Why and how the media industry can fit into Hong Kong’s first 5-year plan

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Chow Chung-yan began his journalistic career at the South China Morning Post and rose to become Editor-in-Chief in 2025.

Mainstream media, particularly in Hong Kong, have historically been conservative in their research and development spending. Media executives prefer to shop for off-the-shelf solutions, treating technology as back-office support rather than


ANA pilot jailed in Japan for groping flight attendant after work

A pilot of the major Japanese airline All Nippon Airways was sentenced to 20 months in prison on Tuesday for abusing his power to grope a female flight attendant after work.

The Tokyo District Court ruled that Ryota Mise, 44, acted in a “mean and persistent manner” towards the victim when he took advantage of his position as a captain and touched her genitals at various locations in Takamatsu, Kagawa prefecture, in October 2023.

The defendant had pleaded not guilty, with the defence arguing that the


Hong Kong DSE: 5 elite schools produce more than 1 top scorer each

Secondary Six students across Hong Kong are getting their results on Wednesday for the city’s university entrance examinations.

They are returning to their schools to collect result slips for the Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE), which grades most subjects on a seven-level scale from 1 to 5**.

A total of 24 top scorers from 15 schools were recorded this year. Fourteen male and 10 female students achieved a perfect score of 5** in six subjects, along with an “attained” result


Malaysia’s new warship can hunt submarines but cannot sink a foe

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The navy’s first littoral combat ship is arriving later this year without the anti-ship missiles meant to give it offensive teeth

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A French Gowind-class offshore patrol vessel, of the design on which Malaysia’s littoral combat vessel is based. Photo: AFP

Malaysia ’s navy is preparing to take delivery of a warship fully equipped for anti-submarine, anti-air and electronic warfare – everything, that is, except a way to sink an enemy ship.

After nearly a decade of delays, financial

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US must act quickly to counter China’s growing tech progress, lawmakers told

Witnesses told lawmakers at a Congressional round table on Tuesday that the US needs to implement new strategies to counter Beijing’s growing prowess in the global technology industry, especially AI. Photo: Shutterstock

China is an existential threat to the United States , and Washington needs to slow Chinese momentum and accelerate US technological advances, or fall well behind the Asian giant, witnesses told lawmakers at a Congressional round table on Tuesday.

Among the possible strategies needed to counter Beijing’s growing prowess, analysts said, included expanding the Silicon Shield – an attempt to remove China from


Baby Rufus in urgent need of heart donation, Hong Kong health authorities say

Hong Kong health authorities have made an urgent appeal for a heart transplant for a six-month-old boy in a critical condition, saying the Hospital Authority will also seek assistance from mainland China soon.

An authority spokesman said on Tuesday evening that six-month-old Rufus, who suffers from dilated cardiomyopathy and is in the paediatric intensive care unit at Hong Kong Children’s Hospital, urgently needed a heart transplant.

“Given the critical condition of the patient, in addition to proactively searching for a suitable heart locally

The Hospital Authority building on Argyle Street in Mong Kok. According to the authority, donors for Rufus can be of any blood type and should weigh between 6.5kg and 23kg. Photo: Jelly Tse

US House votes to make daylight saving time permanent, passing bill to ‘ditch the switch’

There will be no turning back the clock if the US House has its way.

The House passed a bill on Tuesday that would make daylight saving time permanent. Proponents, including the White House, argued the change would provide more daylight during the times that Americans are most active. The vote was 308-117.

Daylight saving time is that period between spring and fall when clocks in most parts of the United States are set one hour ahead of standard time. States could opt out if their respective

The sun sets near the US Capitol on Monday. Photo: Reuters

How Beijing’s islands of control are reshaping the South China Sea

A decade after Beijing rejected the ruling by The Hague’s Permanent Court of Arbitration on its South China Sea claims, rival nations continue to manoeuvre for control. In the third of our series on the anniversary, Laura Zhou looks at why the gap between international law and geopolitical reality on the water has never been wider.

On a scorching morning this summer, more than a hundred Chinese tourists stepped ashore on Tree Island in the hotly contested Paracels.

They were greeted not only by blue skies and turquoise waters, but also


Boko Haram exploited US and Chinese AI chatbots for attacks, Cambridge study finds

Huddled in a room around a big screen, dozens of Boko Haram members listened intently as external consultants, whom they called “the white guys”, coached them on how to use leading artificial intelligence chatbots with laptops pre-installed with VPNs and encryption software.

The workshop was one of several training sessions delivered by specialised AI “trainers”, likely members of the vast Islamic State network, to Boko Haram members in northeastern Nigeria sometime during 2023 or 2024, according to a former Boko Haram

Researchers say Boko Haram used OpenAI’s ChatGPT alongside other AI chatbots. Photo: AFP

Cambodia aspires to shed its dependencies while staying connected

People arrive at the construction site of the Funan Techo canal along the Prek Takeo channel in Kandal province, Cambodia, on August 5, 2024. Photo: EPA-EFE

Stefano Arroque is a researcher in EU affairs, Central European politics and EU-Southeast Asia relations.

Connectivity can be an ambiguous term. Different states use it in different ways at different times. In Southeast Asia, as in other regions where regional diplomacy exists in the backdrop of ever-stronger great power disputes, connectivity lies in the conflux of economics, trade necessities and the unyielding pressure of geopolitics.

In few countries is this more evident than

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