Sir Run Run Shaw and the Shaw Prize
The Shaw Prize （邵逸夫獎） has been described as the “Nobel of the East”. Founded in 2002 in Hong Kong by Sir Run Run
November 14, 2022
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History & People
Let’s go trick-or-treating!!
The word Halloween comes from “All Hallows’ Eve”. It is actually two words blended（混合）together. “Hallow”, or holy person, refers to
October 20, 2022
Sir Charles Kao – Father of Fibre Optics
The Romans must have been very pleased with themselves when they invented lead pipes 2000 years ago. Eventually, they had
October 7, 2022
Climbing heights on Double Ninth Festival
The Chung Yeung Festival is a public holiday in Hong Kong. Not one of the major holidays in town, one might be wondering
September 27, 2022
The Mid – autumn Festival
The Chinese Mid-autumn Festival（中秋節）is also known as the Moon Festival. It always falls on the fifteenth day of the eighth
September 7, 2022
The legend of Chang’e and Hou Yi
Chang’e（嫦娥）is the goddess of the moon in Chinese mythology. There are many tales about her. The best known story is
September 4, 2022
The Legend of “Nine Dragons”
Kowloon has a much longer recorded history than Hong Kong. Early maps from the Ming and Qing dynasties consigned all of
August 30, 2022
Possession Street contains a lot of history
Ordinary as it may seem, Possession Street in Sheung Wan has an important place in the history of Hong Kong. Source:
August 11, 2022
The Battle of Kowloon
The opening shot in the First Opium War, called the Battle of Kowloon （九龍海戰）, occurred on September 4, 1839, when the
July 12, 2022
Destruction of opium at Humen
The destruction of opium at Humen （虎門銷煙）began on 3 June 1839. It involved the destruction of more than 1,000 tons of illegal opium seized from British traders under the supervision （監察）of Lin
July 12, 2022
