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Banning our trade offices will harm Hong Kong people

Hong Kong's film makers and fashion designers would be hit if US politicians succeed in banning the city's trade representative offices, which actively promote their works. This is the latest in a long list of strategies that harm Hong Kong people but are dressed up as "saving" us. In reality Hong Kong and the United…

March 16, 20230Comments ByAndrew Lam

Opinion

Hong Kong’s OTHER housing: cheap or free apartments

Housing in Hong Kong is inexpensive or rent-free! Seriously? Well, a lot of it is - the homes for almost a third of the population. The city has a huge government housing program, and an ambitious new administration is going to make it grow faster than ever. Andrew Lam reports. HONG KONG’S NEW GOVERNMENT is…

October 25, 20220Comments ByAndrew Lam

Features

Hong Kong: densely packed but surprisingly green

With its dramatic vistas of mountains, oceans and lakes, Hong Kong has always been an attractive place to live. How has this been achieved, since the city is more densely packed than even India's Mumbai? Andrew Lam reports. HONG KONG HAS ALMOST three times as many people per square kilometer than Singapore or London. We…

October 18, 20220Comments ByAndrew Lam

Opinion

We may be Hongkongers but we’re also immigrants

THE DEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION of the contemporary population of Hong Kong might appear to be homogeneous, where 92% of the population is ethnic Chinese, as shown in the 2016 by-census. However, in recent years, a narrative has spread across some generations in Hong Kong calling for the reidentification of the people and asking for a review…

July 26, 20220Comments ByAndrew Lam

Opinion

Hong Kong must integrate while maintaining its uniqueness

ON FRIDAY THIS WEEK, this city will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Looking back on the past quarter century after returning to the governance of mainland China, Hong Kong has often been praised as the showcase of the ground-breaking "One Country, Two Systems” concept, proposed by…

June 27, 20220Comments ByAndrew Lam

Features

Urban city has extraordinary level of biodiversity

WATCHING THE FLOCKS of black-faced spoonbills that frequent the drained gei wai; observing the skilled fisherman; seeing the ospreys plunging into the waters to hunt fish; and catching sight of the Eurasian otters dodging behind the bushes in the wetland: spending a day Mai Po wetlands is an exciting and profound experience. It is extraordinary…

May 23, 20220Comments ByAndrew Lam

Life

Hong Kong’s amazing cultural heritage shows who we really are

Even though our city has its own identity, the extraordinary examples of tangible and intangible history of us as a people are found everywhere, and help us define ourselves, writes Legislative Councillor Andrew Lam AS AN INTERNATIONAL AND modern metropolis, many local people of the younger generation or our friends from abroad find it surprising…

April 23, 20220Comments ByAndrew Lam

Opinion

GBA integration will power Hong Kong’s future

Hong Kong is gradually integrating with the world's fastest modernizing region. Image of Guangzhou East Railway Station above by Keith Lau/ Unsplash Hong Kong has had a variety of evolving relationships with the urban areas north of the border over the years, but the latest has the most potential, says urban planner and Legislative Council…

March 29, 20220Comments ByAndrew Lam

Banning our trade offices will harm Hong Kong people

Hong Kong’s OTHER housing: cheap or free apartments

Hong Kong: densely packed but surprisingly green

We may be Hongkongers but we’re also immigrants

Hong Kong must integrate while maintaining its uniqueness

Urban city has extraordinary level of biodiversity

Hong Kong’s amazing cultural heritage shows who we really are

GBA integration will power Hong Kong’s future

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