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Leading Hong Kong palaeontologist Michael Pittman was inundated with phone calls and media inquiries last month when the first dinosaur fossils were discovered in the city. The overwhelming response was in a stark contrast to the limited attention in the city he received over another groundbreaking finding, made public the day before the discovery was […]
Lawmakers have slammed a promotional video touting Hong Kong as an international education hub as being “sloppy, mundane and misleading”, with an official promising to improve the film. The three-minute clip had already been broadcast at an international education fair in Australia in March and played up local delicacies, the proximity of the countryside and […]
The first dinosaur fossils discovered in Hong Kong may provide valuable insights into the Cretaceous period’s terrestrial ecosystems in South China and bring new blood to the academic field, experts have said. But a veteran geologist expressed concerns that the fascinating find could result in lasting damage to nature, adding that the city’s curriculum design […]