ON THE CALENDAR

Hallelujah Noel!

The Cecilian Singers present their 2022 Christmas Concert

DATE : Monday 5 December 2022
TIME : 7:30pm (Doors open 7:15pm)
PRICE : Tickets $250 (concessions $100)
PLACE : Kowloon Union Church
ADDRESS : 4 Jordan Road, Jordan, Kowloon

Join an evening of festive music and song with proceeds to Love 21 Foundation.

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Climate Adaptation & Resilience Conference

International experts share the latest climate science

DATE : Saturday-Monday 10-12 December 2022
TIME : 9am-5pm
LANGUAGE : English
PRICE : Free (advance registration is required)
PLACE : Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
ADDRESS : Clear Water Bay, Sai Kung

Senior government officials will introduce Hong Kong’s climate policies, as well as adaptation planning and projects. Participants will join in workshops and discussions for solutions.

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"Eat more vegetables with high dietary fiber and less fatty But something else happened. There wasn't a single event that drove significant spikes in curiosity. 'It's a word that has risen so quickly in the English language that it actually came as a surprise to me and to many of us.'" (PBS)

Govt phases out roadside recycling bins

"'To boost the overall quality and efficiency of recycling, the EPD began in June 2022 to gradually remove roadside recycling bins in urban areas;' they have taken away about 300 sets of bins and expect to remove all of them by the end of this year." (RTHK)

‘They want toys to get their children into Harvard’: have we been getting playthings all wrong?

"The idea that we need electronic toys to teach children to name colours or count to 10 is challenged by quite a few centuries of human history." (The Guardian)

HK Island harbourfront cycle path to extend to 30km "by early 2025"

"Pedestrian harbourfront boulevards completed or under development will be opened as “shared use” along the lines of the new Central harbourfront path, with bicycle riders and pedestrians welcome to 'harmoniously share the spaces' in the government’s terms (Transit Jam)

Rising non-Covid excess deaths reveal the disastrous legacy of the pandemic

"The situation is all the more unusual as mortality rates should have fallen after the pandemic because so many people died early, an effect known as ‘harvesting’. Instead we are seeing the reverse trend." (The Telegraph)