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A container ship crosses the Suez Canal towards the Red Sea in 2023. Cargo ships have largely avoided the area in recent years due to attacks by Houthi rebel groups. Photo: EPA-EFE
China trade

Explainer | The return of Red Sea shipping: 3 scenarios for Chinese trade

Houthi rebels have signalled a halt in attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea, allowing a possible end to costly detours.

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Science

After Hong Kong fire, can new tech protect China’s high-rises from tragedy?

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Artificial intelligence

Hong Kong PolyU’s top AI expert Yang Hongxia eyes ‘last mile of generative AI’

Education in Hong Kong

HKU regains Asia’s No 1 spot, 5 Hong Kong universities in top 10 for first time

University of Hong Kong president Xiang Zhang says recognition is both honour and responsibility.

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has regained its position as Asia’s best in a global ranking after 15 years. Photo: Elson Li
Education in Hong Kong

Exclusive | Debut ranking in top 10% globally boosts self-awareness: Hong Kong EdU head

While ranking is globally recognised, it does not fully reflect an institution’s unique characteristics and strengths, president says.

Hong Kong society

Letters | It’s the business of Hong Kong to support domestic helpers’ well-being

Readers discuss how to support domestic helpers’ mental health, why schools should keep pets, and elder care.

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Hong Kong society

Editorial | Hong Kong’s universities go from strength to strength

The advancement in global higher education rankings shows efforts to nurture the ‘Study in Hong Kong’ brand are paying off.

Students walk through the campus of the University of Hong Kong on September 19. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Education in Hong Kong

6 Hong Kong universities set new record in global top 200

Times Higher Education says rankings highlight shift in research and higher education excellence from West to Asia.

Hong Kong economy

The ‘Wah’ factor: collector donates 3,000 Chinese textiles to Hong Kong museum

Chris Hall opens up his home on The Peak and talks about collection amassed over decades that will now go to Hong Kong Palace Museum.

Hong Kong society

Spirit of Hong Kong Awards: designer’s fly larvae system recycles food waste

Rosie Chan uses black soldier fly larvae and smart automation to turn food waste into fertiliser for schools, farms, housing estates and businesses.

JAPJAP’s modular bio-recycling machine uses black soldier fly larvae and AIoT technology to turn food waste into fertiliser and protein feed. Photo: Kong Yat-pang
John Lee policy address 2025

Hong Kong policy address: Lee’s tie nod to city’s role as mainland China bridge

Chief Executive John Lee explains philosophy underlying his team’s attire for the coming address in video partly created with AI.

Chief Executive John Lee’s tie for policy address to show city’s bridging role for mainland China. Photo: handout
Artificial intelligence

Opinion | How to write well in the age of AI? Let young Hongkongers show us

‘AI and me’ essay competition attracted over 1,100 secondary school student entries, showing how youth are rising to the challenge.

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Hong Kong society

Hong Kong invests HK$30 million in water pipe robots to detect leaks

Robots will pave the way to goal of cutting water leakage rate to below 10 per cent by 2030, department chief says.

Science

How China streamlines national labs into tech war machines: the Hong Kong case

China overhauls Hong Kong’s sprawling network of state-backed research laboratories, turning them into sleek tech hubs.

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Leading the ceremony to present State Key Laboratories plaques in Hong Kong are (from fourth left) Minister of Science and Technology Yin Hejun, Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu and director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong SAR, Zhou Ji, at the Central Government Offices on August 25. Photo: May Tse
Hong Kong environmental issues

Letters | Does recycling in Hong Kong have to be a financial burden?

Readers discuss the costs involved in recycling, a recent football event, and a kind gesture by Cathay Pacific.

Workers collect discarded fluorescent tubes at the Green@Kwai Tsing Recycling Station, located on Tam Kon Shan Road in Tsing Yi on August 20. Photo: May Tse
Hong Kong science and tech

Editorial | Hong Kong’s tech talent of tomorrow shines amid US-China rivalry

University teams were big winners at Silicon Valley festival, showing city’s education efforts are paying off.

Ant Group

Ant Group, PolyU form joint AI and Web3 lab, boosting Hong Kong’s tech hub goal

Subsidiary Ant Digital Technologies expects to make a US$12.7 million outlay over the next three years to support the lab’s operations.

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Hong Kong housing

Letters | Home sweet home? More like investment sweet investment in Hong Kong

Readers discuss the city’s world-topping property prices, care for low vision, and what Napoleon’s wallpaper had to do with his death.

A view of residential buildings on Hong Kong Island in 2023. Hong Kong remains the world’s most expensive city to buy a home and ranks as the seventh priciest rental market. Photo: Yik Yeung-man
Artificial intelligence

Hong Kong’s AI ambitions take shape with 90% of supercomputing capacity now in use

Cyberport’s Supercomputing Centre, launched in December, is benefiting from a US$418.6 million subsidy scheme to attract companies.

SCMP Highlights

Cantonese cuisine in New York, advice on ageing well: 7 Lifestyle highlights

From a researcher’s advice on how to age well to gifts to avoid in Chinese culture, here are some Lifestyle stories you may have missed.

Universities in Hong Kong

6 public universities in Hong Kong rise in global rankings

University of Hong Kong climbs to 11th place, beating two prestigious mainland Chinese institutions.

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The University of Hong Kong came in 11th in the global ranking. Photo: Elson Li
Hong Kong society

Bitumen-lined water pipe in Hong Kong to be replaced by early July: minister

Development minister Bernadette Linn also says more than 1,500 requests from affected households to flush their water meters have been fulfilled.

A temporary drinking water tank at Queen’s Hill Estate in Fanling. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong environmental issues

Letters | Dragon boat races and the like must have proper waste management plans

Readers discuss waste reduction at large outdoor events, the trouble with reducing clinical training hours for medical lab technologists, and how closing schools will affect students and teachers.

Hong Kong society

70% of Hongkongers under 25 have tried e-cigarettes: university poll

Some 60 per cent of respondents also say they picked flavoured cigarettes or other alternative tobacco products due to peer pressure.

Science

AI scientist Zhang Chengqi leaves Australia to teach in China

Zhang’s rural roots and social circumstances delayed university entry, but once admitted he was among the first in China to study AI in 1980s.

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Zhang Chengqi was appointed director of PolyU’s Shenzhen Research Institute, effective from January 1. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Greater healthcare demand drives 55% rise in Hong Kong employee medical premiums

Inaugural ‘staff medical insurance index’ highlights surge over past three years with post Covid-19 illnesses among contributing factors.

Employees’ medical insurance has increased by 55 per cent over the past three years, according to the index. Photo: Dickson Lee
Climate change

Letters | Asia must focus on energy transition and the jobs it offers

Readers discuss the opportunities available in the clean energy sector, the best next steps to connect Hong Kong’s primary care providers with the public, and how the city’s restaurants can thrive in the digital era.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hongkongers with spinal cord injuries may regain mobility with help of new lab

New laboratory at Polytechnic University to start clinical trials for advanced therapy products after facility is fully licensed.

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