Hong Kong Connection

For ordinary people in Hong Kong, it is not easy to find a place to live. Many families and individuals get by in tiny rooms in sub-divided units. Some are penny-pinching every day in order to make their mortgage payments. Yes, there is public housin...

By law, all residential buildings that have reached the age of 30 have to be inspected for safety reasons. To pass the inspection, maintenance invariably has to be done ... and this can be very costly.

Liberal Studies, a subject included in the secondary school curriculum, is itself currently a subject of heated debate. Naysayers allege it is being politicised and students are being radicalised as a result.

Hong Kong has been getting an adequate supply of water from the river Dongjiang for some considerable time, and it is relatively cheap. Is there any danger of over-reliance? Are there other sources available to Hong Kong apart from Dongjiang and rain?

Spearheaded by an MTR link, change has descended on Sai Wan on the western side of Hong Kong Island.It has brought about a huge increase in property value, disrupting the lives of many old residents.

Primary school children in Hong Kong have to far too much homework to do every day, many people say. The pressure of homework can indeed make life rather miserable for children and parents alike.

Blogging is all the rage at the moment. Many bloggers have become celebrities of sorts and some are trying to make use of their fame to move on to fortune by introducing or actually endorsing commercial products.

There are at present over 6000 rare diseases known to the medical world. For a patient of a rare disease, before treatment of any sort can begin, diagnosis itself is usually a huge challenge to the doctor.

The Occupy Movement in Hong Kong, known also as the Umbrella Movement, is over. The protesters are gone and the streets have been cleared, but few would believe we have seen the final act.

There are some very lovely beaches in Hong Kong, but unfortunately they are not the cleanest in the world. Part of the rubbish is locally produced, and another big part comes from the sea.