Hong Kong protests bring crisis of confidence for traditional media | World news. Every time Alice Lau visits Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests, she wears two photo ID badges, slung around her neck in a clear plastic sheath. The first badge identifies her as a full-time employee of a pro-government newspaper. Every day, her employer condemns the unprecedented protests, now in their second month, for wreaking havoc on the city’s transportation networks and economic vitality. The second card identifies her as a volunteer reporter for an outspoken Facebook-based news outlet with more than 100,000 subscribers.
One badge always obscures the other. By day, she displays the first. By night, as she camps out in protest zones and faces down riot police, she displays the second. Alice Lau is a pseudonym. Hong Kong’s traditional media is suffering a crisis of confidence. The protests’ intensely public nature has fostered a heightened sense of caution. Simon said that a crackdown, while unlikely, would be devastating for the city. Next Media has found itself on the frontline. South-East Asia and China: All change at ASEAN. Overview. Sky-High Vegetables: Vertical Farming Sprouts In Singapore : The Salt. Hide captionSenior Minister of State Lee Yi Shyan transplants some leafy green seedlings at the grand opening of Singapore's first commercial vertical farm.
Courtesy of MNDSingapore. Senior Minister of State Lee Yi Shyan transplants some leafy green seedlings at the grand opening of Singapore's first commercial vertical farm. Singapore is taking local farming to the next level, literally, with the opening of its first commercial vertical farm. Entrepreneur Jack Ng says he can produce five times as many vegetables as regular farming looking up instead of out. Half a ton of his Sky Greens bok choy and Chinese cabbages, grown inside 120 slender 30-foot towers, are already finding their way into Singapore's grocery stores.
The idea behind vertical farming is simple: Think of skyscrapers with vegetables climbing along the windows. Or a library-sized greenhouse with racks of cascading vegetables instead of books. The limiting factor is light. Illustration by Sweco/Plantagon. 3 :: Hong Kong GBC Puts Forward Electricity Reduction Plan. Singapore plans rare protest as population debate rages.