Hong Kong to raise non-local university student intake ceiling to 40% – reports
Under the current admission scheme, eight public universities in Hong Kong offer a total of 15,000 first-year degree places to local students. The proposal would allow universities to admit up to 6,000 non-local undergraduates.
Former Hong Kong district councillor arrested over unlicensed pension fund sales
Derek Chu, an ex-district councillor for Yau Tsim Mong, was arrested on suspicion of breaching the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance.
Hong Kong court rejects gov’t appeals over public housing rights for same-sex couples
The Court of Appeal judges said married same-sex couples should be treated as equal to heterosexual couples in the provision of public or subsidised housing.
Hong Kong to set up booths to promote ‘patriots-only’ District Council elections at ‘night vibes’ markets
“We will have ‘district election night vibes,’” Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Erick Tsang said, adding that booths promoting the “patriots-only” District Council elections at night markets allows for “closer interactions with citizens.”
Hong Kong finds Japanese seafood products suspected of breaching Fukushima wastewater import ban
Chilled scallops and seaweed products suspected to have been from Miyagi, Tokyo and Ibaraki Prefectures were discovered by the Centre for Food Safety, according to a statement.
China’s Baidu says its upgraded AI bot rivals latest ChatGPT
Robin Li, Baidu’s founder and CEO, said during a presentation that ERNIE’s “comprehension, creation, logic, and memory… are in no way inferior to those of GPT-4,“ referring to OpenAI’s latest model.
Students should be protected as Rosaryhill sec. school slated for closure, says Hong Kong leader
School supervisor He Yousun announced the news last month, citing declining student enrolment and changing government regulations.
Opinion
Hong Kong is Asia’s third most successful sporting power. A bold claim? Read on
“From whatever perspective one views it, Hong Kong’s sporting performance has advanced by leaps and bounds in recent decades, yielding excellent results in Tokyo and Hangzhou,“ writes Rod Parkes.
A Nobel effort, but Hong Kong’s laborious university recruitment procedures exist for a reason
“Hong Kong organisations generally – not just the universities – tend to have elaborate procedures, often adopted on the advice of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, intended to banish any whiff of nepotism, favouritism or corruption,“ writes Tim Hamlett.
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Restaurateurs bite their tongues over Hong Kong’s curbs on Japanese seafood, as scholars say politics at play
Analysts say the city’s restrictions on Japanese seafood are largely driven by politics and a need to show solidarity with Beijing. Meanwhile, many restaurant owners would rather stay silent than criticise the government, a reflection of Hong Kong today.
Finding the space to speak: Journalism professor Francis Lee on navigating Hong Kong’s changing media landscape
“You know things may be different in Hong Kong today, and you might feel a bit worried or scared, but in the end you just have to give it a go,” the professor from the School of Communication and Journalism at CUHK said, discussing an emerging “risk culture” in the city.