Once the world’s busiest port, Hong Kong has seen its global ranking in container throughput dropping to fifth in 2015, a 13-year low, behind Shanghai and its two mainland sibling rivals and Singapore. Christy Lo reports With 340 ships sailing to 470 global ports each week, the billion dollar question remains: can Hong Kong return […]
Nice pitch, gals!
Ranking as the world’s top 10 teams, our editorial team went around the baseball diamond to chase the history of Hong Kong women’s baseball team. Lee Ka Kiu, Fung Suet Ching, Tsang Wing Sze and Chan Kwan Yi report Photo: Chan Kwan Yi Hong Kong Baseball Association held a 4-day promotion earlier in Central which […]Posted on 2017/04/07
HK boy grows up in working holiday
I have not regretted for having working holiday in the past two years, which makes me grow up more,” Alex Tam Tsz Pang said. LI Ya Chian Working holiday is a popular activity for graduates who would like to stay in a foreign country for one or two years to experience life. Alex is one […]Posted on 2016/06/01
Confucian deep roots lost but found in foreign land
China’s Confucian roots that once enlightened thousand years of oriental civilization were covered with frost and could only be found in South Korea where Confucian values are still treasured. Mok Tze Ching The Three Cardinal Guides, that is, “the ruler guides his subject, the father guides his son, and the husband guides his wife”, were […]Posted on 2016/06/01
Beijing Opera in Hong Kong
Beijing Opera, regarded as the national quintessence of Chinese traditional operas, has been mainly popular in North China since the Qing Dynasty. Now some local lovers are trying hard to develop the opera in Hong Kong. Text: Liu Ki Kei , So Yin Ling Photo: Liu Ki Kei The opera, also known as Peking Opera, […]Posted on 2015/05/18
High-wage Interpreter
Simultaneous interpretation (SI), as a high-wage industry with the requirement that the interpreter needs to interpret accurately, perform well under high pressure and also prepare for lifelong learning. Text: Lai Tsz Ching, Wong Ching Yu Photo: Lai Tsz Ching Interpreters are always viewed as a bridge in communication. Simultaneous interpreters always appear in professional seminars […]Posted on 2015/05/18
Way to Success – Dancing Competition in Korea
Text: Li Tsz Wun, Chow Muk Yan Photo: EchoDanceHK “We feel surprised that we can compete in the semi-final. But what is more interesting, we even enter the final competition, which is held in Korea’’, said Yi-Hin Lee, a 19-year-old member of EchoDanceHK , HK-based dancing team covering different K-Pop songs, having 26 members […]Posted on 2015/03/31
TCM in Hong Kong: Hope and Dilemma
Text: Lee Yuk Yin Photos: Hon Wing Hei Traditional Chinese medical knowledge is an important part of Chinese culture. In Hong Kong, however, it just remained as Chinese folk medicine for a long-time, rejecting from western medicine led health care system until 1997. The president of Hong Kong Chinese Herbalists Association Chiyee Kwan said, and […]Posted on 2015/03/30
No Resource No Progress
Text: Tsui Man Yee , Yau Yuk Fong Photos by Tsui Man Yee He joined the Incheon Asian Game as a player of Hong Kong Basketball Team, which lost two games to Kuwait and Mongolia in three games at group stage, and failed to get qualified for the next round. “The basketball players of other […]Posted on 2014/12/15
Torture Claimants’ Voice
Text: Wong Yee Yan, Pun Tip Photos from Refugee Union Fleeing their homeland, torture claimants, also called as asylum seekers or refugees, regretted their decision to start a new life in Hong Kong, trapping them between the devil and the deep blue sea. “I wish I had never went to Hong Kong. People treat us […]Posted on 2014/12/15
His Love Enlightens Me All
Text :Lee Chi Chi, Li Wing Ki Photo: Lee Chi Chi “I am so blessed to become her daughter,”39-year-old Sister Teresa Chan Yun says reviewing her past 10-year journey. Before Sister Teresa Chan got the name of Sister, she just had simply worked in Chai Wan Kok Catholic Primary School as a teacher for six […]Posted on 2014/11/10
Dark Ages in Australia Working Holiday
Text : Chow Mun Yan, Li Tsz Wun Photo: So Hoi Ying “IT’S not as interesting as what you usually see on the Internet about working holiday”, said Clare, a 22-year-old Hong Kong girl who went to Australia for working holiday. Clare was born in a single-parent family. She did not maintain a good relationship […]Posted on 2014/11/10
With VPN, no online barrier
Lui Wai Yin As a lot of websites are blocked by the Chinese Government, non-mainland journalists attending the Two Sessions Conference this year made a frequent use of the Virtual Private Network (VPN) to browse their favorite websites and send urgent messages to their bosses. The Two Sessions Conference held every year in Beijing is […]Posted on 2014/05/16
Tricks of shooting video
Lin Laam Wan With an aim to make visual reportage on Beijing Two-session Conference, we need to get three things right: proper equipment, clear mindset and prompt action. Equipments are of utmost importance for us to make visual reportage. As a novice reporter, I brought one DV and a tripod for interview. When you arrive […]Posted on 2014/05/16
JEF sponsors internship of two-session newsgathering
Chan Mon Cho Hong Kong Journalism Education Foundation (JEF) has launched the student internship scheme on the reportage of Beijing Two-session Conference for six consecutive years since 2009. As usual, JEF two-session internship scheme this year lasted from the 1st to the 8th of March, Chu Hai Journalism Department nominated 4 students to take part […]Posted on 2014/05/16
More Two Sessions reportages, more haze news
Lin Laam Wan During the Two Sessions period this year, the haze weather in Beijing aroused people’s concern, due to the media emphasis on the haze weather in their reportages on the Two Sessions Conference. However, those reportages may exaggerate the seriousness and harmful impact of the haze weather. In the first week of the […]Posted on 2014/05/16
Forces to protect two-session conferences
Law Hui Yip During the Two Session period, when every time we were on the way to the Tiananmen Square, we encountered inspection several times at checkpoint or simply in the street by law-enforcement personnel in different uniforms. Unlike Hong Kong where streets are patrolled by police, there are a variety of polices if not […]Posted on 2014/05/16
Don’t lose the Two Sessions press card
Mok Chin Wai The Two Sessions Conference Press Card is just like the ID card. The reporter’s name, media name and a recent photo are printed on it. Both of the foreign or mainland NPC and CPPCC reporters must wear it to every Two Sessions venue they go, otherwise the security personnel would not let […]Posted on 2014/05/16
Media Center helps orientate reporters
Lui Wai Yin The Media Center (梅地亞中心) is one of the most common places that reporters from different media organizations always visit, it provides computers with internet access, and some important press conferences are held there during the Two Sessions Conference. The Media Center is divided into three main sections which allow mainland media, Hong […]Posted on 2014/05/16
Reporting NPC & CPPCC – What an experience!
Mok Chin Wai “I am worried and afraid I may not perform the internship well,” I told a friend before the day I went to Beijing. But after I experienced my eight-day reporter’s life of the Two Sessions Conference, I just wanted to say what I leant was more than I could tell. During the […]Posted on 2014/05/16
Be brave but not too foolhardy
Hong Kong is a city of expensive housing, which has forced some consulates to move out from Central, as rents of the district rose by about 40% within two years. What about German Consulate General? Text: Cheung ChoKwan / Photo: Liou Oi Yan, Chan Lai Ching “Hong Kong is attractive to us. We are not […]Posted on 2014/05/16
Religious Melting Pot
Text: Cheung Cho Kwan Photo: Liou Oi Yan, Chan Lai Ching With people from at least nine religions co-existing peacefully side-by-side in Hong Kong, many other places can learn from the city’s religious harmony. According to the statistics provided by the Hong Kong Government, there were six major religions here with over 1,000,000 Buddhists, 1,000,000 […]Posted on 2014/03/31
Best of the best comes here
Cheung Cho Kwan “We’ve got the best jockeys from all around the world. The best of the best comes here,” Australian jockey Zac Purton admiringly said. Purton won the Jockey’s Premierships in both Brisbane and Sydney before coming Hong Kong in 2007. Aged 31, he has surpassed Douglas Whyte’s record of winning 13 Hong Kong […]Posted on 2014/03/31
Princess Syndrome, part of Hong Kong culture
Cheung Cho Kwan Eyeing three girls with heavy makeup and LV bags at the MTR station, Adrian Garcia is convinced some Hong Kong girls have “Princess Syndrome” (gong zhu bing). According to Menchu Miguelez of the Consul General of Spain, there were 1,298 Spanish nationals registered with the Hong Kong Spanish Consulate as compared […]Posted on 2013/12/19
Boarding Aircraft Carrier “George Washington”
Pong Ho Kat A group of 40 students and professors from Chu Hai College of Higher Education including our reporter, visited the U.S. aircraft carrier “George Washington” that moored off at Tsang Yi during its routine port visit to the city. During the afternoon visit on November 11, the visitors, most of them are students, […]Posted on 2013/12/19
Intangible Value
Lai Kwan Yee Caroline Fuchs comes from Graz in Austria and is one of the leaders of the camp. She tells our reporter that the camp gave the best opportunity for her to try Chinese calligraphy. “It is a very interesting experience. It is hard to write something meaningful – the wholewriting system seems to […]Posted on 2013/05/09
Writing or Drawing
Lai Kwan Yee Writing in Chinese is not a difficult task for us. However, foreigners may not think so. Our reporters interview three of the Lions Club members from Austria, Poland and Tunisia. They visit Hong Kong together, exploring the intrinsic values of Chinese writing and calligraphy. “Sound of the Music” is one of […]Posted on 2013/05/09
Impression: Most Artistic
Wong Man Ching Nowadays, more and more foreigners learn Chinese for the good of business; but still, some love it simply because of its beauty. Attaya spent a day to learn about Chinese calligraphy. “It was fun, but really hard,” says the beginner. “Two beautiful Chinese taught me how to, and this is how I […]Posted on 2013/05/09
CNY Not Only For Chinese
Lai Kwan Yee “Of all the traditions of the Lunar New Year, I most like the way many people, especially children, dress in traditional Chinese costumes. Many of these outfits are very colorful.” Donald Gasper who was born in the United Kingdom and moved to Hong Kong 19 years ago, talks with our reporters via […]Posted on 2013/03/22
Largest Piano Contest to hold January
Lai Kwan Yee and Wong Man Ching The largest piano contest of Hong Kong will be held from January 5 to February 17 with around 3,488 participants from children to adolescents. Mr. Fok Siu Lun tells the reporters, sighing music education is neglected by local universities. Mr. Fok, the music director of Yuen Long City […]Posted on 2012/12/13
True or Not True
Lai Kwan Yee and Wong Man Ching I couldn’t imagine a job that would be more fun than being a journalist “I felt like we have let the White House and other candidates for office get away with falsehoods,” Adair said, and that he was motivated to create the PolitiFact, a fact-checking website. Bill Adair, […]Posted on 2012/12/13
Tricks on Investigative Reporting
Lai Kwan Yee and Wong Man Ching I think there is a line you don’t cross, but it just sort of depends “What is investigative reporting?” Grimaldi kicked off with the question to some would-be journalists, saying all reporting should be some sort of investigative reporting, but not really every reporting falls into the category. […]Posted on 2012/12/13
Beijing traffic makes reportage critical
By Li Cheuk Lung Traffic, a main concern of every reporter, was the most unforgettable experience during my reportage trip in Beijing as the Two Sessions conferences every year mark the biggest news event in China. During the eight-day trip, I was assigned to go to various venues to make reportage on group meetings or […]Posted on 2012/05/09
NPC & CPPCC – Grabbing every moment
By Fu Chau Yin In the early spring this year, a morning sleet in Beijing made me excited. It was not an ordinary tourist experience. More specifically, I was given a chance joining hundreds of reporters to cover the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). Like an ordinary reporter, […]Posted on 2012/05/09
NPC & CPPCC – Formidable power of the press card
By Siu Wing Han What is the most important thing for doing reportage? A runner cannot run fast without his/her shoes; a reporter just cannot carry out duties without his/her press card. During the days of reportage on the annual Two Sessions in Beijing, we carried the press card along with us everywhere we went […]Posted on 2012/05/09
Talk with Sir. David
・Hong Kong would have to bite the bullet. ・The restoration of HOC is a public good. ・It may be called a housing mess. ・The deep-seated conflict lies in the gap between the rich and the poor. Our reporters interviewed with Sir. David November 16, talking about some issues such as housing policy, New Territories Small […]Posted on 2011/12/19
How far can HK benefit from China’s 12th Five-Year Plan ?
Gao Shang Plan for the National Economic & Social Development have been released after the opening of the Fourth Session of the Eleventh National People’s Congress in Beijing. In the past, few people in Hong Kong paid meticulous attention to China’s five-year development plans. Under the “one country, two systems”, these documents were not intended […]Posted on 2011/05/30
Can’t live without Peking gourmets
Elyse Yau Oi-yu Beijing food culture is rich in variety. There are at least two to three hundred kinds of famous dishes and snacks. To everyone’s delight, Peking Roast Duck and Chinese Yogurt can really cheer life. Peking Roast Duck is the must-eat item when travelling to Beijing. It has a history of about 1,500 […]Posted on 2011/05/30
Beijing, Beijing ! Everything gets prominent in Beijing
Eric Kwong Fu-shing The most memorable experience for me during the Beijing Trip is to visit Peking University and to listen to the speech by Donald Tsang Yam-kuen, the chief executive of HKSAR. Peking University was established in 1898. It was the birthplace of the New Culture Movement, May Fourth Movement, and the earliest place […]Posted on 2011/05/30
Too much to explore, too excited to endeavour
Koko Ko Shun-sze Interviewing and reporting are the basic daily tasks for all reporters. It is unrealistic for a Journalism student to just focus on theories without practical newsgathering experience. It is my honour to be given a chance to attend the plenums of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) […]Posted on 2011/05/30
Green Funeral
The government has advocated using paper coffin since 2006 due to the lack of suitable crematorium site. However, the promotion campaign only has little effect. Text: Chow Yan Lam, Wang Bi Qi, Feng Fan Photo: Wang Bi Qi “It is all about the efforts of promotion by the government,” said Miss Fung, the Chief Operating […]Posted on 2015/05/18
Keys for novice reporters to report NPC and CPPCC
Law Hui Yip Nobody can identify a person from over 2,900 people. Therefore, how can reporters accomplish the reportage on NPC and CPPCC, especially those fresh reporters like us who are still studying? Do they have some mysterious power like clairvoyance? After experiencing the intensity of reporting on the Two Sessions Conference, I would like […]Posted on 2014/05/16
‘Toe Far’ Means Love
Lai Kwan Yee and Wong Man Ching Chinese New Year is the most festive holiday in China. Being bred and born in the United Kingdom, Ting only got to enjoy this kind of festive joy when she moved to Hong Kong two years ago. “As a British Citizen, I do not know that much – […]Posted on 2013/03/21
Saving Money in Australia
Lai Kwan Yee and Wong Man Ching “Food, glorious food. I like food and they are particularly good in the New Year. I love eating Lo Pak Kuo (white radish cake). It is a traditional food from my home town in Chiu Chow, China.” Ken Lai who was born in Hong Kong and later moved […]Posted on 2013/03/21