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Hong Kong ‘must prepare for climate challenges’

CLIMATE ADVOCATE NATALIE CHUNG called for Hong Kong to prepare for more climate challenges and map out a resilient response. Global warming is one of the most challenging issues that Hong Kong and the world are facing and it requires collective efforts by the government and various sectors to resolve it, she said. Last year,…

May 24, 20240Comments ByH.C. Lu

Leaders jet into Hong Kong to save global trade

TOP SCIENTISTS AND business leaders jetted into Hong Kong yesterday for a geopolitical conference to save global trade. The aim: to plot a path out of the current impasse, in which US insecurity about China’s peaceful rise is causing a splintering of international relationships to a level unseen since the Second World War. ‘THREAT TO…

May 14, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

Hong Kong News Opinion

Tyranny of ideology: words are too elastic in same-sex marriage legislation

A look back at two pivotal same-sex marriage cases in Hong Kong show a lack of evidence, and a worrying elevation of imported European views over this community's own values, says senior legal mind Henry Litton. “Where Law Ends, Tyranny Begins”. This sentence (carved in stone over the entrance to the Capitol Building in Des…

April 11, 20240Comments ByHenry Litton

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Messages on Gaza vs Hong Kong show incredible hypocrisy

The world has been astonished at U.S. behavior in enabling the horrific destruction in Gaza, but that country still thinks it's fine to lecture Hong Kong for simply trying to break free of U.S. interference. Richard Cullen reports. VERY RECENTLY, leading British daily the Guardian ran remarkably informative side-by-side stories covering official United States perspectives…

April 7, 20240Comments ByRichard Cullen

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Chris Tang: Hong Kong is peaceful again

THE YEAR 2019 was a difficult period for Hong Kong, with violent unrest increasing from June onwards. Into this nightmare scenario stepped Hong Kong’s new police chief Chris Tang Ping-keung, who took the role at the height of the violence in November of 2019. He was immediately criticized by a hostile foreign media but became…

April 5, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

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HK’s finance chief returns to public housing roots

The journey of Paul Chan Mo-po from a humble background to the finance ministers table at Davos parallels the rise of Hong Kong itself A TRAGIC SHANTY TOWN fire in Hong Kong in the 1950s left more than 50,000 people homeless at a time when the population was growing through immigration by more than 10,000…

March 28, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

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HK’s Temple Street night market is getting its buzz back

HONG KONG'S TEMPLE STREET (廟街) market is buzzing again. This long, winding string of stalls, which actually crosses multiple streets, has been a popular shopping and eating spot for locals and tourists alike - and its long history means that it caters well for the nostalgic. More than just a bustling street bazaar, the stalls,…

March 27, 20240Comments ByH.C. Lu

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US basketball star who became a China icon

A DEPRESSED, STRUGGLING US basketball player got on a plane to China—and found 5,000 people waiting to greet him at the airport. “Who are all of these people here for?” bewildered former NBA player Stephon Marbury asked his companion. “They’re here for you,” his host replied. Marbury’s jaw dropped open. He was stunned—but he would…

March 19, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Shortage of judges in Hong Kong may be self-inflicted

THERE IS AN ACUTE shortage of High Court judges in Hong Kong. The recent recruitment exercise yielded only four appointments, leaving still a number of vacancies unfilled. Can it be that the problem is largely internal? Self-afflicted? What if the culture within the judiciary were to change, and judges learn to act in a focussed…

March 14, 20240Comments ByHenry Litton

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Hong Kong delegates call for boosting tourism in Two Sessions

HONG KONG'S TOURISM development has been accelerating with a rising number of Mainland visitors' arrivals in recent months. In the annual sessions of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) held in Beijing, Hong Kong delegates called for the Central Government to further expand the Individual Travel Scheme to…

March 14, 20240Comments ByH.C. Lu