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Think tanks can play bigger role in guiding Hong Kong

AS HONG KONG celebrates the 25th anniversary of its reunification with China, numerous articles have been published, illustrating the success of Hong Kong under “one country, two systems”, a political framework full of Chinese wisdom. As a think-tank leader and researcher for more than 10 years, I would like to discuss how think tanks…

July 2, 20220Comments ByHenry Ho

News

Statistically, tiny Hong Kong at 25 is top of the world

MOVE OVER, London and New York. The little community of Hong Kong SAR is celebrating its 25th birthday having reached world-class heights in a number of fields, as one of the healthiest, wealthiest, safest places on earth. There's no such thing as a perfect city, so we make no claim of being Utopia --…

June 30, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

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

Hong Kong’s earliest authentic cuisine may surprise you

AS ASIA'S WORLD CITY, Hong Kong is famous for its restaurants. Visitors and expats often quote the food as one of the attractions of the city. But what is authentic Hong Kong cuisine? Some might say yum cha (a dim sum and tea meal) or cha chaan teng food (traditional tea shop cooking) but in…

June 25, 20220Comments ByWitman Hung

Features

Hong Kong’s best years are coming: McKinsey chief

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS ago, Hong Kong was the finance center of China. Today, it is the finance center of Asia, says Joe Ngai of McKinsey, the international corporate analysis firm. The city’s story is just beginning. “The best years of Hong Kong are ahead of us, rather than behind us,” he said. He recalls being in…

June 23, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Features

The untold story of Hong Kong’s floating restaurant

(Caption: The Jumbo Floating Restaurant started taking on water and sank in the South China Seas. Image above is an artist’s impression) THE JUMBO FLOATING RESTAURANT sank into the waters of the South China Seas near the Xisha Islands on Saturday, causing an outpouring of affection for the grandiose old dame of Hong Kong’s tourism…

June 21, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

Top Canada judge gives vote of confidence to Hong Kong

THE FORMER TOP JUDGE of Canada is standing strong with Hong Kong’s legal sector. Staying in place is “what Hong Kong needs”, said Beverley McLachlin, who served as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada from 2000 to 2017, and now works in the city on the southern coast of China. Hong Kong has long had…

June 17, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Features

Media embarrassingly show their poor grasp of Hong Kong history

Western press says textbooks are rewriting Hong Kong history, but the truth is they are simply giving both sides Even the British admitted that Westerners were "occupying" Hong Kong in January 1841, when they arrived and planted their flag Mao Zedong made it clear in 1949 that ALL unequal treaties were cancelled in full Under…

June 16, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Features

Student skipped his exam to fly to a video game meeting

Tabe Wong took a huge risk, but it paid off, and now he's an esports star Esports is now a legitimate career, and even offers academic options Hong Kong has the largest esports stadium in Asia, the HK$30 million Cyber Games Arena in Mong Kok IT WAS EXAM DAY. Thousands of Hong Kong students checked…

June 14, 20220Comments ByH.C. Lu

Features

How psy-ops warriors fooled me about Tiananmen Square: a warning

THE MYTH OF THE “Tiananmen Square massacre” is arguably the most successful disinformation campaign of modern times, according to western and eastern sources—so much so that proud psychological warfare specialists recently used it to ADVERTISE their news manipulation skills. We’ll get to that below. As everyone knows by now, there have always been two dramatically…

June 4, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Think tanks can play bigger role in guiding Hong Kong

Statistically, tiny Hong Kong at 25 is top of the world

Hong Kong must integrate while maintaining its uniqueness

Hong Kong’s earliest authentic cuisine may surprise you

Hong Kong’s best years are coming: McKinsey chief

The untold story of Hong Kong’s floating restaurant

Top Canada judge gives vote of confidence to Hong Kong

Media embarrassingly show their poor grasp of Hong Kong history

Student skipped his exam to fly to a video game meeting

How psy-ops warriors fooled me about Tiananmen Square: a warning

Hong Kong comic book artists take wing to show off their art

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