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Any discussion of death makes many people uncomfortable and is a social taboo in some communities. But death is inevitable, something to prepare ourselves for, and before then, to handle in respect of a loved one perhaps. So full marks should go to Hong Kong’s ombudsman, Jack Chan Jick-chi, for taking the initiative to examine […]
This article was first published on December 30, 1993. Hong Kong gained its place in the atlas of religion yesterday when a crowd of thousands watched as monks from 13 countries invited Buddha to bless his giant statue at Po Lin Monastery on Lantau. At the height of the two-hour ceremony, a procession of 100 […]
For forty-plus years, forestry scientist Jim Chi-yung has been helping transform Hong Kong’s skyline into a greener, more sustainable space. #GLOBALink Source link
The number of local residents leaving Hong Kong between December 25 and 26 increased by about 50 per cent from last year, while the city also recorded a slight uptick in incoming mainland Chinese tourists over the Christmas holiday. Immigration Department data showed that 905,035 local residents had left Hong Kong on Christmas Day and […]
In the late 1990s, I came to the United Kingdom as one of those overseas Chinese students with delusions of grandeur, thinking I would become a concert pianist with a career in Europe. I was one of four young women with “yellow skin” in the class – two from Singapore, one from Hong Kong, a […]
(241227) — HONG KONG, Dec. 27, 2024 (Xinhua) — Nishikori Kei of Japan attends a training session for the upcoming ATP250 Hong Kong Tennis Open in Hong Kong, south China, Dec. 27, 2024. (Xinhua/Lo Ping Fai) Source link
More than 20 Hong Kong police officers have been deployed to a neighbourhood where a week-long independent book fair was underway. Some attendees had their IDs and bags checked by the police, a book store staffer told HKFP’s journalist on the scene. Hong Kong police officers on standby near an independent book fair held on […]
[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] Union Hospital recently hosted an international pre-conference event for LEAD APAC 2024, held on October 26, convening experts from across the Asia-Pacific to address the escalating challenge of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in the region. As part of a tour to Union Hospital […]
Building industry representatives have urged Hip Seng Construction, a major contractor in Hong Kong, to provide proper transitional arrangements for workers reportedly facing redundancy because of financial strains at the firm. They also highlighted the issue of wage arrears widely plaguing the sector amid sluggish business conditions, calling on Thursday for more government support to […]
Temperatures in Hong Kong are expected to dip over the weekend to as low as 14 degrees Celsius (57.2 Fahrenheit) as a monsoon approaches. The Observatory said on Wednesday the weather was expected to become colder over the weekend, as a dry replenishment of the monsoon was due to reach the coast of southern China […]