A Hollywood film topped ticket presales for China’s Dragon Boat Festival, but latest data points to a subdued box office for the holiday season as the industry grapples with a string of underwhelming performances. The box office revenue for Saturday, the first day of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, was estimated at 122 million yuan…
Hong Kong’s appetite for gossip-driven news such as reports on the drama-filled life of internet couple “Mr and Mrs Ho” reflects residents’ disinterest in politics and the allure of hot-button topics such as differences in the ages of married partners. The couple first garnered media attention last year during a whirlwind romance that saw the…
Hong Kong’s appetite for gossip-driven news such as reports on the drama-filled life of internet couple “Mr and Mrs Ho” reflects residents’ disinterest in politics and the allure of hot-button topics such as differences in the ages of married partners. The couple first garnered media attention last year during a whirlwind romance that saw the…
A German molecular biologist has won Hong Kong’s prestigious Shaw Prize this year for his development of a cutting-edge imaging technology that helps scientists understand how viruses attack the human body and come up with new treatments. Professor Wolfgang Baumeister, director emeritus and scientific member of the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Germany, was…
A new drug developed by a mainland Chinese biotechnology company is effective in combating three types of cancer that currently have limited treatment options, a multinational study led by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has found. University researchers said on Monday that the novel drug, D3S-001, had shown “promising” results for treating non-small-cell…
Think of oysters and most people picture them on a bed of ice at a seafood buffet. But apart from being a Sunday brunch delicacy, these shellfish are the ocean’s unsung heroes. In their natural habitat, oysters are ecological superstars that are capable of improving water quality and stabilising shorelines. They are hard-working, too: a…