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Hong Kong reports second coronavirus fatality @ 2020-02-19T20: 返回 新闻热点
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THE EXPRESSION "THERE IS A SUCKER BORN EVERY MINUTE" DOESN"T DESCRIBE HONG KONG PEOPLE ACCURATELY. IT SHOULD BE "THERE"S A HONG KONG SUCKER BORN EVERY SECOND". I CAN NO LONGER BUY TOILET PAPER, RICE, BLEACH, TISSUES, AND PAPER TOWELS. THEY HAVE ALL FLOWN OFF THE SHELVES. SUCKERS HAVE BOUGHT FAR MORE THAN THEY CAN USE BECAUSE THEY ARE GULLIBLE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE RICE AND OTHER THINGS WILL SOON BE UNAVAILABLE. I AM ASHAMED OF THEIR SELFISHNESS AND STUPIDITY. HONG KONG HAS BECOME A SOCIETY OF UNCIVILIZED PEOPLE. THE GOVERNMENT IS MOSTLY TO BLAME. PEOPLE HAVE LOST TRUST IN THE GOVERNMENT.
又中又英——HONG KONG PEOPLE HAVE GONE BERSERK
CONTEST ORGANISERS, THE WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY ORGANISATION (WPO), REMOVED SHOTS FROM HONG KONG PHOTOGRAPHER KO CHUNG-MING’S SERIES TITLED WOUNDS OF HONG KONG. THE COLLECTION, WHICH FEATURES TEN IMAGES THAT HIGHLIGHTED THE INJURIES AND SCARS PEOPLE HAD SUSTAINED FROM THE CITY’S PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTS, WAS ONE OF THE FINALISTS IN THE DOCUMENTARY CATEGORY.
NOT THAT WE"RE BIASED OR ANYTHING, BUT HONG KONG IS A PRETTY INCREDIBLE (AND VERY PHOTOGENIC) CITY. FROM CINEMATIC SHOTS OF EVERYDAY LIFE TO MOODY STREET SNAPS AND DRAMATIC CITYSCAPES, THESE HONG KONG-BASED PHOTOGRAPHERS HAVE TAKEN TO INSTAGRAM TO SHARE THEIR UNIQUE TAKE ON OUR LITTLE ISLAND HOME
APARTMENT RENTS IN HONG KONG HAVE DROPPED TO THE LOWEST IN ALMOST TWO YEARS AS PEOPLE LEAVE THE CITY AND HOME OWNERS TRY TO LEASE RATHER THAN SELL.
“THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT SHOULD AVOID THE TEMPTATION TO INCREASE TAXES OR CUT EXPENDITURES AT A TIME WHEN THE CITY SHOULD IN FACT PROTECT AND EVEN STEP UP ITS DOMESTIC SUPPORT PROGRAMS,” SAID JOHN TIMPANY, PARTNER AND HEAD OF TAX IN HONG KONG AT KPMG CHINA.
IN A VACUUM, ADJECTIVES LIKE ‘BEST’ CAN COME OFF PRETTY NEBULOUS. CASE IN POINT: CHINESE RESTAURANTS. IN HONG KONG NO LESS. THE FRAGRANT HARBOUR HAS LONG BEEN REGARDED AS ONE OF THE EPICENTRES OF FINE SINO-CENTRIC COOKERY, ATTRACTING THE BEST CHEFS FROM ACROSS GREATER CHINA TO ITS SHORES. DISCERNING DINERS PROBABLY SEE OUR DILEMMA: GIVEN THAT CHINESE CUISINE IS DIVIDED (AT BARE MINIMUM) INTO 8 REGIONAL TRADITIONS, HOW DO WE SETTLE ON A COMPREHENSIVE DEFINITION FOR WHAT CONSTITUTES HONG KONG’S ‘BEST’?
MONTHS OF PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTS IN HONG KONG “WEIGHED ON THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTION,” HE SAID. THE PROTESTS HAVE PUSHED HONG KONG’S ECONOMY INTO RECESSION AS BUSINESSES THAT ONCE THRIVED FROM MAINLAND TOURISM HAVE TAKEN A HIT.
ADD A BIT OF HONG KONG FUN TO YOUR HOME WITH “NATHAN ROAD” PILLOW CASES, A “HONG KONG CHICKENS” BATH MAT AND “HONG KONG STREET SIGNS” WINE MARKERS—ALL PLAYFULLY INSTILLED WITH DOSES OF LOCAL CULTURE AND HUMOUR.
INDEED, THOSE DIFFICULT MONTHS PROVED AN EXACTING TEST OF STRENGTH AND CHARACTER FOR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, AND THEY PASSED WITH FLYING COLOURS. THE CONTAGION, WHICH STARTED IN NEIGHBOURING GUANGDONG PROVINCE, EVENTUALLY BURNED OUT, AND HONG KONG, ONLY MADE STRONGER BY THE ORDEAL, WENT BACK TO BEING A GREAT WORLD CITY.
CHEMISTRY BETWEEN CARRIE LAM AND HIGHER-RANKING BEIJING OFFICIAL OVERSEEING HONG KONG WILL BE A NEW TEST FOR ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS
FINANCE CHIEF PAUL CHAN SAYS THE IMPACT OF THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK ON HONG KONG’S ECONOMY WILL PROBABLY BE BIGGER THAN THAT DURING THE SARS OUTBREAK OF 2003. PHOTO: ROBERT NG

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