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Almost 400 tennis masters meet at HK Country Club tournament

ALMOST 400 PEOPLE from 32 nations were represented at the Country Club World Tennis Masters Tournament 2026. The event was part of a string of World Tennis Masters Tournaments held for the 2026 - 2027 season. Most are MT200 grade, but the Country Club event was MT700 grade. Events across the season were scheduled for…

1 day ago0Comments ByNury Vittachi

The visible success of Hong Kong’s ‘one country, two systems’ policy

Hong Kong’s political-economic journey since 1997 has not been smooth. The SAR would be in a better place today had this experience been less tempestuous. Nevertheless, it is clear that coping with and recovering from many challenges has, despite what a range of Western critics may assert, durably strengthened the “One Country Two Systems”…

October 20, 20260Comments ByRichard Cullen

Hong Kong News Opinion

Stop the delays! Golf club land should be used for public housing: Litton

HONG KONG'S HOUSING has been in crisis for well over two decades, and so it remains today. There are people living in cubicles, bedspace apartments and cages, sharing toilet and washing facilities with dozens of other people. This is an outrage and an affront to society as a whole. It should not be tolerated in…

October 5, 20260Comments ByHenry Litton

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Check out these exciting developments planned for Hong Kong’s next five years

[Image above by HKTB] New towns, new institutions, new ventures in technology, culture, finance, education and tourism: There was a wealth of plans revealed in Hong Kong in recent days. Prof Herman Hu reviews the Five-Year Plan and the Policy Address. WHY IS PLANNING IMPORTANT? Because “A goal without a plan is just a wish.”…

September 21, 20260Comments ByHerman Hu

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Tung Chee-hwa: Hong Kong’s first post-colonial leader served his people well

Hong Kong is mourning the loss of Tung Chee-hwa, the bridge-building first post-colonial leader of the city. Prof Herman Hu recalls the man and his achievements, which were many THE LATE TUNG CHEE-HWA and my late father, Mr. Hu Fa-kwong, were lifelong friends bound by their shared Shanghainese heritage. Our families gathered regularly, giving me…

September 14, 20260Comments ByHerman Hu

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South China cluster again beats Silicon Valley to be world’s top science hub

The Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou science cluster again last night beat Silicon Valley to be declared the world’s top innovation hub. Scientists in the south China cities filed 2,259 patent applications, published 4,060 scientific articles and had 138 venture capital deals per 1 million inhabitants over the last five years, said the World Intellectual Property Organization, a…

September 8, 20260Comments ByNury Vittachi

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City of the future: Hong Kong is just about to go through a transformation

Almost a third of Hong Kong's land will be blended into an extraordinary plan for a new super-city. It's huge: the size of the UK's Birmingham, or Kansas City in the US. Prof Herman Hu says that Hong Kong's Northern Metropolis can take inspiration from Xiong'an, the "city of the future" being built south…

July 30, 20260Comments ByHerman Hu

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Art and science of Chinese calligraphy

SCIENTISTS WARN that the dramatic disappearance of handwriting in the modern world will have a negative effect on the human brain—but not in China. For the Chinese, the art and science of handwriting is alive and well--and not just as a way of communicating information, but as a standard skill that every young person learns—and…

July 16, 20260Comments ByNury Vittachi

Hong Kong News Opinion

Extraordinary program gently turns arrested ‘insurgents’ into citizens who don’t re-offend

More than 1,000 young people lured into violence in the 2019 civil unrest have joined a rehabilitation program involving visits to the Chinese mainland - and the results are extraordinary. The program has an incredibly low re-offending rate of just 0.4 per cent, compared to Hong Kong’s overall 22.4 per cent rate. James Ockenden reports…

May 19, 20260Comments ByJames Ockenden

Hong Kong News Opinion

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

The contrast between joyful, buzzy Hong Kong, and its absurdly grim image overseas is startling - especially in the light of the brutal restrictions on free speech emerging in numerous western countries. Richard Cullen reports. THE RUGBY SEVENS, a combined sports tournament and a huge international party, is underway in front of massive crowds at…

May 1, 20260Comments ByRichard Cullen