https://www.scmp.com/rss/516015/feed Winona Cheung is an International Journalism student at Hong Kong Baptist University. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Ashley Lam Cheuk-yiu, a second-year marketing student at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), had an assignment to design an advertising campaign for a brand using concepts taught in class. The 20-year-old wrote a 600-word essay that proposed tech giant Apple should use its famous “Think Different” slogan to promote human rights and gender equality as well as its iPhone products. Then she asked ChatGPT, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool that emerged last year,... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3233269/hong-kong-universities-relent-rise-chatgpt-ai-tools-teaching-and-assignments-keep-eye-out-plagiarism?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3233269/hong-kong-universities-relent-rise-chatgpt-ai-tools-teaching-and-assignments-keep-eye-out-plagiarism?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 04 Sep 2023 02:00:19 +0000 Hong Kong’s second-largest public housing provider is planning to introduce a digitised tracking system including smart helmets and wristbands that monitor workers’ health at construction sites in a bid to improve safety. The measures follow a series of fatal industrial accidents in the city this month. The Smart Site Safety System (4S) was likely to be adopted at 16 public housing projects under construction after a trial run at a Kai Tak development site, the Housing Society told the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3232608/smart-helmets-wristbands-construction-workers-among-hong-kong-housing-societys-new-tracking-system?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3232608/smart-helmets-wristbands-construction-workers-among-hong-kong-housing-societys-new-tracking-system?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 28 Aug 2023 23:00:17 +0000 Hong Kong will impose an indefinite ban on Japanese seafood imports from 10 prefectures and publish the results of daily tests on other food from the country starting on Thursday, when Tokyo begins to discharge treated waste water from the Fukushima power plant. The Hong Kong government expressed “strong opposition” to the controversial plan on Tuesday, while the Japanese consul general said it was “extremely regrettable” the city was going ahead with the ban. Secretary for Environment and... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3231886/hong-kong-leader-john-lee-calls-immediate-curbs-japanese-seafood-after-country-announces-plans?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3231886/hong-kong-leader-john-lee-calls-immediate-curbs-japanese-seafood-after-country-announces-plans?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Aug 2023 06:37:44 +0000 One of Hong Kong’s two remaining pre-war cinemas will be revitalised into a restaurant that will open in 2025 and commemorate the history and culture of Cheung Chau. The long-abandoned Cheung Chau Cinema, which the government has listed as a Grade III historic building, was established in 1931. The 600-seat venue screened Cantonese and Western films until it closed in 1997. The renovation project was announced by the Cheung Chau Culture Company on Friday as part of the second phase of a... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3231608/hong-kong-pre-war-cinema-be-turned-restaurant-celebrating-cheung-chaus-history-and-culture?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3231608/hong-kong-pre-war-cinema-be-turned-restaurant-celebrating-cheung-chaus-history-and-culture?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 18 Aug 2023 13:57:51 +0000 The operator of a Hong Kong trampoline park has vowed to improve safety measures after a teenager was injured in a collision with another youth, as a sports expert called for authorities to step up regulations at commercial venues offering such activities. A spokeswoman for Ryze Ultimate Trampoline Park on Wednesday said staff were investigating the cause of the accident, a day after a 17-year-old teen suffered a head injury when he collided with a 14-year-old boy. “As we delve deeper into this... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3231231/hong-kong-teen-17-suffers-serious-head-injuries-after-colliding-another-participant-trampoline-park?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3231231/hong-kong-teen-17-suffers-serious-head-injuries-after-colliding-another-participant-trampoline-park?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 16 Aug 2023 04:17:15 +0000 Hong Kong environmental authorities have begun consulting residents on prohibiting shops and hawkers from using loudspeakers for peddling, while the retail sector expressed worries that a ban could affect their business. The government on Wednesday started a public consultation on proposed amendments to the Noise Control Ordinance, including a ban on the use of loudspeakers for hawking in or near public spaces. Lee Chee-kwan, the Environmental Protection Department’s principal environment... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3230665/silencing-retailers-hong-kong-environmental-authorities-proposed-ban-loudspeakers-has-hawkers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3230665/silencing-retailers-hong-kong-environmental-authorities-proposed-ban-loudspeakers-has-hawkers?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 10 Aug 2023 11:24:28 +0000 Hong Kong scouts slept on the floor of South Korea’s Incheon Airport as they waited overnight to fly home on Wednesday morning because of an approaching typhoon, prompting some parents to demand an explanation from the city’s top scouting association. The youths were forced to return early from the 12-day Scout Jamboree at campsite Saemangeum in Busan after organisers cancelled the event on Monday because of the encroaching Typhoon Khanun. The Scout Association of Hong Kong opted to immediately... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3230519/hong-kong-scouts-spend-night-south-korean-airport-floor-flying-home-parents-demand-answers-over?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3230519/hong-kong-scouts-spend-night-south-korean-airport-floor-flying-home-parents-demand-answers-over?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 09 Aug 2023 09:41:11 +0000 Some of the Hong Kong scouts attending a world jamboree in South Korea have expressed disappointment that the event was cut short by a looming typhoon, as their spirits remained high despite the extremely hot weather and poor hygiene conditions. The teenagers, who were among the 460 delegates from the city at the World Scout Jamboree, said toilets at the site were clogged, floors muddy and temperatures inside tents comparable with those of a sauna. “Almost all of the scouts in my unit do not... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3230449/hong-kong-scouts-world-jamboree-south-korea-disappointed-event-cut-short-typhoon-spirits-high?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3230449/hong-kong-scouts-world-jamboree-south-korea-disappointed-event-cut-short-typhoon-spirits-high?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 09 Aug 2023 02:00:17 +0000 Nine universities in Hong Kong have recorded a new high for undergraduate admission rates in the 2023-24 academic year, amid a slight rebound in the number of applicants. The admission rate for bachelor’s degree programmes was 39.6 per cent this year, narrowly exceeding last year’s record-breaking figure of 39 per cent, according to a Post calculation based on data released by the Joint University Programmes Admission System (Jupas). Ng Po-shing, a consultant at student guidance centre Hok Yau... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3230436/9-universities-hong-kong-report-new-high-undergraduate-admission-rates-amid-slight-rebound?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3230436/9-universities-hong-kong-report-new-high-undergraduate-admission-rates-amid-slight-rebound?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 09 Aug 2023 01:00:23 +0000 An anti-sexual violence crisis centre has appealed to Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog to give greater protection to people who have struggled to get intimate photographs removed from the internet. RainLily on Tuesday said it had received 646 requests for help between April 2021 to March 2023 related to image-based sexual violence. It helped people demand online platforms take down 1,342 photographs of non-consensual intimate content. Almost 1,200 of these images, or 89 per cent, were eventually... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3230435/greater-effort-needed-protect-hong-kong-victims-whose-intimate-photos-posted-online-without-consent?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3230435/greater-effort-needed-protect-hong-kong-victims-whose-intimate-photos-posted-online-without-consent?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 08 Aug 2023 15:17:18 +0000 The Scout Association of Hong Kong will withdraw more than 460 delegates attending a world jamboree in South Korea because of an approaching typhoon, announcing the move just before event organisers said all participants would have to leave because of the extreme weather. “As Typhoon Khanun is gradually moving towards South Korea, the Scout Association of Hong Kong has activated the emergency response plan and decided to leave the camp on or before August 9,” the association said on Facebook on... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3230224/evacuation-ordered-more-460-hong-kong-scout-delegates-world-jamboree-south-korea-typhoon-khanun?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3230224/evacuation-ordered-more-460-hong-kong-scout-delegates-world-jamboree-south-korea-typhoon-khanun?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 07 Aug 2023 07:36:36 +0000 The Hong Kong fire services’ team sent to Turkey on an earthquake relief mission in February will ramp up its training standards to obtain international accreditation for their rescue capability in three years, authorities have said. Yiu Men-yeung, the team commander, said on Thursday the Fire Services Department’s urban search and rescue team, which sent 49 personnel to Turkey, aimed to win accreditation from a United Nations’ advisory group. “Our urban search and rescue team was founded with... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3227612/hong-kongs-urban-search-and-rescue-team-sets-sights-international-accreditation-after-successful?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3227612/hong-kongs-urban-search-and-rescue-team-sets-sights-international-accreditation-after-successful?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 14 Jul 2023 00:00:37 +0000 Hong Kong’s Japanese restaurants could suffer worse than they did during the pandemic under a potential import ban on some seafood amid controversy concerning the release of waste water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. Catering industry leaders in the city on Wednesday sounded the warning, with one operator in North Point saying customers had already been scared off, calling the situation “worse than when the government banned restaurant dining during the Covid pandemic”. Hong Kong... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3227497/worse-pandemic-hong-kongs-japanese-restaurants-unsure-about-survival-if-city-bans-seafood-imports?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3227497/worse-pandemic-hong-kongs-japanese-restaurants-unsure-about-survival-if-city-bans-seafood-imports?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 13 Jul 2023 02:00:15 +0000 A giant neon sign on a recently refurbished waterfront hotel in Hong Kong has sparked heated discussions online, with some residents in the quiet residential area of Tsuen Wan criticising its bright colour. The Grand Bay View Hotel, a serviced apartment complex with 435 suites, on Tuesday defended the design on its exterior wall, which features its name in six simplified Chinese characters. The building, located on Castle Peak Road in Tsuen Wan and overlooking Tsing Ma Bridge, has been under... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3226543/giant-neon-sign-hong-kong-hotel-sparks-heated-online-debate-residents-slam-tacky-bright-colour?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3226543/giant-neon-sign-hong-kong-hotel-sparks-heated-online-debate-residents-slam-tacky-bright-colour?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Jul 2023 12:14:21 +0000 About 1 million Hongkongers who did not replace their identity cards during a four-year exercise which ended in March must now wait more than three months for an appointment to do so. A check by the Post on Monday showed all appointment slots fully booked through to October 26, and it took more than an hour of queuing to enter the government website. The replacement programme started in December 2018 to give residents new smart ID cards with improved security features. Nine special centres set... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3226408/about-1-million-hongkongers-who-havent-replaced-smart-id-cards-face-long-waits-appointments?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3226408/about-1-million-hongkongers-who-havent-replaced-smart-id-cards-face-long-waits-appointments?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Jul 2023 00:00:12 +0000 Hong Kong’s hawker control officers have started wearing body cameras to help with their checks, with a union leader saying he hoped the move would prevent conflicts with residents “overreacting” to inspections. A first batch of 200 body cameras was distributed to the members of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department’s 2,000-strong hawker control team, a union leader revealed on Monday. The equipment ensured officers could record incidents “when necessary” as part of efforts to “enhance... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3226367/hong-kong-hawker-control-officers-start-wearing-body-cameras-evidence-collection-union-hoping-move?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3226367/hong-kong-hawker-control-officers-start-wearing-body-cameras-evidence-collection-union-hoping-move?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 03 Jul 2023 06:49:35 +0000 Hundreds of Hong Kong bus fans gathered to say goodbye to New World First Bus on Friday as it merged with sister company Citybus. The combined operation, carrying the Citybus name, takes effect on Saturday and ends the separate franchises. The change was designed to reflect the ownership of both companies by Bravo Transport Services and Citybus has carried out a revamp of its livery and logo to commemorate the merge. The new bus livery, voted for by the public and staff, retains the traditional... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3226217/hong-kongs-new-world-first-bus-drives-history-it-merges-sister-company-citybus?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3226217/hong-kongs-new-world-first-bus-drives-history-it-merges-sister-company-citybus?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 01 Jul 2023 05:25:45 +0000 Drone maker DJI has opened a store in the heart of Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui shopping district, re-establishing a footprint in the city after a two-year absence that the company attributed to adjusting to market needs. The new retail space on Park Lane is a crossover with Swedish camera manufacturer Hasselblad, which DJI majority owns. “At the current stage, we believe physical retailing is important for our business in Hong Kong, so that we can provide Hong Kong customers with better product... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3225445/hong-kong-welcomes-back-chinese-drone-maker-dji-new-store-tsim-sha-tsui-after-2-year-absence?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3225445/hong-kong-welcomes-back-chinese-drone-maker-dji-new-store-tsim-sha-tsui-after-2-year-absence?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 26 Jun 2023 11:06:57 +0000 A dog on a leash escaped being strangled to death in a Hong Kong block of flats on Monday after its owner got into a lift and the pet stayed outside. A video captured the incident and showed the schnauzer being dragged up and struggling in the air before it was spotted by a security guard who immediately stopped the lift. Why Hong Kong may cut pet quarantine for imported dogs, cats amid smuggling surge The footage also showed the animal struggling for about 10 seconds before it broke free from... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3225401/dog-leash-narrowly-escapes-hanging-when-owner-enters-lift-and-pet-stays-outside-residential-estate?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3225401/dog-leash-narrowly-escapes-hanging-when-owner-enters-lift-and-pet-stays-outside-residential-estate?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 26 Jun 2023 08:27:09 +0000