This Week in the News is your weekly roundup of the top headlines in Hong Kong. If you have to read only one thing today to keep from being clueless, this is it. This breakdown has been arranged in chronological order, starting from Monday.
Hong Kong’s very lucrative tutoring industry
Can you believe the tutoring industry is a US$255 million business in Hong Kong and in-demand tutors can command salaries of US$3 million a year!
Kindergarten application forms sold online
Nurseries in the Northern districts are still in high demand and parents camping outside schools overnight just for an application form are no longer a rare sight. Some individuals have decided to make some money from this unfortunate situation, lining-up and reselling these kindergarten application forms online for HK$500.
Ming Pao’s Chinese newspaper editor replaced
Just days after the Chinese newspaper Ming Pao fell in credibility ratings in a university poll the editor was promptly replaced and transferred to the group’s electronic books and teaching materials unit.
Be paid to drink beer
Beertopia is coming to Hong Kong Mar. 13-15 and they’re looking to hire two people to be their official beer tasters.
Quit smoking for cash
Professor of Public Health at the University of Hong Kong, Lam Tai-hing has been exploring new ways to get the youth to quit smoking, thinking of methods like a cash incentive of HK$300!
Mother and 4-year-old daughter isolated for H7N9
Oh-no, after being in contact with a 31-year-old man in Shenzhen confirmed to have caught the H7N9 bird flu virus, a mother and her four-year-old daughter has been ordered to be isolated.
Tuen Mun hospital ranked the worst hospital for the fifth year
Try your best to stay away from Tuen Mun hospital as it claims the spot for performing the worst in many categories by the Hospital Authority’s internal performance audit.
7-inch rat at McDonald’s
How gross! Luckily a McDonald’s staff managed to pull-off some Bruce Lee moves to kill the rodent and save the day. Read how customers clambered onto the tables here.
