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HKUST head bowing out early
Good morning.
Now that the holiday season is approaching, Iâd like to share a great list of things that you can gift the minimalist(s) in your life (like me!).
Audiobooks and video games are two other ideas I thought of that I didnât see on the list. Let me know if there are any other good minimalist gift ideas we missed!
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On Todayâs Tide:
Shocked by power price rise
COVID-19
Poll-related arrests
Events: Women talk science
Behind the paywall:
Taking âgweiloâ to court
Fortune-teller fiasco
COVID-19 and government updates
Your power bill is going up đŹ
As of the new year, the cost of electricity is set to rise 7% on Hong Kong Island and 5.8% in the New Territories and Kowloon.
Hong Kong relies on natural gas for its power and according to HK Electric and CLP, increasing natural gas prices â by 60%! â are the reason for the coming changes. This means that households of three people will be paying about $20 more a month for their electricity.
Itâs pretty obvious who will be the most impacted by the price increase for electricity: the poor (especially those living in subdivided flats) and the struggling food and beverage sector will carry greater burdens with the bigger bills coming their way.
COVID news
New cases: 4 (preliminary positives)
What are HSBCâs plans for unvaccinated employees? See more COVID-19 updates behind the paywall.
Arrests ahead of LegCo polls
Three people were arrested for allegedly encouraging others online to send in blank votes in the Legislative Council elections this December.
One woman and two men were arrested and charged under the Election Ordinance, which forbids people from doing what they did â incite others to either cast a blank ballot or not vote at all. The three have since been released on bail.
They are facing up to three years in jail and a HK$200,000 fine for the crime they committed.
See below the paywall for more government news.
Surprise farewell for HKUST head
Professor Wei Shyy has announced that he will step down from his position as president of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in October 2022, under a year before the end of his five-year term.
He has not given an official reason behind his early departure from the university.
Events / Exhibitions etc.
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Today you can listen in to a talk with four established women who will discuss the issue of gender equality in the world of science as it exists today.
From the event promotion:
The "Connecting the dots: art-women-science" conference features French artist Jeanne Susplugas (online), and Dr. Frances Jingwen Jin from the Psychopathology, Affective Neuroscience & Decision-Making Laboratory of the University of Hong Kong. It will be moderated by representatives of the Hong Kong Student Association of Neuroscience, as part of their Diversity Initiative. This event will be the 2nd conference in the Consulate's annual series âScience Talks are [Women] Talksâ. It echoes one of the priorities of the 30th edition of the French Science Festival, which aims to highlight the issue of gender equality in science.
Date: Wednesday, 10 November, 2021
Time: 18:00-19:30 HKT / 11:00-12:30 CET
Venue: CBA, G/F, Chow Yei Ching Building, HKU Main Campus, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam OR on Zoom
âGweiloâ is not discrimination
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