Hong Kong Connection

In Hong Kong, thousands of books are published every year. There are nearly a hundred bookstores and countless publishers. Do you know more than half of the bookstores in Hong Kong come from the same enterprise? And three out of the big five publishers...

Yu Mo-lin is a Hong Kong actress.She was often assigned roles such as a street cleaner, maid and unattractive woman. Her roles and personality leave a deep impression with the audience and view her as a symbol of 'ugly woman' on TV and movies in Hong K...

One of the most powerful typhoons in Hong Kong’s history caused a record storm surge, uprooted trees, and continued to wreak havoc across the region.

The city, luckily, is able to avoid serious casualties but was facing a long and difficult recovery f...

The People’s Republic of China’s national anthem, like that of any other country, is frequently heard on international occasions. While people may be familiar with the music, perhaps not many are cognizant of the story about the man who wrote the stir...

On this the 40 th anniversary of Hong Kong Connection, we look back on the past four decades that seem to have gone by in a flash. They will certainly be recorded as eventful years in Hong Kong’s history, with extensive coverage devoted to the change o...

This year, 2018, marks the 40 th anniversary of Hong Kong Connection. At this juncture, we thought we would revisit a few young people we interviewed 25 years ago when they were pupils in primary school to learn about their process of coming of age.

The Union Church at Kennedy Town has just started the redevelopment this month. The grade 3 historical building will turn a 22-storey luxurious apartment. The church collaborates with developers and will enjoy a free new church and flats that will wort...

The Wenchuan earthquake 10 years ago changed the lives of countless people. The temblor reaffirmed for them the impermanence of life and compelled them onto the path of rights activists.

Some parents waited 10 years hoping the authorities would erect a...

10 years ago, nearly 70,000 people died in the Wenchuan earthquake. Thousands of parents lost their children. After the quake, many people suspected shoddy construction work caused a large number of schools to collapse. Sang Jun and Liu Yuting, the par...

The government began subsidising NGOs with lump sum grants in 2000 to replace the traditional reimbursement schemes to allow organisations more flexibility in using resources.

17 years on, the social welfare sector criticised the Lump Sum Grant as a ru...