https://www.scmp.com/rss/322118/feed Peace Chiu is a former reporter at the Post on the Hong Kong desk, specialising in education and social policies. She joined the Post in 2016, having previously worked in Singapore for 938NOW and Yahoo. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Salesman Adrian pops into an arcade in Mong Kok while waiting to meet his friends on his day off. Soon he is seated transfixed, playing a video game that involves shooting at sea creatures appearing on screen, and earning points for every success. Racking up a score of around 200,000 in the “fishing game”, he says: “If I get 300,000 points, I can exchange them for a few hundred dollars.” Adrian, not his real name, declines to reveal how he makes money. The 28-year-old admits he often spends... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3046318/lure-easy-money-arcade-thrills-lead-hong-kongs-young-gamers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3046318/lure-easy-money-arcade-thrills-lead-hong-kongs-young-gamers?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 18 Jan 2020 01:00:17 +0000 Bruce Poh led Singapore’s Institute of Technical Education (ITE) as chief executive officer for a decade, overseeing significant strides in the city state’s reforms to vocational education. Where skills training once happened in basic workshop-type settings, the ITE now boasts campuses that surprise visitors with their impressive premises, teaching facilities, recreational amenities and programmes designed to prepare students for jobs. Like many Asian societies, Singapore places great emphasis... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3033640/how-singapore-has-overturned-perceptions-vocational?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3033640/how-singapore-has-overturned-perceptions-vocational?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 19 Oct 2019 03:00:06 +0000 Leung Chun-wing remembers going out as a boy with his grandmother and coming across a person lying unconscious near their home. “My grandmother told me not to take heroin, or I’d end up like him,” Leung, 32, recalls. But when he was a teenager, someone offered him cannabis and, curious, he did not refuse. “I knew heroin was a drug, but I didn’t think cannabis was too,” says Leung, who was 18 when he started taking drugs. He hung out at nightclubs with friends, and went from cannabis to... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3033633/drug-addiction-experts-sound-alert-hong-kong-youngsters-take?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3033633/drug-addiction-experts-sound-alert-hong-kong-youngsters-take?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 19 Oct 2019 01:00:09 +0000 Hong Kong’s equal opportunities watchdog has called for more sensitivity towards ethnic minority cultures after the use of an Islamic expression by anti-government protesters caused offence in the local Muslim community. Ricky Chu Man-kin, chairman of the Equal Opportunities Commission, said on Saturday that Muslims had looked him up in person to share their concerns about the phrase “Allah is the Greatest” being painted in Arabic on some roads. “You cannot just write these words on facilities... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3032672/hong-kong-equality-watchdog-calls-more-cultural-sensitivity?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3032672/hong-kong-equality-watchdog-calls-more-cultural-sensitivity?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 12 Oct 2019 12:51:52 +0000 Candidates running for the coming district council elections in Hong Kong will no longer need to provide their residential addresses for the government’s gazette, authorities said on Saturday in a bid to protect individuals from doxxing. Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Patrick Nip Tak-kuen made the announcement as the city braced for its 19th straight weekend of protests, with opposing camps resorting to tactics such as leaking personal data online or cyberbullying. Speaking on... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3032648/government-scrambles-protect-election-candidates-doxxing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3032648/government-scrambles-protect-election-candidates-doxxing?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 12 Oct 2019 07:45:36 +0000 As people live longer, questions are being asked about how, and where, the elderly ought to spend their final days. In Hong Kong, with an ageing population and stretched health care system, an overwhelming 96 per cent of elderly people who died in 2017 died in hospital. Change is in the air for those who prefer to die in dignity and surrounded by familiar faces at home or in residential care homes. The Hong Kong government has begun gathering views on proposed legislation to make it easier for... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3032590/die-home-or-hospital-proposed-changes-law-aim?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3032590/die-home-or-hospital-proposed-changes-law-aim?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 12 Oct 2019 04:00:12 +0000 Retired schoolteacher Bill Lau, 66, first learned about the messaging app Telegram and online forum LIHKG – platforms popular with protesters – from his friends and younger daughter respectively. Curious, he downloaded Telegram and started checking out LIHKG links from his daughter, and now spends at least half an hour on them each day. Both apps have played a critical role in the increasingly violent anti-government unrest, now in its fifth month. Protesters, who insist the movement is... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3032496/older-hongkongers-taking-online-apps-and-social-media?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3032496/older-hongkongers-taking-online-apps-and-social-media?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 12 Oct 2019 02:30:10 +0000 It was the start of the new school term and secondary schoolteacher Kwan Chin-ki found himself facing students eager to know his position on Hong Kong’s ongoing, increasingly violent anti-government protests. A liberal studies teacher for more than 10 years, he says it is tricky for teachers to handle such questions. “We have to be particularly careful,” he says. “Expressing our personal political opinions in school is inappropriate because students may listen to teachers and follow their... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3032589/hong-kong-teachers-firing-line-over-surge-students-joining?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3032589/hong-kong-teachers-firing-line-over-surge-students-joining?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 12 Oct 2019 01:00:10 +0000 Hong Kong’s entire railway network was at a standstill on Saturday, while dozens of shopping centres, shops, and banks, also closed as the city reeled from the aftermath of another night of widespread destruction and violence. Anti-government protesters angry at the introduction of a law banning the wearing of face masks at public rallies rampaged through the city on Friday night and into the early hours of the following morning. As it happened: boy hit by bullet on night of violent Hong Kong... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3031673/hong-kong-protests-mtr-banks-supermarkets-and-shopping?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3031673/hong-kong-protests-mtr-banks-supermarkets-and-shopping?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 05 Oct 2019 04:14:42 +0000 Annabel Yue was six years old when she saw her older brother playing football and has fallen in love with the sport and dreams of playing for Manchester City one day. Now, the nine-year-old, who was picked for the Hong Kong Under-10 girls football team last year, can be found bursting down the right wing, or scoring goals of her own. “I was very excited,” Yue says of the moment she learned she had been selected to join the team. But when she went on to the pitch for the first time, the German... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3031536/annabel-hong-kong-football-girl-who-dreams-playing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3031536/annabel-hong-kong-football-girl-who-dreams-playing?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 05 Oct 2019 03:00:09 +0000 Conflicts over Hong Kong’s protest crisis reached a local secondary school on Thursday as dozens of students and alumni denounced the handling of a singing battle between rival student groups. Chaos also erupted at Chinese University on Thursday with more than 100 students storming the faculty building to demand to speak with the vice chancellor over his alleged lack of support for students arrested since the citywide protests started in June. At S.K.H. All Saints’ Middle School in Mong Kok,... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3031480/hong-kong-protest-crisis-extends-schools-student-actions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3031480/hong-kong-protest-crisis-extends-schools-student-actions?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Oct 2019 15:08:15 +0000 The video-sharing platform YouTube on Saturday removed a controversial video version of the protest anthem Glory to Hong Kong with lyrics changed to be supportive of police and disparaging of the anti-government movement. YouTube said on its website the music video was taken down because it “contains content from Goomusic, who has blocked it on copyright grounds”. Goomusic is linked to Denise Ho Wan-see, a local singer and activist who has frequently joined pro-democracy protests in recent... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3030798/youtube-pulls-down-video-spoof-protest-anthem-glory-hong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3030798/youtube-pulls-down-video-spoof-protest-anthem-glory-hong?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 28 Sep 2019 15:17:40 +0000 Hong Kong’s finance chief on Saturday warned that the passage of a US bill written to support democratic freedoms in Hong Kong by increasing pressure on Chinese authorities could damage the city’s appeal to overseas investors. The proposed Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act edged closer to becoming a law this week after it passed committees in the House and Senate. Beijing, in turn, rebuked Washington for trying to interfere in its domestic affairs. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po,... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3030784/financial-secretary-paul-chan-warns-us-bill-hong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3030784/financial-secretary-paul-chan-warns-us-bill-hong?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 28 Sep 2019 10:37:21 +0000 A top police officer who came out of retirement to tackle Hong Kong’s escalating protests has appealed to colleagues to help defeat hatred in the city, despite being “smeared as rogue cops” in what he called a conspiracy against the force. Alan Lau Yip-shing also said “Hong Kong’s most serious and lawless unrest” could not be resolved by law and force alone in his first internal letter since he was officially appointed by the government as deputy commissioner of police on special duties last... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3030777/hong-kong-protests-senior-police-officer-alan-lau?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3030777/hong-kong-protests-senior-police-officer-alan-lau?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 28 Sep 2019 09:18:57 +0000 Hundreds of students and staff of Po Leung Kuk Celine Ho Yam Tong College, a top secondary school in Wong Tai Sin in East Kowloon, were gathered solemnly in the hall as the Chinese national anthem began playing. After the familiar trumpet introduction of March of the Volunteers, everyone should have started singing the first line: “Arise, ye who refuse to be slaves.” Instead, the anthem was drowned out when most of the students began singing: “Do you hear the people sing/Singing the song of... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3030697/how-songs-are-powering-hong-kongs-protesters-their-fight-be?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3030697/how-songs-are-powering-hong-kongs-protesters-their-fight-be?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 28 Sep 2019 00:00:10 +0000 An adviser to Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has suggested she has not ruled out an independent inquiry into police conduct during the ongoing protests but a government source said there had been no change in her position. It was unlikely that a commission of inquiry (COI) would be set up soon, the source said, as the government’s views had not changed, even though nearly half of the participants at her first community dialogue pleaded with Lam to do so. The source said the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3030620/adviser-hong-kong-leader-carrie-lam-does-not-believe-she?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3030620/adviser-hong-kong-leader-carrie-lam-does-not-believe-she?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Sep 2019 05:07:13 +0000 A man has been arrested after a suspected break-in attempt at the super-deluxe mansion of Hong Kong second-generation tycoon Richard Li Tzar-kai in the seaside retreat of Shek O. Police said they received a report at 7.26am on Saturday from the residence along Big Wave Bay Road of a person acting suspiciously, with the caller suspecting a case of attempted burglary. Officers arrived at the scene and found that no property had gone missing at the mansion after a preliminary check. The suspect,... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3029818/man-arrested-after-suspected-break-attempt-luxury-home?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3029818/man-arrested-after-suspected-break-attempt-luxury-home?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 21 Sep 2019 12:54:52 +0000 Since the start of the school term in Hong Kong earlier this month, students from secondary schools and universities have formed so-called human chains, linking hands in a show of support for the anti-government movement gripping the city for months. While student activism has mostly gained traction in Hong Kong in recent years, such campaigns date back centuries worldwide. Widely regarded as one of the oldest universities in the world, students of the University of Bologna in 1217 left the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3029723/how-do-hong-kongs-student-protests-compare-those-worldwide?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3029723/how-do-hong-kongs-student-protests-compare-those-worldwide?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 21 Sep 2019 04:15:10 +0000 Christy, a 20-year-old law student in Britain, was looking forward to her summer break back home in Hong Kong and catching a concert by her favourite K-pop boy band, GOT7. Her heart sank when the band’s concerts on August 31 and September 1 were postponed “due to unforeseen circumstances resulting from the latest social situation in Hong Kong”, according to its agency, JYP Entertainment. There were also concerns about the safety of fans at the Hong Kong stop of the band’s world tour. “I bought... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3029779/hong-kong-protests-fans-singing-blues-k-pop-stars-and-other?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3029779/hong-kong-protests-fans-singing-blues-k-pop-stars-and-other?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 21 Sep 2019 02:00:15 +0000 Subsidies should be given to support quality degree programmes more oriented towards practical skills to boost Hong Kong’s long-term economic development, the chairman of the city’s largest vocational education provider has said. Dr Roy Chung Chi-ping said the government should also consider having a government-subsidised local university offer these applied degree programmes in the interest of the city. The Vocational Training Council (VTC) chairman’s comments came as Hong Kong reviews its... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3027304/hong-kong-should-focus-encouraging-workforce-future-learn?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3027304/hong-kong-should-focus-encouraging-workforce-future-learn?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 15 Sep 2019 04:03:35 +0000 At least half of the services provided by Hong Kong’s first Chinese medicine hospital will be subsidised by the government, according to details released on Friday by the Food and Health Bureau, as it began inviting interested operators to submit applications. The Tseung Kwan O facility, which is expected to start operating in phases by the end of 2024, is part of the government’s promise to incorporate Chinese medicine into the city’s health care system, announced in the 2018 policy address. Dr... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3027191/least-half-services-hong-kongs-first-chinese?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3027191/least-half-services-hong-kongs-first-chinese?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Sep 2019 12:17:47 +0000 Multi-award-winning musical Matilda, which is set to open in Hong Kong next Friday, will postpone its forthcoming performances in the protest-stricken city, the Post learned on Thursday. The musical, which premiered in London’s West End and was inspired by the classic children’s book of the same name by British writer Roald Dahl, was set to run in the Lyric Theatre at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in Wan Chai for a month from September 20, having earlier extended its planned run by... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3026915/hit-west-end-musical-matilda-postpones-one-month-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3026915/hit-west-end-musical-matilda-postpones-one-month-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 Sep 2019 08:29:05 +0000 Former executive councillor and veteran businessman Henry Fan Hung-ling will take charge of Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority in December, the Post has learned. Fan’s appointment, which will be officially announced on Thursday, is something of a surprise as he was only appointed a member of the authority in December 2018, and has no medical background. “Health care is one of the deep-rooted problems in Hong Kong. Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor wants Fan to take a fresh look at it from a... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3026624/veteran-hong-kong-businessman-henry-fan-surprise?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3026624/veteran-hong-kong-businessman-henry-fan-surprise?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Sep 2019 00:41:34 +0000 Hong Kong police have been given the medical records of a young woman who suffered a serious eye injury during a violent protest despite her attempt to legally block the move. Police earlier obtained a search warrant from a court after the woman and her family ignored their efforts to get hold of her medical reports. It was later reported that the woman had issued a legal letter through her lawyers to the Hospital Authority to block the police’s bid. The woman has become an icon of the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3026425/hong-kong-protests-police-given-medical-reports-woman-eye?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3026425/hong-kong-protests-police-given-medical-reports-woman-eye?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Sep 2019 13:44:25 +0000 Hong Kong filmmaker Yonfan’s riot-themed animation won best screenplay at the Venice Film Festival, with the director condemning protesters for the prolonged political unrest in the city. In an impassioned speech upon receiving his first award at the world’s oldest film festival, for No 7 Cherry Lane, the veteran director thanked Hong Kong for giving him the freedom to create. “In 1964, I came to Hong Kong from Taiwan, which was then under martial law. The first thing I did when I arrived here... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3026263/hong-kong-filmmaker-yonfans-animation-condemning-ongoing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3026263/hong-kong-filmmaker-yonfans-animation-condemning-ongoing?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Sep 2019 15:42:51 +0000 Prominent pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong Chi-fung was arrested at Hong Kong International Airport on Sunday morning for breaching his bail conditions, as he headed to Germany and the US for speeches and interviews. Police said they were informed at 8.10am by relevant department staff about Wong’s intention to go overseas. Wong was taken away on suspicion of breaching bail conditions and would appear at Eastern Magistrates’ Courts on Monday, the force added. “I believe the ridiculous... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3026261/pro-democracy-activist-joshua-wong-arrested-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3026261/pro-democracy-activist-joshua-wong-arrested-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Sep 2019 14:29:06 +0000 A 21-year-old man was arrested on Thursday evening on suspicion of assaulting a Hong Kong university student leader during an anti-government event on campus. Police said they received a report of the incident in Polytechnic University in Hung Hom at 7.24pm, in which the victim, also a 21-year-old man, was allegedly hit in the face. The university’s student union said its acting president, Ken Woo Kwok-wang, was hit on the right side of his face during a protest against the government’s handling... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3025946/man-arrested-over-assault-hong-kong-university-student?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3025946/man-arrested-over-assault-hong-kong-university-student?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Sep 2019 16:12:43 +0000 Many Hong Kong pupils begin preparing for the Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) exam during the summer holidays after Form Four term ends – two years before they sit the city’s main university entrance exam. However, Ayza Lai Chun-leung decided to make an unconventional choice around this time two years ago – dropping out of grammar school to pursue a diploma in vocational education at the Vocational Training Council’s Youth College in Kowloon Bay instead. “My family, especially my sister,... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3024375/student-who-dropped-out-grammar-school-pursue-vocational?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3024375/student-who-dropped-out-grammar-school-pursue-vocational?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 26 Aug 2019 08:52:25 +0000 When Clarisse Yeung Suet-ying feels troubled, she often goes to Victoria Harbour to take in the beauty of Hong Kong’s skyline. The artist recalls going on a summer course in ceramics in New York in 2010, where she would absorb the cityscape at night during her one-month stay. But when she returned to Hong Kong, a wave of emotion came over her. “Hong Kong’s night view is so pretty that there is no place in the world that can compare,” recounts Yeung, who is now a district councillor. Despite... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3024131/why-i-will-not-leave-hong-kong-protest-weary-residents?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3024131/why-i-will-not-leave-hong-kong-protest-weary-residents?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 24 Aug 2019 00:00:10 +0000 Hong Kong’s education minister on Friday sought to discourage secondary school students from boycotting classes when school resumes next month, after a survey found thousands of them backed such action to protest against the now-shelved extradition bill. Kevin Yeung Yun-hung said on his Facebook page that there were other ways for students to express their opinions and there should not be political interference in classrooms, a position that both the Education Bureau and schools agreed on as... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3023097/pro-democracy-group-demosisto-calls-weekly-monday-school?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3023097/pro-democracy-group-demosisto-calls-weekly-monday-school?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 16 Aug 2019 08:20:18 +0000 Hong Kong’s leader on Sunday promised to do a better job connecting with the city’s young people, many of whom have joined the heated anti-government protests that have gripped the city for more than two months. Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, speaking at the closing ceremony of a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) training camp for university students, stressed that her administration placed great value on its dialogue and engagement with local youth. “My colleagues and I will be more... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3022337/chief-executive-carrie-lam-vows-do-better-job-connecting?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3022337/chief-executive-carrie-lam-vows-do-better-job-connecting?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 11 Aug 2019 11:55:24 +0000 More than 1,000 black-clad demonstrators were gathering in Victoria Park in Causeway Bay for an anti-government protest on Sunday afternoon as Hong Kong braced for another day of unrest. The rally in one of Hong Kong’s most popular shopping districts was given official approval, but two marches planned in Sham Shui Po and east Hong Kong Island on Sunday have been banned by police. But it was expected large crowds of protesters would go beyond the restricted area in Causeway Bay and occupy roads... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3022316/hong-kong-protests-more-1000-gather-causeway-bay-approved?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3022316/hong-kong-protests-more-1000-gather-causeway-bay-approved?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 11 Aug 2019 06:24:49 +0000 The head of a Hong Kong university on Wednesday urged authorities to treat students fairly and respond to widespread public concern after its student leader was arrested a day earlier for carrying laser pointers. The arrest of Baptist University’s student union president Keith Fong Chung-yin on Tuesday night drew more than 300 people to siege Sham Shui Po Police Station. They were later dispersed when tear gas was fired. In a letter to students, staff and alumni, the university’s president... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3021716/tear-gas-fired-sham-shui-po-hong-kong-after-students?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3021716/tear-gas-fired-sham-shui-po-hong-kong-after-students?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Aug 2019 15:42:05 +0000 Hong Kong’s hotel occupancy for this month is expected to go down by 3 to 4 percentage points year on year amid the ongoing protests over the now-suspended extradition bill, a hotel owners’ group has warned. High-end hotels and business travellers in districts – such as Causeway Bay, Admiralty, Wan Chai and Central – were among the hardest-hit as roads were blocked and even shops were forced to down shutters temporarily for demonstrations that have lately been a regular affair almost every... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3019808/hong-kong-bracing-dip-hotel-occupancy-amid-series?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3019808/hong-kong-bracing-dip-hotel-occupancy-amid-series?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 23 Jul 2019 12:18:30 +0000 A cook caught up in shocking violence in a northern Hong Kong district on Sunday night has recalled the horrendous experience of his journey home. Calvin So, 23, had finished work at a restaurant in Yoho Mall, the shopping centre next to Yuen Long MTR station in northwestern Hong Kong, and was walking towards an exit just after 9.45pm. He was attacked by a group of men after simply saying: “There are lots of people in white clothes here.” “Some people approached me. Soon after, a person... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3019725/cook-caught-shocking-violence-hong-kong-mtr-station?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3019725/cook-caught-shocking-violence-hong-kong-mtr-station?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 23 Jul 2019 06:26:09 +0000 A think tank founded by the vice-chairman of the city’s youth development commission has proposed the implementation of an anti-bullying law in Hong Kong, to raise awareness of the problem in the city and to better track such cases in schools. MWYO, an independent group set up by Lau Ming-wai, which focuses on youth issues, called for the government to set up a working group to look into matters relating to bullying and coordinate the data collection, which the city lacked. Lau is the deputy... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3019508/time-new-law-put-hong-kongs-bullies-their-place-and-force?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3019508/time-new-law-put-hong-kongs-bullies-their-place-and-force?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Jul 2019 03:00:06 +0000 Former Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying has urged the younger generation to focus on being “good” people to avoid damaging society, as he blamed schools and parents for not doing enough to support their development as citizens. The former chief executive’s comments came as an organiser estimate of 430,000 demonstrators, including many young people, took to the streets on Sunday in yet another protest against the government’s handling of the now-suspended extradition bill. Leung, now a... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3019517/former-hong-kong-leader-c-y-leung-tells-younger-generation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3019517/former-hong-kong-leader-c-y-leung-tells-younger-generation?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 21 Jul 2019 14:53:28 +0000 More than HK$110 million has been injected into transitional housing projects that will benefit about 600 people to “bring some warmth to the current social atmosphere”, the city’s No 2 official said on Sunday. Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung Kin-chung, writing on his blog as hundreds of thousands of Hongkongers took to the streets again to protest against a divisive extradition bill, said: “The Commission on Poverty, which I chair, passed a number of important poverty alleviation projects last... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3019516/hong-kong-injects-hk113-million-housing-projects?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3019516/hong-kong-injects-hk113-million-housing-projects?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 21 Jul 2019 14:50:32 +0000 Teachers and researchers employed in Hong Kong but working across the border could soon receive a three-year exemption from mainland taxes as part of the government’s bid to accelerate development of the Greater Bay Area. A veteran educator said the move would encourage more Hong Kong teachers to work in private schools on the mainland that were owned by Hongkongers. He said private schools were a growing market on the mainland, especially those for early childhood. Financial Secretary Paul Chan... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3019512/hong-kong-teachers-and-researchers-working?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3019512/hong-kong-teachers-and-researchers-working?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 21 Jul 2019 13:24:04 +0000 Nestled on the third storey of an inconspicuous tenement building in Hong Kong’s Mong Kok district, you have to climb several flights of a dimly lit and narrow staircase to get to The Bookland. With an unassuming presence and lack of fancy decor or striking signage, the upstairs bookstore might not catch the eye of the regular passer-by. What it has, though, are thousands of thoughtfully curated Chinese language books across different genres – including fiction and social issues, as well as... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3019365/hong-kongs-independent-booksellers-struggling-survive-market?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3019365/hong-kongs-independent-booksellers-struggling-survive-market?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 20 Jul 2019 05:15:14 +0000 At least 20 special needs children will be stuck with long daily trips to new schools in September because their district has no space for them, according to parents who blamed the situation on Hong Kong’s poor planning. The parents of 23 pupils living in Tsuen Wan and Kwai Tsing in the western New Territories said on Monday they were informed by the Hong Kong Education Bureau by mail in late May that there were not enough places in the two area primary schools for those with moderate mental... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3018711/hong-kong-parents-special-needs-pupils-slam-education?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3018711/hong-kong-parents-special-needs-pupils-slam-education?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Jul 2019 01:00:20 +0000 Customs officials have seized 76 boxes of suspected counterfeit HPV (human papillomavirus) shots in what could be the first ever recovery of fake vaccines in Hong Kong. Two people have been arrested. The vaccines, with an estimated market value of HK$174,800 (US$22,352), were confiscated from Harmony Medical Care Services located at Entrepot Centre in Kwun Tong. During a joint operation by the Customs and Excise Department and the Department of Health on Wednesday, 47 boxes of genuine vaccines... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3018443/customs-seize-76-boxes-suspected-counterfeit-hpv?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3018443/customs-seize-76-boxes-suspected-counterfeit-hpv?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Jul 2019 14:51:56 +0000 The release of the Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) examination results made Wednesday a day of celebrations for many students of Hong Kong who overcame various challenges to achieve personal feats. Despite suffering from severe low vision, Hong Kong Taoist Association Tang Hin Memorial Secondary School’s graduate Tse Sze-man, 18, managed to get the top grades of 5** for Chinese, liberal studies and economics, while also getting 5* for business, accounting and financial studies and Chinese... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3018078/hong-kong-students-overcome-mental-and-physical-challenges?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3018078/hong-kong-students-overcome-mental-and-physical-challenges?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Jul 2019 13:50:23 +0000 Anson Kam Chun-kei was diagnosed with leukaemia when he was in Primary Four, forcing him to take a year off school for treatment. Fast forward about 10 years, not only had the 19-year-old overcome cancer, he became one of six super achievers in the Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) exams, which are the main route into universities in Hong Kong. The illness led the St Paul’s Co-educational College student to aspire to become a doctor, a dream profession shared by other top scorers, who along... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3018073/superstar-student-st-pauls-co-educational-college-who-took?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3018073/superstar-student-st-pauls-co-educational-college-who-took?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Jul 2019 12:44:18 +0000 Twelve of the highest performers in Hong Kong’s main university entrance exams came from nine traditional elite schools, with La Salle College, which provided three of the top scorers, topping the table. The 12 students, who found out their Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) examination results on Wednesday morning, along with more than 54,000 other candidates, scored top marks of 5** in seven subjects. Six of the 12 are super achievers, attaining the best grade available in an extended maths... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3017953/top-performers-massive-haul-5s-hong-kong-diploma-secondary?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3017953/top-performers-massive-haul-5s-hong-kong-diploma-secondary?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Jul 2019 00:37:52 +0000 Elite students delivered a record-breaking performance in Hong Kong’s main university entrance examinations, with 12 getting the top grade in seven subjects, including six super-achievers attaining full marks in an additional paper. Announcing the overall performance of students in the Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) on Tuesday, the Examinations and Assessment Authority also noted that fewer day pupils met the basic requirement to enter local universities this year, as the total number of... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3017932/hong-kongs-brightest-students-post-record-performance?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3017932/hong-kongs-brightest-students-post-record-performance?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Jul 2019 13:45:23 +0000 The Education Bureau should review complaints from teachers as well as those made by parents, students or the public, a government task force has said. Among 27 recommendations aiming to improve school governance following several high profile cases of mismanagement in recent years, the task force on Monday also called for managers to get at least three hours of training. But critics questioned the suggestions’ effectiveness saying the target was too short and not mandatory. The bureau’s panel... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3017768/education-bureau-should-review-complaints-made-teachers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3017768/education-bureau-should-review-complaints-made-teachers?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Jul 2019 13:57:48 +0000 Press freedom in the city had fallen to its lowest level amid reporters being attacked at rallies by police and protesters, the Hong Kong Journalists Association warned on Sunday. The city’s longest established union for working journalists, which outlined its observations with the release of its annual report, also raised fears the situation would only deteriorate further. The association’s chairman Chris Yeung Kin-hing, referring to the report, said journalists had faced increased threats to... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3017600/press-freedom-hong-kong-its-worst-journalists-attacked-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3017600/press-freedom-hong-kong-its-worst-journalists-attacked-and?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 07 Jul 2019 09:48:12 +0000 Twelve people were injured on Sunday after a car crashed into a shop in the popular commercial district of Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. Police said they received a report around 1.30pm regarding the accident at the junction of Cameron Road and Chatham Road South. According to reports, casualties included the driver and a passer-by who was trapped under the car. The vehicle had rammed into the shopfront, with clothing from the store and a mannequin among debris strewn around the crash... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3017588/least-10-injured-after-car-crashes-shop-tsim-sha-tsiu?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3017588/least-10-injured-after-car-crashes-shop-tsim-sha-tsiu?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 07 Jul 2019 06:21:48 +0000 What would you do if a super typhoon like Mangkhut struck Hong Kong again? That was the question posed to pupils at Marymount Secondary School to get them to come up with creative ideas to solve societal issues for a year-end, graded assignment. The project was part of an initiative by the girls’ school in Happy Valley to revamp its computer literacy classes to promote innovation, while allowing the Secondary Two pupils to have a sense of ownership in their work. Shirley Ann Fu Tang, head of the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3017537/how-dc-comics-superhero-flash-inspired-pupils-marymount?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3017537/how-dc-comics-superhero-flash-inspired-pupils-marymount?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 06 Jul 2019 10:18:07 +0000