https://www.scmp.com/rss/325075/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Lam Chun-Fai may be a third-generation Hung Kuen master, but he is the first in his family to expand the century-old Chinese martial art beyond Hong Kong and into the world. Lam, 77, has spent more than 60 years teaching students of all ages since he was a teenager. As the grandson of Lam Sai-wing, the pioneer of documenting Hung Kuen in the media during the early 20th century, the younger Lam was “forced” into the family business at the age of five. “At first, I was reluctant to learn kung fu... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2113388/grandson-pioneering-chinese-martial-arts-master?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2113388/grandson-pioneering-chinese-martial-arts-master?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 30 Sep 2017 08:30:51 +0000 An overhaul in mainland China’s policy on waste imports is shaking up Hong Kong’s recycling industry, with the most vulnerable frontline street collectors – often the city’s poorest and elderly – already hurting from its impact. The Hong Kong Recycle Materials and Reproduction Business General Association, which represents the local recycling trade, announced that most firms would stop collecting wastepaper from Monday as prices tumble and the mainland clamps down on imports of “foreign... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/2110202/tighter-mainland-china-rubbish-import-policy-hits-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/2110202/tighter-mainland-china-rubbish-import-policy-hits-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 08 Sep 2017 00:17:46 +0000 Hongkongers are being urged to use their air conditioners more wisely after a survey revealed a third of respondents woke up in the middle of the night because the temperature was set too low and even more were unaware of an energy efficiency scheme launched nearly a decade ago. The poll conducted last month by environmental group Green Sense involved 507 respondents in Central, Mong Kok, Sha Tin, Tai Po and Tuen Mun. It found almost half set their air-conditioning temperature below 24 degrees... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2110213/smarter-air-con-use-urged-poll-shows-one-three?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2110213/smarter-air-con-use-urged-poll-shows-one-three?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Sep 2017 11:31:24 +0000 The British visa centre was swamped anxious Hong Kong students and their parents on Monday who feared they might lose their school places over unexpected processing delays. A long queue of at least 80 people snaked outside the centre in Causeway Bay from 9am as families waited to see if the visa issuance process could be accelerated. Many said they had to cancel their flight and hotel bookings and risked missing the first few days of the new academic year. Around 800 complaints about the delay... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2109668/anxious-students-line-outside-british-visa-centre?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2109668/anxious-students-line-outside-british-visa-centre?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 04 Sep 2017 08:26:18 +0000 Hong Kong’s education chief said the city’s schools have felt the impact of China’s decision to let children born in the city to mainland Chinese parents study north of the border, with fewer pupils studying in the city than last year. Fewer pupils means financial uncertainty for some teachers and even for some schools, but Kevin Yeung Yun-hung said the Education Bureau would have to wait until the middle of this month before it had the full picture. More than 202,000 children were born in Hong... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2109337/schools-hong-kong-feel-effects-children-heading?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2109337/schools-hong-kong-feel-effects-children-heading?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 Sep 2017 09:30:25 +0000 The Hong Kong Observation Wheel, a major tourist attraction in Central Harbourfront, closed without warning on Wednesday as plans for its future remained uncertain. Disappointed visitors were turned away after services did not resume on Wednesday. Earlier, a notice was put up at the site stating that operations were suspended for only two days until Tuesday. The fate of the ride next to the Central piers is currently up in the air after the contract of operator and parent company Swiss AEX... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/2109031/sudden-closure-hong-kong-observation-wheel-and-rides?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/2109031/sudden-closure-hong-kong-observation-wheel-and-rides?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 30 Aug 2017 13:30:15 +0000 A video of a mystery man in construction worker garb playing a piano in a Hong Kong shopping mall is doing the rounds on the internet, with viewers awestruck at his talent and the juxtaposition. The 52-second video posted in the Facebook group “Tseung Kwan O” shows the man in standard industry uniform playing a Christian hymn called Stream of Praise by a Taiwan gospel band of the same name. The piano at the The Link-owned Sheung Tak Plaza, is etched with King of Kowloon graffiti and is for... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2108937/watch-mysterious-man-dressed-construction-worker?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2108937/watch-mysterious-man-dressed-construction-worker?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 30 Aug 2017 05:34:09 +0000