"The Hong Kong Massacre" action game will be out for the PlayStation 4 (PS4). Sony announced during the company's Paris Games Week last Monday that it will be in its lineup for 2018. Further details to "The Hong Kong Massacre" release for the PS4 have not ... ( read original story ...)
Food truck scheme hard to stomach after glory days of Hong Kong’s street hawkers
It was with all this in mind that I read – with some glee – news this week that the wheels continue to come off the great Hong Kong Food Truck Tourist Revival scheme. This monumental hash was a slow-motion, food truck wreck waiting to happen from the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to become first Asian host of Gay Games
Hong Kong will become the first Asian city to host the Gay Games in 2022 with rights campaigners celebrating the winning bid for a city often criticised for lagging on LGBT rights. Hong Kong beat Mexico's Guadalajara and Washington DC to host the 11th ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong chosen over U.S. and Mexico to host 2022 Gay Games
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong will host the 2022 Gay Games, fighting off bids from cities in the United States and Mexico to become the first Asian city to stage the sports and cultural event. The news comes after Taiwan’s constitutional court declared ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong wins bid to host 2022 ‘Gay Olympics’
Participants do not have to be gay. Hong Kong’s 13-strong bid team erupted in celebration at the news, screaming, hugging and cheering as the announcement was made in. “We are proud to announce that Hong Kong has been chosen,” said bid chair Dennis ... ( read original story ...)
Teaching controversial parts of Chinese history ‘up to textbook publishers and teachers’ in Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s junior secondary school pupils will spend less time on ancient Chinese history and more on political, economic and social developments related to modern China and the city, according to the revised curriculum unveiled by the Education Bureau ... ( read original story ...)
Two Hong Kong police officers and businessman deny conspiracy charge
Two Hong Kong police officers and a businessman on Monday denied conspiring to obtain and divulge confidential details of a murder investigation in exchange for up to HK$600,000. The District Court heard that neither of the officers were involved in the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong universities a new battleground in independence debate
When a handful of students decided to express an opinion on a university campus bulletin board in Hong Kong, they never imagined the backlash that would follow. What began with a few posters emblazoned with a radical idea, that Hong Kong should split with ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong slow to go cashless? Blame success of Octopus card, minister says
Hong Kong is lagging behind mainland China in becoming a cashless society because the city’s first such payment option, the contactless Octopus card, was so successful that the city stopped exploring more options, Secretary for Commerce and Economic ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong still the gateway to mainland China for foreign companies, commerce chief says
Foreign companies are still attracted to Hong Kong for its “super connector” role to mainland China even though a lot now go north directly, the city’s commerce minister said. In an interview with the Post, Secretary for Commerce and Economic ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Iconic Trading Floor Is Latest to Close for Good
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. is about to become the newest member of a once unthinkable club: stock exchanges without a trading floor. HKEX will shut its iconic Trading Hall on Friday, 31 years after opening the space in the heart of the city’s ... ( read original story ...)
Inside Hong Kong’s growing appetite for veganism
Veganism is rapidly growing globally and Hong Kong is no exception, its local advocates claim, as dabbling in or adopting the plant-based lifestyle gains popularity. In the United States, six per cent of the population, or roughly 20 million people ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong told autonomy will be preserved – but reminded of Beijing’s ultimate authority
Beijing’s top official in charge of Hong Kong affairs has issued the most detailed assessment to date of President Xi Jinping’s policy direction for the city, reassuring Hongkongers their autonomy will be preserved but reminding them of the central ... ( read original story ...)
Friend says Hong Kong bookseller Gui freed, now with family
Mainland Chinese authorities have released a detained Hong Kong bookseller and he has been reunited with his relatives, one of his friends said Friday. Chinese dissident poet Bei Ling said family members confirmed to him that Gui Minhai has been released ... ( read original story ...)