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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 –
2d ago
Walmart subsidiary Sam’s Club will expand its Mainland business into Hong Kong, with free delivery for orders above 599 yuan. Leaving aside the possibility of more delivery trucks on the streets, most people will surely welcome the prospect of more ..read more
Big Lychee, Various Sectors | Watching the sun set, little by little, on Asia's greatest city –
1w ago
Hong Kong should manage expectations of sub-par fireworks displays. This follows a ‘scaled down’ damp-squib event amid bad weather on May 1, which disappointed Mainland tourists, who… …mockingly called the display a “smoke show” after it fogged up the skyline ..read more
Big Lychee, Various Sectors | Watching the sun set, little by little, on Asia's greatest city –
1w ago
Not just Hongkongers, but Mainland tourists coming here are going to Shenzhen for the evening… …a group of tourists planned to visit Tsim Sha Tsui and Mong Kok to take photos, and then go to Shenzhen to stay overnight as ..read more
Big Lychee, Various Sectors | Watching the sun set, little by little, on Asia's greatest city –
1w ago
More Hong Kong cultural facilities are closing: the President Theatre in Causeway Bay, and concert and other spaces at the KITEC building in Kowloon Bay. And developers might scrap a planned non-profit performing arts space at a new project in ..read more
Big Lychee, Various Sectors | Watching the sun set, little by little, on Asia's greatest city –
2w ago
HKFP op-ed on the so-called smears wantonly slandering despicable shameless and malicious hypocrisy that’s doomed to fail in government press releases responding to overseas criticism of NatSec laws… The new language began creeping into Hong Kong official communications in July ..read more
Big Lychee, Various Sectors | Watching the sun set, little by little, on Asia's greatest city –
2w ago
The Audit Commission finds some easy pickings: public bodies failing to include NatSec provisions in their paperwork… The watchdog said the Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education (HKAGE), an NGO fully funded by the government, had not established any measures ..read more
Big Lychee, Various Sectors | Watching the sun set, little by little, on Asia's greatest city –
2w ago
The trial begins of a group accused of planning a terrorist bombing and shooting attack in 2019. Interesting because: while authorities have announced the discovery of bomb-making and similar activities, the cases rarely seem to come to court; and this ..read more
Big Lychee, Various Sectors | Watching the sun set, little by little, on Asia's greatest city –
3w ago
Remember Hong Kong John Lee’s recent warning… “Foreign intelligence officers and their proxies would use different industries as disguise … Spies may marry and raise a family just like an ordinary citizen, and only commit acts of terrorism or theft ..read more
Big Lychee, Various Sectors | Watching the sun set, little by little, on Asia's greatest city –
3w ago
Lawmaker Paul Tse adds a disclaimer to his Facebook page, saying criticism of the government is intended to be constructive, not to ‘incite hatred’ or anything. He is presumably pre-empting the new breed of all-patriot types out there who will ..read more
Big Lychee, Various Sectors | Watching the sun set, little by little, on Asia's greatest city –
3w ago
A pro-Beijing lawmaker (guess that’s a tautology) asks a question in the Legislative Council… ”There are views suggesting that the projects funded by the Film Development Fund (FDF) are suspected of containing ‘soft resistance’ and negative energy, and lacking elements ..read more