The pearl report [2016]
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23:09 1. Single dads
2016-01-04
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"HK has about 80,000 single parents. Fewer than 1/5th are single fathers. And they seem to have more difficulties than single mums with childcare, employment, and gender stereotyping. How do they cope...
23:39 2. Activists' faith
2016-01-11
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"Politically neutral and homophobic. That's how many church-goers regard their religion. But as HK society becomes more polarised, Christian and LGBT activists are forming their own religious groups, ...
23:19 3. Taiwan presidential election
2016-01-18
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"Chairwoman of the Democratic Progressive Party Tsai Ing-wen is expected to become the first female president of Taiwan in a landslide victory over the ruling Kuomintang's candidate Eric Chu in Saturd...
22:49 4. Inclusive schooling
2016-01-25
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"Under an integrated education policy in local schools, students with special education needs, such as autism and dyslexia, are placed in the same classes as mainstream children. But many schools don'...
23:23 5. Banned & banished
2016-02-01
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"Months after 5 HK booksellers began disappearing in tandem and purportedly detained on the mainland, the truth remains elusive. Other local purveyors of books banned by Beijing paint a murky world of...
22:34 6. Future of food
2016-02-08
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"Farming has declined in HK. Almost all vegetables the city eats are imported. Now the government wants to revive agriculture by growing veggies indoors. But would hydroponic greens click with consume...
23:29 7. Homeschooling
2016-02-15
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"Typical HK parents want their kids to excel academically, starting at pre-school level. But they are often frustrated by the arduous, local curriculum with endless exams and mountains of homework str...
22:59 8. Misaligned stars
2016-02-22
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"The government has reversed direction on a contentious Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront plan. New World Development, which was set to renovate at its own expense and take management control of a greatly expa...
22:04 9. Ding dilemma
2016-02-29
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"Indigenous New Territories male villagers have a statutory right to build, on their own land, a small house, or "ding uk". With the scarcity of land and high property prices, there're calls to scrap ...
10. Farewell to ATV
2016-03-07
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ATV has switched off its arclights for the last time. It was the first Chinese TV station in HK as well as globally. It has produced many memory works in its heyday, and stood its ground against the m...
