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I live on Cheung Chau in southwest Hong Kong, which is easily reached by ferries from Central on Hong Kong Island, and is very popular with visitors. While many people are content to spend their time in the main village…
Though primarily established for arts and culture, and with museums including M+ (contemporary modern art) and the Hong Kong Palace Museum, the West Kowloon Cultural District is well worth visiting just to enjoy a waterfront park – including in late…
Kwai Chung Park opened in December 2025; and while it isn’t a place meriting a long trip, it’s well worth knowing about if you happen to play cricket at the neighbouring Gin Drinkers Bay ground – partly as it has…
[press release:] Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden’s long-running, scientifically informed forest restoration programme has been awarded Premium-Tier Certification by The Global Biodiversity Standard, the first site in the world to achieve this accolade. For almost 30 years, Kadoorie Farm and…
If you’ve been along Chi Ma Wan Road in Pui Wo, you’ve surely noticed a big, grubby white building just east of the playground at the junction with the road to the beach. It’s like a chunky rectangular block, with…
Email to director of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, after multiple correspondence with other FEHD officials failed to achieve progress on issue of over zealous use of pesticides versus mosquitoes killing considerable other wildlife: Table of Contents Disastrous impacts…
Siberian House Martin (Delichon lagopodum) and Asian House Martin (Delichon dasypus), Pui O, Lantau, 25 October 2025 Siberian has clean white underparts – rather than sullied with grey, big white rump patch, near uniform underwing (not darker secondaries ie forewing),…
Occasionally, typhoons have caused immense damage and loss of life in Hong Kong; the worst effects arise from storm surges, which are somewhat akin to tsunamis accompanied by mighty waves; see Hong Kong Typhoons including Calamitous Storm Surges. But also,…
On 18 September 2025, the system that became Super Typhoon Ragasa developed into a tropical depression; it then rapidly intensified to the east of Luzon, before passing through the Luzon Strait and heading towards the Guangdong coast – looking set…
Even before it really formed, there were forecasts indicating Typhoon Ragasa – as it is now known internationally – would be powerful and could threaten Hong Kong. This remains the case; and here, some updates as Super Typhoon Ragasa approaches…
