SAI KUNG BUZZ

Sha Kok Mei author takes kids for ride on wild side

1 March 2015 rmedcalf 0

Sha Kok Mei author Matt Cooper publishes his second book this month. Black Rain Day is a “kids’ book set in the place we live in”, Matt said. Local animals take a child on a […]

540 apartments near centre of town to go on sale soon

1 March 2015 rmedcalf 0

Sino Land plans to sell 540 apartments, all near the centre of Sai Kung town, in the next two years, according to its latest annual report. Two sites bought at Government auction have total attributable […]

Sporting couple pack for Devon and put home on sale at $28m

1 March 2015 rmedcalf 0

Dominic and Abi Stead, well-known because of their sailing, rugby, soccer and triathlon activity, are moving back to England. After stints with Walt Disney and CBRE over 19 years Dominic decided it was time for […]

Smuggling in our waters rarely weapons, drugs, humans: police

1 March 2015 rmedcalf 0

Smuggling in Sai Kung waters is rarely nasty — weapons, drugs, humans– a marine police source said. It’s mostly commercial, ie high-value products such as hard-drives, medical instruments and agarwood. Even cars. A light aircraft pilot recalls […]

Priest turns 80 and plans to carry on for 5 years

1 March 2015 rmedcalf 0

Father Carlo Tei has turned 80 and says he plans to stay as parish priest of Sai Kung for another five years. Father Tei said Catholic Diocese rules require priests to resign when they reach […]

Activist academics film 60 Pangolins in Hoi Ha

1 March 2015 rmedcalf 0

Prince William put it well: “The pangolin runs the risk of becoming extinct before most people have heard of them.” At least 60 pangolins are believed to be living in the Hoi Ha area, based […]

Rents in Sai Kung 40% lower than HK, property prices 7%, Spacious says

1 March 2015 rmedcalf 0

The new property website, Spacious, makes riveting reading and may shake up the sector. For renters and buyers in Sai Kung and Clearwater Bay its analyses are scary. Spacious was started in 2013 by an […]

Are the likes of Facebook and Twitter doing more harm than good?

1 February 2015 rmedcalf 0

Is social media harming youngsters psychologically? Are people becoming media-enabled or media-dependent? Are they more isolated and their anxieties growing? These questions are posed in a new book called The App Generation by two American professors, […]

Church that says it is not a church but wants to be one

1 February 2015 rmedcalf 0

The Resurrection Church has applied for Government land in Sai Kung on which to build its own church, according Rev. Peter Hurricks. Opinion among the Church committee and congregation about whether this is a good […]

Sai Kung author, Paul Letters, publishes first novel this month

1 February 2015 rmedcalf 0

Paul Letters, who lives in Wong Chuk Wan Village, Sai Kung, will publish his first novel on 26 February. A Chance Kill is historical fiction inspired by Paul’s grandmother who escaped across Europe in 1939 – […]