Recently an issue concerning whether the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) has a power of sub-sovereignty has been raised by the local media in regard to Chief Executive Donald Tsang's direct call to Philippine President Benigno Aquino on August 23 when Hong Kong tourists were being held hostage in Manila.

The country's celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone (SEZ) has given Hong Kong a chance to evaluate the past and look ahead and see how the SEZ has affected the development of Hong Kong.

Death is the inevitable destiny of all. Troubles and torment should come to their natural conclusion when the time of the great transition comes. But living in Hong Kong, people scramble to find their final resting place and the issue has become unsettling to many. Land in the city is in desperately short supply not only for the living, but for the dead as well.

The Octopus scandal took on a new twist when a cardholder filed a claim for HK$50 compensation because, he said, Octopus sold his personal private data to third parties.

Public housing in Hong Kong has gone through a number of transitional stages during the past 50 years.

The horse racing season just opened on Sunday. Horse racing is one of Hong Kong's most popular pastimes. In the last racing season, it was responsible for a turnover of HK$71.65 billion ($9.22 billion), up nearly 6 percent from a year earlier.