https://www.scmp.com/rss/74444/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Sunday, Apple Daily Ghostly white lady turns out to be crash victim A passenger on a bus running on the Island Eastern Corridor near City Garden – a housing project in North Point – in the small hours of last Saturday was terrified to see a long-haired woman dressed in white squatting on the kerb. At first glance he thought it was a ghost, but then spotted a damaged BMW sedan nearby. The woman, 23, was injured and awaiting medical help after losing control of the car and hitting the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1941700/paper-talk-fright-night-island-eastern-corridor-and-following-stars?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1941700/paper-talk-fright-night-island-eastern-corridor-and-following-stars?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 May 2016 08:43:27 +0000 Sunday, Ming Pao Daily Private hospitals raise fees by up to 44.6 per cent At least seven private hospitals in the city have raised their fees over the past six months citing rising operating costs. Matilda International Hospital on The Peak led the way with fees for surgery, plastic surgery and diagnostic imaging services increasing by about 10 per cent, while the cost of breast and pelvic ultrasound screening services surged by 42.1 per cent and 44.6 per cent respectively. Monday, Ming Pao... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1937755/paper-talk-fees-private-hospitals-hong-kong-surge-cover-rising-costs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1937755/paper-talk-fees-private-hospitals-hong-kong-surge-cover-rising-costs?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 Apr 2016 08:58:45 +0000 Sunday, Ming Pao Daily Two suicidal young women share experiences Two young women born in the 1990s said they had developed suicidal thoughts because they had no outlet for their emotions. The first, who calls herself Choi Sin-ling, is a university student who was recently diagnosed with depression. She said she had shown symptoms, such as crying, headaches and insomnia, since her parents divorced when she was in primary school. She said her condition would not have been so bad if her family had... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1936173/paper-talk-two-suicidal-young-women-share-experiences?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1936173/paper-talk-two-suicidal-young-women-share-experiences?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 15 Apr 2016 09:34:32 +0000 Sunday, Apple Daily Drivers stage protest over Link Reit parking rent rise Car drivers and motorbike riders, led by Sha Tin district councillors, staged a slow-drive protest on Saturday against an almost 10 per cent rise in the fees from May 1 for parking spaces owned by the Link Reit. About 30 protesters drove or rode slowly from Ma On Shan to the multi-storey car park building in Temple Mall South, where a Link Reit office is located. A petition was handed to Link Reit representatives... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1934688/paper-talk-drivers-stage-protest-over-link-reit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1934688/paper-talk-drivers-stage-protest-over-link-reit?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 08 Apr 2016 09:39:54 +0000 Sunday, Ming Pao Daily Bookstore owner complains about omissions in war book A second world war history book published last year to mark the 70th anniversary of the victory of Chinese people’s resistance against the Japanese invasion was said to have omitted words, phrases and even a chapter about the Chinese Communist Party. Chen Yuan, a bookstore owner who loves studying history, pointed this out, saying that the book was a reprint based on the 1955 edition by Ho Ying-chin, the Kuomintang’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1932874/paper-talk-hong-kong-history-buff-points?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1932874/paper-talk-hong-kong-history-buff-points?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 Apr 2016 08:36:56 +0000 Sunday, Oriental Daily Contract renewed with New World to manage loss-making youth facility The government has decided to renew its contract with New World Facilities Management to operate Youth Square in Chai Wan for another seven years, to 2023. The facility provides a wide range of amenities such as theatres, studios, multi-purpose areas, hostels, retail shops and offices to facilitate youth development. This is despite Youth Square seeing fewer visitors and making losses of more than HK$30... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1930575/paper-talk-management-contract-loss-making-hong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1930575/paper-talk-management-contract-loss-making-hong?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Mar 2016 06:31:52 +0000 Sunday, Ming Pao Daily Cyberport’s “smart spaces” draw overwhelming response Cyberport in Pok Fu Lam has received large numbers of applications to rent small offices and co-working facilities, commonly called smart spaces, since Chief Executive Leung Chun-yung proposed in his policy address to increase such spaces at Cyberport by 50 per centin a bid to boost the development of tech start-ups in the city. Terence Leung Tak-ming, a manager of Cyberport Youth Team, said the response had been so... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1927036/paper-talk-hong-kong-cyberport-smart-spaces-draw?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1927036/paper-talk-hong-kong-cyberport-smart-spaces-draw?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 18 Mar 2016 09:23:19 +0000 Sunday Apple Daily Direct flight to HK stops over for dubious ‘security reasons’ Passengers on board a direct Cathay Pacific flight from Melbourne to Hong Kong, which according to the captain stopped over in Malaysia last Friday for “security reasons”, have queried whether it was just an excuse for flight attendants to change shifts. The passengers were asked to board the same plane after waiting a long two hours in Malaysia, but found nothing had changed except that a new crew of stewardesses... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1923121/paper-talk-direct-flight-hong-kong-stops-over?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1923121/paper-talk-direct-flight-hong-kong-stops-over?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 11 Mar 2016 09:15:30 +0000 Sunday, Ming Pao Daily Man travels to countries other Hongkongers would never visit A 27-year-old man who quits jobs after saving enough money enough for his next journey has so far travelled to more than 50 countries, some of which Hongkongers would never dream of visiting. They include war-torn and conflict-ridden countries such as Afghanistan, Iran, Lebanon, Chechnya, Crimea, Ethiopia and Rwanda. “Mars” said he developed a keen interest in travelling as a child when he became hooked on... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1920879/paper-talk-man-who-travels-countries-most?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1920879/paper-talk-man-who-travels-countries-most?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 04 Mar 2016 11:00:15 +0000 Sunday, Sing Tao Daily Child abuse cases rise in the city, with Yuen Long the worst district The number of reported cases of child abuse rose 2.1 per cent last year to hit 874 – an average of 2.4 cases per day – according to figures from the Social Welfare Department. In more than 60 per cent of the cases, which mostly involved physical abuse or sexual assault, parents were the abusers. Figures showed Yuen Long was the district with the largest number of cases. A social worker said the situation... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1917566/paper-talk-child-abuse-cases-rise-hong-kong-yuen-long-worst-district?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1917566/paper-talk-child-abuse-cases-rise-hong-kong-yuen-long-worst-district?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Feb 2016 11:19:23 +0000 Sunday, Ming Pao Daily Liver failure patient feels loved after successful transplant A 46-year-old man suffering from severe liver failure whose liver transplant was aborted halfway through the operation last August after it was revealed that the replacement organ came from a kidney cancer patient, was discharged from hospital recently, after he was given another liver. Stephen Lee Ho-yuen said he was mostly unconscious at the time and did not know his ordeal had made headlines until he read... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1914118/paper-talk-hong-kong-liver-failure-patient-feels-loved-after?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1914118/paper-talk-hong-kong-liver-failure-patient-feels-loved-after?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Feb 2016 08:45:43 +0000 Sunday, Apple Daily Six HK air gun smugglers detained in Shenzhen for eight months Six young Hong Kong women who smuggled 11 air guns and ammunition across the border in May last year to earn a reward of HK$500 per gun, are still being detained in Shenzhen awaiting sentence following their trial last month. The women, aged 18 to 21, were arrested mailing the guns to Fujian at an express company in Huaqiangbei, for the man who hired them. Monday, Oriental Daily Kindergarten pupils made to do... https://www.scmp.com/news/article/1909831/paper-talk-hong-kong-air-gun-smugglers-still-detained-shenzhen-after-eight?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/article/1909831/paper-talk-hong-kong-air-gun-smugglers-still-detained-shenzhen-after-eight?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Feb 2016 09:30:30 +0000 Sunday, Sing Tao Daily Big waves on Japan seabed boost prices of dried scallops Prices of festival dried seafood for the coming Lunar New Year have been volatile. Dried scallops from Japan, for example, have been 5 per cent more expensive as a result of a poor harvest caused by big waves on the seabed, said Mr Poon, the boss of On Kee Dry Seafood Company in Cleverly Street, Sheung Wan. However, prices of greenlip abalone from Australia have dropped to a five-year low thanks to a weakening... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1906631/paper-talk-big-waves-japan-seabed-boost-prices-dried-scallops-hong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1906631/paper-talk-big-waves-japan-seabed-boost-prices-dried-scallops-hong?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 29 Jan 2016 06:46:23 +0000 Sunday, Ming Pao Daily Small Ho Man Tin store sells mainly goods from closed pharmacies A small shop in Ho Man Tin that specialises in selling goods from closed stores is selling mainly dried seafood, Western and Chinese medications, baby milk formula and daily necessities, all of which was bought via auctions from pharmacies which had recently folded. The goods are new but now sell for about only 50 per cent of their original prices. The boss, Mr Kwok, who is in his 60s and has been in the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1903870/paper-talk-hong-kong-store-specialises-cheap-goods-recently-closed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1903870/paper-talk-hong-kong-store-specialises-cheap-goods-recently-closed?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 Jan 2016 09:13:08 +0000 Sunday, Oriental Daily More South Asians stealing into HK Police have intercepted more than 100 South Asians attempting to steal into the city in the past two months as nine more were caught in Lau Fau Shan, Yuen Long on Friday last week. The nine, aged between 24 and 49, got onshore from an eight-metre-long sampan and made non-refoulement claims upon their arrests. It is estimated that about 1,000 such people have managed to steal into the city this way every year, and some of them have... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1901331/paper-talk-more-south-asians-stealing-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1901331/paper-talk-more-south-asians-stealing-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 15 Jan 2016 07:30:00 +0000 Sunday, Ming Pao Daily Clinics and labs illegally dumping medical waste Medical waste at medical institutes has not been properly disposed of, reporters found during recent investigations at 10 commercial buildings in Mong Kok, Jordan and Causeway Bay, where many clinics and laboratories are located. Blood-filled test tubes, endoscopies and syringes were thrown on staircases along with other rubbish, and not shipped to a chemical waste disposal centre in accordance with the law. That may explain... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1899117/paper-talk-hong-kong-clinics-and-labs-illegally-dumping-medical-waste?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1899117/paper-talk-hong-kong-clinics-and-labs-illegally-dumping-medical-waste?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 08 Jan 2016 09:24:03 +0000 Sunday, Oriental Daily   Persecution claims of bogus refugees abused by gangsters Local gangsters have reportedly been recruiting people from Africa and South Asia to come to Hong Kong as refugees and make non-refoulement claims – not being sent back to a country where they might face persecution – so they can work for them in chasing debts, smuggling drugs and other serious crime. Reporters found “fake refugees” selling drugs in the Lan Kwai Fong nightlife area in Central. Director of... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1897031/paper-talk-persecution-claims-bogus-refugees-abused-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1897031/paper-talk-persecution-claims-bogus-refugees-abused-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 Jan 2016 08:45:00 +0000 Sunday, Ming Pao Daily   Elite teachers skip chapters, putting pressure on parents Some elite primary schools were found to be teaching students with textbooks of higher grades to push their learning boundaries. A mother has to spend more time on homework for her Primary Two son, who attends a private school in Kowloon Tong as he is being taught in class with Primary Three textbooks. These parents are reportedly under increasing pressure as they have to revise classes with their children at home... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1892651/paper-talk-teachers-elite-hong-kong-schools-crank-pressure-pupils-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1892651/paper-talk-teachers-elite-hong-kong-schools-crank-pressure-pupils-and?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 18 Dec 2015 08:45:00 +0000 Sunday, Ming Pao Daily Primary school students spend as long as 10 hours at school Students at 70 of 510 full-day primary schools in the city stayed at school more than 7.5 hours a day to study, according to the Primary School Profiles 2015 by the Committee on Home-School Cooperation. Students at three schools stayed more than eight hours, exceeding the seven hours per day recommended by the Education Bureau. Since most students need to stay two more hours a day for extra-curricular activities,... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1890089/paper-talk-hong-kong-primary-school-students-spend-long-10?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1890089/paper-talk-hong-kong-primary-school-students-spend-long-10?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 11 Dec 2015 16:00:30 +0000 Sunday, Ming Pao Daily Copycats move in after famous beancurd roll shop closes One of the owners of Shu Kee - the famous shop on Yu Chau Street in Sham Shui Po that made beancurd rolls for more than 50 years but closed last year after a dispute between the brothers who own it - is suing another operator who opened a beancurd roll shop on the same street with a name that contained the Shu Kee characters. The new shop is being sued for copyright infringement after applying to register "Shu Kee" as... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1886884/paper-talk-copycats-move-after-famous-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1886884/paper-talk-copycats-move-after-famous-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 04 Dec 2015 16:01:13 +0000 Sunday, Sing Tao Daily Heated debate on whether to kill controversial assessment exam Secretary for Education Eddie Ng Hak-kim said in his blog that he hoped to work with parents and schools to improve the mechanism for the Territory-wide System Assessment, a city-wide exam for the Education Bureau to keep track of pupils' study progress. This followed a heated debate at a forum hosted by the Professional Teachers' Union last Saturday, in which one of the participants, academic Fung Chun-ip,... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1884262/paper-talk-november-28-2015?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1884262/paper-talk-november-28-2015?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Nov 2015 16:00:15 +0000 Sunday, Apple Daily Oldest liver ever transplanted goes to cirrhosis patient The liver of an 84-year-old retired doctor who died of a stroke has been successfully transplanted at Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam to a cirrhosis patient in his 40s, making the deceased the donor of the oldest liver on record in Hong Kong history. The operation was conducted after the family of the deceased agreed to the donation, although he had never filled out an organ donation card. Monday, Ming Pao... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/1881178/paper-talk-oldest-liver-ever-transplanted-goes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/1881178/paper-talk-oldest-liver-ever-transplanted-goes?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Nov 2015 16:00:29 +0000 Sunday, Ming Pao Daily Elite school candidates asked: "How would you make Ovaltine?" More than 1,000 parents attended a briefing session on entry procedures at St Paul's Co-educational College in Central last Saturday. Just 90 Form One places will be available for the coming school year for children who do not come from its affiliated primary school. A vice-principal said last year candidates were asked: "How would you make a cup of Ovaltine? Why would it melt?" Monday, Sing Tao Daily 4,000... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1878650/paper-talk-november-14-2015?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1878650/paper-talk-november-14-2015?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Nov 2015 16:02:00 +0000 Sunday, The Oriental Daily Gadgets to blame for back ailments among young Cervical vertebrae diseases are becoming more common among the young. Australian spine specialist Dr James Carter says this is because they are spending longer periods using electronic products and often dip their heads and bend their backbones while using the devices. Carter says the number of patients as young as seven with neck and spinal problems has surged in the past two years. Monday, The Sun Father accuses hospital... https://www.scmp.com/news/article/1871552/paper-talk-october-24-2015?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/article/1871552/paper-talk-october-24-2015?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 23 Oct 2015 16:00:11 +0000 Sunday, Oriental Daily News Woman denied boarding pass due to koala stamp on passport A woman leaving the city on a visit to Taiwan on Wednesday last week was not given a boarding pass for her Taipei-bound Hong Kong Airlines flight after check-in staff found a stamp depicting the cartoon koala of Taipei's Maokong Gondola cable car on an unused page of her passport. It had been stamped there during a prior trip to Taiwan. The staff member who refused to grant the boarding pass said she made the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/1857386/paper-talk-woman-denied-boarding-pass-due-koala-stamp?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/1857386/paper-talk-woman-denied-boarding-pass-due-koala-stamp?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 11 Sep 2015 16:00:20 +0000 Sunday, Sing Tao Daily Parents pack into elite primary school introductory sessions About 2,000 parents flooded into Diocesan Boys' School Primary Division, a prestigious primary school on Argyle Street in Mong Kok, last Saturday for two introductory briefing sessions on Primary One admissions. Most started queuing outside as early as 5am, and some sent their domestic helpers to camp out for the night. Head teacher Phyllis Lo Kam-lai said the school would offer 150 Primary One places in the next... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1855364/paper-talk?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1855364/paper-talk?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 04 Sep 2015 16:01:25 +0000 Sunday, Oriental Daily Fire breaks out in cubicles on Sham Shui Po footbridge A fire broke out on a pedestrian footbridge over Yen Chow Street West in Sham Shui Po in the early hours of last Saturday, burning down four of 11 illegal cubicles set up for street sleepers more than 10 years ago. A woman who lived there was arrested in connection with the fire. Reporters said the 11 stand-alone cubicles were built from wooden planks, canvas and bamboo poles. Some have doors and locks and are... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1775642/paper-talk-april-25-2015?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1775642/paper-talk-april-25-2015?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 24 Apr 2015 16:18:47 +0000 Sunday, Apple Daily ParknStop for customers fed up with rotten tomatoes Residents at City One Shatin have begun a boycott of ParknShop, the only supermarket on the housing estate, claiming it sells mouldy, rotten fruit and vegetables and milk past its sell-by date. Residents also say they can spend up to 45 minutes queueing at the checkout because of understaffing. The estate's committee backed the protest by issuing the store with a 36-hour ban on using the loading area. ParknShop said it would... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1596281/paper-talk-september-20-2014?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1596281/paper-talk-september-20-2014?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Sep 2014 20:40:09 +0000 Sunday, Ming Pao Daily Humble school principal washes his students' feet The principal of a secondary school in Tuen Mun has washed the feet of two graduate representatives at its annual graduation day ceremony since the school held its first one a decade ago. Principal Yip Chi-sio, of the Stewards Ma Kam Ming Charitable Foundation Ma Ko Pan Memorial College, stages the ritual based on a Bible story. Vice-principal So Chun-wai said he believed the act would teach pupils humility, a virtue the... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1356927/paper-talk-november-16-2013?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1356927/paper-talk-november-16-2013?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 15 Nov 2013 19:52:28 +0000 Sunday, Ming Pao Daily Waste tyres clog rivers and watercourses in Sheung Shui Many old tyres were found in the rivers and open channels in Sheung Shui after the heavy rain on May 22. Some are still stuck in river beds and clogging watercourses. Reporters discovered that the tyres had washed down from an open area near Tai Lung Hang Village, where a recycling company has rented the land. It has stockpiled more than 10,000 old tyres, some of which fell into the river during the rain and drifted... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1266126/paper-talk-june-22-2013?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1266126/paper-talk-june-22-2013?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Jun 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Sunday, Apple Daily Parents say school is selfish for not sharing sports ground Parents of pupils at the Alliance Primary School in Kowloon Tong have complained about what they say is the selfishness of Dioscesan Preparatory School (DPS). The neighbouring school has refused to make its sports ground available to Alliance pupils for physical education lessons. Without its own sports ground, Alliance pupils have to walk more than 10 minutes to get to Kowloon Tsai Park for their lessons. The... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1261062/paper-talk-june-15-2013?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1261062/paper-talk-june-15-2013?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Sunday, Apple Daily Car buyers want a register of 'haunted' vehicles About half of the vehicles in which people have committed suicide over the past two years have been sold, some to unsuspecting buyers, according to an investigation by reporters. There are 15 such vehicles, including cars, taxis and trucks. A Mr Chiu bought a seven-seater van for HK$168,000 from a used-car website about two years ago, but he did not know, until reporters told him, that the previous owner's brother had killed... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1255894/paper-talk-june-8-2013?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1255894/paper-talk-june-8-2013?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Sunday, Oriental Daily Drinking water from Dongjiang fails to make the grade Oriental Daily reporters recently collected water samples for testing from three places: downstream in the Dongjiang or East River in Dongguan (one of Hong Kong's major water sources), the Plover Cove Reservoir (Hong Kong's second largest reservoir located in Pat Sin Leng, Tai Po) and tap water in a Lam Tin public housing estate. The reporters found lots of rubbish and engineering vessels on the Dongjiang and dead... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1240065/paper-talk-may-18-2013?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1240065/paper-talk-may-18-2013?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 17 May 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Sunday, Apple Daily Restaurant chain kept its dim sum outside in the rain Cantonese restaurant chain Tao Heung was found to have kept its popular dim sum in a Tai Po warehouse without adequate refrigeration - and even outside in the rain. The dishes are made on the mainland every day and transported to Hong Kong. After the delivery firm was told to improve storage the dim sum was then found at a Sheung Shui warehouse, where refrigeration was again inadequate. By law, food to be sold must be kept... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1223971/paper-talk-april-27-2013?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1223971/paper-talk-april-27-2013?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Sunday, Apple Daily Stolen luxury handbags available for sale on the internet Italy Station, a reseller of second-hand luxury handbags, had its Tsim Sha Tsui branch on Hankow Road burgled in October last year, losing HK$3.95 million worth of luxury handbags. While the burglars have not been arrested yet, the handbags are available for sale on Taobao Marketplace, an online shopping website. Apple Daily reporters have a surveillance camera video clip of the burglary. It shows three middle-aged men... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1213332/paper-talk-april-13-2013?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1213332/paper-talk-april-13-2013?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Sunday, Apple Daily Li Ka-shing's new home completed after seven years Tycoon Li Ka-shing's new home on Deep Water Bay Road, on the southern shores of Hong Kong Island, is finally finished after seven years of construction. The 18,000 sq ft four-storey mansion is now being decorated. Sources said the European-style building, which cost about HK$200 million to build, comes with sophisticated security features. Some of the bathrooms and cloakrooms on each floor are thought to be able to turn into... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1202764/paper-talk?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1202764/paper-talk?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Sunday, Oriental Daily Beijing wants interpretation on residency issue: official Zhou Bo, deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, hints that Beijing wants Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal to seek an interpretation of the Basic Law. Zhou told Guangzhou-based newspaper Southern Metropolis Daily that the 2001 ruling of Hong Kong's highest court on the right of abode for Zhuang Fengyuan, a child born in the city to mainland parents, was inconsistent with the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1197396/paper-talk?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1197396/paper-talk?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Sunday, Apple Daily Mind the gap - MTR works blamed as cracks appear in houses Cracks have been found in dozens of village houses at Pat Heung, Yuen Long, probably caused by the drilling and blasting involved in excavating tunnels for the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link. Some cracks are wide enough to fit a one-dollar coin horizontally. The MTR Corporation, the company carrying out the project, has yet to shoulder responsibility or compensate the... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1191766/paper-talk?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1191766/paper-talk?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Sunday, Apple Daily Fish paste made in filthy house of election committee member Fish paste sold in Wellcome supermarkets is found to be produced in a filthy house in Lok Ma Chau. And the house, swamped with rats and flies, is said to belong to businessman Kwok Chi-yau, a member of the chief executive election committee. But Kwok said the house was leased out. The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said unlicensed food factory operators faced fines and jail time.   Monday, Ming Pao... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1186586/paper-talk?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1186586/paper-talk?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Sunday, Apple Daily Tattoo it like Beckham - but make sure you get the characters right A 26-year-old tattooist who works from his flat in a Tuen Mun public housing estate is being ridiculed by internet users for doing a clumsy copy of one of soccer star David Beckham's tattoos for a client. A photo of the tattoo - a Chinese proverb which translates as, "Life and death rests in the hands of fate. Rich and noble arranged by God" - was posted online. But one of the characters is wrong, and... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1167048/paper-talk?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1167048/paper-talk?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Sunday, Apple Daily Lew's shock over arrest in 'letter to Leung' The Apple Daily has obtained a two-page letter purportedly sent on January 9 to Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying from his former ally Lew Mon-hung. In the letter, Lew said he was shocked that he was arrested by the Independent Commission Against Corruption the day before, and asked whether it was related to his criticism of Leung's handling of protest marches against national education and for the city's independence. He asked Leung... https://www.scmp.com/news/article/1156651/paper-talk?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/article/1156651/paper-talk?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Sunday, Apple Daily City's 'last' wild agilawood tree chopped down and stolen What was reportedly the city's last wild agilawood tree, which was about a century old and located in Ta Kwu Ling, northeast of Sheung Shui, was felled and stolen last week. The problem of the trees being felled by mainlanders is worsening, with prices for their resin soaring tenfold in the past decade. One type of resin from the tree is now worth over HK$8,000 a gram - more than the price of gold. Most of the culprits... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1141308/what-local-media-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1141308/what-local-media-says?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Sunday, Oriental Daily Golf carts on park patrol: blatantly flouting law for years For decades, golf carts have been used to patrol public parks. But it was discovered only recently that this is illegal, after a police report was made about Leisure and Cultural Services Department staff driving carts in Chai Wan's Lei Yue Mun Park and Holiday Village, posing a danger to park-goers. It was then revealed that, under the Road Traffic Ordinance, the Commissioner for Transport's approval is required... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1131099/what-local-media-says-january-19-2013?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1131099/what-local-media-says-january-19-2013?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Sunday, Oriental Daily Retired horse trainer Brian Kan released from jail Retired racing horse trainer Brian Kan Ping-chee is released from Stanley Prison on Saturday after serving a 68-day jail term for bribery in connection with a rural committee election. Kan, 75, was greeted by his two sons and members of the racing community. He did not talk to reporters, except to say: "Life in jail was really tough."   Mon, HK Economic Times Food stalls set minimum orders to cover rising rents Small food... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1125713/what-local-media-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1125713/what-local-media-says?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Sunday, Apple Daily Central Policy Unit to let some consultants go The Central Policy Unit, which is under Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's command, is expected to halve the number of part-time consultants to about 20. Sources said that most of the part-timers to be removed would be tycoons' heirs from the camp of former financial secretary Henry Tang Ying-yen. One of them is said to be Brian Li Man-bun, the second son of David Li Kwok-po, the chairman of the Bank of East Asia. Full-time... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1120043/what-local-media-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1120043/what-local-media-says?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Sunday, Apple Daily Thieves in final bid to steal bank card data Police have had six reports in the past two months of gadgets used to steal bank card data being found in local ATMs. They expect thieves with the card data-reading devices to be particularly active before new technology that will prevent data theft is installed in ATMs in Hong Kong from February.   Monday, Oriental Daily Churches put their faith in factories Every Sunday, crowds of people can be seen streaming into and out of... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1110125/what-local-media-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1110125/what-local-media-says?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Sunday, Apple Daily Hospital draws curtains after 'disturbing views' trouble locals Prince of Wales Hospital in Sha Tin drew criticism for keeping the window curtains of an 11th-floor ward closed at all times. A patient complained he had been deprived of the right to look outside. The hospital said the curtains had been kept drawn to protect the privacy of patients since a district councillor revealed a few months ago that she had received two complaints from residents at Prima Villa, a private... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1100100/what-local-media-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1100100/what-local-media-says?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Sunday, Ming Pao Daily HK cyclist rides 14,000km across eight countries Hong Kong cyclist Lee Ming-hay, 32, who began his cycling world tour in Berlin in April, has so far ridden almost 14,000 kilometres across eight countries. He arrived in Hong Kong last Saturday with new partner "Egg Tart", a kitten he picked up on the Silk Road in Xinjiang. The kitten now faces four months in quarantine.   Monday, Sing Tao Daily Government to cut school tours to the mainland The Education Bureau says it will... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1094699/what-local-media-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1094699/what-local-media-says?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Sunday, Apple Daily Property agents scuffle on busy Tsim Sha Tsui street More than 10 young, dressed-up estate agents who were soliciting business at the Tsim Sha Tsui section of Nathan Road fought one another while competing to lead a potential client into a shopping mall to view show flats for a Yuen Long residential project last Saturday morning. A video clip showed them kicking, pushing and punching one another. They fought for 22 seconds and dispersed as police arrived. No one was arrested.... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1089388/what-local-media-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1089388/what-local-media-says?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Sunday, Apple Daily Society chiefs accused of abusing government subsidy The Society of Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention's chief executive, Andy Ng Wang-tsang, and business director, Anthea Lee Shuk-wai have been accused of spending the annual government subsidy of HK$100 million - intended to help former prison inmates lead a normal life - on frequent overseas trips. They have been to Brazil, Britain and Beijing in the past five months.   Monday, The Sun 'Anti-cheating' spy USB for sale on... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1084123/what-local-media-says-november-17-2012?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1084123/what-local-media-says-november-17-2012?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:00:00 +0000