History & People

Born in England in 1643, Sir Isaac Newton （牛頓） was regarded as one of the greatest figures in the history of science. He

In the 1930s and 1940s, Japan played a part in human medical testing in a secret project calledUnit 731 （731部隊）. Despite the

The Black Death, also known as the Bubonic Plague, is one of the most devastating （毀滅性的） pandemics （大流行病） in human history. It swept through Europe

Liberty Barros, a 14-year-old girl from Peterborough, UK, set a Guinness World Record for walking 20-metres in 22 seconds – with her

Westminster Abbey （西敏寺） is one of the most visited churches in the world. It has a history of over 10 centuries and

Britain’s King Charles III, previously known as The Prince of Wales （威爾斯親王）, became King on the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth

The first living creature to make an orbital spaceflight around the Earth was the dog Laika, aboard the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik

When people donate blood （捐血）, they go to the Red Cross （紅十字會）, now the Red Cross and Red Crescent. It is an international agency

The Chernobyl disaster （切 爾諾貝爾核事故） refers to the accident in 1986 at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in Ukraine （烏克蘭）, which was then part of the

South Asians are part of the Hong Kong society. As of the 2021 by-census （中期人口普查）, there were more than 100,000 South Asians living