I grew up in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district and Wang Fuk Court was a stone’s throw away from my school. In the recent fire, 16 students and one staff member of my alma mater were affected. Fortunately, there were no casualties among them, but homes were destroyed and their loss was profoundly felt. The…
Britain’s government on Monday summoned China’s ambassador to the UK to protest the conviction of British citizen Jimmy Lai Chee-ying on national security charges in Hong Kong, while US President Donald Trump said he urged leniency for Lai in a call with Chinese President Xi Jinping. “I feel so badly. I spoke to President Xi…
Hong Kong-based travellers seeking to visit the US without a visa were left in a state of disarray last week when the country’s government proposed requiring tourists to hand over up to five years of social media information as part of strengthened entry requirements. The proposal, a continuation of US President Donald Trump’s expanded scrutiny…
The classic legal drama Kramer vs Kramer tells a very sad story of a couple, played by Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep, fighting over who gets to keep their young son upon the breakdown of their marriage. Those who watched the 1979 production, which clinched five Academy Awards, will no doubt remember the high level…
There are few truly global hubs in the world. London is one. New York is another. But neither of them connect East and West quite like Hong Kong. I visited the city last week as part of the inaugural UK Investment Conference and saw first-hand the energy and resilience that define this city. That makes…
A hotelier is drawing on her experience sheltering survivors of London’s Grenfell Tower disaster to spearhead a relief operation at Hong Kong’s former Covid-19 isolation centre as she races to source 700 beds for families displaced by the Wang Fuk Court fire. Winnie Chiu Wing-kwan, the president and executive director of Dorsett Hospitality International, has…
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Police have been patrolling the school (Picture: Google Maps) A man who ‘exposed himself’ near a school for over a month has prompted a police hunt for the alleged ‘serial flasher’. The flasher has been spotted several times since late September outside Mark Rutherford School in Bedfordshire. The majority of attacks have taken place near…
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The United Kingdom government laid out its immigration policy proposal, which it claims will be the “biggest overhaul of the legal migration model in 50 years.” Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is introducing a new “earned settlement” model that will transform how and when migrants can access settlement, benefits, and long-term residency. Under the proposed changes,…