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Nury Vittachi

330 articles published

UK-US spat on labor rights raises Chinese eyebrows

AN ARGUMENT OVER which major power is doing most to harm workers’ rights turned comical this week after a spat between the Biden administration and the British one. At Davos on Wednesday, US Labour Secretary Martin Walsh criticised new UK laws which would restrict the impact of a huge wave of strikes now crippling Britain. But…

January 19, 20230Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Hong Kong set to join world’s biggest trading bloc

GET READY for a business boost. Hong Kong is set to join the world’s biggest trading bloc. RCEP economies. Image by Tiger/ Wikimedia Commons The move means Hong Kong people will find tariff-free open doors for services and goods across Asia Pacific, the world’s fastest growing region, with a gross domestic product of US$38 trillion. The…

January 11, 20230Comments ByNury Vittachi

Hong Kong News

‘Let’s invite Pelé to Hong Kong,’ said the Urban Councillor

Born in a village in Brazil, footballer Pelé had become one of the most recognizable faces in the world by 1970. Image above shows him with another football legend, Diego Maradona, during an interview with El Grafica, a publication, in 1979. Below read about how Pelé was brought to Hong Kong. IN THE…

January 4, 20230Comments ByNury Vittachi

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World’s top three capitalist cities were in China in 2022

THE WORLD'S TOP SPOTS for the ultimate capitalist act, which is the launching of major companies on the global share markets, are all in China, a new study shows. Shanghai’s Star Market is in first place, followed by Shenzhen’s ChiNext, and then comes the traditional world leader in IPOs, Hong Kong. The data comes…

December 31, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Chinese food Features

10 amazing facts about the rice in your bowl

RICE IS RICE, RIGHT? Wrong! Rice is a whole range of wonderfulness. It’s a miracle food, it’s a staple, it’s a delicacy, it’s a business and it’s a whole culture. In Hong Kong, people say "if you haven't had rice, you haven't eaten" and this writer totally knows what they mean. Rice connoisseur Anthony Lam…

December 29, 20220Comments ByNury 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

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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

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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

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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

Nury Vittachi

UK-US spat on labor rights raises Chinese eyebrows

Hong Kong set to join world’s biggest trading bloc

‘Let’s invite Pelé to Hong Kong,’ said the Urban Councillor

World’s top three capitalist cities were in China in 2022

10 amazing facts about the rice in your bowl

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

China says NO to US ‘orders’ to stop buying Iranian oil

Is Hong Kong one of the world’s most engaging cities – or a spooky-dooky police state?

China moving faster, with three major laws reviewed at Two Sessions