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Daily Archives: 17:04, 5 August 2018

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‘One street, two markets’: Traders in Shek Kip Mei left behind as gov’t plans new market building

by Holmes Chan17:04, 5 August 201822:10, 31 March 2020

In a shop at the Shek Kip Mei market, seamstress Lam Mei-sin makes silk comforters by hand. It takes two hours for the silk floss to be cut, flattened, pulled, and layered; there are now machines for this, but – for her – it remains a craft. Lam has run Hip Yee Hing Embroidery since […]

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‘Nothing to do with press freedom’: Ex-leader CY Leung hits out at correspondents’ club over independence activist talk

by Tom Grundy17:02, 5 August 201802:37, 5 April 2020
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Hong Kong’s tourism chief is shamelessly sacrificing the city to please big bosses in Beijing

by Stephen Vines17:00, 5 August 201822:08, 31 March 2020
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Is Western media biased against China? – Part 1

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The closure of Mong Kok’s pedestrian zone exposes one of Hong Kong’s dirty little secrets

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Why the Donald Trump-Vladimir Putin friendship could be all about oil and China

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Gov’t had ‘systemic failures’ in planning and enforcing green zones, environmental group says

by Holmes Chan09:20, 5 August 201822:08, 31 March 2020
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‘Physical strength and mental strength’: Syrian refugee girls pursue squash dreams in Hong Kong

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