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CompetitionsWrite to Win and Brain Game

Write to Win: How would the alternate version of yourself be living in a parallel universe? (Round 9)

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  • This week, our contestants imagine what their lives would be like in an alternate cosmos
  • Our writing contest starts with 10 students, who are eliminated one at a time based on your votes and YP editors’ picks – who will you choose?
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FeaturesHong Kong

How one Hong Kong NGO opens doors for ethnic minority youth

by Kathryn Giordano
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  • Integrated Brilliant Education Limited focuses on Cantonese education for low-income, non-Chinese speaking pupils
  • Every week, Talking Points gives you a worksheet to practise your reading comprehension with exercises about the story we’ve written
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Letters to the EditorsFrom YP readers

Your Voice: It is vital to provide youth with sex education (short letters)

by YP Readers
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  • One reader says teenage pregnancy is a big issue and needs to be addressed urgently
  • Another reader shares how Hong Kong students face severe academic pressure, causing them emotional harm
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Letters to the EditorsFrom YP readers

Your Voice: Hong Kong can take recycling tips from Sweden (long letters)

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  • One student says that environmental issues are a pressing concern and governments can look to learn from each other
  • Another student shares her admiration for music sensation Taylor Swift and the place she has made for herself in the world
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Your VoiceTop 10

Top 10: What is exciting as a kid but becomes boring as you get older?

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  • From pillow forts to cartoons, these are the things students have outgrown
  • This week’s question: What is the weirdest favour you have been asked to do?
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Hong KongAround Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s Affordable Art Fair adds city colour to entice more tourists

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  • Local elements include a traditional barbershop serving cocktails infused with flavours found in traditional cha chaan teng tea houses
  • Organisers expect 30,000 visitors over the four-day event, which began Thursday
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Hong Kong

Overwhelming majority of Hongkongers want to delay waste-charging scheme

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  • 78% of participants in the online poll want to postpone the programme; more than half say they do not understand how the system will function
  • Lawmaker Chan Hoi-yan, whose office conducted the poll, called it a ‘clear warning sign’ and urged authorities to readjust the implementation time
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LivingAsking for a Friend

Help! My classmates tease me for being short. What should I do?

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  • Each week, we respond to a question from our readers and give advice and resources they can turn to
  • This week, we help a student who keeps being bothered for their height
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EnvironmentClimate change

Zambian teen tackles global warming by spreading the word in sign language

by Associated Press
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  • Country has been suffering from severe food shortages as water has grown scarce, prompting the president to declare a national emergency in February
  • Teenager Bridget Chanda is helping educate the deaf community about environmental destruction
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Hong Kong

Hong Kong hikers warned to prepare better for expeditions

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  • Veteran mountaineers say many lack experience and awareness of ‘black spots’ or even ignore risks to make social media posts
  • Experts recommend outdoor enthusiasts consult local hiking groups when planning trips or hire guides or coaches with experience in the area
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DiscoverHong Kong

SOTY 2022/23: Community Contributor runner-up utilises AI for the social good

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  • Ma Hiu-ching has built an app that helps underprivileged individuals access unsold meals, saying technology can be used to help others
  • She is currently working on a project that uses AI for elderly fall detection
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Hong Kong

YouTube to bar video of Hong Kong protest anthem after court order

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  • Judges said that agitators looking to kindle secession could arm the song for use against the state
  • Parent company Google says the ruling will increase cynicism around the local government’s efforts to regain its dependability as a stable place for doing business
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AsiaSummer and hot weather

Global warming made Asia’s devastating April heatwave much more severe

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  • Extreme warm weather to hit economic indicators like food inflation, low level of productivity and unemployment, warn economists
  • Hundreds died from heat-related causes, and temperatures added to the plight of people displaced by war in Gaza
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DiscoverStudent of the Year

SOTY: Best Devotion to School winner is a big achiever in visual storytelling

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  • Tsang Tsz-ham played a central role in reviving cultural events at his school, St Mark’s School, after the Covid-19 pandemic
  • His film, ‘Lost in Circle’, won the Most Popular Short Film (Drama) Award at the HKBU Academy of Film
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Best Of The Rest

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Hong Kong film director Ray Yeung highlights importance of LGBTQ stories
// Learn
Deep Dive: How the language barrier hurts Hong Kong’s ethnic minority communities
// English exercises
5-minute listening: Green makeover for Starbucks cups
// Hong Kong
How Hong Kong’s waste-charging scheme could affect elderly recycling scavengers
// Your Voice
The Lens: Bad call to cancel Columbia graduation
// Competitions
Write to Win: How would the alternate version of yourself be living in a parallel universe? (Round 9)
// Features
How one Hong Kong NGO opens doors for ethnic minority youth
// Letters to the Editors
Your Voice: It is vital to provide youth with sex education (short letters)
// Letters to the Editors
Your Voice: Hong Kong can take recycling tips from Sweden (long letters)
// Your Voice
Top 10: What is exciting as a kid but becomes boring as you get older?
// Features
Hong Kong film director Ray Yeung highlights importance of LGBTQ stories
// Learn
Deep Dive: How the language barrier hurts Hong Kong’s ethnic minority communities
// English exercises
5-minute listening: Green makeover for Starbucks cups
// Hong Kong
How Hong Kong’s waste-charging scheme could affect elderly recycling scavengers
// Your Voice
The Lens: Bad call to cancel Columbia graduation
// Competitions
Write to Win: How would the alternate version of yourself be living in a parallel universe? (Round 9)
// Features
How one Hong Kong NGO opens doors for ethnic minority youth
// Letters to the Editors
Your Voice: It is vital to provide youth with sex education (short letters)
// Letters to the Editors
Your Voice: Hong Kong can take recycling tips from Sweden (long letters)
// Your Voice
Top 10: What is exciting as a kid but becomes boring as you get older?
// Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s Affordable Art Fair adds city colour to entice more tourists
// Hong Kong
Overwhelming majority of Hongkongers want to delay waste-charging scheme
// Living
Help! My classmates tease me for being short. What should I do?
// Environment
Zambian teen tackles global warming by spreading the word in sign language
// Hong Kong
Hong Kong hikers warned to prepare better for expeditions
// Discover
SOTY 2022/23: Community Contributor runner-up utilises AI for the social good
// Hong Kong
YouTube to bar video of Hong Kong protest anthem after court order
// Asia
Global warming made Asia’s devastating April heatwave much more severe
// Discover
SOTY: Best Devotion to School winner is a big achiever in visual storytelling
// Global
Taylor Swift among host of celebrities feeling the heat for silence on Gaza
// Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s Affordable Art Fair adds city colour to entice more tourists
// Hong Kong
Overwhelming majority of Hongkongers want to delay waste-charging scheme
// Living
Help! My classmates tease me for being short. What should I do?
// Environment
Zambian teen tackles global warming by spreading the word in sign language
// Hong Kong
Hong Kong hikers warned to prepare better for expeditions
// Discover
SOTY 2022/23: Community Contributor runner-up utilises AI for the social good
// Hong Kong
YouTube to bar video of Hong Kong protest anthem after court order
// Asia
Global warming made Asia’s devastating April heatwave much more severe
// Discover
SOTY: Best Devotion to School winner is a big achiever in visual storytelling
// Global
Taylor Swift among host of celebrities feeling the heat for silence on Gaza
// Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s Tung family offers 16 HK$500,000 scholarships to university students
// Global
A new type of net could cut risk of the mosquito-borne disease by half
// Features
Happy birthday, Buddha: why people around Asia celebrate the birthday of Prince Siddhartha
// Hong Kong
70% of Hong Kong restaurants ready to loan containers for to-go orders
// Hong Kong
Why Hong Kong needs better sex education to reduce unplanned pregnancies
// Global
The Lens: Japanese town to block views of Mount Fuji and deter tourist crowds
// Discover
Hong Kong filmmakers hope AI can help city’s stagnant movie industry
// Listening
5-minute listening: Poland’s kids rejoice over new rules against homework
// Music
Singer Kaho Hung on the journey to his concert at Hong Kong’s biggest venue
// Your Voice
Face Off: Should DSE candidates be able to choose their core subjects for exams?
// Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s Tung family offers 16 HK$500,000 scholarships to university students
// Global
A new type of net could cut risk of the mosquito-borne disease by half
// Features
Happy birthday, Buddha: why people around Asia celebrate the birthday of Prince Siddhartha
// Hong Kong
70% of Hong Kong restaurants ready to loan containers for to-go orders
// Hong Kong
Why Hong Kong needs better sex education to reduce unplanned pregnancies
// Global
The Lens: Japanese town to block views of Mount Fuji and deter tourist crowds
// Discover
Hong Kong filmmakers hope AI can help city’s stagnant movie industry
// Listening
5-minute listening: Poland’s kids rejoice over new rules against homework
// Music
Singer Kaho Hung on the journey to his concert at Hong Kong’s biggest venue
// Your Voice
Face Off: Should DSE candidates be able to choose their core subjects for exams?
// Your Voice
No better opportunity than Mother’s Day to tell your mum you appreciate her
// Discover
Diaspora youth in Hong Kong, Macau shine a light on climate change in Southeast Asia
// Letters to the Editors
Your Voice: Music plays a big role in bringing people together (short letters)
// Letters to the Editors
Your Voice: Capybaras are rising in popularity (long letters)
// Your Voice
Top 10: What is your favourite way to spend a rainy day?
// Hong Kong
AI-generated Einstein teaches Hong Kong university students about game theory
// Global
Brazilian horse ‘Caramelo’ stuck on rooftop during floods rescued by firefighters
// Discover
Calling all writers and photographers! Submit to our Creative Sparks column
// Personal development
Help! My friend cheats off me in class. What should I do?
// Sports
UN declares May 25 to be celebrated as World Football Day
// Your Voice
No better opportunity than Mother’s Day to tell your mum you appreciate her
// Discover
Diaspora youth in Hong Kong, Macau shine a light on climate change in Southeast Asia
// Letters to the Editors
Your Voice: Music plays a big role in bringing people together (short letters)
// Letters to the Editors
Your Voice: Capybaras are rising in popularity (long letters)
// Your Voice
Top 10: What is your favourite way to spend a rainy day?
// Hong Kong
AI-generated Einstein teaches Hong Kong university students about game theory
// Global
Brazilian horse ‘Caramelo’ stuck on rooftop during floods rescued by firefighters
// Discover
Calling all writers and photographers! Submit to our Creative Sparks column
// Personal development
Help! My friend cheats off me in class. What should I do?
// Sports
UN declares May 25 to be celebrated as World Football Day
// Global
International Baccalaureate computer system hacked
// Books
5 books that buck the norms to craft tales with a twist
// Features
SOTY 2022/23: How Best Devotion to School winner made friends in a new home
// Hong Kong
Hong Kong to use AI to detect wildfires, conserve manpower
// Hong Kong
Brazil’s flooded south grapples with access to essential goods
// Hong Kong
Drones to light up Hong Kong sky for Buddha’s Birthday, Cheung Chau Bun Festival
// Hong Kong
SOTY 2022/23: Performing Artist winner overcomes obstacles to shine
// Hong Kong
Egg-shaped art installation exhibition at Victoria Harbour extended until June 8
// Hong Kong
Hong Kong police arrest 3 suspects over the abduction of woman in Tsim Sha Tsui
// Food
Chew on these boba facts: science behind perfect texture for tapioca pearls
// Global
International Baccalaureate computer system hacked
// Books
5 books that buck the norms to craft tales with a twist
// Features
SOTY 2022/23: How Best Devotion to School winner made friends in a new home
// Hong Kong
Hong Kong to use AI to detect wildfires, conserve manpower
// Hong Kong
Brazil’s flooded south grapples with access to essential goods
// Hong Kong
Drones to light up Hong Kong sky for Buddha’s Birthday, Cheung Chau Bun Festival
// Hong Kong
SOTY 2022/23: Performing Artist winner overcomes obstacles to shine
// Hong Kong
Egg-shaped art installation exhibition at Victoria Harbour extended until June 8
// Hong Kong
Hong Kong police arrest 3 suspects over the abduction of woman in Tsim Sha Tsui
// Food
Chew on these boba facts: science behind perfect texture for tapioca pearls
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