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Nury Vittachi

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Remembering the Beatles visit to Hong Kong

PAUL MCCARTNEY, by far the most acclaimed of all pop musicians, recently turned 80. Eight facts of local interest: 1) Paul, John and George (Ringo was ill) visited Hong Kong on June 8, 1964. 2) In their suite at the President hotel, Kowloon, they found a smiling lady, said to be a mistress of the…

June 27, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Opinion

Indian and Chinese voices trade sarcastic barbs: humor spot

ASIANS CAN BE FUNNY. We are not just math-loving nerds. Well, some of us are. But this weekend, Ashok Swain, an Indian academic, revived the long-running rivalry between China and India with a photograph of a road in India which was basically a string of huge potholes. “India's Road with Swimming Pools. Can China build…

June 27, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Features

Hong Kong’s best years are coming: McKinsey chief

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS ago, Hong Kong was the finance center of China. Today, it is the finance center of Asia, says Joe Ngai of McKinsey, the international corporate analysis firm. The city’s story is just beginning. “The best years of Hong Kong are ahead of us, rather than behind us,” he said. He recalls being in…

June 23, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

One country wins top 31 spots in global science survey

RESEARCHERS WHO gathered data on the fastest-rising science schools in the world found that the top 31 all came from just one country: China. “Out of the top 50 fastest-rising institutions, just 10 were from other countries or regions,” said the researchers at Nature, the world’s top academic science journal. The new study was…

June 22, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Features

The untold story of Hong Kong’s floating restaurant

(Caption: The Jumbo Floating Restaurant started taking on water and sank in the South China Seas. Image above is an artist’s impression) THE JUMBO FLOATING RESTAURANT sank into the waters of the South China Seas near the Xisha Islands on Saturday, causing an outpouring of affection for the grandiose old dame of Hong Kong’s tourism…

June 21, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

Hong Kongers are queuing to buy flats again

(Baker Circle is a large development in Hung Hom with modern shopping precincts at ground level. Image: artist's impression by KPF.) LOOKS LIKE THE old Hong Kong is back to some extent. Three developments of swanky but tiny apartments were put up for sale at the weekend—and long queues of people pounced, battling with outstretched…

June 20, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Culture

Students wear classic Chinese costume for graduation

SCHOLARSHIP HAS BEEN valued in China for thousands of years – so why don’t scholars dress in local style? On graduation day at Jiangsu Normal University, thousands of students wore classical Chinese costumes instead of standard western suits, reports Olala, a popular Chinese-Vietnamese voice on Twitter. This has become a tradition at that university in…

June 18, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

U.S. will stop being a democracy, most Americans say

MOST Republicans and Democrats believe that the United States will cease to be a democracy, according to a new poll by Yahoo News and YouGov. Democrats (55%) and Republicans (53%) now believe it is “likely” that America will “cease to be a democracy in the future”. When people who fit into neither of those two…

June 17, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

Top Canada judge gives vote of confidence to Hong Kong

THE FORMER TOP JUDGE of Canada is standing strong with Hong Kong’s legal sector. Staying in place is “what Hong Kong needs”, said Beverley McLachlin, who served as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada from 2000 to 2017, and now works in the city on the southern coast of China. Hong Kong has long had…

June 17, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

Europeans follow China’s lead in staying neutral over Russia: study

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS people around the world, including Europeans, are following China’s lead in staying neutral over the war in Eastern Europe, a new study shows. While 45 British firms have left Russia, only ten French and two Italian companies have followed suit, Yale researchers said. No Spanish firms have left. The west’s call for withdrawal…

June 17, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Nury Vittachi

Remembering the Beatles visit to Hong Kong

Indian and Chinese voices trade sarcastic barbs: humor spot

Hong Kong’s best years are coming: McKinsey chief

One country wins top 31 spots in global science survey

The untold story of Hong Kong’s floating restaurant

Hong Kongers are queuing to buy flats again

Students wear classic Chinese costume for graduation

U.S. will stop being a democracy, most Americans say

Top Canada judge gives vote of confidence to Hong Kong

Europeans follow China’s lead in staying neutral over Russia: study

Truth at last: Yes, Chinese Uyghurs ARE treated badly

Record-breaking number of deals clinched at China import expo

Mainland China, HK, now helping other nations make clean energy transition