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Letters | Hong Kong Observatory promotes awareness of space weather through various channels

The Observatory provides the latest information on space weather to special users, such as the aviation and energy sectors. A revamped space weather webpage will soon be launched to educate the general public.

20 Mar 2019 - 7:39AM
Hong Kong Observatory promotes awareness of space weather through various channels

The Observatory provides the latest information on space weather to special users, such as the aviation and energy sectors. A revamped space weather webpage will soon be launched to educate the general public.

Why do Hong Kong’s elderly prefer public hospitals, even with vouchers for private health care?

Former health secretary’s criticisms of the government voucher system don’t reflect the realities of elderly care.

20 Mar 2019 - 7:10AM
Why do Hong Kong’s elderly prefer public hospitals, even with vouchers for private health care?

Former health secretary’s criticisms of the government voucher system don’t reflect the realities of elderly care.

Letters | Donald Trump is right. Boeing and other new aircraft models have become too complicated

New technological advances in aviation should not come at the cost of lives.

20 Mar 2019 - 3:20AM
Donald Trump is right. Boeing and other new aircraft models have become too complicated

New technological advances in aviation should not come at the cost of lives.

Letters | Hong Kong public parks’ heavy-handed approach to rules are a barrier to relaxation

Unlike parks in London and Paris, Hong Kong’s outdoor recreational spaces welcome visitors with a series of notices prohibiting various activities.

20 Mar 2019 - 2:32AM
Hong Kong public parks’ heavy-handed approach to rules are a barrier to relaxation

Unlike parks in London and Paris, Hong Kong’s outdoor recreational spaces welcome visitors with a series of notices prohibiting various activities.

Letters | Carrie Lam should not stake her legacy on a wasteful and unnecessary reclamation project

The chief executive surely knows better than to think an artificial island will solve Hong Kong’s problems or that it will come in under budget.

20 Mar 2019 - 2:26AM
Carrie Lam should not stake her legacy on a wasteful and unnecessary reclamation project

The chief executive surely knows better than to think an artificial island will solve Hong Kong’s problems or that it will come in under budget.

Letters | To brighten young Hongkongers’ prospects in the Greater Bay Area, let’s take bigger steps

Hong Kong has to go beyond organising visits and exchange programmes for students. Our government must bolster STEM education to make our students more employable in the region.

19 Mar 2019 - 7:25AM
To brighten young Hongkongers’ prospects in the Greater Bay Area, let’s take bigger steps

Hong Kong has to go beyond organising visits and exchange programmes for students. Our government must bolster STEM education to make our students more employable in the region.

Letters | Sacrificing part of the Hong Kong Golf Club at Fanling will be a wake-up call for owners of brownfield sites

The government’s plan to take back 32 hectares of the golf course will set a precedent for freeing up land for housing and send a message to landowning groups in the New Territories.

19 Mar 2019 - 7:10AM
Sacrificing part of the Hong Kong Golf Club at Fanling will be a wake-up call for owners of brownfield sites

The government’s plan to take back 32 hectares of the golf course will set a precedent for freeing up land for housing and send a message to landowning groups in the New Territories.

New Zealand shooting: Authorities must address concerns of the Muslim community
Why has glass recycling not taken off in Hong Kong?
Letters | How optometrists’ role in promoting public health goes beyond eye care, especially for the elderly

Optometrists screen for other health conditions that can show up in the eyes. The proposed cap on the use of government vouchers for optometric services implies that eye-related illnesses are not a public health priority.

18 Mar 2019 - 6:22PM
How optometrists’ role in promoting public health goes beyond eye care, especially for the elderly

Optometrists screen for other health conditions that can show up in the eyes. The proposed cap on the use of government vouchers for optometric services implies that eye-related illnesses are not a public health priority.

Letters | Conflict with Pakistan revealed India’s media bias. Are news providers in Hong Kong much better?

The media has a responsibility to cover stories from multiple perspectives while the public must judge the news critically.

18 Mar 2019 - 3:10AM
Conflict with Pakistan revealed India’s media bias. Are news providers in Hong Kong much better?

The media has a responsibility to cover stories from multiple perspectives while the public must judge the news critically.

Letters | Lack of diversity at University of Hong Kong is a reflection of Hong Kong as a whole

Hong Kong is ethnically homogeneous and offers its young people limited opportunities.

17 Mar 2019 - 7:10AM
Lack of diversity at University of Hong Kong is a reflection of Hong Kong as a whole

Hong Kong is ethnically homogeneous and offers its young people limited opportunities.

Letters | Inaction on climate change is the official norm – no wonder Hong Kong children are protesting

Lantau Tomorrow Vision is just the latest example of the government’s failure to plan for climate change.

17 Mar 2019 - 3:20AM
Inaction on climate change is the official norm – no wonder Hong Kong children are protesting

Lantau Tomorrow Vision is just the latest example of the government’s failure to plan for climate change.

Pride in cyclist Sarah Lee’s gold medals shows that sport can unify Hong Kong society
Letters | How to save the planet while eating meat – consume less of it

Giving up meat is understandably difficult for most. But given its high per capita meat consumption, Hong Kong must do more to be kinder to the environment.

17 Mar 2019 - 1:05AM
How to save the planet while eating meat – consume less of it

Giving up meat is understandably difficult for most. But given its high per capita meat consumption, Hong Kong must do more to be kinder to the environment.

Letters | Bad sex isn’t just about incompatibility in the bedroom, but embedded imbalances between the sexes

A society that treats women as the second sex will leave them sexually unfulfilled.

17 Mar 2019 - 12:35AM
Bad sex isn’t just about incompatibility in the bedroom, but embedded imbalances between the sexes

A society that treats women as the second sex will leave them sexually unfulfilled.

Hong Kong’s heritage – and shopkeepers’ livelihoods – must be preserved in Kwun Tong redevelopment
Hong Kong can be proud of its courteous commuters and should encourage visitors to imitate them
Letters | Hong Kong’s stressed-out teachers should speak up and challenge unfair treatment

If voicing their objections at school doesn’t help, teachers in Hong Kong must publicise their concerns through the mass media

16 Mar 2019 - 8:35AM
Hong Kong’s stressed-out teachers should speak up and challenge unfair treatment

If voicing their objections at school doesn’t help, teachers in Hong Kong must publicise their concerns through the mass media

Letters | Hong Kong textbook writers should use examples from everyday English instead of stock phrases

Language teaching material often includes expressions that are rarely heard in daily speech.

16 Mar 2019 - 7:25AM
Hong Kong textbook writers should use examples from everyday English instead of stock phrases

Language teaching material often includes expressions that are rarely heard in daily speech.

Letters | Hong Kong must protect asylum seekers’ rights if it wants to call itself a world city

Too many Hongkongers view asylum seekers as unworthy of sharing in the city’s resources

16 Mar 2019 - 3:55AM
Hong Kong must protect asylum seekers’ rights if it wants to call itself a world city

Too many Hongkongers view asylum seekers as unworthy of sharing in the city’s resources

Letters | If Russia did get Donald Trump into the White House, the US should be grateful

Americans should appreciate Trump’s commitment to his campaign promise of building a wall at the US-Mexico border

16 Mar 2019 - 3:20AM
If Russia did get Donald Trump into the White House, the US should be grateful

Americans should appreciate Trump’s commitment to his campaign promise of building a wall at the US-Mexico border

Why Donald Trump winning another four years in office might please China
Letters | Chinese hit film The Wandering Earth will falter in global markets because of its political message

Chinese filmmakers must be given complete creative freedom if they are to compete with Hollywood and Bollywood.

16 Mar 2019 - 1:10AM
Chinese hit film The Wandering Earth will falter in global markets because of its political message

Chinese filmmakers must be given complete creative freedom if they are to compete with Hollywood and Bollywood.

Carrie Lam’s Lantau Tomorrow plan is shortsighted on cost and sources of fill material for reclamation
Letters | Hong Kong’s schools system sets non-Chinese-speaking pupils up to fail by testing them with native speakers

Native and non-native Chinese speakers sit for the same exam in upper-primary school. The Chinese listening test involves reading questions, which non-Chinese-speaking pupils struggle with.

15 Mar 2019 - 10:10AM
Hong Kong’s schools system sets non-Chinese-speaking pupils up to fail by testing them with native speakers

Native and non-native Chinese speakers sit for the same exam in upper-primary school. The Chinese listening test involves reading questions, which non-Chinese-speaking pupils struggle with.

Letters | Right to information law won’t help without legislation to ensure documents are properly archived

Missing documents and records following recent scandals show the limits of what a right to information law would achieve by itself.

15 Mar 2019 - 7:05AM
Right to information law won’t help without legislation to ensure documents are properly archived

Missing documents and records following recent scandals show the limits of what a right to information law would achieve by itself.

Letters | Patriotic education in Hong Kong schools would be good for social stability

Patriotic education can teach young Hongkongers about the mainland, Chinese traditions and opportunities in the Greater Bay Area.

15 Mar 2019 - 12:10AM
Patriotic education in Hong Kong schools would be good for social stability

Patriotic education can teach young Hongkongers about the mainland, Chinese traditions and opportunities in the Greater Bay Area.

Letters | Why white-collar crime should not be excluded from Hong Kong’s extradition law with mainland China

Members of the business elite’s objection to the government’s proposed legislative amendment makes little sense, especially when they already travel regularly to the mainland.

14 Mar 2019 - 9:49AM
Why white-collar crime should not be excluded from Hong Kong’s extradition law with mainland China

Members of the business elite’s objection to the government’s proposed legislative amendment makes little sense, especially when they already travel regularly to the mainland.

Letters | Hong Kong youth don’t want to study in the Greater Bay Area because they know little about other cities there

Young people are open-minded about working in Beijing and Shanghai, probably because they know more about them than about Greater Bay Area cities.

14 Mar 2019 - 7:10AM
Hong Kong youth don’t want to study in the Greater Bay Area because they know little about other cities there

Young people are open-minded about working in Beijing and Shanghai, probably because they know more about them than about Greater Bay Area cities.

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