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 ...)

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’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 ...)

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 ...)