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This year, because of the downturn, it is more important than ever that we all reach out to help others and give whatever we can. Apart from our special recording on opening and closing ceremony, you'll also hear interviews with 13 beneficiaries.
What makes remarkable individuals tick? These interviews with world-renowned musicians may provide some clues. Whether serious and thoughtful or reflecting the joy and passion they experience in performing, all of these artists are uniquely inspiring.
Global Perspective is an annual series in which documentary makers from around the world (including RTHK) bring together stories that offer unique perspectives and thoughts on a single theme. This year's theme is "Old School, New School".
"The Sunday Smile" is a new English-language radio programme for primary school children. It gives a unique opportunity for children and parents to practice their English together. Starting from 14 December every Sunday morning from 9:00am to 9:30am, the show will feature fun educational segments, competitions with prizes, cool music, and contemporary stories.
The head of Beijing’s liaison office, Luo Huining, said on Wednesday that leaders of Hong Kong cannot be complacent or dodge responsibility if they want to achieve good governance. In a Lunar New Year speech, Luo said Hong Kong has entered a new chapter of One Country, Two Systems in the past year, with the city acquiring “a brand new look” after t…
媽咪也追星Di webmaster@rthk.hk (Radio Television Hong Kong)
Health officials say there’s a downward trend in the number of newly infected households at the Kwai Chung Estate block where an Omicron cluster started, as they express hope that the peak of the outbreak might be over. The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) on Wednesday reported 58 new cases linked to the public housing estate, as the tally of con…
Preliminary findings from an investigation into alleged abuse at a foster home in Prince Edward suggested that management must have been aware of the problem but did little to stop it. The director of the Society for the Protection of Children and superintendent of the Children's Residential Home run by the society have now resigned, and the report…
Security Secretary Chris Tang on Wednesday said the Official Secrets Ordinance will be amended to better tackle espionage in Hong Kong. Speaking at a Legislative Council meeting, he said certain countries have been attempting to engage in activities to endanger national security in the territory, with the social unrest in 2019 being a "vivid exampl…
An infectious diseases specialist on Wednesday urged the government to be more pragmatic and slightly relax its Covid restrictions, saying Hong Kong will have to endure the current wave of Omicron infections for months. Dr Wilson Lam said the ban on evening dine-in services at restaurants had resulted in more people eating out for lunch, and crowds…
Saudi Arabia has ordered the restoration of full diplomatic ties with Thailand and said the countries agreed to trade ambassadors, closing the chapter on three decades of mistrust and hostility between the nations that stemmed from a sensational jewelry heist. The rapprochement came during Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha's official visit to t…
Health authorities say they found two preliminary positive cases after an overnight lockdown at numbers 21 to 35 Hung Kwong Street in To Kwa Wan, where they tested about 190 people. No new Covid-19 cases were found during an overnight lockdown at Wai Chun House on Un Chau Street in Sham Shui Po. About 40 people were tested in the Sham Shui Po opera…
The US Coast Guard launched a search for 39 people reported missing when a boat capsized off the coast of Florida in a "suspected human smuggling venture," it said on Tuesday. The Coast Guard in Miami said it had received a report "from a good Samaritan" who rescued a man "clinging to a capsized vessel approximately 45 miles east of Fort Pierce Inl…
The United States warned Moscow on Tuesday of damaging sanctions, including measures personally targeting Vladimir Putin, as Russian combat troops massing around Ukraine launched new exercises. Tension appeared to be only increasing, with the White House saying the risk of a Russian invasion of Ukraine "remains imminent". Warning that would prompt …
The threat to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's position deepened on Tuesday, as police said they were investigating lockdown-breaking parties at his Downing Street office and government departments. Johnson's spokesman promised his full cooperation while the Conservative leader said he welcomed the probe as a chance to move on from weeks of r…
Health authorities have reported 124 new Covid-19 cases, 93 of which are locally transmitted infections. It’s the third day running that Hong Kong has seen a daily caseload of over 100. Fifty-three of Tuesday's local cases are linked to previous infections; while 33 are from virus-stricken Kwai Chung Estate. The Centre for Health Protection’s Dr Ch…
The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee said on Tuesday that 15 new positive cases of Covid-19 were detected among games-related personnel on January 24. Twelve of the confirmed positive cases were among new arrivals. The other three were found among those already in the closed loop, and of those three, one was an athlete or team offi…
At least 18 people were killed during clashes between two groups at a club in the town of Sorong in Indonesia's West Papua province, police said on Tuesday, with most dying after the night spot caught fire in the violence. "The clash broke out last night (Monday) at 11 pm. It was a prolonged conflict from a clash on Saturday," Sorong police chief A…
Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that she had ordered Home Affairs Secretary Caspar Tsui not to return to work until a disciplinary investigation is completed into his attendance at a Covid-hit birthday party. More than a dozen other officials also joined the party on January 3, but Tsui is the only one still off work, Lam said. He will b…
Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced on Tuesday that another block in the Covid-stricken Kwai Chung Estate will be locked down for five days. Ha Kwai House had already been sealed off overnight for mass testing, but Lam said there’s a need to extend the lockdown in light of the new Omicron cases discovered there. Speaking ahead of the weekly Execut…
Six preliminary positive cases have been found in two of three overnight lockdowns imposed by health authorities. Health officials found five preliminary positive Covid cases at an overnight lockdown in Ha Kwai House in Kwai Chung Estate – the centre of a major outbreak - after testing about 525 people. Another preliminary positive case was found i…
European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic said on Monday discussions with Britain could resolve Northern Irish trading challenges if goodwill was maintained, after talks with British Foreign Minister Liz Truss held in a "constructive atmosphere". Sefcovic, who oversees the European Union's ties with post-Brexit Britain, said discussions nee…
Legislative Council President Andrew Leung said on Monday that an outsourced Legco worker has tested preliminary positive for Covid-19, but he brushed aside concerns over a possible outbreak at the complex. The worker, who lives in the virus-stricken Yat Kwai House in Kwai Chung Estate, last worked at the complex on January 19. "I don't think every…
Chief Justice Andrew Cheung said on Monday that Hong Kong’s judicial independence “exists as a fact” and any unsubstantiated criticism of court decisions is meaningless and hollow. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the legal year, Cheung said the subject of Hong Kong’s judicial independence has attracted a fair amount of attention and comments, b…
Hong Kong has seen a rebound in the number of foreign companies and startups in the past year despite the ongoing pandemic and travel restrictions, according to a survey by Invest Hong Kong. The department found that the total number of foreign firms in Hong Kong has reached a record high of 9,049, ten percent up from 2017. There was also a 68 perc…
The police have urged people not to go to the Mong Kok Flower Market in light of Hong Kong's worsening Covid outbreak, adding that those who do go should avoid peak times. The force made the appeal as it announced a series of crowd and traffic control measures to be adopted near the market from Thursday to February 1 - the first day of the Chinese …
A think tank has called on the government to cut back public consultation on housing developments so it can build public flats faster. That’s one of the suggestions floated by the Our Hong Kong Foundation on Monday to streamline procedures, so, it says, the waiting time for public housing can be shortened from almost six years to less than four. Th…
A microbiologist from the University of Hong Kong on Monday said the severity of Omicron should not be downplayed and the coronavirus variant should not be considered to be like the common cold, even though it is weaker than previous strains of Covid-19. Dr Jasper Chan said experiments on human tissue and mice showed Omicron replicates with a much …
Health officials said on Monday that no positive cases were found during an overnight lockdown of Fu Keung House in Tai Wo Hau Estate. They said about 1,150 residents were tested during the operation, which ended at about 7am. The officials said they visited about 720 households during the testing, and will follow up 40 households which did not ans…
Beijing city officials on Sunday said all two million residents of a neighbourhood where a small cluster of coronavirus cases was detected will be tested, less than two weeks before the start of the Winter Olympics. China's cases constitute a tiny fraction of the massive surge in countries around the globe, with the highly contagious Omicron varian…
Police fired water cannon and tear gas Sunday at stone-throwing protesters after tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through Brussels against Covid-19 rules. Authorities estimated that around 50,000 people paraded through the Belgian capital -- the largest in a spate of protests in the city over the past months. Clashes broke out close to th…
開明爸爸教女經Di webmaster@rthk.hk (Radio Television Hong Kong)
29個窮孩子的爸爸Di webmaster@rthk.hk (Radio Television Hong Kong)
從小學理財Di webmaster@rthk.hk (Radio Television Hong Kong)
超前孩子的超前教育Di webmaster@rthk.hk (Radio Television Hong Kong)
情意教育Di webmaster@rthk.hk (Radio Television Hong Kong)
孫子兵法與學習Di webmaster@rthk.hk (Radio Television Hong Kong)
校園從心出發Di webmaster@rthk.hk (Radio Television Hong Kong)
騎行者的天與地Di webmaster@rthk.hk (Radio Television Hong Kong)
我的航天夢Di webmaster@rthk.hk (Radio Television Hong Kong)
家有過動兒Di webmaster@rthk.hk (Radio Television Hong Kong)
人生百年立於幼學Di webmaster@rthk.hk (Radio Television Hong Kong)
讀障也可闖出一片天Di webmaster@rthk.hk (Radio Television Hong Kong)
教養孩子從禮儀開始Di webmaster@rthk.hk (Radio Television Hong Kong)
不讓兒童受傷害Di webmaster@rthk.hk (Radio Television Hong Kong)
保護兒童Di webmaster@rthk.hk (Radio Television Hong Kong)
我的奧運教練爸爸Di webmaster@rthk.hk (Radio Television Hong Kong)
農夫爸爸Di webmaster@rthk.hk (Radio Television Hong Kong)
向大灣區進發Di webmaster@rthk.hk (Radio Television Hong Kong)
疫情下的兒童快樂指數Di webmaster@rthk.hk (Radio Television Hong Kong)
「周身癮」的校長爸爸Di webmaster@rthk.hk (Radio Television Hong Kong)
讓孩子吃出長壽健康Di webmaster@rthk.hk (Radio Television Hong Kong)
聽聽校長心底話Di webmaster@rthk.hk (Radio Television Hong Kong)
催眠和洗腦Di webmaster@rthk.hk (Radio Television Hong Kong)
