Tag: Hong Kong

Doctors: Exercise Is Essential to Cardiovascular Health

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has left most people indoors, and many find it hard to maintain their workout routines. According to a survey by the Hong Kong College of Cardiology, 80 percent of cardiovascular disease patients did not exercise sufficiently. In comparison, 30 percent of adults have reduced their exercise frequency since the pandemic. President…


Doctors: Lack of Exercise During Pandemic Worsened Cardiovascular Health

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has left most people indoors, and many find it hard to maintain their workout routines. According to a survey by the Hong Kong College of Cardiology, 80 percent of cardiovascular disease patients did not exercise sufficiently. In comparison, 30 percent of adults have reduced their exercise frequency since the pandemic. President…


HK Pro-Democracy Politician in Exile Ted Hui: “Tyranny is Guilty”

Ted Hui Chi-fung, former Hong Kong Legislative Councillor, who announced his self-exile after he went to Denmark in 2020, was charged with four counts of criminal contempt of court. Judge Andrew Chan Hing-wai sentenced Hui in absentia on Sept. 29, to 3.5 years in prison and he must pay the punitive damages. Hui, who currently lives…


Losing Weight While Gaining Muscle—These Beans Win Out Over Others

Beans are an important source of protein and good for weight loss and muscle gain. Of the dazzling array of bean products on the market, which of them offers more health benefits? According to Chen Tsung-Yu, a Taiwanese nutritionist, the nutritional components of various bean products can be categorized into grains, vegetables, and proteins. He…


“Glory to Hong Kong”: When Playing a Song Is Sedition

If Hongkongers had to choose one thing to represent their time of fighting for freedom, it would be singing “Glory to Hong Kong” during the anti-extradition movement. Since then, the unofficial Hong Kong anthem has been characterized as an anti-government song. On multiple occasions, performers who played the song have been arrested and charged by…


Chairman of Hong Kong Journalists Association Travels to UK While on Bail

Although out of jail on bail, Ronson Chan Ron-sing, chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, left Hong Kong for the UK via Bangkok, on the evening of Sept. 29 for a six-month fellowship at the University of Oxford. Before boarding the plane, he said that he was a Hong Kong reporter and would return…


Man Abducted, Killed, and Buried in a Hong Kong Rural Village Over 3 Million HKD Debt

The Hong Kong government has been claiming how safe Hong Kong is since the implementation of the National Security Law, but citizens feel differently. Netizens questioned if the National Security Law had made Hong Kong safer and less chaotic. The public is growing concerned for their safety as there has been an increasing number of…


Bird’s Eye View of Hong Kong | Simple Happiness Episode 51

Relax and let your worries be replaced by this stunning bird’s eye view from some of Hong Kong’s most beautiful and iconic landscape locations. This scenic relaxation film is paired with a brand new calming piano musical masterpiece. You can use this drone footage video for relaxing, stress relief, sleep, meditation, yoga, studying, working, reading,…


7 Hong Kong Doctors Arrested for Issuing COVID-19 Jab Exemption Certs, 20,000 Certs Become Invalid

Seven Hong Kong doctors are suspected of issuing false “jab-free certs,” the COVID-19 vaccination medical exemption certificates. Some patient organizations worry that the incident will have a chilling effect, making it more difficult for those who really meet the requirements to find a doctor to issue the certificate in the future. Alex C.Y. Lam, the…


Hong Kong Enters Economic Winter as the US Again Raises Interest Rate

HSBC, one of the banks in Hong Kong that issues banknotes, raised the Hong Kong Dollars (HKD) prime rate by 0.125 percent on Sept. 23. The raise came after the Federal Reserve (Fed) announced a 0.75 percent rate increase in the federal funds at midnight on Sept. 22. The rate hike signifies Hong Kong has…