Being a long-time resident of Hong Kong, I read with a great deal of interest what China's new president, Xi Jinping, was reported in the media to have said about a Chinese dream of national...
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Since 1996, Dave May has been on the fiddle in Hong Kong - not that he's doing anything illegal. The Scotsman from Stenhousemuir has been a busker, or street performer, in the city for the past 17...
His indiscreet handling of the incident effectively set a trap for himself
Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun, the chief executive's former top aide, on Leung Chun-ying's handling of the row...
Street performance is as much a part of culture as what goes on in an art gallery or a concert hall. To many in Hong Kong, though, it is less associated with art and entertainment than with...
[The police] invoke any and every reason for moving us on ... a policeman told us there had been a noise complaint before we had even started playing!
Busker Joseph von Hess
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Nine homeless people are suing the government. They say government workers threw all their belongings away during a clean-up. The judge has asked them to see if they can reach an agreement with...
Nine homeless people suing the government were urged to seek an out-of-court settlement yesterday at a preliminary hearing into the case.
The owner of Shenzhen's Family of Love charity house, once named a 'civilised citizen' and 'ambassador of love' by the city, has been accused of sexually abusing a girl aged nine.
Whenever I hear the sound of a saxophone, I have to stop, stand and take it in. It has been that way since the night in 1975 when, driving with my father on a back road with the radio on, I heard...
The life and soul of a city is to be found on its streets. In Hong Kong, there is certainly plenty of life, but soul is scarcely to be seen and when it is, authorities are most of the time chasing...
It was a good thing that crooner Jing Wong (pictured centre with Christina Paul, left, and Kay Wong) was in top form at the opening of his indie fashion label Daydream Nation's flagship store in...
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