https://www.scmp.com/rss/524378/feed The latest news and top stories on Hong Kong Metropolitan University. A public self-financing university located in Ho Man Tin, HKMU provides flexible quality higher education. Its mission is "Education for All", offering professional, applied and practical programmes across diverse fields including nursing, creative arts and business. HKMU is Hong Kong's first university of applied sciences and a leader in open education. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Matthew Cheng Matthew Cheng Hong Kong’s Baptist University plans to spin off its School of Continuing Education (SCE) as a private university of applied sciences (UAS) next year, according to its president. Unveiling the plan at a media briefing on Thursday, Professor Alexander Wai Ping-kong said a private institution would be more agile and responsive to societal changes than public universities, which often face lengthy funding approvals. “HKBU [Hong Kong Baptist University] will spare no effort to ensure the success of... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3347998/hong-kong-baptist-university-turn-one-its-schools-private?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3347998/hong-kong-baptist-university-turn-one-its-schools-private?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Mar 2026 09:40:44 +0000 Joyce Yip Joyce Yip Summer Wong Man-ting, 31, was ready to sprint into her final race at the 2025 World Obstacle – UIPM OCR World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, last September. Coming off a race in Barbados less than a month before, however, she was still recovering from both jet lag and injuries, and the relentless rain and 12-degree Celsius temperature had aggravated her cold. The horn blared, and the chorus of Banners’ “Someone to You” ripped through the tense air. Wong had one shot against Melia Ochsner,... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/passions/article/3345559/meet-summer-wong-face-hong-kongs-growing-ocr-scene?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/passions/article/3345559/meet-summer-wong-face-hong-kongs-growing-ocr-scene?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 Mar 2026 05:00:09 +0000 Ambrose Li Ambrose Li A newly restored 4K film featuring the late Hong Kong superstar Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing will be part of this year’s Pop Culture Festival, but the government expects a 25 per cent drop in attendance over last year due to a shorter programme. Pat Wong Kit-yi, a chief manager at the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, said on Wednesday the festival welcomed 800,000 visitors in 2025, but this year 600,000 were expected to attend. “We’ve condensed the festival by a month, lasting from April to... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3346256/late-superstar-leslie-cheung-add-magic-hong-kongs-pop-culture-festival?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3346256/late-superstar-leslie-cheung-add-magic-hong-kongs-pop-culture-festival?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:03:34 +0000 Charmaine Yu Charmaine Yu We humans seem hard-wired to find a strange, sweet comfort in the world of nostalgia. This collective longing has found a digital home in “nostalgia-posting”, where sepia-toned snapshots from the mid-20th century fill our social media feeds. But a more complex chapter is being written as AI enters the fray, blurring the line between memory and machine. What happens to history when technology begins to curate nostalgia? Black-and-white photography often feels as though it is from a different... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/chinese-culture/article/3344824/how-ai-helping-bring-hong-kong-history-life-instagram-and-beyond?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/chinese-culture/article/3344824/how-ai-helping-bring-hong-kong-history-life-instagram-and-beyond?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 01 Mar 2026 03:15:07 +0000 Gavin Yeung Gavin Yeung Hana no Kumo Ascend The Henderson to discover Hana no Kumo, where chef Ogawa Masaru – formerly of Wagyu Kaiseki Den – is putting his spin on the kappou experience. It’s an intimate affair on the 38th floor; just 24 seats surround the action as Ogawa executes his interactive “cut and cook” philosophy. The HBA-designed space is inspired by Kyoto, with sakura motifs providing a serene backdrop for HK$2,380 dinner tasting menus featuring abalone and seasonal sashimi. Summit 38, 38/F, The Henderson,... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3339331/buzziest-openings-hong-kong-japanese-delights-new-literary-museum?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3339331/buzziest-openings-hong-kong-japanese-delights-new-literary-museum?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Jan 2026 22:00:09 +0000 Peggy Ye Peggy Ye City University of Hong Kong has bought an office property in Kowloon for HK$1.96 billion (US$252 million), joining a growing list of educational institutions buying office assets amid depressed prices as the city’s office market shows early signs of stabilising. CityU Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the university, has acquired the low-rise office block at Festival Walk in Kowloon Tong from Singapore-based Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust. The agreement was signed on December 10, with... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3338488/cityu-joins-ranks-schools-snapping-hong-kong-offices-festival-walk-buy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3338488/cityu-joins-ranks-schools-snapping-hong-kong-offices-festival-walk-buy?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Jan 2026 06:52:02 +0000 Cheryl Arcibal Cheryl Arcibal Hong Kong’s Hang Seng University has acquired office units in a commercial building in the New Territories for HK$90 million (US$11.6 million), making it the latest school to purchase real estate amid a government push to turn the city into a global education hub. The acquisition covers 16 office units measuring 19,139 sq ft on the 11th floor of Metropole Square in Sha Tin, together with four car parking spaces. The seller was listed company Alco Holdings, which manufactures and sells consumer... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3335975/hong-kongs-hang-seng-university-joins-property-rush-us116-million-office-deal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3335975/hong-kongs-hang-seng-university-joins-property-rush-us116-million-office-deal?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 11 Dec 2025 01:35:33 +0000 Charmaine Yu Charmaine Yu From correspondence about her short story ideas to worried messages about her deteriorating health to designs for a new qipao she wished to purchase, the woman behind the icon that is Eileen Chang Ai-ling is revealed at a new exhibition in Hong Kong. “Beyond Distance: Half a Lifelong Friendship of Eileen Chang, Stephen Soong and Mae Fong Soong” is the inaugural exhibition at the Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU)’s Museum of Modern Chinese Literature. It displays 120 of the nearly 17,000... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3334720/eileen-chang-exhibition-hong-kong-reveals-woman-behind-chinese-literary-icon?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3334720/eileen-chang-exhibition-hong-kong-reveals-woman-behind-chinese-literary-icon?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Dec 2025 08:15:09 +0000 Cheryl Arcibal Cheryl Arcibal Hong Kong’s education sector, an emerging industry with full backing of the government, is starting to have an impact on the city’s prime office market as traditional tenants in finance continue to downsize their real estate footprint, according to analysts. Office tenants in the city occupied a total of 73.4 million sq ft this year, according to the latest study by CBRE. That was 1.1 million sq ft more than they had occupied in 2022, the last time a similar study was done by the... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3330349/education-emerges-new-player-hong-kongs-office-market-amid-high-vacancy-rates?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3330349/education-emerges-new-player-hong-kongs-office-market-amid-high-vacancy-rates?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 27 Oct 2025 01:30:14 +0000 Letters Letters Feel strongly about these letters, or any other aspects of the news? Share your views by emailing us your Letter to the Editor at letters@scmp.com or filling in this Google form. Submissions should not exceed 400 words I refer to the letter, “New rules for drivers should be phased in gradually” (September 7), which expressed concern about the Transport and Logistics Bureau’s decision to limit the number of phones on dashboards to just two starting from January 2026. I agree that a thorough... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/letters/article/3326976/limiting-phones-hong-kong-dashboards-safest-way-forward?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/letters/article/3326976/limiting-phones-hong-kong-dashboards-safest-way-forward?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 28 Sep 2025 03:20:09 +0000