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Flat cut-paper illustration of a planned lantern festival setting, featuring a large layered banyan-tree lantern with exposed roots, smaller lanterns arranged along an avenue, and simplified moon, paired-fish and lotus installations on a Victoria Park ground plane.

Hong Kong plans inaugural lantern festival with walk-in banyan display

Victoria Park’s planned September festival will combine lanterns from 20 countries and regions with a walk-in installation based on Hong Kong banyan trees.

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A flat graphic collage of connected modular programme spaces, a second expanded row of cohort tiles, a bridge-like relay strip, and a small stack of application cards, using muted lime, mineral blue, soft coral and dusty teal.

Society & Culture · 12 Sep

Hong Kong mentorship programme expands second cohort to 120 places

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Top-down cut-paper illustration of a sports park with a green segmented pitch, surrounding venue, retail, dining and hotel blocks, and an abstract ring of event and maintenance markers.

Society & Culture · 12 Sep

Rosanna Law says Kai Tak targets may need a pragmatic review

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Cut-paper architectural illustration of a fenced animal shelter plan with a marked eastern section, a civic planning document, a three-month calendar extension ending in December 2026, and evenly spaced kennel markers.

Society & Culture · 12 Sep

Planning Department extends deadline for Sai Kung dog shelter to 12 December

The three-month reprieve gives the operator time to pursue temporary planning permission while arrangements for about 70 dogs remain unresolved.

A flat cut-paper illustration of an archival exhibition display: a silver microphone stand beside stacked photographic prints and negatives, a black vinyl record, abstract student-design panels and a shallow darkroom tray on simple gallery plinths, with muted dusty-teal accents and no people.

Society & Culture · 11 Sep

Free HKDI exhibition celebrates Leslie Cheung with rare photographs and student designs

The exhibition is scheduled to run until 15 November 2026, although reports differ on whether it opened on 11 or 12 September.

A cut-paper illustration of Kai Tak Arena with a stylized horse shape, layered stage arcs and geometric route-like bands in soft coral, mineral blue, dusty teal and muted ochre.

Society & Culture · 11 Sep

CAVALLUNA reportedly makes Asian debut at Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Arena

The European equestrian theatre production is supported by Hong Kong’s Cultural and Arts Events Fund, with Culture, Sports and Tourism Secretary Rosanna Law attending the opening ceremony.

Flat graphic collage showing a historic stone seawall along blue harbour water, with a separate coloured pedestrian walkway running beside it between two abstract waterfront points and small geometric markers suggesting historical interpretation and multiple viewing angles.

Society & Culture · 11 Sep

Kennedy Town seawall’s Grade 2 status reported as 200-metre walkway planned

Star Headline described the status as proposed, while RTHK reported that it had been granted; construction is forecast to start in mid-2028.

A quiet still life of layered newspaper pages and a folded periodical on a simple desk surface, marked with the years 1973, 1977 and 2021, with a closed fountain pen beside an unoccupied column area.

Society & Culture · 10 Sep

Hsin Tao founder Lam Hang-chi dies, reports say

Star Headline reported that Lam was 86; Ming Pao did not give his age or an exact date of death.

Top-down cut-paper illustration of eight voucher cards beside an afternoon-tea cup and plate, with geometric community-centre markers linked around them and a small September-to-November date strip.

Society & Culture · 8 Sep

Hong Kong elderly voucher scheme to reach 70,000 people with HK$18 meals

The sixth round will be distributed from September 16 through more than 200 elderly centres, with vouchers valid from October 1 to November 30.

A flat cut-paper illustration of simplified West Kowloon cultural buildings connected by an upward pathway and interlocking blue, coral, ochre, teal and lime geometric blocks, suggesting a cross-sector philanthropy forum and collaborative civic ambition.

Society & Culture · 7 Sep

Hong Kong philanthropy forum opens at West Kowloon as government targets global hub

Chief Secretary Eric Chan said Hong Kong would build on its tax system and philanthropic sector as the two-day event brought together about 2,000 participants.

Flat cut-paper illustration of four simplified Kowloon West urban sleeping-site settings connected by temperature, humidity and sampling markers, with coral heat bands reaching an apparent-temperature reading of 48.5°C and a blue cluster suggesting cooling, community and bathhouse support facilities

Society & Culture · 6 Sep

Kowloon West sleeping site recorded apparent temperature of 48.5°C, Impact HK survey finds

The July-to-August study also found severe pest problems affecting sleep and skin health, with 87% of respondents staying at their sites during extreme weather.

Cut-paper architectural collage showing simplified Kai Tak Sports Park and waterfront promenade linked by a coral route ribbon to an unnamed Kai Tak park, with a separate route connection from Tsim Sha Tsui toward Victoria Park and geometric markers suggesting an expanded Hong Kong running programme

Society & Culture · 4 Sep

Hong Kong Marathon 2027 to offer record 78,000 places and new Kai Tak 5km race

The main race will be held on 17 January 2027, with public ballot registration opening on 11 September 2026.

Top-down editorial illustration of a blank reusable eco-bag beneath a public notice panel, with a withdrawn entry sheet and a clean closure band in muted blue and neutral tones.

Society & Culture · 3 Sep

Po Leung Kuk cancels ‘From Weapons to Love’ primary school contest after backlash

The Family Crisis Support Service said its presentation of domestic-violence-related objects could cause misunderstanding and concern, and pledged to use more suitable, positive and non-violent approaches in future public activities.

A people-free civic diagram shows a plain identification collar, a coiled lead marked at 1.5 metres, a measuring rule, licensing and microchip cards, and a branching assessment pathway with physical evaluation as the main route and DNA testing as a secondary option.

Society & Culture · 2 Sep

AFCD says suspected fighting dogs may be taken for assessment on reasonable suspicion

The department says veterinarians assess physical features rather than classifying dogs after a brief visual check, following several recent removals.

Flat cut-paper illustration of Victoria Harbour with nine simplified launch platforms beneath a broad geometric fireworks screen divided into eight sections, including gold and red sun rings, orbiting stars, coloured spheres, red hearts and yellow stars.

Society & Culture · 2 Sep

Hong Kong National Day fireworks set for October 1 with 31,888 fireworks

The 23-minute Victoria Harbour display will begin at 8pm and feature eight sections, with an estimated budget of about HK$18 million.