Backpacking

Chinese-American backpacker tours China without a penny

4 Nov 2012

Having spent much of the past decade roaming the globe as a backpacker, Chinese-American Gu Yue embarked on a three-month "travel-without-a-dime" tour of the mainland in September to learn more...

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Montessori school told to leave Tin Hau campus

10 Aug 2012

An international school could be kicked out of its campus in two years as a result of the government's plan to subsidise organisations to build hostels for young people.

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Carry on camping!

6 Aug 2012

It's summer - so you have no excuses for doing nothing. Now is the perfect time to organise a camping trip with your friends.

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Hydration packs

6 Jul 2012

Gregory Wasatch 12

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Style meter

17 Jun 2012

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Sports luxe accessories

We are loving details such as mesh and piping.

Evenly bleached denim

This Phillip Lim top even transforms...

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Camping Gear

16 Mar 2012

Arc'teryx Altra Pack

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Opinion

Michael Cox

The 1-2 punch heard around the world

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Wang Xiangwei

Placating graduates a work in progress

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Time to revamp land licensing

The administration of government land is a sensitive issue in Hong Kong. Inadequate supply, legacy issues and zoning restrictions mean land abuses are common. The situation in the New Territories...

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No place like roam

My youngest daughter went off to Year Five camp last week. She and her schoolmates went to Cheung Chau for five days, and it was hard to say goodbye. It brought home the notion that, while I have...

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It's a relief to get the weight off

Last week's section of our long walk from Mongolia to Hong Kong took us over the border from Inner Mongolia and into Shanxi province, where ridge-backed mountains roll across the landscape like...

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Budget hostels will help young workers

Young people setting out on their working lives will be helped to live away from home by a hostel scheme proposed in the policy address, home affairs officials said yesterday.

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letters

Hostels could help working youths

I agree with the proposal that providing hostels for single working youths can boost the motivation of people who live in relatively remote areas...

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Young renters may have limited time in 'hostels'

Young, single people renting a home in the hostels proposed in the policy address may have to save money and move out in five years, the home affairs minister said yesterday.

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