The shelters that provide victims of domestic abuse safe haven are becoming rapidly overtaxed for bed spaces. The source of the problem is the high cost of housing, which places even the lowest cost housing out of reach of most single mothers.

Despite tougher penalties for cruelty, animals still suffer in Hong Kong because of the lack of "duty of care" provision in the existing laws.

Members of Hong Kong's Jewish community say Holocaust educational resources are lacking in China, so they established the nation's first and only Holocaust and Tolerance Center. Today, the Center hosts its first official event.

It appears local flower sellers are in for another difficult year, after unseasonably warm temperatures brought out the blossoms a full week before Chinese New Year celebrations. For the second year in a row, the local farmers appear headed toward diminishing returns.

Suicide prevention experts in Hong Kong are tackling a rising number of youth suicides by taking their mission onto social networking sites where macabre 'suicide groups' have emerged.

Bigger and noisier groups of tourists from the mainland are expected to flock to Hong Kong during the long Spring Festival holiday, beginning on Chinese New Year's Day on January 23, according to a survey by China Tourism Institution.