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Four talented City University of Hong Kong scientists working together on the invention and applications of antennas for more than a decade have been granted a second class technological invention award of the 2011 State Science & Technology Awards. In an interview with news.gov.hk, Prof Xue Quan said the most satisfying application of their work [...]
The Leisure & Cultural Services Department has launched the City Hall 50th Anniversary Photo Collection Campaign to celebrate the building’s Golden Jubilee. More than 200 photos have been received, showing the cherished memories of people’s times at City Hall. Hong Kong’s first purpose-built cultural complex, City Hall has been the backdrop to people’s photos for [...]
Women around the world fed up with long lines for the ladies’ restroom have a new folk hero: a Beijing college student leading her own version of an “occupy” movement in southern China. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images A man walks past public toilets in Shanghai during the World Toilet Day on November 19, 2009. The target [...]
An illegal luxury basement, an affair, and a race to be Hong Kong’s top official gone awry. It’s all proved irresistible to Hong Kong satirists, who are taking gleeful aim at the political scandal rocking the city. Doctored movie posters mocking Chief Executive hopeful Henry Tang are making the rounds on the Internet, poking fun [...]
A $137 million increase in recurrent funding for the Dementia Supplement was announced in the 2012-13 Budget today to allow residential care homes and day-care centres to have more resources to engage professional staff or procure professional services. Financial Secretary John Tsang announced the Government will also allocate $900 million under the Lotteries Fund to improve [...]
Hong Kong Wetland Park held a ceremony today to celebrate World Wetlands Day 2012. The day commemorates the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands in 1971 – an international effort for conservation and wise use of wetlands around the world. Every year, activities are organised worldwide to raise public awareness of wetlands’ value and benefits [...]
Imagine being handed a fandangled instrument with a big airbag and pipes sticking out of it and being told you will learn to play it. Then you may understand how 18-year-old Tat, not his real name, felt when he was assigned to be a bagpiper and undergo marching band training while serving at Cape Collinson [...]
The Hong Kong and Guangdong governments have agreed to require cross-boundary service hire cars to display special labels from February 1, the Transport Department announced today. A green and a yellow label ,with the wording “Cross Boundary Hire Car” in Chinese and English, and a serial number, should be displayed on the windscreen and the [...]
Recurrent expenditure for medical services for the coming year will rise 8% to nearly $45 billion, with total expenditure in 2012-13 exceeding $59 billion. Delivering his 2012-13 Budget today, Financial Secretary John Tsang said the amount of recurrent funding allocated to the Hospital Authority will increase by nearly 40% to $40 billion in 2012-13. The [...]
Thirteen representatives of the Youth Ambassador Against Internet Piracy Scheme departed Hong Kong today for a three-day visit to Guangzhou. They aim to enrich their understanding of the protection of intellectual property rights in both Hong Kong and Guangdong by visiting intellectual property rights enforcement authorities, the industry and young people in the province. The [...]