Hong Kong’s HK$690 million Central Library opens in Causeway Bay in 2001 – SCMP archive
Tung vows to make library a world-class cultural centre By Shirley Lau This article was first published on May 17, 2001 After years of...
China turns coal power plant exhaust into cheap, effective fertiliser
A Chinese company is turning the emissions from a coal-fired power plant into fertiliser, expanding the application of a technology that could make both...
Move over K-beauty, Thailand is the next big thing in aesthetics
Published: 1:30pm, 17 May 2026Updated: 1:37pm, 17 May 2026 The face of beauty in Asia is changing, says Dr Dissapong Panithaporn. He should know,...
Hong Kong police to prosecute 7th suspect in 1999 murder, seeking 8th
Published: 1:09pm, 17 May 2026Updated: 5:00pm, 17 May 2026 Hong Kong police will prosecute a seventh suspect and are seeking another over the murder...
Republican Senator Bill Cassidy pays the price for voting to convict Trump
US President Donald Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jnr succeeded in their efforts to defeat Senator Bill Cassidy in Louisiana’s Republican primary,...
Melbourne-US Qantas flight diverted after man bites crew member
Published: 12:02pm, 17 May 2026Updated: 12:06pm, 17 May 2026 Australia’s Qantas was forced to divert a flight bound for the United States over a...
China launches new war on deserts with technology tested on far side of the moon
China has launched a new offensive on desertification in western Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, deploying the same technology used on the moon to help...
Dog-friendly restaurants will get 90 officers helping them meet license rules
Published: 12:00pm, 17 May 2026Updated: 1:30pm, 17 May 2026 Hong Kong’s food hygiene authorities are training 90 officers to assist and inspect restaurants applying...
China offers Southeast Asia clear nuclear power advantages
Southeast Asia stands at the threshold of a nuclear renaissance. Vietnam and Russia signed an agreement in March for the Ninh Thuan 1 Nuclear...