Two candidates for the education sector seat in the upcoming Legislative Council election have highlighted Hong Kong’s shrinking student population as a key concern, with one pledging to advocate for the gradual reopening of public institutions to non-locals. Tang Fei, an incumbent lawmaker from the election committee constituency and a vice-president of the Hong Kong…
Two candidates for the education sector seat in the upcoming Legislative Council election have highlighted Hong Kong’s shrinking student population as a key concern, with one pledging to advocate for the gradual reopening of public institutions to non-locals. Tang Fei, an incumbent lawmaker from the election committee constituency and a vice-president of the Hong Kong…
As the only city in the world with five universities among the global top 100, Hong Kong has long cemented its leading position in higher education in the region. It has scaled new heights with a record six institutes in the latest world top 200 ranking by Times Higher Education, further reinforcing its aspiration to…
By the time we moved out of our Hong Kong home and relocated to Canada, it was practically World War III with our neighbours, well two of them anyway. With the rest, we were friendly or actual friends with them. My neighbourly foes were two expatriate families, who hated that we let our dogs use…
The parents of a Hong Kong student at the centre of an academic integrity controversy have said their daughter will voluntarily return all the awards associated with an app she is credited with inventing, as they apologised for the disturbance caused to the public. But they also hit out at the “relentless” cyberbullying suffered by…
Hong Kong’s Stablecoins Ordinance marks a significant milestone, as cross-border payments using the cryptocurrency can facilitate trade-finance flows between Hong Kong, mainland China and global markets such as the Middle East, according to the CEO of Zand, an AI-powered fintech and financial-services group in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Future development under the ordinance could…
The unprecedented five black rainstorms in Hong Kong this year have exposed major weaknesses in the city’s climate defence strategy, with authorities underestimating risks and eroding public confidence, a top climate scientist has warned, as he called for a review of workplace guidelines to better protect workers in extreme weather. The warning on Friday by…
The unprecedented five black rainstorms in Hong Kong this year have exposed major weaknesses in the city’s climate defence strategy, with authorities underestimating risks and eroding public confidence, a top climate scientist has warned, as he called for a review of workplace guidelines to better protect workers in extreme weather. The warning on Friday by…
A US-based software development agency has said it was commissioned by the mother of a Hong Kong student to build from scratch a medication prescription app that was later submitted to academic competitions under the pupil’s name without its consent. Ahmed Jemaa, co-founder of US-based AI Health Studio, said the company was not told that…
A woman has been arrested on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon after brandishing a knife while looking for her husband at City University of Hong Kong in Kowloon Tong. Police said a security guard reported that the wife of a colleague was seen holding a knife on a campus bridge at around 9.53am on…