“Actually, my first one [tattoo] is a lotus flower because there’s a saying in Buddhism “a lotus flower rises in water, lives in water, and still stays pure and clean.” I kind of wanted to put that there to remind myself. Because Hong Kong is really…this is not my home and I found that when […]
While most students see entering their 20s as starting a new chapter of life, for many male South Koreans, it stands for something that is arguably more intimidating- the military. South Korean law dictates that all men must fulfill the country’s mandatory military service once they reach the age of 20. This is a […]
“We met in high school because we studied together at an international school in Beijing six years ago. We started going out the year we graduated and during the first year of university, we were doing the whole ‘long distance’ thing. After first year, she decided that she wanted to come to Hong Kong for […]
I have been a Drama Director twice this year. One day this script just popped out and it was deep, just like I wanted. A couple of years ago, I experienced a short period of depression. I know what it is like to undergo pain and [to] feel powerlessness. I was always looking for a […]
A small bar in Hong Kong became a microcosm of the cricket stadium Eden Gardens in Kolkata, India on March 19 as arch-rivals Pakistan and India locked horns in a major cricket world cup game, the ICC World Twenty20 2016. Close to a hundred students of Indian and Pakistani descent were hosted by the HKU […]
A “majority of students in HKU do want to mingle with students outside their ‘group’, but maybe only a few can take the ‘first step’,” says Felix Kevin, the President of SCENe. According to Kevin, a third-year Accounting and Finance major, it is rather human of us to choose to stay within our comfort zone […]
A series of interviews with 50 members of the University of Hong Kong’s international student community revealed that while a majority of the students interviewed were aware of the besiege that took place in January at the HKU Council meeting, most of them did not think it was directly relevant to their university life and […]
Professor Peter Mathieson, the President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong, gave a talk on the book, Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom on March 3 at the Main Library. The book talk was organized by the University Libraries and was attended by HKU students, staff, alumni and members of the public. The […]
Although some new students may be confused about what the week of no classes in October and March in the university calendar is about, “Reading Week” needn’t be as scary (or studious) as it sounds. The University of Hong Kong marks the halfway point of each semester with a week free of classes, known more […]
The Korean Student Union in Hong Kong (KSUHK) held its first inter-university concert on Feb. 23, 2016 at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. The concert ‘V15E (VIBE)’ consisted of teams from 5 member universities of KSUHK, namely The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, CUHK, City University of Hong […]