Tag: Hong Kong

All Will Be Lost When Hong Kong Becomes Xianggang

“In July 2020, the implementation of the ‘National Security Law (NSL)’ no doubt officially turned Hong Kong into Xianggang and at the same time sent Hong Kong to the guillotine,” Professor Cheung Chan-fai, former head of the Department of Philosophy at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), said. As a septuagenarian, now 73 years…


HK Economy: Business Activity Tightens in 3Rd Quarter as GDP Contracts Further to 4.5 Percent

The Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department just released the latest GDP estimates on Oct. 31, saying that the GDP in the third quarter fell by 4.5 percent in real terms from a year earlier, while the decline in the second quarter was 1.3 percent. The decline in GDP was mainly attributable to the weak…


Exercises and Diet Suggestions to Help Delay Premature Ovarian Failure and Menopause

Women can look younger than their actual age through makeup or skincare, but the ovaries, which provide female hormones, may age prematurely. What behaviors can cause premature ovarian failure (POF)? How to prevent it from happening? Dr. Liao Wanrong, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioner from Yurong Chinese Medicine Clinic in Taiwan, explained in detail the…


Hong Kong Judge Orders the Tiananmen Massacre Be Referred to as ‘June 4th Incident’

A member of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China (HKA), which the Hong Kong government caused to disband, is in court for refusing a National Security Office request, made in 2021, to hand over information. When former HKA vice-chairman Chow Hang-tung used the words “Tiananmen massacre” and “killing” when…


Pandemic a Likely Reason for Drop in New Cancer Cases for First Time in 2 Decades

Cancer is the number one killer among Hong Kong citizens. According to the latest “Overview of HK Cancer Statistics of 2020” released by the Hong Kong Cancer Registry (HKCaR) of the Hospital Authority (HA), there were 34,179 new cancer cases in Hong Kong, that is, an average of 94 people were diagnosed with cancer every…


Hong Thai Travel Closes After 50 Years in Business

Hong Thai Travel Services (Hong Thai), in business for over half a century, announced on Oct. 28 that it will start liquidation proceedings due to insolvency. Some commented that its demise was a result of the Hong Kong government’s paradoxical and sometimes contradictory anti-pandemic policy and the related containment measures. The benefits granted to the…


Man Who Hid Girlfriend’s Dead Body Under a Bunk Bed After Gruesome Murder Given Life Sentence

A 50-year-old unemployed male, Law Wai-man, was charged with killing his 34-year-old girlfriend, Sony Lau Lai-chi, who he was living with at the time in Po Kin House, Po Lam Estate, Tseung Kwan O in Hong Kong in 2019. Law subsequently hid Sony Lau’s body under a bunk bed after beating and killing her. Law…


HK Health Department Cites 10 Signs of Stroke as Over 3,100 People Died Due to Stroke in 2021

Oct. 29 is the annual World Stroke Day, established by the World Stroke Organization. The Hong Kong Department of Health announced on Oct. 29, that stroke is the fourth most common cause of death in Hong Kong. In 2021, there were a total of 3,126 registered deaths. The Department of Health reminds citizens that everyone…


HK Health Department Names 10 Signs of Stroke as Over 3,100 People Died Due to Stroke in 2021

Oct. 29 is the annual World Stroke Day, established by the World Stroke Organization. The Hong Kong Department of Health announced on Oct. 29, that stroke is the fourth most common cause of death in Hong Kong. In 2021, there were a total of 3,126 registered deaths. The Department of Health reminds citizens that everyone…


HK Customs Makes Biggest Methamphetamine Trafficking Haul

Hong Kong customs seized the biggest haul of trafficked methamphetamine in Hong Kong’s history on October 23. An amount of 1.8 metric tons (2 tons) of suspected high-purity liquid methamphetamine was concealed in a coconut water cargo shipment from Mexico. The market value is estimated to be about HK$1.1 billion (approx. US$140 million). It is…