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In Hong Kong You’re Never Too Old to Volunteer

In Hong Kong You’re Never Too Old to Volunteer
Hong Kong – Loneliness can be deadly for senior citizens. Sylvia Tai, Rebecca Valli and Monami Yui report on peer support programmes in Hong Kong that make a difference.
May 27th, 2010 | Audio-Visual Vox, Hong Kong Vox | Read More

Online Gaming Booming in China — Revenues Seen Up 32% in 2010

Online Gaming Booming in China — Revenues Seen Up 32% in 2010
Hong Kong — China’s online game industry is booming, with “Massively Multi-player Online Role-Playing Games” (MMORPG) becoming increasingly popular among a large portion of China’s estimated 400 million internet users.
May 4th, 2010 | Business Vox, Video Vox | Read More

Improv: Showstopper’s Audience-Directed Drama Breaks the Mould

Improv: Showstopper’s Audience-Directed Drama Breaks the Mould
Hong Kong — No two shows are the same for the London-based ensemble of performers, Showstopper. Improv (short for improvisation) and audience participation make sure of that. View extracts from their unique show on Tuesday, April 13 –  plus interviews with the actors — and view the...
April 15th, 2010 | Arts Vox, Audio-Visual Vox, Hong Kong Vox, Random Vox | Read More

Award-Winning Film Helps Stave off the Wrecker’s Ball

Award-Winning Film Helps Stave off the Wrecker’s Ball
Hong Kong – It took an award-winning film to swing the balance and save a colonial-era terrace (right) — a rare victory for Hong Kong’s increasingly vocal heritage preservation lobby.
April 11th, 2010 | Video Vox | Read More

Fair Trade Push in Free Trade Hong Kong – It’s Growing

Fair Trade Push in Free Trade Hong Kong – It’s Growing
HONG KONG – The Fair Trade movement may be small in Hong Kong but it is beginning to take off, said Anne McCaig, a leading activist in the movement to help small farmers in the third world. McCaig (pictured right) is CEO of Cafédirect, a company co-founded by the British charity, Oxfam, and other...
April 1st, 2010 | Audio-Visual Vox, Business Vox | Read More

Communists in the Closet – Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

Communists in the Closet – Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Hong Kong — Like many people who grew up in post-World War II Hong Kong, Christine Loh came from a family whose relatives were divided politically. Some supported the Communist Party of China (CCP); others espoused the Nationalist cause. For the majority of ordinary Hong Kong people, political...
March 24th, 2010 | Hong Kong Vox, Video Vox | Read More

Lunar New Year 2010 – An Explosive Tale of Two Cities

Lunar New Year 2010 – An Explosive Tale of Two Cities
Beijing / Hong Kong – One Country, Two Styles. Fireworks are once again key to welcoming in the Lunar New Year. In Hong Kong, tens of thousands gathered peaceably to watch a high-tech pyrotechnic display set to music light up its famous harbour. In the capital, Beiing, things were a little more...
March 24th, 2010 | Global Vox, Video Vox | Read More

Kicking Ketamine — The Drug of Choice for Hong Kong Youth — Video

Kicking Ketamine — The Drug of Choice for Hong Kong Youth — Video
Hong Kong – Drug use is on the rise in Hong Kong, with ketamine the substance of choice among youngsters — many under the age of 16.
March 24th, 2010 | Hong Kong Vox, Random Vox, Video Vox | Read More

Lunar New Year 2010 – Flowers versus Firecrackers

Lunar New Year 2010 – Flowers versus Firecrackers
Chongqing — Burning paper offerings and setting off firecrackers to honour ancestors has been a tradition in China for thousands of years. But environmental concerns are leading some younger people to consider flowers in place of pyrotechnics.  See why.
March 13th, 2010 | Audio-Visual Vox | Read More

XRL – Visit the Village Doomed by The High Speed Rail Link

XRL – Visit the Village Doomed by The High Speed Rail Link
Hong Kong – Tsoi Yuen Tsuen will be bulldozed out of existence later this year to make way for Hong Kong’s controversial HK$66.9 billion (US$8.6 billion) high-speed Express Rail Link (XRL). Soundslide By Lily Lee, Monami Yui and Cleo Chen
March 5th, 2010 | Audio-Visual Vox, Hong Kong Vox, Random Vox | Read More