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ImpactHK hopes its first fundraising gala will not only make the non-profit organisation’s work helping Hong Kong’s homeless financially sustainable but be ‘a great party for us’, says its founder.

Humanitarian award The One, which celebrates people in Hong Kong and around the world who care for others, inspire communities and save lives, has announced this year’s finalists.

Jeff Rotmeyer is the founder of Love 21 and Impact HK, two volunteer groups making a difference among Hong Kong’s vulnerable communities.

These Asia’s Most Influential honourees are working to ensure that all voices are heard, making the global community more progressive, more equal and much more interesting.

On Thursdays Backchat, were talking about the proposed revamp of the district councils. Under the plan unveiled by the government on Tuesday, fewer than 20 percent of district councillors will be chosen by the public in future with the rest appointed or picked by various committees. Would-be members will be vetted in advance to make sure only "patriots" are in the running, and the councils will be chaired by district officers, who are civil servants, rather than councillors. The Chief ...

Jeff Rotmeyer, Hong Kong founder of the ImpactHK homeless charity and Love 21 charity to help the Down’s syndrome and autism communities, tells Kate Whitehead about his mission to teach the city to be kinder.

The Kind Kitchen, an initiative by NGO ImpactHK, is open all year round and serves the homeless, street cleaners, the elderly in need of food support, ethnic minorities and refugees.

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May* had finally relaxed enough to fall asleep in a park in Mong Kok, when she jolted awake to discover a man had crept up to lie beside her. “I was very scared. Why sleep next to me when there is so much space?” she recalls. It was not the only unwanted encounter she experienced in the park where she...