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A muted paper-textured still life showing an empty dog collar and leash beside a folded abstract running map with a broken route line and small hillside and beach colour blocks.

Society & Culture · 2 Sep

Fiancée of late firefighter mourns death of dog they kept together

Kiki said in a September 2 social-media post that the Shiba Inu had “run to find Daddy”.

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Flat cut-paper illustration of a museum exhibition building with blue and teal visitor-flow bands, a coral grid of merchandise packages, and archive-like blocks leading toward a research node.

Society & Culture · 31 Aug

Hong Kong Palace Museum Egyptian exhibition closes after more than 670,000 visits and HK$33m in merchandise revenue

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Abstract civic diagram showing a blank dog registration card with front and side photo fields, a microchip data grid, a leash loop and a transition band leading toward an inspection marker.

Society & Culture · 31 Aug

Hong Kong dog inspections prompt welfare concerns and calls for transition period

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Abstract illustration of questionnaire sheets, a five-part well-being scale marked at 2.87, a separate field with slightly more than one highlighted segment, and a detached translucent screen frame, with no people shown.

Society & Culture · 30 Aug

More than one in five Hong Kong secondary students at high risk of appearance anxiety, survey finds

The Baptist Oi Kwan Social Service survey also found an average well-being score of 2.87 out of five among more than 1,300 respondents.

A close-detail cut-paper illustration of a dog collar and lead beside a simplified paved public-space boundary, with three calendar tabs marking August 30, September 5 and September 6, 2026, and a neutral civic information placard.

Society & Culture · 28 Aug

Hong Kong dog-control enforcement operations set for three dates in 2026

The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department will focus on public places where dogs gather and take immediate action over improper control.

A cut-paper illustration of a simplified West Kowloon theatre entrance opening into nested stage frames, combining contemporary geometric architecture, Tang-inspired decorative panels and a small peach-blossom motif in coral, ochre, teal and mineral blue.

Society & Culture · 28 Aug

I Love Peach Blossom premieres at Freespace as Hong Kong hosts mainland theatre

The Beijing Association of Societies-organised production began a reported four-day run at the West Kowloon Cultural District venue on August 27, 2026.

Flat cut-paper illustration of a park lantern boulevard with a tall banyan-tree lantern, a large moon and lotus motifs, varied international lantern forms, a cluster of handmade rabbit, star-fruit and goldfish lanterns, and a small mooncake-market stall.

Society & Culture · 28 Aug

Hong Kong to stage first international Mid-Autumn lantern spectacular at Victoria Park in 2026

The September 17–27 event will feature lanterns from around 20 countries and regions, giant Nanjing designs, local handmade displays and a charity mooncake market.

A cut-paper style civic collage shows ten teal, coral, ochre and blue support-centre blocks connected by routes to abstract household tiles, activity panels, communication nodes and a small weather-information symbol.

Society & Culture · 24 Aug

Ethnic minority care teams reach more than 18,000 households through 10 Hong Kong centres

The teams provide home visits, community outreach and emergency support with help from social workers, programme workers and culturally familiar volunteers.

A contemporary cut-paper illustration shows a simplified temple facade behind an open calligraphy book, a neat grid of small marks suggesting a large group of new primary pupils, coral-red circular accents referencing a cinnabar-dotting ritual, and folded textile shapes associated with traditional0

Society & Culture · 23 Aug

About 150 children take part in initiation ceremony at Wong Tai Sin Temple

The Primary One entrants wore traditional Confucian clothing and joined rituals including paying respects and cinnabar-dotting on August 23.

Flat cut-paper illustration of an open community facility interior with connected cooking, dining and learning zones, a separate food-preparation counter, desks and books, and abstract multilingual sign panels.

Society & Culture · 20 Aug

Jordan community living room opens to serve 400 subdivided-flat households

The Yau Tsim Mong facility includes shared cooking areas, halal-friendly preparation space, multilingual signs and classes for families from different ethnic backgrounds.

Top-down cut-paper diagram of an abstract Hong Kong city grid with incoming geometric tokens balancing a smaller descending stream, ending in a large provisional population counter.

Society & Culture · 18 Aug

Hong Kong population rises 0.3% to 7.52 million as net inflow offsets natural decline

The provisional mid-2026 estimate showed 39,800 more residents entering than leaving, while deaths outnumbered births by 20,400.

Cut-paper illustration of Man Mo Temple in Sheung Wan with incense coils, fortune sticks, abstract job-search cards and small social-media tile shapes arranged in a warm summer street scene.

Society & Culture · 17 Aug

Man Mo Temple draws young job seekers seeking reassurance amid difficult market

Recent graduates are reportedly burning incense and drawing fortune sticks at the Sheung Wan temple in the hope of receiving job offers.

Cut-paper style illustration of a Hong Kong theme-park birthday display, with a tall panda-themed bun tower at center, three simplified panda forms on separate rounded platforms, foliage, and a graphic area of small panda sculptures.

Society & Culture · 15 Aug

Panda twins turn two as Law says they will soon need to live separately

Jia Jia and De De celebrated at Ocean Park with their mother Ying Ying, while birthday activities will continue through the end of August.