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This used to be Hemlock's Diary. For no holds barred opinion on Hong Kong politics and day-to-day living, this is the blog to check out. Even if you are a first-time visitor, a few pages down the archives will get you a good glimpse of what life is really like in Hong Kong
Big Lychee, Various Sectors | Watching the sun set, little by little, on Asia's greatest city –
22m ago
Yesterday was National Security Education Day. Among the lessons… “For an extremely small number of people who endanger national security, this law is an overhanging sharp sword,” said Xia Baolong, Beijing’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office chief. “Hong Kong’s ..read more
Big Lychee, Various Sectors | Watching the sun set, little by little, on Asia's greatest city –
22m ago
A new online magazine – the Hongkonger. Proclaims itself ‘inspired by the New Yorker’. A couple of items by a former local film studies academic (and occasional hiking companion of mine) looks at how older movies are affected by the ..read more
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2d ago
Transit Jam investigates the Nathan Road fire, which left five dead… Buildings Department (BD) says it issued a Fire Safety Direction to the New Lucky House Owners Committee (OC) in 2008, “requiring the upgrading of certain fire safety provisions of ..read more
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5d ago
In trials, fewer than half of households are using the paid-for designated green waste bags that will (perhaps) become compulsory in future. (As the old lady in Harry’s SCMP cartoon pointed out, ‘they cost money’. The government gives you free ..read more
Big Lychee, Various Sectors | Watching the sun set, little by little, on Asia's greatest city –
5d ago
China Media Project on Hong Kong’s new NatSec language… Local officials now decry “soft resistance” against the state and exclusively refer to the pro-democracy protests that drew millions of mostly peaceful marchers to the streets as the “black riots ..read more
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1w ago
Those who liked the idea of turning part or all of Fanling golf course into affordable housing and/or public park land are now full of remorse, it seems… Public opinion on building housing on Fanling Golf Course has made a ..read more
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1w ago
From HKFP… In the fourth quarter of last year, the city recorded 72,035 UK tourists compared to 158,702 in the same period of 2018. The number of US visitors declined from 377,613 to 216,965 in the same period. …Hong Kong ..read more
Big Lychee, Various Sectors | Watching the sun set, little by little, on Asia's greatest city –
1w ago
An SCMP review of Hong Kong’s recent Art Week… [I encountered] a taxi driver … ranting about the quality of public art in the city. Last week, he had passengers from Beijing and Shanghai complaining about the “mainlandisation of aesthetics ..read more
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2w ago
More whining as 1.5 million Hongkongers leave the city – mostly over the border – during the Easter long weekend… …[Restaurants lobby head] Simon Wong Ka-wo warned that the trend of people spending holidays in the mainland will rock the ..read more
Big Lychee, Various Sectors | Watching the sun set, little by little, on Asia's greatest city –
2w ago
There are two types of PR. One tries to influence or change public perceptions in order to improve your reputation. This is difficult, as the spin-doctors’ boss might balk at the sort of candid and open communication that wins credibility ..read more