https://www.scmp.com/rss/324523/feed Cat Schuknecht is an intern reporter at the South China Morning Post. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com A young Hong Kong woman has scooped a top award in a global photography competition on people and nature by capturing the city’s highest peak, Tai Mo Shan. Artist Jessica Li Ka-wai, in her 20s, is among 12 winners of various categories who collectively beat more than 32,700 entries from 141 countries and territories in the competition called “What’s Your Nature” organised by non-government organisation, The Nature Conservancy. Li also beat nearly 1,200 entries from Hong Kong. Li’s award-winning... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2101238/hong-kong-photographer-scoops-top-prize-global?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2101238/hong-kong-photographer-scoops-top-prize-global?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Jul 2017 09:32:46 +0000 At least three columbarium customers recently failed to get refunds from temples as a new law regulating the business came into effect on Friday, with a concern group warning there could be many more such cases. Alliance for Concern over Columbarium Policy convenor Eddie Tse Sai-kit, who fielded the complaints, said he believed this was the first sign that a massive displacement of remains might be on the cards. “This is not a single case – there will be more,” Tse said, adding these were the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2100767/hong-kong-columbarium-clients-fail-get-refunds?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2100767/hong-kong-columbarium-clients-fail-get-refunds?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 30 Jun 2017 10:08:28 +0000 If it’s good enough for a K-pop group, it’s good enough for President Xi Jinping. Instead of joining the ranks of top state leaders as a patron of the Grand Hyatt on his three-day visit to Hong Kong this week, China’s president will stay at a nearby hotel that seems to be a favourite of foreign pop groups. According to Chinese news sources, the Renaissance Hong Kong Harbour View Hotel in Wan Chai hosted rapper G-Dragon and his band mates in 2013 and Russian pop duo t.A.T.u in 2003. Another... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/2100433/renaissance-man-xi-jinping-will-follow-footsteps-pop-groups-during?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/2100433/renaissance-man-xi-jinping-will-follow-footsteps-pop-groups-during?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 28 Jun 2017 12:48:02 +0000 On September 2, 1996, Queen Elizabeth appeared on a Hong Kong stamp for the last time. Over the next few months the city’s stamp market exploded. People starting buying as many as they could get their hands on; amateur collectors shelled out thousands of dollars for a set of stamp sheets, hoping to resell them for a profit. But at midnight on June 30, 1997, the bubble burst. After more than 150 years of British colonial rule, Hong Kong had been returned to Chinese sovereignty and stamps that had... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2100378/stamps-celebrate-hong-kong-handover-anniversary?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2100378/stamps-celebrate-hong-kong-handover-anniversary?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 28 Jun 2017 08:55:06 +0000 True to her namesake’s hit song, Hong Kong-born Celine Tam Tsz-kwan’s heart will go on – to the next round of America’s Got Talent. The nine year old, who wowed judges with her cover of Celine Dion’s My Heart Will Go On, posted the news on social media on Wednesday with a photo of her family, who she thanked for their support. After the buzz surrounding the talented singer erupted on Sunday following a teaser of her performance on the show, a full video of the segment of the popular programme... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2099422/nine-year-old-hong-kong-singer-celine-tam-next?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2099422/nine-year-old-hong-kong-singer-celine-tam-next?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 21 Jun 2017 16:00:00 +0000 A study by a Hong Kong university has found that the city’s government lags behind other Asia-Pacific jurisdictions in terms of preventing and treating chronic viral hepatitis – linked to liver cancer. Chinese University researchers surveyed 13 territories across the region, including Australia, Bangladesh, and China. Of these, Hong Kong was the only one lacking a government-led strategy to eliminate viral hepatitis. Nearly one in every 10 Hong Kong residents is infected with chronic hepatitis... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2098353/hong-kong-lacks-official-strategy-viral-hepatitis?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2098353/hong-kong-lacks-official-strategy-viral-hepatitis?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Jun 2017 12:45:45 +0000 Hong Kong’s top executives will shed their corporate blazers and sensible shoes to join community members for a day of obstacle-hopping stress release at the 12th instalment of the Central Rat Race, scheduled for Sunday, October 15. “I think in Hong Kong specifically, the amount of work and stress is quite high compared to the rest of the world,” said Raymond Chow Ming-Joe, executive director of developer HongKong Land, which hosts the corporate-themed obstacle course every year. Situated in the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2098231/corporate-high-flyers-compete-hong-kong-central?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2098231/corporate-high-flyers-compete-hong-kong-central?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Jun 2017 02:45:15 +0000 A sea of candle light blanketed Victoria Park on Sunday night as tens of thousands of people converged there to mourn those killed in ­Beijing’s bloody military crackdown in Tiananmen Square 28 years ago, but in numbers that were the lowest for nine years. Organisers said 110,000 ­people attended the event,the lowest turnout since 2008. Last year’s memorial drew 125,000 people. Police put the figure at 18,000 at the height of the event, down on their estimate of 21,800 last year. The vigil,... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2096846/sorrowful-atmosphere-victoria-park-hongkongers-gather-annual?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2096846/sorrowful-atmosphere-victoria-park-hongkongers-gather-annual?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 04 Jun 2017 11:30:45 +0000