Yesterday, Al-Jazeera English broadcast a 10-minute report about the South China Morning Post as part of their global media watchdog programme, Listening Post.
The show may be downloaded as a podcast here. Read Hong Wrong’s exclusive investigation into self-censorship at the South China Morning Post here, and our special comment on the paper’s history and importance.
Miniature art has a long history spanning a vast geographic area, from 13th century court paintings in Persia, to 15th century monastic manuscripts in France, to pocket portraits in the Elizabethan era. This September, Hong Kong artists will be reviving the art form with a more contemporary perspective.
‘Closer‘ is Hong Kong’s first miniature art exhibition. Each artist is restricted to a canvas measuring only 2” x 3” or 4” x 4”.
A team of ex-convicts and asylum seekers, all of whom have been homeless or in rehabilitation recently, successfully qualified for the annual Homeless World Cup last week.
Homeless World Cup qualifiers, Hong Kong
Local politicians and celebrities attended the 4-a-side tournament. Long Hair Leung Kwok Hung, LegCo member, said that “it’s a chance for the homeless to develop a new experience with a new perspective”.
Adrenaline-seeking climbers Daniel Lau and Andrew Tso, shot a video with a ‘selfie stick’ 346 metres above Hong Kong…
The clip was shot without safety equipment atop The Centre on Hong Kong Island. The building is 80-storeys high.
Hong Kongers can purchase an accurate ‘3D selfie’ at this week’s 3D Printing Conference at AsiaWorld Expo.
3d selfie
The world’s first automated 3D body scanning ‘mini-me’ machine can render a life-like ‘shapey’ of customers within 3-5 minutes.