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South China Morning Post
2 days ago
- General
- South China Morning Post
New Zealand judge gets nod from Hong Kong lawmakers to join top court
Hong Kong's legislature has endorsed the appointment of a 73-year-old retired New Zealand judge to the city's top court, the first foreign non-permanent justice to join in over a year amid a number of recent resignations. William Gillow Gibbes Austen Young, who retired as permanent judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in April 2022 after serving for 12 years, will join five other overseas non-permanent justices from common law jurisdictions at the Court of Final Appeal. Chief Secretary Eric Chan Kwok-ki told the Legislative Council on Wednesday that Young had 'a high status and outstanding reputation'. 'His practice areas are very wide, covering criminal, competition law and taxation cases … [Young's] appointment will make a great contribution to the work of the Court of Final Appeal,' the No 2 official said. Young is expected to begin his three-year term this month. Chan added that the appointment of more non-permanent justices from common law jurisdictions would allow the apex court to handle different cases 'more effectively and flexibly' and ensure its 'effective operation'.
RTHK
5 days ago
- Sport
- RTHK
HK to tell good stories through National Games: CS
HK to tell good stories through National Games: CS Eric Chan has called on clansmen groups to support the National Games. Photo: RTHK Chief Secretary Eric Chan said on Sunday the SAR will tell the world a good Hong Kong story by co-hosting the National Games this year, as well as other major sporting events. He was speaking at a carnival hosted by clansmen associations at Victoria Park. Chan said carnival organisers have set up an interactive stall, encouraging people to exercise more and promoting the major sporting event in November. "The National Games will be co-hosted by Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau, further deepening the cooperation and exchanges in different areas among cities in the Greater Bay area," the minister said in a speech. "I'm sure all clansmen organisations will actively take part. The SAR government will work with them to call on more clansmen to support the National Games in various ways." Chan also hailed clansmen groups for promoting patriotism, noting the administration has been supporting their development through the years. "We've sponsored them to engage in various types of culture promotion activities through the Clansmen Culture Promotion Scheme since 2023," he said. "These include hosting hometown markets, school activities, and mainland tours, allowing people of all ages to join. The scheme has achieved great results. "It allows people to learn more about hometown culture, fostering the spirit of loving the country, Hong Kong and the hometowns." Chan went on to say he expects clansmen associations to continue working with the government and contribute to Hong Kong's development.
RTHK
5 days ago
- Sport
- RTHK
HK to tell good stories through National Games: CS
HK to tell good stories through National Games: CS Eric Chan has called on clansmen groups to support the National Games. Photo: RTHK Chief Secretary Eric Chan said on Sunday the SAR will tell the world a good Hong Kong story by co-hosting the National Games this year, as well as other major sporting events. He was speaking at a carnival hosted by clansmen associations at Victoria Park. Chan said carnival organisers have set up an interactive stall, encouraging people to exercise more and promoting the major sporting event in November. "The National Games will be co-hosted by Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau, further deepening the cooperation and exchanges in different areas among cities in the Greater Bay area," the minister said in a speech. "I'm sure all clansmen organisations will actively take part. The SAR government will work with them to call on more clansmen to support the National Games in various ways." Chan also hailed clansmen groups for promoting patriotism, noting the administration has been supporting their development through the years. "We've sponsored them to engage in various types of culture promotion activities through the Clansmen Culture Promotion Scheme since 2023," he said. "These include hosting hometown markets, school activities, and mainland tours, allowing people of all ages to join. The scheme has achieved great results. "It allows people to learn more about hometown culture, fostering the spirit of loving the country, Hong Kong and the hometowns." The minister went on to say he expects clansmen associations to continue working with the government and contribute to Hong Kong's development.
RTHK
26-05-2025
- RTHK
'3.2mn to enter or leave HK during Tuen Ng Festival'
'3.2mn to enter or leave HK during Tuen Ng Festival' Tuen Ng Festival, best known for its dragon boat races, is a big draw for visitors. File photo: RTHK More than three million people will pass through the city's borders during this year's Tuen Ng Festival holiday, according to the Immigration Department. In a statement, authorities said that major tourist attractions will be implementing special crowd management plans to accommodate the surge in visitors from May 31 to June 2. The Immigration Department projects a peak in outbound traffic on May 31 with approximately 570,000 departures, while inbound travel is forecast to peak on June 1 with 540,000 arrivals. It added that roughly 380,000 visitors from the mainland are expected to come to Hong Kong during the holiday. The daily average visitor arrival is expected to increase by 16 percent year-on-year. The Travel Industry Authority and the trade estimated that around 340 mainland tour groups will visit Hong Kong, a 30 percent jump from last year. In all, about 3.2 million passengers – both locals and visitors – are expected to enter or depart the SAR during the three-day period, with 2.73 million passing through the land border crossings. June 2 is a public holiday on the mainland, but not in Hong Kong. To manage the influx, a cross-departmental command centre led by police, immigration, customs and other agencies will monitor border checkpoints in real time and deploy additional staff as needed. The Transport Department has coordinated enhanced transit services, including increased shuttle bus frequencies at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge and expanded quotas for cross-boundary coaches. The MTR will also bolster East Rail Line trains between Admiralty and Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau stations. Additionally, telecom providers and the MTR have upgraded network and Wi-Fi capacities at high-traffic points to ensure connectivity during peak periods. Chief Secretary Eric Chan on Monday chaired a meeting of the interdepartmental working group on festival arrangements to coordinate preparations for welcoming visitors to Hong Kong during the long weekend.
CBC
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Local artist explores Chinese-Canadian immigration as LAC's new creator in residence
Library and Archives Canada (LAC) has hired Eric Chan, a born-and-raised Ottawa artist who blends art and technology, as its first creator in residence. The new position, open to artists, researchers, academics, musicians and people in other disciplines, grants access to the LAC collection to create works that are inspired by its contents, Chan explained. "[LAC] is a national institution and, interestingly, not many people [know], myself [included], what's going on there," he told CBC Radio's Ottawa Morning. "They have such a rich collection of pretty much anything you could think of." Chan's work will dive into the history of Chinese immigration to Canada, using the millions of records of Chinese-Canadians stored in the archives. Chan is known professionally as eepmon and has established a large body of work, using code and data to create art. One series of artworks he developed, called CityLights, was inspired by the cityscapes of Japan and generated entirely with computer code. The pieces are non-fungible tokens (NFTs), meaning they are entirely digital and their authenticity and ownership can be certified by a blockchain. Because the CityLights NFTs are created with code, they can be stored exclusively on the blockchain, without existing anywhere else. But when he created a digital art mural for the Canadian Museum of History, it was a shift from his usual work, Chan said. The mural was focused on the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1923, which banned Chinese immigration to Canada until 1947 and forced Chinese people in the country to carry identification. "For the first time, my art was not just art for art's sake, but really an opportunity to create intergenerational healing within the Chinese community," he said, adding that that ultimately inspired the work he is now doing at LAC. 'Dig deeper' LAC has millions of records and the names of Chinese immigrants going back to the 19th century, Chan said. "The Chinese immigrants coming to Canada were probably one of the most documented peoples coming in," Chan said, adding that the Canadian government assigned them special identification numbers, known as Chinese immigration (CI) certificates, to track them. Chan said he hasn't found any of his relatives' names among the documents, but he knows people who had family members with CI certificates and has been engaging with the Chinese community as part of his work. "It's a part of a Canadian history that we don't talk about," he said, noting that Canadian students read one paragraph about it in a textbook, "if you're lucky." "So I feel that I have, as an artist, a moral obligation to really dig deeper in my own lens," he said. Chan is using computer code and algorithms to create animated "generative pieces" that reflect the totality, or the enormity, of the archival information. One of his pieces speeds through the names of Chinese people from the records on a timeline, showing the year they immigrated. Some of the work he's been doing will be on display soon, on June 7 and 8 at LAC's building in downtown Ottawa. Chan will be there to talk about his work and give a demo. He'll also host a public showcase of his pieces in October after his residency comes to an end.
