https://www.scmp.com/rss/142167/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com In this edition of Hong Kong Update, we look at tourism over the five-day “golden week” break, the first of planned monthly firework displays at Victoria Harbour and implementation of the ban on single-use plastics. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3261594/hong-kong-week-golden-week-influx-budget-style-fireworks-and-green-shift-hiccups?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3261594/hong-kong-week-golden-week-influx-budget-style-fireworks-and-green-shift-hiccups?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 04 May 2024 03:00:00 +0000 In this issue of Hong Kong Update, we look at the resumption of media mogul Jimmy Lai’s national security trial, problems encountered by cross-border travellers after the new year celebrations and a lucky escape for 14 Hongkongers on a Japanese jet that burst into flames at Tokyo’s Haneda airport. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3247763/hong-kong-week-jimmy-lai-trial-new-years-eve-chaos-and-lucky-escape?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3247763/hong-kong-week-jimmy-lai-trial-new-years-eve-chaos-and-lucky-escape?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 06 Jan 2024 03:00:00 +0000 In this issue of Hong Kong Update, we look at the newly minted district councils, police adding five more names to their list of fugitive opposition figures and the firing of Chinese University’s vice-president. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3245619/hong-kong-week-voter-apathy-police-bounties-and-university-leadership-shake?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3245619/hong-kong-week-voter-apathy-police-bounties-and-university-leadership-shake?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 16 Dec 2023 03:00:00 +0000 In this issue of Hong Kong Update, we look at an illegal-structures trend among luxury homeowners, the shocking security hack of Cyberport and a drive to light up the night economy. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3234887/hong-kong-week-mansion-land-scandals-tech-hub-hacked-and-night-vibes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3234887/hong-kong-week-mansion-land-scandals-tech-hub-hacked-and-night-vibes?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 16 Sep 2023 03:00:00 +0000 In this issue of Hong Kong Update, we look at new US restrictions on China that will also apply to the city, how transport companies have become the latest businesses to tap a labour import scheme and the case of a 13-year-old student who was allegedly slapped by his religious teacher. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3231025/hong-kong-week-us-investment-curbs-imported-workers-and-shaken-muslim-community?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3231025/hong-kong-week-us-investment-curbs-imported-workers-and-shaken-muslim-community?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 12 Aug 2023 03:00:00 +0000 In this issue of Hong Kong Update, we look at the police raid on the family home of fugitive former opposition lawmaker Nathan Law, a potential ban on Japanese seafood imports from 10 prefectures if the country releases contaminated nuclear waste water and the appointment of the city’s new cardinal, Stephen Chow. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3227955/hong-kong-week-national-security-raid-seafood-imports-warning-and-new-cardinal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3227955/hong-kong-week-national-security-raid-seafood-imports-warning-and-new-cardinal?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 15 Jul 2023 03:00:00 +0000 In this issue of Hong Kong Update, we look at the online implications of an injunction to police the promotion of a protest song, freedom of speech concerns, and wariness over a potential Japanese plan to discharge waste water into the sea. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3223751/hong-kong-week-google-ban-june-4-arrests-and-japanese-seafood-imports?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3223751/hong-kong-week-google-ban-june-4-arrests-and-japanese-seafood-imports?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 10 Jun 2023 03:00:00 +0000 In this issue of Hong Kong Update, we look at the delicate balance between national security and freedom of access to information, as well as reactions to a proposed salary bump for civil servants that would be the biggest since 2019. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3221362/hong-kong-week-library-books-salaries-and-match-fixing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3221362/hong-kong-week-library-books-salaries-and-match-fixing?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 20 May 2023 03:00:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3215790/hong-kong-week-rugby-sevens-art-and-delighted-hawker?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3215790/hong-kong-week-rugby-sevens-art-and-delighted-hawker?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 01 Apr 2023 03:00:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3212503/hong-kong-week-abby-chois-murder-free-air-tickets-and-bye-masks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3212503/hong-kong-week-abby-chois-murder-free-air-tickets-and-bye-masks?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 04 Mar 2023 03:00:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3206998/hong-kong-week-travel-rush-free-vouchers-and-unreasonable-flight-rules?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3206998/hong-kong-week-travel-rush-free-vouchers-and-unreasonable-flight-rules?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 Jan 2023 03:00:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3206065/hong-kong-week-border-reopening-cardinals-wish-and-blackpink-tickets?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3206065/hong-kong-week-border-reopening-cardinals-wish-and-blackpink-tickets?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 07 Jan 2023 02:00:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3203803/hong-kong-week-covid-easings-google-stand-and-jimmy-lai?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3203803/hong-kong-week-covid-easings-google-stand-and-jimmy-lai?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 17 Dec 2022 03:00:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3198747/hong-kong-week-summits-trade-deal-and-sevens?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3198747/hong-kong-week-summits-trade-deal-and-sevens?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 05 Nov 2022 03:00:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3195466/hong-kong-week-food-tests-national-day-and-free-flights?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3195466/hong-kong-week-food-tests-national-day-and-free-flights?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 08 Oct 2022 03:00:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3193013/hong-kong-week-covids-fatality-stamp-duty-and-baby-bonuses?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3193013/hong-kong-week-covids-fatality-stamp-duty-and-baby-bonuses?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 17 Sep 2022 03:00:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3189755/hong-kong-week-job-scams-and-human-trafficking-southeast?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3189755/hong-kong-week-job-scams-and-human-trafficking-southeast?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 20 Aug 2022 03:01:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3186481/hong-kong-week-hybrid-immunity-pandas-death-and-film-awards?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3186481/hong-kong-week-hybrid-immunity-pandas-death-and-film-awards?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 23 Jul 2022 03:00:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3184817/whats-next-hong-kong-under-john-lee-after-xi-jinping-ushers-new-era?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3184817/whats-next-hong-kong-under-john-lee-after-xi-jinping-ushers-new-era?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 09 Jul 2022 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3183240/hong-kong-week-officials-catch-covid-shorter-quarantine-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3183240/hong-kong-week-officials-catch-covid-shorter-quarantine-and?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 25 Jun 2022 03:00:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3174058/leadership-race-declining-infections-and-e-vouchers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3174058/leadership-race-declining-infections-and-e-vouchers?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 09 Apr 2022 04:23:54 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3174056/falling-infections-flight-resumptions-and-leadership-race?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3174056/falling-infections-flight-resumptions-and-leadership-race?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 26 Mar 2022 03:12:13 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3174048/covid-19-case-explosion-beijings-help-and-vaccine-passes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3174048/covid-19-case-explosion-beijings-help-and-vaccine-passes?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 12 Feb 2022 05:54:59 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3174046/rising-fifth-wave-fortune-sticks-and-ministers-exit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3174046/rising-fifth-wave-fortune-sticks-and-ministers-exit?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 05 Feb 2022 04:48:02 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3174035/bans-political-scandal-and-fiery-legco-exchanges?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3174035/bans-political-scandal-and-fiery-legco-exchanges?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 15 Jan 2022 06:07:04 +0000 One of the most divisive shows on Netflix is Love, Death & Robots, an animated series heavily drenched in science fiction, sex, and gratuitous violence. The series—an anthology of 18 self-contained episodes—has been billed as “an R-rated take on the Black Mirror” and lays out a much darker and more disturbing vision than anything Netflix has released so far. Adding to the series’ mystique are the names involved: director David Fincher of Fight Club and Se7en, and Tim Miller, a visual effects... https://www.scmp.com/culture/love-death-robots-netflix-china/article/3005620?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/culture/love-death-robots-netflix-china/article/3005620?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Apr 2019 13:57:10 +0000 Netflix surprised audiences back in March when it released Love, Death & Robots, an animated series heavily drenched in science fiction and aimed squarely at adults. While the streaming giant already had plenty of cartoons on its roster for older viewers, here was a show that laid out a vision much darker and more disturbing than anything Netflix had yet released. Adding to the sense that this would definitely be weird were the names behind the project: director David Fincher from Fight Club and... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3004868/netflixs-love-death-robots-hong-kong-director-witness-his?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3004868/netflixs-love-death-robots-hong-kong-director-witness-his?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 06 Apr 2019 13:00:09 +0000 I'm just three minutes into interviewing Bill Burr and already he's starting to bristle. I should have expected this. The hint is in his website bio, a brusque entry which is about as long as Burr finds self-promotion a fun activity. In the terse summary (since updated), he skims over a few of his recent efforts - the stand-up specials, his role in the television series Breaking Bad. "I love my dog. I hate bankers. I have issues with women. In my head, I'm a great guy," Burr says before signing... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/1695736/breaking-bad-actor-bill-burr-defends-free-speech-ahead-hong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/1695736/breaking-bad-actor-bill-burr-defends-free-speech-ahead-hong?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 31 Jan 2015 15:45:00 +0000 My supermarket has turned on me. I no longer recognise it. It's like a girlfriend who goes to Europe for the summer and comes back with a dolphin tattoo, a love of surfing and a fluency in Spanish. My local Happy Valley supermarket went upscale and global, and left me behind. I remember standing in front of the bread aisle years ago, confronted by long rows of shiny packages. They're gone, replaced by hundreds of varieties of odd-looking products. I don't know what's inside the packages-... https://www.scmp.com/article/978069/lost-supermarket?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/978069/lost-supermarket?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 03 Sep 2011 16:00:00 +0000 JOHN SCOFIELD, the guitarist for Miles Davis during one of his final periods as bandleader, returns to Hong Kong with a few pages freshly torn from the Great American Songbook. Backed by a new quartet, Scofield takes the stage at the Cultural Centre for two shows starting tomorrow to play tunes off his latest album, a heady but respectful take on the folklore genius of Ray Charles. Shows in the US and Europe have fired up critics, who have heaped superlatives on the band's ability to throw... https://www.scmp.com/article/537517/say-it-soul?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/537517/say-it-soul?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Feb 2006 16:00:00 +0000