Useful Links

The following links are a list of selected websites which we consider useful for building up one's knowledge in various areas including English language.

Local (from Hong Kong)

Websites of RTHK (Radio Television Hong Kong) - (Hong Kong's counterpart of BBC)
    		• RTHK English News
    		• Hong Kong Today (morning current affairs radio programme in English)
    		• TV Archive (with well-produced TV programmes including documentaries and current affairs etc.)
    		• e-Learning (with various online learning resources including English language learning)

    South China Morning Post (an English-language newspaper locally produced in Hong Kong)


    The Shaw Prize (the oriental Nobel Prize)
    		• Shaw Laureates

    Hong Kong Education City (government funded online platform with learning and teaching materials for primary and secondary schools)
    		• English Campus

    Worldwide (outside Hong Kong)

    Websites of BBC (British Broadcast Corporation)
    		• BBC News
    		• BBC News - Asia-Pacific (news focusing on AP regions including China and Hong Kong)
    		• Daily Service (with audio clips of short sermons and songs)
    		• Thought for the Day (with both audio clips and the corresponding scripts)
    BBC Learning English Website (with very useful materials including audio clips and scripts)
    		• Business English - English for telephone conversations, meetings, presentations and negotiations
    		• English Pronunciation
    		• Learning English with Chinese text in parallel
    		• Take Away English
    		• Crossword (an online game using English words)

    Online Bibles
    		• Audio Bible in English (with audio clips of separate chapters for listening) - NIV and TNIV
    		• BibleGateway (online searchable Bible in numerous languages and versions for convenient comparison)
    		• New Chinese Version (in Chinese) - traditional Chinese and simplified Chinese

    Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (for looking up a word and its usage examples online)
    Merriam-Webster Online (with etymology information and other features like an online thesaurus)

    Nobelprize.org (with excellent articles and free video lectures by Nobel Laureates)
    		• The Nobel Prize (Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, Peace, Economics)
    Articles - Physics Video Nobel Lectures - Physics
    Articles - Literature Video Nobel Lectures - Literature
    Articles - Economics Video Nobel Lectures - Economics

    MIT OpenCourseWare - free online course materials
    		• Foreign Languages and Literature
    		• Science, Technology, and Society
    		• Most Visited Courses