SEE THIS GUY? His company probably paid your bus fare at least once. Seriously. Hong Kong is famous for its cheap and efficient public transport, moving millions of people a day.
But few people realize that the owner of the biggest bus fleet in the city, the Kowloon Motor Bus Company, is a private firm…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
MOST SCIENTIFIC STUDIES are dull, with researchers patiently waiting for lengthy processes to produce data. But sometimes they can be just a bit too exciting—and scientists need to move fast, working on a wing and prayer.
Food scientist Anthony Lu told the story of how he was working on a cutting-edge experiment just before flying…
IT'S EVERY ACTOR'S dream to be in a hugely successful movie franchises such as John Wick and Star Wars.
But when Donnie Yen sees the scripts for such movies, he sighs.
You can probably guess what he tends to see, even in big budget productions with the highest paid writers and producers on board. For…
GET READY for a business boost. Hong Kong is set to join the world’s biggest trading bloc.
RCEP economies. Image by Tiger/ Wikimedia Commons
The move means Hong Kong people will find tariff-free open doors for services and goods across Asia Pacific, the world’s fastest growing region, with a gross domestic product of US$38 trillion.
The…
NO! HONG KONG IS NOT a cultural desert. On the contrary, it has a world-class range of museums, orchestras, and arts events, says Winnie Tam, chairperson of the amazing new Palace Museum, which has received rave reviews from visitors.
Ms Tam will be the featured guest in the inaugural episode of season two of Friday…
JUST A DECADE AGO, journalists were sceptical about Hong Kong’s attempts to create its own Silicon Valley in its business parks, and were uninterested in developments in neighbouring Guangdong.
How quickly things change. Today, there are 43 unicorns (tech jargon for new, unlisted companies worth more than US$1 billion) in Hong Kong and the…