Is our Hong Kong identity up to speed?

On December 26, the 2,298-kilometre high-speed railway between Beijing and Guangzhou became operational. Trains will run at an average speed of 300km/h, cutting travel time to about eight hours from the current 24 or so.

Would compulsory 'Moral and National Education' lessons help strengthen students' national identity?

Elise Choi, 16, Sai Kung Sung Tsun Catholic School

Expats staying away as local riders rise to prominence

No season review five years ago would have forecast the changing landscape of Hong Kong's jockey colony to resemble the situation as we close the door on this season.

In 2004-05, wins by Chinese jockeys accounted for 64 races from the season programme of 710 contests.

Identity theft a year-long ordeal for designer

His 44th was a particularly cruel birthday for Rajesh Sadhwani. It was the day in March last year that he received an e-mail on his BlackBerry telling him that his password for his Yahoo e-mail account had been changed.

Clampdown on alleged student abuse of ethnic minority scheme

Three central government agencies are clamping down on prospective students allegedly trying to manipulate or lie about their ethnic origins to gain preferential treatment for admission to tertiary institutions.

Privacy and you

The digital revolution, especially the internet, has a mostly positive effect on our lives. But there are also disadvantages.

For example, as it is easy to post information online, personal information can be made public without our knowledge.

Mainland groups batten down to secure networks

External threats to their software operations are prompting the mainland public sector and commercial enterprises to use identity and access-management technologies increasingly to secure their networks, according to United States-based software firm Oracle.

Con man convicted over identity fraud

A con man who used a false recruitment advertisement on the Labour Department's website to trick job seekers into supplying personal information which he used to apply for loans and credit cards was convicted on 10 counts of deception yesterday.

Chung Wai-man, 38, had run up debts of HK$120,000 using the information, the District Court heard.

Federation shows the way forward with ID security

System enables users to sign in once in trusted environment

BEING ABLE to establish and protect one's identity on the internet is becoming increasingly important as companies do more business online.

If you walk into a bank, you can show the bank manager an ID card with your picture - you are identified. But how does that work over the internet?

Law may be needed for identity theft, says privacy chief

Hong Kong should consider legislating against identity theft, with technological advances expected to make the problem worse, said Privacy Commissioner Raymond Tang Yee-bong.

In touch with ID

IDENTITY CAN simply be who you are. But is it really that simple? Joe Joe Ngai Hoi-lut, who uses identity as the topic for many of his paintings, is not sure it needs defining.

Theft through code will be biggest threat, warns report

The next time a computer virus or other malicious code sweeps the planet, it may prove to be much more damaging than the annoying Love Bug or some of its successors.

A Gartner Group report predicts that by the end of next year a 'mass victimisation' of thousands of Internet users will take place, where the object is not vandalism, but theft.