25 May 2013
Creative home cooks were awarded for their innovative recipes that incorporate leftover food at a Hong Kong Housing Authority award presentation today. The authority, in partnership with Friends of the Earth (HK), The Conservancy Association, and Business Environment Council – had earlier organised the Food Waste Has Value – Innovative Cooking Recipe Competition in [...]
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25 May 2013
Hong Kong's Consumer Price Index (CPI) in June climbed to 5.6 percent from a year ago, higher than the 5.2 percent rise in May, mainly due to the enlarged increases in private housing rentals, as well as the charges for household services and the prices of pork, the city's statistics department said here on Thursday. [...]
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25 May 2013
RPT-Henrik Fisker joins Hong Kong tycoon to salvage Fisker -sources The well-regarded car designer is now teamed up with an investor group led by Hong Kong billionaire and Fisker investor Richard Li. The group is looking to buy the U.S. Department of Energy's loan to Fisker without making the car company resort to … Full [...]
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25 May 2013
A father took his 15-year-old daughter in chains to a police station to ask officers to tell her off for staying out late, according to police, who arrested the man instead. Police said the pair quarrelled when the daughter got back to the family’s flat in Oak House, on Kwong Yuen Estate, Siu Lek Yuen, [...]
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25 May 2013
Hong Kong's non-profit art spaces and institutions, typically founded by artists and curators, have matured in recent years, thanks to private funding and increased government support. Active in organising community art projects and commissioning works of art, most are found in the old centres of Hong Kong Island and … Full News here – Hong [...]
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25 May 2013
HONG KONG (AFP) – Having taken five Volkswagen Beetles and compressed them into spheres, artist Ichwan Noor was always going to grab attention at the inaugural Hong Kong Art Basel.Noor is known in his native Indonesia but is hoping the glittering, champagne-soaked art fair will give him further recognition beyond his home borders.Such are the [...]
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25 May 2013
Transport authorities are proposing to raise subsidies for ferry routes to outlying islands to nearly HK$ 200 million in order to keep services going, prompting one lawmaker to say the government may be better off running the ferry routes itself. Full News here – Hong Kong feed
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25 May 2013
In a city that adores brand names, it is perhaps no surprise that the Art Basel franchise is going down well. With supporters including Ruinart champagne, Davidoff cigars and Audemars Piguet watches, the fair has aligned itself with the trappings of high-end luxury for its first edition in Hong … Full News here – Hong [...]
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25 May 2013
The number of craftsmen making paper sculptures and decorations for Taoist funerals and Chinese festivals may be dwindling but it doesn’t mean the trade is about to come to an end, master artisan Ha Chung-kin says. “Where there are Chinese people, there will always be a need for paper offerings,” declared the 51-year-old at his [...]
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25 May 2013
Roff takes up trade development role with Hong Kong Tourism Board Hong Kong Tourism Board has appointed Sarah Roff as its new senior executive, trade development for UK & Northern Europe. She will be based at the organisation's London office. In the role, Roff will be responsible for travel trade marketing, industry … Full News [...]
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25 May 2013
The 26-year-old Chinachem Golden Plaza Cinema in Tsim Sha Tsui East – a favourite haunt of late Chinachem chief Nina Wang Kung Yu-sum – closed yesterday to make way for shops. With the closure came another twist in the saga surrounding the conglomerate. The head of its entertainment division said the decision was blowback from [...]
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25 May 2013
LOS ANGELES, California – Green Globe announces re-certification of the Cosmo Hotel Hong Kong and Cosmo Hotel Mongkok, located in Hong Kong, SAR. True to their motto "Love Travel, Love our Globe," both properties have integrated innovative environmental practices into the core of the business, and established a socially responsible policy second to none. "We [...]
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25 May 2013
The Centre for Health Protection has confirmed a case of E.coli O157:H7 infection involving a one-year-old girl living in Wan Chai. It is the first case of the infection reported to the centre this year. The girl fell ill on May 13 and saw a doctor on May 15. She tested positive for [...]
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25 May 2013
Police today charged two men, aged 20 and 29, for the murder of a 30-year-old man in Sheung Shui on April 28. They were arrested on May 22, and will appear in Sha Tin Magistracy tomorrow. Three other men have also been charged with murder. Full News here – news.gov.hk – News Ticker
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25 May 2013
Barry Cheung resigned from all public service positions, including the city's Cabinet, because he's under police investigation, the government said. Leung Chun-ying, the city's chief executive, accepted Cheung's resignation and said the police and Securities and Futures Commission will "impartially" probe the HKMEx and Cheung, according to … Full News here – Hong Kong News [...]
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