Hong Kong

[VIDEO] Hong Kong Student Leaders are Boycotting the June 4 Vigil

The candlelight vigil commemorating the Tiananmen Square crackdown has been held annually for the past 26 years at Hong Kong’s Victoria Park. This year, the Hong Kong Federation of Students (HKFS) will be absent from the event for the first time [...]

[VIDEO] How a Hong Kong Photographer Took the Iconic Tiananmen Tankman Photo

A photo of Chinese man in a white shirt and black trousers holding shopping bags in each hand, standing defiantly in front of a column of tanks, became a defining image of the Tiananmen Square crackdown of June 4, 1989. The most famous photograph of [...]

Above the Clouds

Large, stainless steel sculpture by Beijing-based sculptor Ren Zhe, exhibited in Exchange Square at IFC in Hong Kong. Ren describes the work: a static, stainless steel work of a man floating above the clouds. [There are two figures, but] he himself [...]

[VIDEO] Furries of Hong Kong: Plushie Fetishists Share their Passion for Animal Make Believe

Hong Kong’s community of ‘furries’ – people, who enjoy dressing up as anthropomorphic animals – is small and close-knit, and a source of fascination for many outsiders. Two members of the community opened up to the SCMP to reveal their [...]

[VIDEO] HK $300,000 Drone-Killer ‘Guns’ Available in Hong Kong

Institutions and government departments looking to beef up security against unauthorised drones will soon be able to purchase an anti-drone “gun” to take down the flying devices. DataExpert Technology, an information security company based in [...]

[VIDEO] Elite Hong Kong Police Units Conduct Anti-Terror Drill Ahead of China Leaders Visit

Top squads put to test in mock battle between armed officers and colleagues posing as terrorists, as force prepares for arrival of Chinese president for city’s handover celebrations. Christy Leung and Danny Mok report: Heavily armed terrorists [...]

[VIDEO] Hong Kong: Former Lawyer Dons Boxing Gloves to Start a Social Enterprise

Anne Chen Wai-yui, a former lawyer gave up her stressful job and found an interest in Thai boxing. She’s now a boxing instructor and started a non-profit business to teach young people from the grassroots families. The activity has helped her [...]

Tough Cookies to Brave the Heights at Hong Kong Bun Festival

HONG KONG: Tens of thousands gathered in Hong Kong Wednesday for one of its most colourful festivals, a whirlwind of music and costume culminating in a dramatic climb up a precipitous “bun tower”. Pipers, drummers and lion dancers [...]

Small Changes, Big Impact: Creating Space for Hong Kong’s Subdivided Flat Families

Inside the home modification project helping low-income families create a working space for their children to better focus on their studies, hoping to give the family a chance to escape from the cycle of poverty. More than 100 low-income families [...]

[VIDEO] Seriously Freaky Sea Creatures & How To Eat Them: Hong Kong’s Dried Seafood

Des Voeux Road West has been home to seafood vendors since the 19th century and is the place to go for dried abalone, sea cucumber and fish maw, as well as cordyceps fungus and other dried mushrooms. Viola Zhou reports: The most extravagant goods [...]

Alibaba founder Jack Ma says "the world will experience far more pain than happiness" in the next 30 years.

Jack Ma: In 30 Years, The Best CEO Could Be A Robot

Even top tech executives think they could be replaced by robots. Sherisse Pham reports: Alibaba founder and chairman Jack Ma, the man Fortune Magazine just named one of the world’s great leaders, predicts that technology will make many CEOs [...]

[VIDEO] Crossing the Hong Kong Border in a Tesla

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[VIDEO] Why is Hong Kong Housing So Expensive?

Uptin Saiidi reports: Hong Kong was recently ranked the most expensive housing market in the world for the seventh consecutive year, according to the annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey. The survey, which divides median [...]

[VIDEO] Hong Kong lawmaker ‘Long Hair’ Leung Kwok-hung Enters Mainland China for First Time in 10 Years

Pan-democrat given one-off home-return permit to join Legco delegation to Dongjiang River Basin. Controversial Hong Kong lawmaker ‘Long Hair’ Leung kwok-hung has entered mainland China this morning with a Legco delegation to visit [...]

Hong Kong — Electric Tramway

In service for over 100 years, these double-decker electric trams run along the busiest, densest east-west corridor on the north side of Hong Kong Island: Recently, the company that operates the trams rolled out a prototype of their latest [...]

Crime Film ‘Trivisa’ Takes Top Prize at Hong Kong Film Award

Live broadcast of award ceremony was blocked in mainland China when Trivisa, which is banned there, was mentioned at the presentation (source: scmp @ 10 apr 2017) Hong Kong crime film Trivisa – which is banned in mainland China – scooped the [...]

[VIDEO] 14 Hurt as Tram flips Over Outside HSBC Headquarters in Hong Kong’s Central District

Video from Instagram user @dragonloongshan of emergency workers attending the scene after a westbound tram flipped on Des Voeux Road Central near Bank Street outside the HSBC headquarters. Danny Mok reports: Fourteen people were injured when a [...]

Kangaroo, Crocodile and Emu Jerky

Seen in the office lunch room in Hong Kong: I haven’t sampled them yet, but they do appear to be exactly what they claim to be. Validated by the resident Aussie in the office as [...]

Why Japanese Caviar is About to Shake Up the Luxury World

Miyazaki Caviar 1983 made its global debut in Hong Kong this month, and is ready to rival competitors in Russia and Iran – and even the UAE. Deva Lee writes: You can count on Japan to aim for perfection. When it comes to dining, the nation has [...]

Warhol’s Mao Portrait Fetches $12.7 Million

HONG KONG (AFP-Jiji) — A classic Andy Warhol portrait of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong fetched $12.7 million at auction in Hong Kong on Sunday, Sotheby’s said — well short of the top estimate of more than $15 million. The sale of the 1973 [...]

Hong Kong: No Transpassing !!

Seen by my coworker Sarah Corry at a building site at Silver Mine Bay Beach in Mui Wo, Lantau Island, Hong Kong: No trans people that can “pass?’ No walking faster than any trans people? No tossing trans people around? I [...]

Hong Kong Art Scooter

We have “art cars” in the States, so I guess “art scooters” are appropriate in Hong Kong Those are little microphones the 1:6 scale figures hanging onto the scooter’s front forks are holding. I’m guessing the [...]

Disney Offers to Increase Share of Hong Kong Disneyland Expansion Cost

Patrick Frate reports: Walt Disney is expected to increase its share of the cost of expanding Hong Kong Disneyland and to end up owning a larger share of the theme park. In documents submitted this week to Hong Kong’s legislature (Legco) Disney [...]

The nine Occupy movement activists outside Hong Kong police headquarters on Monday night. Photo: K. Y. Cheng

[VIDEO] Occupy Leaders Arrive at Hong Kong Police Headquarters

Occupy leaders each face public nuisance charges over 2014 Hong Kong protests. Three principal organisers of Occupy movement each to face three counts, including inciting others to incite others to commit public nuisance, while the others face at [...]