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Elderly women sit on a bench in a housing estate in Hong Kong in April 2019. The demand for barrier-free facilities and services will grow in Hong Kong amid population ageing. Photo: Getty Images
Hong Kong society

Letters | Hong Kong should be a city where wheelchair users are welcome

Readers discuss cases of restaurants turning away customers in wheelchair, using ChatGPT to improve English-speaking abilities and discrimination against ethnic minority groups.

Hong Kong

Editorial | Settle Hong Kong slope disputes for the sake of safety

Bhutan

Bhutan aims to sell Southeast Asia on its 21-year ‘mindfulness city’ project

Hong Kong housing

Editorial | Much to gain and lose at Hong Kong’s Choi Hung Estate

Renewal of ageing Kowloon site will provide an extra 9,200 public housing flats, but remove a colourful social media hotspot.

Sprawling Choi Hung Estate is home to 7,400 households in 11 seven- to 20-storey blocks built between 1962 and 1964. Photo: Sam Tsang
Singapore

Higher education: why are more schools in Asia favouring high-rise buildings?

Among them, three junior colleges in Singapore will move to new campuses in 2028 and occupy smaller sites with blocks up to 12 storeys.

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Hong Kong housing

Hong Kong’s Urban Renewal Authority considers taking on Kowloon City project

Managing director Wai Chi-sing says authority is now exploring taking up a major redevelopment project on its own after failed tender.

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Hong Kong property

Hong Kong’s failed land tender reflects caution among big developers

Development costs, poor returns may be holding back developers from URA joint ventures, analysts say.

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General view of Kowloon City Market and Cooked Food Centre in Kowloon City. Photo: Yik Yeung-man
Hong Kong society

Redevelopment of Hong Kong’s Instagram-famous Choi Hung Estate to begin in 2028

Housing Department tells Wong Tai Sin District Council the first stage of redevelopment will start in 2028 and the second between 2035 and 2036.

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Hong Kong economy

Letters | Hong Kong shows its education hub aspiration isn’t just talk

Readers discuss the government’s push to become a magnet for global talent, language requirements for university admissions, a new Chinese culture centre and provision of handrails around the city.

Hong Kong economy

HK$600 million for Hong Kong exhibition hall justified for ‘educational value’

Bernadette Linn says hall will showcase city’s urban development projects and estimated cost is comparable with similar facilities in city.

An exhibition on the Kau Yi Chau artificial islands project organised by Hong Kong’s Civil Engineering and Development Department in February 2023. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
Hong Kong economy

Need for HK$700 million gallery on prime Hong Kong site questioned

Government plans to set up a gallery on Wan Chai waterfront to showcase major projects such as Northern Metropolis.

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The San Tin area is to become a tech hub under government plans. Photo: Dickson Lee
Sustainability

Singapore’s bold mission to naturalise its urban setting

Singapore’s evolution from Garden City to City in Nature has been the latest step in a decades-long process by which an urban population is learning to coexist with the natural world.

Hong Kong society

Letters | Gym’s closure underscores need for whistle-blower protections

Readers discuss the lessons to learn from Physical Fitness’s troubles, the practice of offering property buyers cash rebates and New Territories development as an engine of growth.

Hong Kong transport

Hong Kong assures fair bidding process for 3 new mass transit projects

MTR Corp has no advantage in East Kowloon, Kai Tak and Hung Shui Kiu bids as the projects ‘don’t involve a heavy rail system’, official says.

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Transport authorities have invited relevant suppliers and operators to submit expressions of interest for the mass transit systems in Kai Tak and East Kowloon. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong society

Letters | Reshape how Hong Kong preserves historic buildings

Readers discuss the conservation of a historic block at Tai Kwun, crowd control measures during festivals, and the significance of the arrival of two new pandas.

The Married Inspectors’ Quarters (Block 4), part of the Tai Kwun complex, collapsed eight years ago. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong environmental issues

Letters | How Shanghai, Shenzhen and Singapore could inspire Hong Kong on climate change

Readers discuss climate adaptation strategies Hong Kong could adopt, and options for elderly taxi drivers.

China's economic recovery

Exclusive | With major waterway plans in the pipeline, is China in its ‘grand canal era’?

Local governments seeking economy-boosting infrastructure projects are pitching costly waterways, ushering in a ‘grand canal era’ and raising eyebrows.

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Hong Kong economy

Opinion | How Hong Kong can help its SMEs make a difference

The government need not blindly back development projects but instead match enterprises who need work with communities who need help.

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A view of the social housing project on Nam Cheong Street, before it was ready for residents to move in, on August 20, 2020. Photo: Winson Wong
Architecture and design

The inaugural Open House Hong Kong highlights the city’s rich urban landscape

The first local edition of the global design phenomenon promises to showcase the city’s rich and varied urban landscape, and place it within a global context

France

New York, Paris, Milan: where in the world is closest to becoming a ‘15-minute city’?

Study maps progress towards an urban planning ideal, highlighting disparities globally.

Hong Kong environmental issues

Letters | Hong Kong must sustainably balance ecological conservation and development

Readers discuss the debate over the San Tin Technopole, and the practice of feeding pigeons.

Great and little egrets at San Tin, Yuen Long, in December 2023. The area is slated for development into a technology hub. Photo: Yik Yeung-man
Hong Kong culture

Save as much of historic Hong Kong block as possible, heritage experts urge

Most members of Antiquities Advisory Board also support Jockey Club proposal to build canopy to protect surviving parts of Block 4 in Tai Kwun.

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Block 4 of the historic compound in Central is currently under cover. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong housing

Hong Kong public housing builder secures HK$12 billion syndicated loan

Deal includes HK$3 billion for Housing Society to use on projects to benefit wider community, as builder targets increased cash flow.

Hong Kong society

Opinion | Hong Kong’s malls should be more than a shopping paradise for the rich

The city needs to ensure everyone can enjoy its indoor spaces, whether they’re at work, rest or play.

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Hong Kong society

Hong Kong experts back plan on saving part of partially collapsed Tai Kwun block

Block 4 of Tai Kwun, the former Central Police Station compound, shows ‘signs of continuing deterioration’ after its partial collapse in 2016.

Block 4 (under cover) in the compound partially collapsed eight years ago Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong environmental issues

51% of Hongkongers say city’s extreme weather policies ineffective, survey finds

Major green group also urges government to improve design standards for local drainage infrastructure so it can endure stronger floods.

Only 33 per cent of Hongkongers expressed confidence in the government’s extreme weather policies. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Architecture and design

Why you should listen to: 99% Invisible’s ‘The Eliza Effect’

This 2019 episode is about one of the first computer programs that could simulate human conversation – and act as a robot therapist

Hong Kong economy

Letters | How Hong Kong can showcase its urban development with flair

Readers suggest moving Hong Kong’s City Gallery to Kai Tak, and urge the government to take action on cold calls.

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9 September, 2024
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