Hong Kong Connection

About 1.26 million people in Hong Kong, i.e. 18.1 per cent of the population, have to struggle to make ends meet. Yes, amidst the affluence that is the SAR, poverty is a real problem. The main cause, it is generally agreed, is the ever widening gap b...

In this the final chapter of the special series on EDUCATION, we proudly introduce a number of exemplary educators … teachers who are both innovative and indefatigable. In a word, they are DEDICATED TEACHERS.

Producer: Fanny Kwan

Are the marks that a student gets in examinations a perfect indicator of how much they have learnt and how intelligent they are? While the debate goes on, examinations will remain.

In this the third chapter of the special series on Education, we...

In this the second chapter of the special series on education, the question is asked what the goal of going to school is. Is it to score high marks? Or are there even more important things to achieve?

Reality suggests that most parents put their...

There’s no shortage of talented people in Hong Kong, according to Maria Lam, a primary school principal, who says her job as an educator is to help her pupils grow up to be talented people of integrity.

Principal Lam goes about her business in an u...

Land is truly at a premium in Hong Kong and housing is very expensive indeed. Consider this. A new flat measuring a meager 300 square feet costs $18,000 per square foot! While such a tiny unit would not attract any wealthy family, it is quite beyond...

Developers in Hong Kong are always keeping a close eye on old buildings in urban areas, not because of the buildings themselves, but because of the value of the prime land on which they sit. But acquiring such buildings can be a lengthy and difficult ...

The Hospital Authority is twenty years old. Last week, we made an attempt at taking stock of its performance so far. One of the biggest problems it faces is that the doctors and nurses in public hospitals are generally overworked and underpaid in com...

No longer a manufacturing centre, Hong Kong has had an abundance of vacant industrial buildings for some time. Taking advantage of the low rents and the relative absence of restrictions, artists and performers have happily moved in to set up shop and f...

Szeto Wah, affectionately known as Uncle Wah to his many admirers, has been a star of social activism and a champion of democracy in Hong Kong for many years. At 79 now, he’s still as fierce a warrior as ever, but on the personal front, he’s battling ...