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Have you ever been so sad that you flew to a different country to sing a song in a river? Keep on reading to meet someone who has.

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Time Out Hong Kong @timeouthk

Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble to launch on May 26

bit.lyHong Kong-Singapore travel bubble to launch on May 26Designated flights listed for the travel bubble will be announced later today

3:00 PM ∙ Apr 26, 2021

• HK residents in the mainland will be allowed to come back to the city without quarantining as of Thursday. The Return2HK Scheme has up until now only allowed residents in Guangdong and Macau to return.

• Civil Human Rights Front has been given a week to provide documents or it will be subjected to investigation. Police have ordered the protest organiser to send in information (paywalled) such as its funding sources, expenses, bank accounts, and the reason it has not registered with the government.

• Former chief justice Geoffrey Ma has been appointed as an honorary law professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Ma will be advising the law faculty on its legal education program.

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This short video follows Chan Po-ying, a pro-democracy activist, as she visits her husband ‘Long Hair’ Leung in jail after he was charged under the national security law.

“Each visit takes over three hours, counting the commute and the waiting time. Sometimes, I even have to wait for three hours inside the centre. But I can only see him for 15 minutes each time, so it’s always too short, everything is in a rush.”

— Chan Po-ying

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An educational programme by an HK professor helps children with autism develop their social skills through the use of robots and roleplay.

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Hong Kong SAR Government News @newsgovhk

Youths find path to city forestry

dlvr.itYouths find path to city forestryThe Urban Forestry Support Fund offers study sponsorships and training allowances to students and trainees through two schemes to encourage youngsters to join the arboriculture and horticulture industry.

11:35 PM ∙ Apr 24, 2021

A scholarship from the Urban Forestry Support Fund’s Study Sponsorship Scheme could cover a student’s total tuition fee (up to $50,000) for each academic year.

Learn more about the scheme

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Here’s a video of a man singing ABBA in a river, who flew to Japan after he found out his girlfriend was cheating on him.

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