https://www.scmp.com/rss/323692/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Ben Pang Ben Pang Food waste, compared to waste from paper, plastics, metals and other electrical appliances, is often overlooked because people believe it will break down naturally and quickly. In the search for hygienic and eco-friendly solutions to the problem of food waste, which accounts for 31 per cent of all solid waste sent to Hong Kong landfills in 2018, Easy Car just might be heading in the right direction. Easy Car is a food waste collection vehicle that transforms leftover food into fertiliser for... https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/lifestyle/features/article/3109032/hong-kong-teens-aim-tackle-food-waste-their?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/lifestyle/features/article/3109032/hong-kong-teens-aim-tackle-food-waste-their?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Nov 2020 04:44:57 +0000 Ben Pang Ben Pang You surely deserve a peaceful break, a buffet dinner and hours of movies once the prolonged DSE is over. But this two-month break is also a crucial period for developing a strategy which guarantees a place in university. Young Post spoke to Hok Yau Club student guidance consultant Ng Po-shing and Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Welfare Council’s career counselling project social worker Ken Lam Ho-lun for some advice on how to maintain a competitive edge in the university application process. Focus on... https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/advice/article/3086062/how-secure-your-jupas-university-placement-once-dse-finished?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/advice/article/3086062/how-secure-your-jupas-university-placement-once-dse-finished?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 26 May 2020 04:50:15 +0000 [First published on 9 May, 2017] A new International Baccalaureate (IB) programme specialising in performing arts has been launched in Hong Kong to cater for students who want to study the subject at university or build a career in this field. The English Schools Foundation (ESF) and the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA) launched a joint programme last Friday, offering performing arts courses through the International Baccalaureate’s Career-related Programme (IBCP). Students aged... https://www.scmp.com/presented/news/hong-kong/education/topics/esf-first-50-years-news/article/2121942/good-news-aspiring?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/news/hong-kong/education/topics/esf-first-50-years-news/article/2121942/good-news-aspiring?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 14 Dec 2017 01:02:05 +0000 High-cost, self-financing degree courses are gaining popularity among Hong Kong students who cannot secure a seat at a public university this year following the government’s new education subsidy, with more shunning controversial sub-degree programmes. Secondary school graduates said Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor’s proposed subsidy last week had turned them away, inspiring many to explore self-financing undergraduate courses instead. Under the proposal, students meeting basic... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2102401/following-money-hong-kong-self-financing-degrees?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2102401/following-money-hong-kong-self-financing-degrees?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 12 Jul 2017 11:12:20 +0000 Mong Kok is red, Admiralty is blue, and no one passing through Choi Hung MTR station can fail to spot the rainbow-streaked pillars at the platform. You may think the vibrantly coloured tiled walls of Hong Kong’s mass transit railway system mirror the city’s energy, but that’s not why contrasting colours were chosen for its stations. The main reason bright colours were adopted when the first line opened in the 1970s was to lighten up the subway system, according to Andrew Mead, the MTR... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/2051751/why-every-hong-kong-mtr-station-different-colour-reason-may?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/2051751/why-every-hong-kong-mtr-station-different-colour-reason-may?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Dec 2016 21:30:45 +0000