Hong Kong Connection

Advisory boards and statutory bodies have been an integral part of government in Hong Kong for some 40 years. Created by the British, they were designed to bring in talented people to the administration. But in a civic society that is changing and ma...

The people of Taiwan exercised their right to vote once again on 14th January 2012. 51.6 per cent of them were in favour of President Ma Ying-jeou staying in office for another term. Defeated in the presidential election were challengers Tsai Ing-wen...

In the District Council elections this year, the presence of young people was strongly felt. Although not all of the young candidates were successful, it was evident that the political arena in Hong Kong would no longer be dominated by the middle-aged...

Prevention is better than cure. Some might think this is a cliche. It is not. In fact, the World Health Organisation has made Preventive Health its main task for the 21st Century. The truth is, experts warn, many people who seem healthy are really not....

Thousands of seemingly perfectly healthy people in Hong Kong die all of a sudden of heart diseases and strokes every year. Many of them are in their prime of life. We are going to meet several lucky survivors who managed to return from the brink of d...

Much is often talked about openly about terrible diseases and there is absolute agreement medical treatment generally increases the chances of recovery or even survival. However, the general attitude towards mental illness seems to defy such consensus...

Question: what is PUBLIC SPACE? Answer: it is space designated for the public. Good. What are ‘public space’ and ‘open space’ on the premises of a private property? Now that’s an interesting question, in fact a controversial one, to which there is ...

The problem of illegal residential structures in both the city and the New Territories has been plaguing the Hong Kong Government for a long time. Withstanding clearance efforts, it has been, as some people put it, spreading like wildfire.

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The bicycle seems to be gaining prominence as part of life in Hong Kong. Admittedly, not many people are using it as a means of transport yet, but there is a growing number of enthusiasts who cycle for reasons that concern the body, the mind and the e...

Housing seems to be a perennial problem in Hong Kong. For some considerable time, the Government’s policy of making public housing available won praises the world over and the people were thankful and proud. But times have changed. There is a shorta...