Tag: hong kong

The Newspaper Society of Hong Kong organises the Hong Kong News Awards every year to give recognition to the outstanding achievements and professionalism of journalists in Hong Kong. I am pleased to see the Hong Kong News Awards growing from strength to ... ( read original story ...)

These are external links and will open in a new window British band TTNG and US musician Mylets have been briefly detained in Hong Kong over alleged visa offences. According to media reports, the band members were held after a raid by police and ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s incoming chief executive should work to put the city on the global map by seizing the mainland’s go abroad initiative and casting aside political wrangling, says veteran entrepreneur Victor Fung Kwok-king. Making this call to Carrie Lam ... ( read original story ...)

A former top Hong Kong judge has hit out at the city’s judiciary for handing down long and complicated judgments and accused the highest court of acting unconstitutionally in one case. Former Court of Final Appeal judge Henry Litton said the common law ... ( read original story ...)

The only way really is up, as these stunning photographs of Hong Kong from a never-seen-before angle can affirm. French photographer Romain Jacquet-Lagreze wanted to capture the Chinese city from a vertical perspective, making the towering skycrapers seem ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s incoming chief executive should work to put the city on the global map by seizing the mainland’s go abroad initiative and casting aside political wrangling, says veteran entrepreneur Victor Fung Kwok-king. Making this call to Carrie Lam ... ( read original story ...)

French expatriates in Hong Kong were casting their vote from Sunday morning in the election for their country’s next president, with signs that most would be opting for liberal candidate Emmanuel Macron of En Marche over far-right Front National leader ... ( read original story ...)

As it turns out, the project has also been a learning experience for Chen, who says she now enjoys the city more, and has been taught to enjoy the grittier side of Hong Kong. “I was always hanging around in Central district. I rarely went to Mong Kok. ( read original story ...)

Efforts to restore a rare piece of Hong Kong graffiti that was mistakenly painted over last month have left the artwork worse off, according to one avid collector. The calligraphy piece by the late street artist Tsang Tsou-choi, known as the “King of ... ( read original story ...)

Vets in Hong Kong have complained of declining wages due to increasing competition, as a recent report showed that the number of vets practising in the city has doubled to 800 in 10 years. But the study, published on Tuesday, was panned by animal ... ( read original story ...)