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The University of Hong Kong (HKU) will soon require tourists to register ahead of entering the campus, amid student and staff complaints over an increasing number of visitors coming to the school to take photos and sight see. Starting from May, all tourists must register in advance to visit the campus on Monday to Saturday from 8 am to 6.30 pm, the university announced in a statement on Friday. Visits outside of those time frames, however, are permitted without registration. According to the rules, which the university called the “tourist flow management scheme,” tourists can only book one vis...
Hong Kong Free Press
The University of Hong Kong (HKU)’s head has been cleared of misconduct and mismanagement allegations, after whistle-blower emails accusing him of mismanaging funds prompted a six-month-long investigation. The complaints about the institution’s president and vice-chancellor Zhang Xiang were not substantiated, a statement published by the HKU Council on Saturday read. In a separate statement on Sunday, Zhang – who has maintained his innocence – said that while the investigation “affirmed” his innocence, his colleagues had dealt with “immense mental pressure” over the past six months and the uni...
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The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is to introduce measures on tourist flow management on campus following an influx of visitors from the mainland. Local media have reported on the grounds being as “crowded as Disney,” with mainland tourists barging into lecture halls for photo-taking during lectures. The Pok Fu Lam campus has sky-rocketed in popularity among Chinese tourists following recommendations on social media platform Xiaohongshu. But residents and students have long complained of the influx of crowds, queues for the MTR and disturbances, leading to signs across campus reminding visitor...
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Men tend to overestimate women’s sense of safety and access to education and health services, a survey on gender equality in Hong Kong has found. The study, launched by the University of Hong Kong’s Department of Social Work and Social Administration and NGO Hong Kong Federation of Women’s Centres, surveyed the public’s attitudes relating to the quality of life among women in Hong Kong in January and February. Among the 1,287 adults who took part in the survey, 603 were male and 684 were female. There were significant differences between men and women’s answers, the results released on Monday ...
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An explosion of butterfly sightings in Hong Kong may be linked to the unusually warm winter weather, experts have suggested, with habitat loss also leading to more frequent sightings in the city. Red-base Jezebel butterflies, or Delias pasithoe, have been spotted – often motionless – around country parks, as well as urban areas, with social media users concerned about a mass “die off.” Director of the Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum Benoit Guénard told HKFP that butterflies, like all insects, cannot regulate their internal temperatures and rely on the environment to do so. “In the morning they m...
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