https://www.scmp.com/rss/324544/feed Elbert Lee is an adjunct member of the faculty at Upper Iowa University, Hong Kong campus where he teaches cognition and human development. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com As we edge towards 2047, some of us live in perpetual fear that one day we will be completely assimilated into China, that our economy will be subservient, our political system controlled, and our culture and values replaced by those of the multitudes from the mainland. The recent debate on Chinese customs stationed on Hong Kong territory is a case in point. It is seen as a move on Beijing’s part to exert its hold on Hong Kong. As is often the case with matters between Beijing and Hong Kong,... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2131336/how-english-can-save-hong-kong-becoming-just-another-chinese?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2131336/how-english-can-save-hong-kong-becoming-just-another-chinese?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Feb 2018 03:27:33 +0000 Cities are evolving. In the future, they will become larger, more populated, and more compact, because of a new wave of urbanisation. In North America, younger generations are choosing to give up suburban living in favour of the environmentally sustainable, culturally rich, and more ­socially oriented way of life they find in cities. As young people move out of the suburbs, their populations drop, leading to the closure of malls and plazas that used to serve as supply outposts. The stress on... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2124179/why-hong-kong-and-new-york-are-still-worlds-apart?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2124179/why-hong-kong-and-new-york-are-still-worlds-apart?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 15 Dec 2017 06:04:22 +0000 They were called the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination and A-levels. No less frightening than the latter-day Territory-wide System Assessment or its replacement, the Basic Competency Assessment, these exams were lasting nightmares for many in the Hong Kong education system of the 1970s. The times are changing. We are looking for a more enlightened education system with teaching methods that are less test-driven. The government is sending teachers abroad in search of a pedagogy... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2118926/hong-kong-schools-can-learn-flexible-education-system?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2118926/hong-kong-schools-can-learn-flexible-education-system?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 09 Nov 2017 04:32:11 +0000 We used to romanticise everything – love, work, war, even death. It was the 1970s, a time of regional conflicts, protests, the Vietnam war and, in China, the Cultural Revolution. The headlines were as gloomy as those today. But for a developing teenage mind, it was heaven for exploration, offering endless possibilities to experiment with the world without and engage with our changing selves deep within. Part of growing up involves experiencing the blues – various kinds of depressive moods. It... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2097457/how-depression-can-be-journey-self-discovery-and-spiritual?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2097457/how-depression-can-be-journey-self-discovery-and-spiritual?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 09 Jun 2017 06:26:52 +0000