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12 August, 2024
The University of Hong Kong has been placed second in an annual ranking of Asian universities. Photo: Dickson Lee
Education in Hong Kong

3 universities in Hong Kong among top 10 in major ranking of Asian institutions

HKU holds No 2 position, CUHK rises to No 6 and CityU to No 10, marking first time three institutions placed in top 10 of Asian University Rankings.

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Artificial intelligence

Smartphone giant Oppo, PolyU to launch joint AI research centre in Hong Kong

Israel-Gaza war

Opinion | What US student protesters can learn from their Hong Kong peers

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Education in Hong Kong

Universities in Hong Kong admit more non-local students after intake quota doubled

Baptist University says number of first-year, non-local students for 2024-25 to increase by nearly 200 per cent from last year.

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Baptist University has recorded a significant increase in its intake for first-year, non- local students. Photo: Nora Tam
Hong Kong society

Opinion | Hong Kong’s new taxi licensing scheme is old wine in new bottles

The licensing overhaul sounds worthy of praise, but won’t win over the public if it’s just for vested interests and holding back Uber.

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Hong Kong property

Exclusive | Techtronic executive pays US$106 million for The Peak villas in Hong Kong

Stephan Horst Pudwill is said to be the buyer of 99, 101 and 103 Peak Road. The villas, which range from 4,627 to 5,067 sq ft, fetched HK$828 million, according to government records.

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Hong Kong property

Hong Kong’s ‘glass king’ snaps up 4 mansions in HK$1.1 billion sale

Yeung and Lam like the Plantation Road area as they spent HK$2.8 billion in 2017 on a plot of land along Pollock’s Path, near their latest purchases.

Yeung Kin-man, the founder and chairman of Biel Crystal Manufactory Limited on June 14, 2017. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Exclusive | Indonesia can provide Hong Kong with nurses, says top envoy to city

It has already done so in several other developed economies, says Consul General Yul Edison

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Architecture and design

‘The spirit of Gaudí’: why Barcelona’s Sagrada Família still inspires to this day

Horace Pan, chairman of the Hong Kong Interior Design Association, explains how Antoni Gaudí’s unfinished masterpiece changed his life

Artificial intelligence

China’s top AI scientist Yang Hongxia joins Hong Kong Polytechnic University

The recruitment comes as the Hong Kong government makes efforts to transform the city into a technology hub by leveraging the research capabilities of its top universities.

Hong Kong is leveraging on the research capabilities of its top universities to transform into a tech hub. Photo: Sun Yeung
John Lee

Hong Kong businesses and other organisations sign 12 non-binding deals with Laos

City leader John Lee meets Laotian Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone and foreign minister Saleumxay Kommasith on second day in Vientiane.

Chief Executive John Lee visits Vientiane Secondary School in Laos on Monday. Photo: Kahon Chan
Accidents and personal safety

Letters | Include optometrists in updating eyesight standards for Hong Kong drivers

Readers discuss how to improve road safety, the pleasure of flipping through newspapers, and scammers’ new tricks.

China manufacturing

China-made goods shine at Paris Olympics amid lack of ‘comparable competitors’

The 2024 Summer Games may be French, but much of the equipment and related accoutrements were made in China, owing to a lack of ‘comparable competitors’ in global manufacturing.

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Accidents and disasters in China

China seeking hi-tech solutions to disaster relief challenges

Satellite technology was used to help rescue teams when heavy flooding struck the centre of the country earlier this month.

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Rescuers work to fix a breach in a dyke at Dongting Lake in Hunan province. Photo: Xinhua
China manufacturing

As US tariffs take their toll, Chinese companies rethink their stake in Vietnam

Vietnam has long been a preferred destination for foreign-invested projects, but rising costs are pushing Chinese firms to consider their options.

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Hong Kong property

Hong Kong’s property woes reach The Peak as family offers fire sale

Hong Kong’s property slump is hurting even Hong Kong’s elites, snaring distressed developers and wealthy families who had turned to the private credit market for financing.

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Business of climate change

Hong Kong PolyU, Sunlight Eco-tech to jointly launch solar-driven freezer lorries

Plans are afoot to commercially produce solar-powered freezer lorries in the city for the first time, in a move to help reduce the carbon footprint of a sector responsible for a fifth of the city’s emissions.

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Business of climate change

Hong Kong university R&D unit eyes efficient power grids in mainland China, city

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) will set up a research centre to improve power grid efficiency and to support carbon neutrality goals in mainland China and Hong Kong.

This photo taken on May 23, 2024 shows a worker installing electricity transmission lines in Korla, in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region. Photo: AFP
History

City of darkness: Kowloon Walled City reimagined by artist using AI

Hong Kong artist Bianca Tse has created whimsical AI images of the notorious Kowloon Walled City, a warren of slum buildings in the city demolished in 1993 and 1994. She talks about what inspired her project.

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Food and Drinks

A food expert’s go-to Hong Kong restaurants for noodles, Indian food, fish

Samantha Tam, a lecturer in hospitality, shares her favourite restaurants in Hong Kong, from a busy Chinese dessert spot to an Indian restaurant that is popular with chefs.

Business of climate change

Tencent’s US$13.9m funding plan to support CCUS and carbon removal in China

Chinese tech behemoth to fund technologies that prevent carbon dioxide emissions and suck the greenhouse gas from the atmosphere.

Signage at the Tencent Holdings Ltd. headquarters in Shenzhen, China. Photo: Bloomberg
Hong Kong society

Letters | Optometrists should be part of the core team at district centres

Readers discuss the need for Hong Kong to make vision care more accessible, the call to protect Victoria Harbour, the celebrity culture and its potential for exploitation, and how Biden’s support for Israel will affect his chance for re-election.

Free eye checks are provided at the “Health In Sight” exhibition organised by the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Medical Society in Ma On Shan on October 15, 2022. Photo: Jelly Tse
Greater Bay Area

Hong Kong a rising contributor to Greater Bay Area’s research in strategic areas

The city has contributed to the GBA’s academic research and development in fields of strategic importance such as biomedicine, artificial intelligence and quantum computing.

Hong Kong society

Letters | Hong Kong nurses and pharmacists could help reduce family doctors’ burden

Readers discuss why the scope of practice of nursing and pharmacy should be expanded, and the need for improvement in the city’s postal service.

Gender

Singer’s emotional transgender journey, from self-loathing to joy

Hong Kong singer SY, who had gender-affirming surgery in Bangkok in 2020, explores his transgender journey through music, with his new song featuring lyrics sung before and after his gender transition.

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SY speaks at a Human Libraries event at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The singer, who had gender-affirming surgery in Bangkok in 2020, explores his transgender journey through music, with his new song featuring lyrics sung before and after his gender transition. Photo: SY
Performing arts in Hong Kong

Conducting master classes in Hong Kong that you can sit in on

French conductor Philippe Fournier will watch over a two-day conducting master class organised by the co-founders of Hong Kong ensemble Le Gai, in an effort to fill a gap in local music education.

Edith Tam, a conductor, horn player and co-founder of Hong Kong ensemble Le Gai, is organising a two-day conducting masterclass that will be watched over by French conductor Philippe Fournier. Photo: Nathan Tsui
Food and Drinks

Mindful eating: don’t just have your food – smell, feel and admire it first

Are you guilty of stress eating or do you eat because you are hungry? There’s an easy way to find out, say scientists in Hong Kong. Their goal? To show the benefits of mindful eating, and how to do it.

Hong Kong society

Letters | Hong Kong must not take its eyes off primary health care

Readers discuss why every district health centre should provide basic eye health services, the effectiveness of the tobacco tax, and the decline in politeness.

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