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Sports tourism poised to inject fresh vibrancy to Hong Kong

HONG KONG CAN embrace tourism and entertainment activities with mega-sized sports events to woo more global tourist arrivals amid the grand opening of the Kai Tak Sports Park, and the co-hosting of the 2025 National Games, the sports sector’s leaders and think tank Our Hong Kong Foundation said last week. The Kai Tak Sports Park…

October 14, 20240Comments ByH.C. Lu

CFA’s ‘Elephant in the room’

The journey taken by the prosecution relating to a famous illegal march in August 2019 has been bizarre, reports Henry Litton. THE FINAL DETERMINATION in the Court of Final Appeal ( CFA ) of the case arising from the so-called “818 Procession” is both bizarre and disturbing. The case was founded on hard facts and clear criminality, yet…

October 2, 20240Comments ByHenry Litton

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Hong Kong emerging as a global biotech hub

HONG KONG IS WELL-POSITIONED to develop a vibrant and international biotech hub with its world-class universities, advanced research and development facilities and an exemplary ecosystem. Policymakers, experts, academics, top enterprises' executives, capital investors and others in biotech industry were seen at the BIOHK2024 convention, held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on September…

September 26, 20240Comments ByH.C. Lu

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Hong Kong’s miracle public transport system reminds me why I love this place

The western grouches who back the hostile narrative about the city get the headlines, but the simple truth is that the place remains an enchanting wonder - and when you consider its public transport system, it's a genuine modern urban miracle, writes Richard Cullen VARIOUS PEOPLE HAVE expressed widely differing views on the radical,…

June 26, 20240Comments ByRichard Cullen

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Speedboat fugitive “heading to USA”, court hears

THE EXTRAORDINARY TRUTH about 12 people arrested on a boat in Chinese waters in 2020 came out in recent days with two people involved in that case appearing at the trial of publisher Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong. One of the men involved admitted that he was expected to land in Taiwan first—but then he…

June 6, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

Culture Hong Kong News

Finance-mad Hong Kong has a surprisingly strong spiritual side

PEOPLE ARE OFTEN surprised to discover that Hong Kong is a spiritual place. Although one might be forgiven for assuming this global finance center would be hardnosed and irreligious business city, this is not the case. About half of the population belong to organized belief groups, such as Buddhism, Taoism or Christianity. Are the other…

June 6, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Hong Kong subversion case: What you’re not being told

THE BIZARRE TALE of a 10-step plot to escalate chaos in Hong Kong until there was blood on the streets and destruction of the economy came to an end today. And the care taken by the judges shone a positive light on the Hong Kong judiciary - as did their openness in releasing their paperwork…

May 30, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

Culture

Stories of old Beijing win drama spotlight in Hong Kong

A CLASSIC DRAMA of old Beijing has become a hit production in Hong Kong - and introduced a trio of top mainland actors to a new audience. On 16 May, famous Chinese actors Zhang Guoli (張國立), Wang Gang (王剛) and Zhang Tielin (張鐵林), known as the "Golden trio" of Chinese acting, performed together in the…

May 23, 20240Comments ByEmily Zhou

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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

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

Sports tourism poised to inject fresh vibrancy to Hong Kong

CFA’s ‘Elephant in the room’

Hong Kong emerging as a global biotech hub

Hong Kong’s miracle public transport system reminds me why I love this place

Speedboat fugitive “heading to USA”, court hears

Finance-mad Hong Kong has a surprisingly strong spiritual side

Hong Kong subversion case: What you’re not being told

Stories of old Beijing win drama spotlight in Hong Kong

Leaders jet into Hong Kong to save global trade

Messages on Gaza vs Hong Kong show incredible hypocrisy

Starmer meets Xi today, hopes to rebuild UK’s relationship

Treasures from 800-year-old sunken vessel exhibited in Hong Kong

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