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Panda Ying Ying 'appears to be pregnant'
Hopes are rising that the first-ever panda cub could soon be born in Hong Kong, with Ocean Park reporting that giant panda Ying Ying is showing signs of being pregnant.
BPA urges CE to open up more mainland avenues
The Business and Professionals Alliance has urged the Chief Executive Carrie Lam to push for more opportunities for Hong Kong people in the upcoming Bay Area development plan and the One Belt, One Road initiative.
Civic Party calls on Beijing to release Liu Xia
A little over two weeks after the death of Liu Xiaobo, the Civic Party held a protest outside Beijing's liaison office on Friday calling for the late activist's wife to be freed.
Menstrual Cups in Hong Kong
A video feature story on why most women in Hong Kong are reluctant to accept the menstrual cup - despite the health and environment benefits.
Flowing with pride: How two women are fighting the menstrual taboo in Hong Kong
“That’s disgusting! Don’t you know how to take care of yourself?” This is how Miki So remembers getting told off by the school nurse in secondary school, after an accident during her period that left a bright red stain on the back of her blindingly white uniform. “I’m sorry,” she recalls mumbling in reply. “I won’t do it again.”
Is The University of Hong Kong a truly international institution?
On most days at the University of Hong Kong, it’s a common sight to see hundreds of students crowding around a stage in Happy Park, tip-toeing and craning their necks in an effort to catch a glimpse of the ongoing event. Excited chatter floats across campus, acting as an informal invitation for passersby to join them. However, if you listen closer, everyone, including audience members who discuss the event and the emcees, all speak Cantonese; effectively isolating non-Cantonese speakers from participating, or even enjoying, the event. International students stroll past the area, and they too, seem intrigued. Their presence is acknowledged as the others shift to let them join the crowd, yet nobody offers to translate. Perhaps feeling unwelcomed, they leave after a few short minutes.
Educational paradise or academic prison?
Ethan Tai is a good student. In fact, his grades fall within the top 20% of his grade. His teachers describe him as “clever” and “quick to grasp concepts”. But in Hong Kong, where students are subjected to an endless stream of benchmarks and assessments, good is never good enough.
Hong Kong produces some of the best and brightest students in the world, but at what cost? At the tender age of fifteen, Tai already faces immense pressure at school and at home; to achieve straight A’s, to secure a place at a reputable university, and to participate in extracurricular activities that will look good on a resume. This is a sadly common problem students in Hong Kong face, and as one myself, I have experienced and therefore can empathize all too well with the problems Tai is currently going through.
Hong Kong produces some of the best and brightest students in the world, but at what cost? At the tender age of fifteen, Tai already faces immense pressure at school and at home; to achieve straight A’s, to secure a place at a reputable university, and to participate in extracurricular activities that will look good on a resume. This is a sadly common problem students in Hong Kong face, and as one myself, I have experienced and therefore can empathize all too well with the problems Tai is currently going through.
Queers of Hong Kong - No Longer Hidden
People streamed to the Jockey Club Tower at the University of Hong Kong to catch a glimpse of the ‘Queers of Hong Kong’ photo exhibition, which on display from the 18th of September to the 2nd of October.
The event is part of the Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Society (HKLGFF), the photo exhibit is the brainchild of Joe Lam, the director of the HKLGFF and the publisher of DIMSUM, the “first free gay lifestyle” magazine. In accordance with the theme of the festival, ‘Viva Asia’, the photo series focuses on LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual) Hong Kong citizens.
The event is part of the Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Society (HKLGFF), the photo exhibit is the brainchild of Joe Lam, the director of the HKLGFF and the publisher of DIMSUM, the “first free gay lifestyle” magazine. In accordance with the theme of the festival, ‘Viva Asia’, the photo series focuses on LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual) Hong Kong citizens.
Getting lost in translation
How Christy Tam found her true passion within a foreign language.
“Donde es… la town center?”, stuttered Christy, furrowing her brow at the crumpled map she held. The local businessman she was trying to talk to peered at the map, clearly having trouble understanding her broken Spanish, but he tried to help anyway. Through a complicated mixture of Spanish, English, and a lot of gesturing, he attempted to explain how to navigate the narrow, winding streets of Valencia.
“Donde es… la town center?”, stuttered Christy, furrowing her brow at the crumpled map she held. The local businessman she was trying to talk to peered at the map, clearly having trouble understanding her broken Spanish, but he tried to help anyway. Through a complicated mixture of Spanish, English, and a lot of gesturing, he attempted to explain how to navigate the narrow, winding streets of Valencia.
The highs and lows of HKU's 'hall education'
Exhausted after a long day of lectures and tutorials, hall residents at the University of Hong Kong trudge up the stairs back to their respective halls. After greeting the receptionist in the lobby they head up to their rooms where they are warmly welcomed back home by their floormates. This place is not merely a place for them to rest their bodies at night – the people who live there are their surrogate family. This building will be their home for the next four years.
Thousands march at HKU in a fight for academic autonomy
An estimated 2,000 students and professors gathered at the University of Hong Kong on October 6, 2015, in a silent march protesting the loss of academic autonomy in the university.
Dressed in academic gowns or black clothing, the crowd silently marched from the Visitor’s Center on Centennial Campus to Sun Yat-sen Place on Main Campus. Leading the crowd were the organizers, HKU professors Timothy O’Leary, Lusina Ho, Joseph Chan, and Dr. Petula Ho. The march lasted thirty minutes and ended with O’Leary delivering a passionate speech on academic freedom at the university.
Dressed in academic gowns or black clothing, the crowd silently marched from the Visitor’s Center on Centennial Campus to Sun Yat-sen Place on Main Campus. Leading the crowd were the organizers, HKU professors Timothy O’Leary, Lusina Ho, Joseph Chan, and Dr. Petula Ho. The march lasted thirty minutes and ended with O’Leary delivering a passionate speech on academic freedom at the university.