Ecotech Recycling Converts Plastic Waste Into Fuel
Hong Kong Vox — May 16, 2011 at 5:00 pmHong Kong – Disposal of waste is becoming an ever growing problem in this densely-populated territory.
Landfills are filling up and the mountain of waste doesn’t show any sign of becoming smaller any time soon.
But one company operating out of a newly-developed Ecopark is planning to put Hong Kong’s plastic waste to good use, by turning it into diesel fuel. If it were up to EcotechRecycling,...
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Hong Kong Vox
A Multi-National Intake: HKU JMSC Students Hail From Across the Globe
This year’s intake of masters students at the Hong Kong’s Journalism and Media Studies Centre (JMSC) make up...
Apr 13, 2011 10:06
Hong Kong Vox
Love over Sex – The Unusual Sub-Text of a Hong Kong Porn Movie
Hong Kong – Widely touted as the world’s first 3D porn movie, 3D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy is an explicit and visually...
Apr 6, 2011 1:18
Hong Kong Vox
Hitched in Hong Kong: The Changing Face of Cross-Border Marriages
Hong Kong — Don’t go believing that the new film Don’t Go Breaking My Heart represents a new trend in Hong...
Apr 6, 2011 0:18
Hong Kong Vox
Off the Beaten Track: A Taste of Cheung Chau
Hong Kong — A walk on one of Hong Kong’s outlying islands is only a short ferry trip from the hustle and bustle...
Apr 5, 2011 17:57
Feathers Fly at International Pillow Fight Day 2011
Hong Kong — Hundreds of enthusiastic pillow fighters gathered for a massive bedding brawl to celebrate the Hong Kong International Pillow Fight Day on Saturday.
More than 1,200 signed up on Facebook for the Hong Kong edition of the International Pillow Fight Day, which was held at Statue Square,...
April 4th, 2011 | Hong Kong Vox | Read More
HK Budget Profile: John Tsang, From Teacher to Finance Chief
Hong Kong — John Tsang Chun-wah, who was appointed financial secretary in July 2007, has lived on three continents and had held many top civil jobs.
Tsang, 59, has spent much of his life abroad before settling in Hong Kong. As a youth he went to secondary school at La Salle College in Kowloon and...
February 24th, 2011 | Budget Vox, Business Vox | Read More
Lunar New Year 2011: Escaping Festival Obligations
Hong Kong – The annual Chinese New Year exodus from Hong Kong swelled this year despite a rise in the price of holiday packages.
February 16th, 2011 | Hong Kong Vox, Lunar New Year | Read More
Shop Till You Drop: The Downside of Low-Cost “Shopping Tours”
Hong Kong – They are billed as “luxury tours” but at a cost of as little as HK$1,000 for a four-day package with accommodation, many mainland tourists to Hong Kong and Macau discover to their dismay that these cheap shopping tours to Hong Kong and Macau come with a high hidden price tag.
Earlier...
February 10th, 2011 | China Vox, Hong Kong Vox | Read More
Artists’ Colony Rallies Against Invading Property Speculators
Hong Kong — Once a year, artists in Fo Tan’s industrial area put out their welcome mats for the public, but lately, some people have been stomping all over them: real estate speculators.
Those who are looking to cash in on the area’s redevelopment potential don’t get such a warm greeting...
February 9th, 2011 | Arts Vox, Featured Vox, Hong Kong Vox, Lifestyle Vox | Read More
An Artists’ Colony Turns 10: Inside The Joy Art Club
Hong Kong — Meet Winnie Davies, founder of The Joy Art Club, and take a guided tour of her art. Davies, who founded the studio in 2006, draws much of her inspiration from the Hong Kong condition such as the widening gap between rich and poor, the contradictions inherent in Hong Kong’s “one...
February 2nd, 2011 | Arts Vox, Audio-Visual Vox, Hong Kong Vox | Read More
“Spiderman” Racks Up Fifth Illicit Skyscraper Ascent in Hong Kong
Hong Kong — “Spiderman” Alain Robert did it again. As passers-by gawped, the wiry Frenchman shimmied up the side of a Hong Kong high-rise on Wednesday — right into the arms of waiting police.
January 26th, 2011 | Hong Kong Vox | Read More
An Artists’ Colony Turns 10: The Growing Pains of Mass Appeal
Ten years, 260 artists, 80 studios, thousands of visitors, and counting …
January 26th, 2011 | Arts Vox, Hong Kong Vox | Read More
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