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Hong Kong has unveiled a new exhibition about national security, with the city’s leader John Lee citing a recent key political meeting the“third plenum” and urged vigilance against “security risks.” The exhibition, which occupies over 1,100 square metres of the Museum of History in Tsim Sha Tsui, will open to the public on Wednesday. It features installations dedicated to Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s ideas of governance, and a lunar soil sample collected during a China National Space Administration mission. Lee proposed the idea of launching a national security exhibition during his second Poli...
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Cosplay enthusiasts lined up outside the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai on Friday morning to enter Ani-com & Games Hong Kong 2024 (ACG), the city’s largest event for fans of anime, comics and games. Spanning five days, the annual gathering attracts thousands of visitors, as well as over 140 exhibitors selling themed artwork and merchandise. After vendors reported weak sales in 2023, exhibitors interviewed by local media had mixed opinions of what to expect for this year’s event. Some appeared hopeful that large crowds of attendees would translate into good business, whi...
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Hong Kong police have arrested five men on suspicion of selling fake tickets to Cantopop star Sammi Cheng’s sought-after concerts. Police said on Tuesday that they arrested five mainland Chinese men, aged between 34 and 46, last Friday for allegedly selling counterfeit tickets for Cheng’s concerts, which is running until Sunday at the Hong Kong Coliseum in Hung Hom. Police said they received multiple reports by people who purchased tickets online or outside the concert venue, but were later told that their tickets were invalid. “Upon investigation, police found that such tickets bore the anti-...
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Two Hong Kong publishers have said a shortage of writers – both up-and-coming and experienced – posed a challenge to the local literary industry, as the annual book fair opened on Wednesday. Publishers Breakthrough and Boundary Bookstore told HKFP on Wednesday that the shortage of local writers had added to existing business woes, such as the rising cost of printing and a changing readership that saw fewer people buying books. The publishers were among 760 exhibitors in this year’s Hong Kong Book Fair, which will run until next Tuesday at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan C...
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Hong Kong youth and culture magazine Breakazine has announced that it will stop publishing from early 2025, ending its 16-year history. In a statement published on Facebook on Thursday afternoon, the magazine said it had been increasingly hard to operate in recent years as production costs rose and people’s reading habits changed. “To better accommodate the needs of Hong Kong’s youth, after careful consideration our editorial team felt we needed more space to adjust our deployment,” the Chinese post read. “We’ve decided that Breakazine will stop publishing in April 2025.” Founded in 2009 by no...
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Organisers behind a harbourfront installation featuring inflatable, white sculptures of world landmarks have defended the show, after the artist called the display “very ugly.” She said she had not given her approval for the final design, and hoped the exhibition would be axed. The disagreement came days after organiser – Central Venue Management (CVM) – set up the large-scale replicas along the Central Harbourfront, each surrounded by large concrete weights and guy ropes. The free exhibition – funded by the organiser and not by the government – has since been the target of mockery online, wit...
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A large-scale “trash whale” installation is on display at West Kowloon Cultural District until Sunday to raise awareness of the scourge of plastic waste in Hong Kong. The collaboration between Greenpeace Hong Kong and product designer Kevin Cheung coincides with Plastic Free July. Made up of 2,361 pieces of disposable tableware, with an outer layer consisting of various plastic lunchboxes and lids, the whale is surrounded by paper containers and tableware that claims to be be biodegradable. See also: Restaurants slow to adopt eco-friendly alternatives as Hong Kong’s ban on single-use plastics ...
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Hong Kong’s Central Harbourfront plays host to a series of large-scale inflatable installations inspired by some of the world’s most recognisable landmarks from Friday until August 11. Inflatable versions of the UK’s Stonehenge, the Moai of Easter Island in Chile, the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, Italy’s Tower of Pisa in Italy, and the Arc de Triomphe in France – some more than 13 metres tall – will be on display. Inspired by images conceived by Armenian AI studio Joann, the “Inflatable Wonders” will be illuminated at night. “These huge installations will surely become must-visit landmarks along...
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Exhibitors at Hong Kong’s upcoming annual book fair should comply with the Beijing-imposed national security law and the city’s homegrown security law, the event’s organiser has said. The fair, hosted by statutory body the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), will be held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from July 17 until July 23. It is the first book fair to be held since the domestic security law, known colloquially as Article 23, came into effect in March. Sophia Chong, the deputy executive director of the HKTDC, said during a media preview for the fair on Tuesday ...
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October 19, 1996, was just another day for many Hongkongers, apart from a minor typhoon which brought heavy rain. Some enjoyed time with their families that Saturday, others went to the races, a few went to church. The weather that day failed to deter art lovers, with 122 separate events staged across the city. In those final months of British colonial rule, there were few boundaries between art and politics. Earlier in 1996 a play had been performed which featured Article 23 of the Basic Law, due to come into force after the Handover to China on July 1, 1997. There was also much speculation a...
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