The pearl report [2017]
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21. The handover : 20 years on. A verdict
2017-06-05
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"HK's Handover to China, 20 years on: 5 Basic Law interpretations, massive civil disobedience, is HK's rule of law damaged? The Pearl Report looks back on two decades of legal controversies"--TVB webs...
22. The handover : 20 years on. A district
2017-06-12
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"In the 20 years after the Handover, disparate views delayed the progress of governance. With proposals repeatedly rejected, the West Kowloon Cultural District remains a construction site. From this p...
23. The handover : 20 years on. A vote
2017-06-19
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"20 years after the Handover, the universal suffrage enshrined in the Basic Law remains elusive. Have discussions of political reform whipped up fervour to challenge the One Country in One Country Two...
24. E-sport's eras
2017-06-26
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"A new craze in town popular among millennials: electronic sport or eSport. Video gamers compete in tournaments attracting spectators in numbers rivaling traditional sports. HK will soon host its bigg...
25. The conservators
2017-07-03
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"They conserve, preserve and rehabilitate objects of art, and architecture. They keep works of art live in multimillion dollar private collections, public museum and libraries, and antiquities and mon...
26. Sir David's diary
2017-07-10
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"David Akers-Jones is a fixture in HK since landing here 60 years ago, rising to become a colonial Acting Governor. He's played roles in many of HK's exigencies, especially in the New Territories and ...
27. Liu Xiaobo : rest in peace
2017-07-17
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"Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo has passed away after being diagnosed with late stage liver cancer while he was in jail. He was 61. Beijing slammed him as a subversive dissident while the rest ...
28. Sportsmen slighted
2017-07-24
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"The HK government has long been criticised for inadequate support of sports development. Now, it plans to spend $20 billion over 5 years to launch 26 projects to build new facilities and improving ol...
29. Border bickering
2017-07-31
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"A formula at last for the colocation of border checks for the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-HK high-speed rail to start operation next year. In the West Kowloon terminus, officers will enforce mainland customs,...
30. Wastrels in HK
2017-08-07
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"Solid Waste in HK just keeps mounting so the government wants to start making people buy official garbage bags as a 'polluter pays' measure by 2019. Will that really help reduce waste? What other mea...