowing people to die at care homes will give families precious time together, and cut red tape too.

03 Jul, 2023

[5]

What’s wrong with Hong Kong’s weather? The effects of climate change

The impact of climate change on Hong Kong becoming increasingly obvious, according to local and international scientists.

31 May, 2022

[6]

‘Everything in Chinese’: Hong Kong’s ethnic minority students hit a wall

Societal norms and trends in early education have concentrated non-Chinese-speaking students in certain kindergartens or primary schools.

24 May, 2023

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