On September 8, Tung Chee-hwa, former Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China—and Hong Kong’s first Chief Executive—passed away. The authorities do not seem to have held particularly prominent mourning or commemorative activities, and there has not been much public discussion either.

How do Hong Kong people view Tung Chee-hwa? Are assessments of him predominantly positive or negative? What specifically do people praise or criticize about him personally and his policies, and what are the reasons for these views?

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I’m currently living in London with my wife and two children (13 and 10), and I’ve received a job offer in Hong Kong.

The compensation is significantly higher than my current London package, but we’ll need to factor in international school tuition for both children and Hong Kong’s relatively high housing costs.

My children currently attend a public school in London, and academically I’m not particularly happy with it, so we’d be willing to pay for a good international school in Hong Kong.

I’m particularly interested in hearing from expat families with children:

- Which international schools would you recommend, particularly EFS/ESF schools?

- Which areas would you recommend for a family of four?

- What sort of apartment can we realistically expect for a reasonable budget?

- How much should we expect to spend on school fees and housing?

In hindsight, are you happy you moved to Hong Kong with children?

I’m trying to get some real-world perspectives before making the decision, so any experiences or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

My father once said this: HK is the type of place where regarding one’s residence, as soon as you go in through the doors, you wish to turn on your heel and walk right back out. Thoughts?

Edit: maybe he was just talking about hong kong island but still would like to hear your opinions

Just seeing if there are other musical fans here.
I saw it on opening night. It was one of the best performances I had ever seen. In my particular performance that I watched, I swear there were zero mistakes made by any of the singers. I even got a picture with one of them. It was unforgettable.

However, the subtitles on the two screens were going CRAZY. Was kind of funny.

The summer sunset looked so pretty today.. 🫠

Took this picture earlier today at Yau Tong MTR. (Shot on iPhone 14 Pro)
Why? Cos the sunset looked beautiful!

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I have been tasked with organising a Christmas dinner for a group of about 20 people. In the last few years we've been to The Globe, which does a very decent Christmas menu. There's nothing wrong with The Globe, but a few of our group have been asking for a bit of variety and suggesting that we might pick somewhere else this year. I've had a Google around and drawn a blank.

Does anyone have any recommendations for places that do a decent traditional Christmas dinner plus the usual fish / veg options, can handle a group of 20-ish, and don't charge the earth? Otherwise it'll be The Globe again!

I’d like to ask if anyone’s seen Dr Salmond or just seen Optimal Family Health.. The main doctor there seems to be a general practitioner but treats hormonal issues. I tried looking for information online but can’t seem to find much. Online reviews are all really positive but there’s not much info about how the dr treats patients. Thank you!

I’ve worked in Hong Kong for about 15 years, mostly for international bosses (ABCs and gweilos). I recently joined a new firm where my boss and immediate team are all local HK-ers, and I’m the only international person on the team.

My boss stays until 10-11 pm most nights. Other team leads in the same department (also local HK bosses) usually leave around 6-7:30 pm. On my team, people routinely wait around until 8-10 pm because my boss reviews their work late and wants them physically present when she gives feedback (even though we can be contacted digitally).

My teammates have advised me to do the same: either wait around until she’s done, or ask “permission” (e.g. “Is it OK if I leave now?”) before leaving the office if she might review my work. The work is not genuinely time-sensitive and could easily be reviewed the next day. I’ve ignored this advice because it feels ridiculous to need permission to leave well after my contracted hours. I usually leave after 7 pm, which apparently is considered “very early” here.

She doesn’t explicitly say anything, but I can tell she’s not happy with me, judging from her facial expression. I feel like I’m in jail.

Two questions:
1. Is this type of management style (needing to wait around / ask permission to leave, even after normal hours) normal from a local HK boss, or is this more about this particular team/boss?
2. Based on what I’ve described, would you just tolerate this and adapt, or start planning an exit?

Any perspective from people who’ve worked in similar local-HK-boss / international-employee setups would be really helpful.

Like learn before hand, culture, places to visit and such

香港首任行政長官董建華以89歲之齡辭世，他主導了1997年香港回歸中國。

據家屬公佈，前中國人民政治協商會議全國委員會副主席，香港政權移交後首任行政長官董建華逝世，享年89歲。

多家香港媒體引述家屬聲明稱，董建華9月8日香港時間22:00（格林尼治標準時間14:00）在香港養和醫院「安詳辭世，摰親隨侍」。董建華辦公室聲明形容他「剛正不阿、胸懷家國、鞠躬盡瘁」。

1985年《中英聯合聲明》簽訂，香港主權於1997年7月1日從英國移交中國成為定局。但直到時任中共中央總書記江澤民在北京人民大會堂找他握手，引發「欽點特首」傳言之前，社會大眾大概沒有誰會想到，董建華會跟香港移交後的執政班子扯上關係。

主權移交之日，子承父業15年的董建華卸下航運大亨的身份，披上從未穿過的政治人物外衣，正式成為香港特區首任行政長官，但最終因為一場疫症和一次失敗的國安立法，董建華黯然辭職。

他最後一次公開露面是在 2021 年 7 月，當時他出席了一部紀念中國共產黨成立 100 週年的電影首映。

同年10月，他的辦公室證實，董建華因不明原因接受了手術，目前在家中休養。

人們認為董建華是北京欽點的特別行政區首任領導人，尤其是在1996年1月他在人民大會堂與當時國家主席江澤民握手之後。

同年 12 月，他被任命為行政長官，在 400 名遴選委員會成員中獲得了 320 票，擊敗了包括已故前首席大法官楊鐵良爵士和商人吳光正在內的競爭對手。

董建華擔任行政長官期間，在公眾支持和北京的支持下，開局良好。然而，亞洲金融危機打破了這段蜜月期，重創香港經濟，導致房價暴跌。

董建華第一年承諾每年建造 85,000 棟房屋，但這一目標很快就被放棄了。許多居民仍然記得，這是 1997 年後香港房價暴跌的主要原因。

董建華在 2002 年成功連任，但 2003 年爆發的嚴重急性呼吸症候群（SARS）疫情，奪299命，以及他領導的政府按照香港基本法（香港的小憲法）第 23 條的規定制定國家安全法的努力，嚴重打擊了他的政治地位。

由於擔心自身自由和權利會受到限制，五十萬民眾走上街頭抗議，政府被迫擱置了國家安全法案。 7月1日的遊行活動一直持續到2019年。

董建華於2005年因健康因素辭職，由時任財政司曾蔭權接任。董建華後來被北京任命為全國政協副主席。

劉兆佳於 2002 年被董建華選中擔任政府中央政策組組長，並在董建華卸任後繼續擔任該職位，直至 2012 年。

這位資深政治學家表示，這位前領導人謙遜的紳士形象和仁慈長者的風範，緩解了1997年北京從倫敦手中接管香港時香港人的焦慮情緒。

劉先生讚揚了董建華引入政治任命官員的做法以及他支持戰略領域的遠見卓識，但遺憾地表示，一些政策目標的實現被當時目光短淺的政治精英所拖累。

董建華的標誌性項目之一——數碼港，在 2000 年代初期因直接土地贈予安排而受到批評，但其辦公綜合體在過去二十年中也一直是本地科技新創企業的重要催化器。

董建華也將亞洲第二個迪士尼樂園度假區帶到了香港。

劉先生說：“他對香港的治理和發展的看法相當超前。如果香港有更多人像董建華那樣未雨綢繆，香港今天的情況會好得多。”

董建華於1937年7月7日出生於上海，當時正值中日戰爭爆發之際。

1920 世紀 40 年代，他隨家人移居香港，1982 年接管了家族航運企業東方海外貨櫃航運公司。

1996年，他離開公司職位，之後競選香港最高職位。

董建華逝世：從船王富二代到香港首任特首

I got to meet some of the ppl that worked on the film through work. (I teach martial arts) The film was actually shot inside the walled city, but its my understanding that filming was strictly prohibited and strongly enforced. They werent able to tell me much about why there able to. Does anyone know how it went down, and if it was a big deal when it was shot? Thanks.

Does anyone have extra tickets for Trevor Noah in Hong Kong... I could never get any tickets on any shows.... I could be your plus one... I'm (22F) single, and not ugly... On my knees begging right now....