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Nury Vittachi

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Sports scene in Hong Kong set for major expansion

ONE MAN MISSED A BUS. Another gave him a lift. And the result was that a 20-year wall between two nations fell. The man was an American table tennis player who missed the bus taking the US team back to their accommodation during a 1971 championship in Japan. He was offered a place on the…

December 20, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

Messages in your blood: top biotech stars meet in Hong Kong

IMAGINE A FUTURE where you can discover huge amounts of information about your health and your future by simply giving a blood sample to a scientist. That future is already happening. Medical technology star Dennis Lo Yuk-ming, developer of the liquid biopsy, will be among many world-class scientists who will meet in Hong Kong tomorrow…

December 13, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

Law makes unmarried couples illegal in Indonesia oh, and USA!

UNMARRIED COHABITATION ILLEGAL in the United States? Yes. I'm not kidding. There are many headlines about a proposed Indonesian law about who can share hotel rooms. But the fact is that the U.S. states of Michigan and Mississippi still have enforceable laws on their books prohibiting unmarried cohabitation, and in some other states, like North…

December 7, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Culture

Winnie Tam: Hong Kong as a world-class cultural center

IN HONG KONG IN THE 1960s, a teacher looked at her daughter and wondered how to instil in her a love of culture. They were not a rich family, but strongly believed that parents should help to generate a love of books, literature and the arts in every child, whatever their social status. The girl,…

December 7, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

How Jiang Zemin quietly changed the nature of China’s government

CHINESE LEADER JIANG ZEMIN, who just died at the age of 96, made changes that altered the nature of the country's government and the course of the global economy, affecting people worldwide, although few people realize it. Most reports provide key dates in his life but don’t explain his biggest contribution: a policy change that…

December 2, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Hong Kong News

Strange tale of Baroness Bra and the Hong Kong deal

A SUPER-RICH COUPLE in the UK are under a spotlight after a series of revelations involving a mysterious Hong Kong connection. Scotswoman Michelle Mone rose to fame after re-inventing the brassiere, with a product line called Ultimo that was an international hit with millions of women. Her rags-to-riches story enchanted the press, as did her…

November 29, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Features

Responding to the criticism of Qatar

THE HOSTS OF THE Football World Cup is Qatar, a small middle-eastern nation. China is not one of the teams involved in the games -- but played a huge role in constructing the infrastructure for the games. For a full report on that, click here. For a response to the criticism that is being levelled…

November 24, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

10 Ways China is behind the scenes in Qatar

THE WORLD CUP, an annual soccer tournament that takes place very four years, is running Qatar as we speak. The attention is most on the sports, except for the Western media, which is focusing mainly on the politics. But there's another story too -- the work that China has done in helping build the facilities.…

November 24, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Opinion

How Hong Kong national anthem row exposes cultural chauvinism

WESTERN REPORTERS: YOUR CHAUVINISM is showing. Many western scribes and their followers are mocking Hong Kong people who are upset after a rather brutal prank or "an error" happened in South Korea, where a protest song was played in the place of the national anthem. Is it okay for these reporters to have a laugh?…

November 15, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

Taobao sold twice as much as Amazon

Chinese shopkeepers are quietly conquering the world. A new survey shows three of the planet’s top four internet shops globally are Chinese, and Alibaba's Taobao did twice as much business as Amazon.com. (Sorry, Jeff.) Graph from Insider Intelligence.com How did they get so big so quickly? One factor is home location – there are A…

November 14, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Nury Vittachi

Sports scene in Hong Kong set for major expansion

Messages in your blood: top biotech stars meet in Hong Kong

Law makes unmarried couples illegal in Indonesia oh, and USA!

Winnie Tam: Hong Kong as a world-class cultural center

How Jiang Zemin quietly changed the nature of China’s government

Strange tale of Baroness Bra and the Hong Kong deal

Responding to the criticism of Qatar

10 Ways China is behind the scenes in Qatar

How Hong Kong national anthem row exposes cultural chauvinism

Taobao sold twice as much as Amazon

FAQ: Is Hong Kong’s ‘Friday’ news project a commie plot from Beijing?

Hong Kong now has world’s top insurance penetration rate

Space: a new business frontier is opening up over our heads