Medium Raw

Medium Raw Production is founded by a group of Hong Kong students studying in the UK. We hope to unite students from different institutions and to provide them a platform to have their say on current affairs happening in the UK and HK. Materials on this webpage do not belong to Medium Raw Production, unless stated. Please contact us if you wish to be credited or to have any materials removed. 

[latimes]

A look back at the Berlin Wall 25 years after it came down.

Photo: Al Seib / Los Angeles Times

[newsweekscience]

The war is over; now comes the reconstruction. Slowly—actually very slowly and unsurely to boot—Gaza is starting the task of rebuilding its devastated homes and stores and schools after the summer war with Israel. But as winter approaches, and despite billions of dollars in donations and a great deal of international good will, unresolved political and regional issues are dimming any hope that there will be a quick return to normal life in the Strip.

Everyone wants Gaza to be rebuilt before winter sets in. But bombings and bickering keep getting in the way.

Get the story at Newsweek.com

[bloombergphotos]

Smoggy Summit?                                                                            

The Beijing National Stadium, also known as the Bird’s Nest, one of the venues for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, stands illuminated at night in Beijing, China.

Beijing may be hit by smoggy weather as world leaders gather in China’s capital for the APEC summit, even as the government pushes for blue skies by shutting power plants and banning street-side barbecues.

From Nov. 8-11, the city and surrounding areas will experience slight to moderate smog because of unfavorable conditions for pollutants to disperse, Wang Zhihua, a spokesman for the China Meteorological Administration said in comments posted on the agency’s website.

To cut pollution for the forum, the government has sought to limit cars on the roads and restrict industrial production. Heads of state including U.S. President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are scheduled to attend a leadership summit Nov. 10-11.

Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg

© 2014 Bloomberg Finance LP

[globalvoices]

Students, teachers, and over 200 civil society organisations have joined forces against the proposed National Education Bill of Myanmar.

Protesting Students and Teachers in Myanmar Reject Law They Claim Will Strengthen Junta-Era Schooling System

[globalvoices]

About 70,000 people attended Taiwan’s LGBT pride parade on October 25 to celebrate the diversity of sexual orientation and gender identity and encourage the public to do the same.

As Taiwan Considers Marriage Equality, Tens of Thousands Attend Pride Parade

[globalvoices]

Comic on the Generation Conflict in Hong Kong Occupy Central Protests

[toocatsoriginals]

Cross-Section of Hong Kong’s Kowloon Walled City - Once the Densest-Populated Place on Earth

Torn down in 1993, the location is now a city park.

via Deconcrete.org

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[當年今日] 九龍城寨被拆卸前的橫切面

[graphitation]

大模獅樣　清清楚楚

[cartoonpolitics]

refers to Pope Francis recently backing science against ‘creationism’, saying that ‘God is not a magician with a magic wand’ and re-affirming the position of previous popes that it’s perfectly possible for Christians to believe in scientific explanations for evolution and creation .. (story here)

[cartoonpolitics]

14 propaganda techniques Fox ‘News’ uses to brainwash Americans ..

[storiesofapple]

For years, I’ve been open with many people about my sexual orientation. Plenty of colleagues at Apple know I’m gay, and it doesn’t seem to make a difference in the way they treat me. Of course, I’ve had the good fortune to work at a company that loves creativity and innovation and knows it can only flourish when you embrace people’s differences. Not everyone is so lucky.

Source: Tim Cook on Businessweek (via storiesofapple)

【Tim Cook 自認同性戀　並感非常驕傲】 「蘋果公司執行長 Tim Cook 公開表明自己的性取向，更為自己身為同性戀感到非常驕傲。他認為身為蘋果的 CEO 能夠透過公開自己性取向，去影響及幫助其他同性戀者。BBC News 駐地記者 Rory Cellan-Jones 卻批評這使他卷入LGBT的爭論，失去一些不太認同LGBT的人對蘋果的支持。前 BP 執行長 Lord Browne 則認為 Tim Cook 是一個好榜樣，他能夠為世界帶來改變。」 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29829763

[mediumrawproduction]

Splitting headaches, sickness, dizziness, dehydration: everyone who's ever drunk too much knows the consequences of it.

【Hangover 點算好？】[How to cure hangovers?]  經過昨晚的 Halloween Party，相信不少人今天一起身便遭受宿醉 (Hangover) 的纏身。頭好痛好暈、成身都肌肉痛，點算好？以下是由 NHS 提供的 Hangover cures 資料。 （一）Paracetamol (止痛藥) 用來治頭痛及肌肉酸痛。 （二）吃甜的東西有助舒緩醉後不適。 （三）喝熱菜湯能比較容易讓疲弱的胃部消化菜湯裡的維他命及礦物質。 （四）喝一杯熱的黑咖啡有助減輕胃部的不適及頭痛。

Here is a list of cures from the NHS on how you can rid of hangovers. 

[mediumrawproduction]

匯豐王冬勝疑賣港　稱可研究棄港幣用人民幣 | 熱血編輯部 | 熱血新聞 | 熱血時報

「賣港惡賊」

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子路曰：衛君待子而為政，子將奚先？ 子曰：必也正名乎！ 子路曰：有是哉，子之迂也！奚其正？ 子曰：野哉由也！君子於其所不知，蓋闕如也，名不正，則言不順；言不順，則事不成；事不成，則禮樂不興；禮樂不興，則刑罰不中；刑罰不中，則民無所措手足，故君子名之必可言也，言之必可行也。君子於其言，無所苟而已矣。 －－孔子《論語．子路第十三》

[mediumrawproduction]

瞬間看普選：海外篇

瞬間看普選帶大家睇o下美國、英國、台灣o既選舉制度！ 原來公民提名同政黨提名都係世界常見，咁點解香港人選特首唔可以有公民提名同政黨提名？ 唔通..又要比呀爺選完我地先有得選！？咁都算普選咩？？

瞬間看普選：海外篇

【短片Recap】3分鐘了解美國、英國、台灣嘅選舉制度係點。 瞬間看普選帶大家睇吓美國、英國、台灣嘅選舉制度！ 原來公民提名同政黨提名都係世界常見，咁點解香港人選特首唔可以有公民提名同政黨提名­？ 唔通..又要比呀爺選完我地先有得選！？咁都算普選咩？？ (http://youtu.be/FBWMgSqGf1U) ＃真普選 ＃小圈子選舉

[mediumrawproduction]

【勿忘初「衝」｜ 林浩德】 除了勿忘初衷，更重要就是勿忘初「衝」。或許部分示威者也反對衝擊警方防線，主動衝馬路，認為會給警方藉口清場，但希望大家謹記，連日來打造出來「和平、非暴力」的景象，金鐘的帳篷陣，旺角一次又一次的重奪，銅鑼灣的風平浪靜，都是有賴站在最前線的抗爭者衝馬路，搶鐵馬，甚至和警方正面衝突換來的。 激進這兩個字，是很有份量的，所以希望大家就算不參與衝擊行為，也與他們同行，因為不是每個人也背負得起。

http://mediumraw.org/勿忙初「衝」/

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在每個時代，都要爭取，才有自由。 【匈牙利】【收上網稅　阻下載資訊　10萬人上街爭自由】