https://www.scmp.com/rss/500595/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com When Richard Scotford learned about the Hong Kong extradition bill protests, he could not help checking his mobile phone every five minutes for the latest news. He was halfway across the world in Costa Rica, where he moved last year from Hong Kong with his wife and daughter, to be closer to nature. “If the protests had happened last year, I wouldn’t have left,” he says. “My body was in Costa Rica, but my heart was here.” One day, his wife told him: “Go back to Hong Kong.” He bought a plane... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3026070/hongkongers-not-expats-foreigners-who-say-they-have-joined?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3026070/hongkongers-not-expats-foreigners-who-say-they-have-joined?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 07 Sep 2019 04:15:04 +0000 A proposed student project, which is one of the entries in a social innovation programme for secondary schoolchildren, could rejuvenate dank, deserted side streets and alleyways in Hong Kong’s industrial district of Kwun Tong. The plan would bring the streets to life using shipping containers refurbished as mobile shop units offering anything from Chinese herbal tea to garment repair services. The idea is the brainchild of Form Two student Poon Tsz-yui and his schoolmates Bobby Lo Hei-chit and... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3010697/boxing-machine-charges-your-mobile-phone-and-other?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3010697/boxing-machine-charges-your-mobile-phone-and-other?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 18 May 2019 01:15:10 +0000 As a tranquil melody plays, Carmen Leung strikes a ballerina pose, her back ramrod straight, arms curved downwards before she executes an elegant pirouette and a small hop. The grandmother of three, who picked up ballet at the age of 62, is now 70. She is practising for a competition later this month, and after a two-minute routine, stops for a breather. “I love how I can immerse myself in the music and movements. Dancing is a good workout to sweat too,” says Leung, who passed a professional... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3009342/if-i-can-open-my-eyes-ill-keep-dancing-70-year-old-ballerina?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3009342/if-i-can-open-my-eyes-ill-keep-dancing-70-year-old-ballerina?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 11 May 2019 02:15:10 +0000 Hotel security manager Jimmy Singh Baljinder was on shift last year when he noticed some young guests acting suspiciously, arriving and leaving daily in a car. After observing the group for days, he inspected the trash from their room, discovering tools that appeared to be used for packing drugs. “I followed the drug dealers day and night and barely slept. When I called police, they found drugs worth about HK$300,000 (US$38,240),” he recalls, speaking in Cantonese. Singh had even prepared a room... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3008548/rejected-hong-kong-police-force-sikh-amateur-detective-jimmy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3008548/rejected-hong-kong-police-force-sikh-amateur-detective-jimmy?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 04 May 2019 01:30:05 +0000 It is a seedy, trendy, creative, residential, business-focused community that is home to people of all ages. For many, Wan Chai is unlike any district in Hong Kong. Stretching from police headquarters in the west, to the fire station in the east, and from the waterfront to its southern border on Queen’s Road East, the area is, in many respects, a mini-city all on its own. And like the city that surrounds it, has grown and developed almost beyond all recognition over the past 60 years. Lockhart... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3006972/why-wan-chai-unlike-any-other-place-hong-kong-and-its-not?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3006972/why-wan-chai-unlike-any-other-place-hong-kong-and-its-not?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 20 Apr 2019 00:00:12 +0000