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Bright lights and bars: the birth of Song Dynasty night life

Imagine a late-night scene: Restaurants, bars, revellers, and a lit-up sign advertising a hostelry. Is this modern Shanghai? Hong Kong? Vancouver? Las Vegas? Actually, such scenes were already taking place a thousand years earlier. Emily Zhou reports. AN ANCIENT PIECE OF ART shows a lightbox advertising a hotel: perhaps the earliest evidence of a light-powered…

April 14, 20220Comments ByEmily Zhou

Opinion

Cut red tape to boost Hong Kong housing

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…

April 12, 20220Comments ByH.C. Lu

Culture Features

Chinese had trendy chai-lattes 1000 years ago, historians find

ENJOYED A NICE trendy cup of foam-topped matcha-flavored lactose-free caffeine recently? Well, guess who invented that drink? Starbucks? Maybe a Japanese branch of Starbucks? No. The Chinese did, a thousand years ago. It has become almost a cliché for historians to search for things that we think are modern, and then locate ancient Chinese versions.…

April 11, 20220Comments ByEmily Zhou

Features Videos

Despite obituaries, Hong Kong’s legal system healthier than ever

In at least one aspect, Hong Kong only fully gained the rule of law after the handover, says top barrister Grenville Cross Before 1997, his work took him to many places, including on a rather scary journey to Downing Street to see an ancient body of Law Lords The National Security Law in Hong Kong…

April 11, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Opinion

Fortitude is essential for next leader of Hong Kong

Western powers work hard to discredit anyone who doesn’t opt for their self-proclaimed “true” democratic system With powerful forces arranged against us, the new Chief Executive will have to be strong and resolute Slander is inevitable so courage and sharp critical thinking skills will be a must THE ELECTION OF THE NEXT Chief Executive of…

April 9, 20220Comments ByKevin Lau

Features

Paint all your walls green, now

Or simply head for the hills. There's a lot of anxiety in Hong Kong and one of the best ways to alleviate it is to spend time in the nearest patch of green forest. While most people know green is associated with calmness, it has a secret power that scientists are just beginning to understand.…

April 8, 20220Comments ByAleesha Naqvi

Culture

Foodpanda-style service existed in China ten centuries ago

From a single ancient scroll painting, shown in part below, historians discovered three items of food history the Chinese may have pioneered: the three-meals-a-day tradition, the hot food delivery service, and the drive-in cafe. Emily Zhou reports. THE CHINESE HABIT of painting large, hyper-detailed landscapes on giant scrolls has been a boon for historians. And…

April 6, 20220Comments ByEmily Zhou

Features

To be a ‘smart city’ Hong Kong is cultivating smart people

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…

April 6, 20220Comments ByH.C. Lu

Features

The govt is sending you Chinese medicine. Is it safe?

Some people are nervous about taking Chinese medicine. Don't be. It's good stuff, widely used around the world, it provides ingredients to Western medicine, and one practicioner won a Nobel Prize in medicine for a recipe she found in an ancient Chinese book of remedies. Aleesha Naqvi reports MANY NON-CHINESE Hong Kongers have probably never…

April 5, 20220Comments ByAleesha Naqvi

Features Videos

The boy who had to see for himself: Allan Zeman

At 16, he was earning more than his teachers At 19, he flew across the world to look for his fortune In a noisy factory in Kowloon, he found it IT WAS 1968, Hey Jude was on every radio, and a tall thin teenager disembarked from a Panam flight at Kai Tak airport in Hong…

April 4, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Bright lights and bars: the birth of Song Dynasty night life

Cut red tape to boost Hong Kong housing

Chinese had trendy chai-lattes 1000 years ago, historians find

Despite obituaries, Hong Kong’s legal system healthier than ever

Fortitude is essential for next leader of Hong Kong

Paint all your walls green, now

Foodpanda-style service existed in China ten centuries ago

To be a ‘smart city’ Hong Kong is cultivating smart people

The govt is sending you Chinese medicine. Is it safe?

The boy who had to see for himself: Allan Zeman

Hong Kong quietly becomes major tennis hub for the world

3-parent baby case led to one of the oddest reviews in HK legal history

This child has three parents: so who is his mother?