Students from Hong Kong are getting world-beating results in the International Baccalaureate exam, but this doesn't mean it's a wall-to-wall city of nerds - one of the top performers this year is sports champion Xavier Chang. H.C. Lu reports.
HONG KONG HAS arguably the world’s best school system for smart children, according to the latest…
(Caption: Look closely at the thousands of aluminium panels on the side walls and you can see the classical Chinese influence on what looks like a very contemporary building. Image: China State Construction Engineering (Hong Kong))
WHEN GLOBALLY ACCLAIMED Hong Kong architect Rocco Yim Sen-kee took the helm of designing the city’s new Palace…
The Hong Kong Palace Museum is set to open on July 2 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the city’s reunification with China. This publication is running features on some of the items you can see there. H.C. Lu highlights some treasures.
ALMOST A THOUSAND years ago there lived a calligrapher, poet and painter named…
Tabe Wong took a huge risk, but it paid off, and now he's an esports star
Esports is now a legitimate career, and even offers academic options
Hong Kong has the largest esports stadium in Asia, the HK$30 million Cyber Games Arena in Mong Kok
IT WAS EXAM DAY. Thousands of Hong Kong students checked…
There may be some truth in the stereotype of the geeky Chinese student, skilled at science and mathematics
China is producing three graduates in science and engineering fields for every two in America, a study showed.
The students are focusing on aeronautics, drones, space exploration, and a home-grown GPS system
THE PICTURE AT the top…
CUMBERSOME PROCEDURES in town planning are a key factor exacerbating Hong Kong’s housing shortage. At present, it takes at least 10 years to transform a plot of land into an apartment block. There are numerous stages to go through, from preliminary town planning, to transformation of the land into “spade-ready” sites, to completion of flat…
Hong Kong's definition of "smart city" includes smart people: 60% of senior secondary students study one or more STEM-related elective subjects in 2019/20, every student has to study mathematics, and the city has four of the world's top universities. H.C. Lu reports.
HONG KONG WAS CRITICIZED by some newspapers last year for scoring relatively…
SOME OF THE GREATEST classic art in the region came from the Tang Dynasty -- extraordinary murals, capturing life more than a thousand years ago. Click here to join a virtual journey which takes you back in time into the heart of Chang’an, the biggest city in the world at that time.
The video…
TINY HONG KONG is now the second largest biotech fundraising hub in the world. By far the largest in Asia, it is second only to New York in raising funds for health-related companies.
The southern Chinese city has been moving up the scale since a dramatic stock market reform in 2018 allowed biotech firms…
CHINA’S NATIONAL DRINK, tea, is the most popular drink in the world. More of it consumed than all the cappuccinos, lattes and espressos in the world. At least one study says more tea is drunk than all other drinks put together -- coffee, fizzy drinks, wine, beer, juice and everything else.
The daily number of…