History & People

As the year draws to a close, millions of people around the world are looking forward to that time of

Former China’s president Jiang Zemin passed away in his home city of Shanghai on November 30. He was 96 years

Tu You You （屠呦呦） is the first Chinese woman to win a Nobel Prize. She won the prize for her discoveries concerning

Located at Bishop Hill (主教山) in Shek Kip Mei, the Ex-Sham Shui Po Service Reservoir had lain dormant (沉睡的) and forgotten for decades before it captured

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

The word Halloween comes from “All Hallows’ Eve”. It is actually two words blended（混合）together. “Hallow”, or holy person, refers to

The Romans must have been very pleased with themselves when they invented lead pipes 2000 years ago. Eventually, they had

The Chung Yeung Festival is a public holiday in Hong Kong. Not one of the major holidays in town, one might be wondering

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

Chang’e（嫦娥）is the goddess of the moon in Chinese mythology. There are many tales about her. The best known story is