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Patch Of Stars continues ascension with strong Class Two win for Purton
Patch Of Stars continued his march up the grades with a clinical performance to win the Class Two Lukfook Jewellery Cup (1,200m) at Sha Tin on Saturday. The Manfred Man Ka-leung-trained galloper came into his own towards the back end of last season, winning three of his four races to close out the campaign. He bounced back from a below-par return with a Class Three win over course and distance last month and…
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China cracks down on export of ‘zero-mileage’ cars falsely declared to be used
China has moved to tighten regulations on used car exports, cracking down on new vehicles falsely declared to be second hand, in the latest step to ensure fair and orderly market activity. Starting next year, exporters will have to prove after-sales service is available at the destination for vehicles that have been registered within 180 days, according to a notice released by the Ministry of Commerce on Friday. The…
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A sea exhibition in Hong Kong explores our relationship with the ocean
A bamboo-and-paper sculpture dangles from the ceiling of a gallery. It looks oddly familiar but also like nothing you have ever seen. The claws, tail and body resemble a lobster, but the horned dragon’s head, well, that is where things get a little fuzzy. This is not a deep-sea creature but the product of a deep dive into the imagination of Hong Kong artist Louis To Wun. Titled Seafood, the whimsical piece is part…
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Haughey wins 100m freestyle gold to complete dominant National Games double
Siobhan Haughey said she did not have high expectations of herself heading into the National Games, yet on Saturday she won her second gold medal inside two days. The Hongkonger dominated the women’s 100 metres freestyle final at Shenzhen Universiade Centre Swimming Pool in much the same way as she did the 200m almost 48 hours earlier. Already its most decorated Olympian, Haughey became the city’s first athlete to…
Hong Kong triathletes hungry for more National Games joy after Coggins’ bronze
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Hong Kong triathletes hungry for more National Games joy after Coggins’ bronze
After taking a “step in the right direction” in the National Games individual races, Hong Kong’s triathletes have targeted a significant leap forward in the mixed relay on Sunday. In a “brutal” men’s event, Oscar Coggins claimed a redemptive bronze, the first major Games medal of his career. Running on empty towards the end, Robin Elg eased off to conserve energy for the relay. Wong Tsz-to was 18th, as an unforgiving sun and exacting course left 20 of the 48 starters unable to finish. Earlier on...
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Angelica Lee Sinje evokes ‘childlike wonder’ in first Hong Kong art show
Angelica Lee Sinje is a woman of many talents. The Malaysia-born actress and pop singer, who starred alongside Shu Qi in the recent Netflix revenge horror, The Resurrected, showed her skill on the other side of the camera in 2023 when she co-produced the critically acclaimed Malaysian crime drama Abang Adik. But in a quiet gallery in Hong Kong’s Sheung Wan neighbourhood, she revealed yet another, lesser-known…
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Hong Kong’s Cade Wright delivers coming-of-age National Games performance
Cade Wright said she “loved every second” of her unexpected challenge for the National Games podium, after the Hongkonger narrowly missed out on a medal in an attritional women’s triathlon on Central Harbourfront. The 22-year-old Wright finished fourth and delivered what she called an “outstanding, career-best swim” on the way to a time of two hours, one minute and 25 seconds, a shade more than two minutes behind…
AppleTV+ sci-fi Pluribus makes the end of the world look happier than ever
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AppleTV+ sci-fi Pluribus makes the end of the world look happier than ever
The end of the world is not usually so cheery. In Pluribus, the new Apple TV+ series from Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan, scientists encounter a mysterious repeating signal coming from outer space. That discovery leads researchers working for the United States military to encode a sort of virus that inevitably gets set loose and, after brief periods of mass seizures, leads to a psychic harmony among every human on Earth, who now operate as an “us”. The thing is, they are really very nice....
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ONE Championship: Rodtang v Nong-O title fight axed after ‘Ironman’ hospitalised
The highly anticipated flyweight Muay Thai world title fight between Rodtang Jitmuangnon and Nong-O Hama has been cancelled after Rodtang informed ONE Championship medical staff that he was unwell and was taken to hospital for treatment and evaluation. The promotion confirmed the news on Friday afternoon in Tokyo, ending hopes of a blockbuster showdown at ONE 173 on Sunday. The cancellation came shortly after a…
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The eyes have it: how EMDR therapy can help treat stress, OCD, anxiety
A therapy to address trauma using guided eye movements has been endorsed by celebrities such as Prince Harry, Miley Cyrus and Sandra Bullock. Yet when my daughter Hattie told me her therapist had suggested EMDR – eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing – as part of a plan to manage the intrusive thoughts that frequently accompany her sometimes disabling obsessive-compulsive disorder, I was sceptical. How on…
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Hong Kong students explore sustainable travel at a green tea farm in Japan
Every week, Talking Points gives you a worksheet to practise your reading comprehension with exercises about the story we’ve written. Two Hong Kong university students went to Japan not just for its Instagrammable spots or tasty sashimi bowls, but for a 70-year-old tea farm and its lessons about sustainability. Tammy Tam Yuk-ting and Yanice So Ngan-mei were tired of what locals call the “coffee in the morning,…
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Athletes in action: Team Hong Kong at China’s 15th National Games
The 15th National Games are in full swing, and the atmosphere is electrifying! As a co-host city, Hong Kong is proudly staging events such as track cycling, fencing and rugby sevens. Emotions have been running high since the opening ceremony, where our delegation marched to the roar of local fans cheering on Team Hong Kong. A major highlight from this year’s Games so far was the incredible moment local cyclist Ceci…