Orientation Week, Hong Kong Style
Varsity takes a look at o'camp with Hong Kong characteristics and look at how orientation activities on Hong Kong campuses compare with those overseas.
April 2011-Hong Kong Identities in Flux
Hong Kong is a city with a rich history and multiple identities. In this issue of Varsity we take a look at some of...
Without a Penny
December's Periscope looks at poverty in Hong Kong:
Young and Poor: poor youth face uncertain future
Working More for Less: Hong Kong's working poor struggle to...
Young and Poor in Hong Kong
Reporters: Katherine Chan and Melanie Leung
With a cap pulled over his head and a pair of black-rimmed glasses, 22-year-old Jay looks like a typical...
No Respite for Hong Kong’s Working Poor
Reporters: Andrew Choi Tsz-hong and Piano Ho
On a typical work day, 50-year old Tsoi Wai-man wakes up at around 5 a.m., gets ready and...
Poverty Rife Among Hong Kong’s Elderly
Reporters: Edith Liu and Rebecca Wong
The best money saving advice may not come from financial planners, but from the 290,000 elderly people who are...
Learning Chinese Identity: national education in Hong Kong schools
What is national education? Is it teaching students how to salute and raise flags? Should it be producing proud Chinese nationals or critical citizens? Scholars, media representatives and students are concerned that the government's unequal funding may lead to the the dominance of pro-China, one-sided national education in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong Losing its Sheen for Mainlanders
The streets of Hong Kong were once seen as paved with gold for new migrants from the mainland. But today's new arrivals are as likely to be coming here for family reasons as to make a better living. Once, mainland immigrants used to try hard to become Hongkongers by learning Cantonese, imitating locals' behavior. Now, they stress they are Chinese.
Parents Conquer All
Parents are increasingly being seen as customers as education becomes more market-oriented. Some teachers in DSS schools believe this has led to greater pressure on teachers from pushy parents.
By Billy Leung and Amy Leung
Locals Who Are Not Considered Local: Hong Kong’s South Asians
Many of Hong Kong's South Asian residents were born and raised here. They have adopted very local styles of living and are unfamiliar with their ancestral countries. But the definition of what constitutes a local held by most Hong Kong Chinese means they remain outsiders.
