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Traditional Chinese Medicine May Offer Possible Cure for Fatal Ebola Three Plants Extracts Discovered to Inhibit Ebola Virus Pulitzer winners A journalist who Traditional Chinese worry about high-tech draws a lot, writes a little medicine may offer possible surveillance How an editorial cartoonist cure for fatal Ebola Covert monitoring remains a speaks through his drawings Can Chinese medicine be the threat in journalism P32 P34 future Ebola solution? P20 THE YOUNG REP RTER magazineDecember 2014 TaxiTaxi AppsApps ChangeChange MarketMarket EcologyEcology COVER Illegal fare discounting is common among app users In This Issue 4 One Moment 16 Eco-savvy businesswoman 26 Miniature books Colour Run supports blue technology Great ideas lie in small books development in Hong Kong FRONT An eco-savvy businesswoman on her aspiration 28 Beyond the colours of Chungking Mansions Forgotten faces in Chungking 6 Taxi apps change market 18 Female racecar driver shines Mansions ecology in motor car racing Illegal fare discounting is common Hong Kong’s only female NEWS among app users racecar driver FEATURE 10 Call to tighten monitoring of Roadshow Government asked to beef up legislation for TV NEWS entertainment on public buses 32 Pulitzer winners worry about high-tech surveillance 12 The scourge of Liberal Covert monitoring remains a Studies threat in journalism NEWS Blame society, not curriculum for growing student activism 34 A journalist who draws a lot, writes a little 14 Household drug disposal How an editorial cartoonist problem should be tackled at 20 Traditional Chinese medicine, speaks through his drawings source: legislator a possible cure for fatal A peep into medicine disposal Ebola? problems in Hong Kong Can Chinese medicine be the future Ebola solution? JOURNALISM MATTERS JOURNALISM 22 Sun-kissed to Curb Weight and Diabetes, study finds Let the sun heal obesity 24 A GPS Treasure Hunt Geocaching as a new way to explore the city THE YOUNG REP RTER Letter from the Editor magazine he Pulitzer Prize Winners medicine disposal and the life Editor Section Editors Workshop held in late stories of a successful business Carain Yeung Annie Lee James Zhang October to November woman and a female car racer. Lokie Wong T Deputy Editors was enlightening to The Young Following is a feature on the Natalie Leung Alpha Chan Nikki Wu Reporter team. This year’s theme deadly Ebola virus - whether Karen Lee Rainbow Li is on the dilemma between the Chinese medicine would make Steven Wang Stephen Leung public’s right to know and national an alternate cure for the disease. Tiffany Lee Yupina Ng security. In this December issue, After, we introduce to you new Copy Editors our Pulitzer specials column forms of arts and leisure activities Joyce Wong Reporters Airis Lin features the winners’ insights on - the making of miniature books Karen Leung Tsau Jin Cheng Amie Cheng the technology problems reporters and geocaching. You would not Anne Lau Catherine Chen face, and the tear and joy of being a want to miss the stunning photo Web Editors Christy Leung political cartoonist. story of Chungking Mansions and Aska Cheong Cora Chan Our cover story features the its people - maybe the place holds Katrina Yau Crystal Tse Harry Ng rise of taxi-hiring apps which more than you think! Hilary Wu Art Directors give discounts to users, looking Please write to us or find us on Iverson Ng Shirley Chan Jackson Ho behind the popularity of this illegal social media platforms if there Tiffany Ng Jane Cheung business from the eyes of the users are any exciting stories you wish Vicky Wan Jennie Tang Jo Lee - both drivers and customers. our team explore in the new year. Joanna Wong Next, you will find a wide range Happy holidays and see you in Public Relation Officer Joanne Lee of stories on different issues, 2015! Josie Wong Joey Hung Kumiko Lau including a review of the high- Distribution Officer Kyle Sun school liberal-studies syllabus, Mari Chow Alice Wan Nathaniel Suen problems with household- Natasha Fernandes Carain Yeung Advisers ShanShan Kao Editor CK Lau Thomas Chan Robin Ewing Tina Cheung Tsui See Au Yeung Viola Zhou Design Adviser Yanis Chan Wade Chan Publisher Alice Lee Printer Printer address Department of Journalism Dept of Journalism, School of Communication HK Baptist University, Hong Kong Baptist University Kowloon Tong, Kln The Young Reporter Volume 47 No. 3 2014 EMAIL [email protected] FACEBOOK tyrmag WEBSITE Cover story of last issue of TYR tyr.hk explores whether the Race Discrimination Ordinance should be covering outlawing discrimination against Mainlanders. 4 • FRONT One Moment he Colour Run, a 5-kilometre paint race originating from the United TStates, makes its debut in Hong Kong with 16,000 runners dashing through the splash of colours at the AsiaWorld-Expo. By The Young Reporter Photo by Vicky Wan FRONT • 5 6 •FEATURE Feature • 7 Taxi Apps Change Market Ecology Illegal fare discounting is common among app users ow you do not need to hail a taxi on the street. has the highest taxis-per-capita ratio, followed by Hong Simply by entering your phone number and drop- Kong and New York. Hong Kong, however, has the highest Noff destination to the taxi apps in your smart ratio of taxis per square kilometer among the three cities. phone, an available taxi will come to you. Because of its It is all about cost and efficiency. convenience and fare discount, this kind of apps is quite The app processes around 3,000 orders a day. Of the popular in Hong Kong – some have recorded 100,000 to 10,000 registered cab drivers, 2,000 are active users of 500,000 downloads in the past few months. this app. Taxi App-HK is the most popular cab-hiring app It takes as short as 30 seconds for a consumer from in town. It ranks second in Google Play free transport order to getting on a cab if there are taxi drivers with the category and third in Apple’s App Store free travel tier. app activated nearby. The app automatically locates the Spokesperson of Taxi App-HK, Ken, who refuses to user by GPS. The taxi driver who accepts the order will reveal his full name, credited the success to the app’s either phone or text the customer for the waiting time “localised and independent” background. and the exact pick-up location. “Some developers bring the whole model from As fare discounting is illegal in Hong Kong, it remains somewhere else to Hong Kong without making any an “open secret” that drivers who use this app is very likely adjustments,” he said. “Other competitors may provide to offer a 15 per cent off discount. Offenders are liable to more comprehensive maps, more language options or a maximum fine of $10,000 and a term of imprisonment more glamorous layouts but we know what Hong Kong of six months. people want and need.” “Taxi-App HK is only a platform bridging passengers There are 18,138 taxis in Hong Kong carrying 1 million and drivers. What is discussed between them is their own passengers daily, according to Transport Department’s business,” Ken said. “Our goal is that when people need statistics. a taxi, they would immediately think of Taxi App-HK. Among Hong Kong, London and New York, London Once they use our app, they won’t switch to other apps.” FEATURE• 9 Taxi App HK is the most popular taxi-hiring app in Hong Kong. About 300 people use it daily, according to the developer. There are many other taxi-hailing apps available in the taximeter. If not, why do we need the meter rate?” app market like GoGo Taxi, Easy Taxi and HKTaxi. According to Mr So, in order to determine whether a The chairman of Taxi and Public Light Bus Concern driver uses the hailing apps, the easiest way is to observe Group, Mr Lai Ming-hung, said drivers could benefit the number of smartphones attached in front of the from the taxi-booking apps. driving wheel. The more smartphones, the more likely “Imagine you have just dropped off passengers. If the taxi driver is using multiple taxi-hailing apps to find you have a taxi app, instead of looking for the next customers. client, business opportunities will come to you,” he said, Mr Andrew Lee, a full-time taxi driver who has a “Discount taxi is a long existing problem. It is all up to smartphone placed in front of his driving wheel, echoed the drivers.” Mr So’s view. He said life is tough for taxi drivers who When a driver drops off a passenger in a remote area, offer discounts especially when they take long-haul the driver may not be able to find a customer. The app orders. He added that long-haul orders such drivers take serves as a platform for the driver to look for orders could be “deficit-ride” if they could not pick up customers nearby, so that it is more likely for drivers to pick up on the returning trip. customers before returning to the urban area. This is why In 2008, the government launched a public consultation Mr Lai calls these drivers as “return trip gangs”. on proposals that could open the way to legal discounting On the other hand, some taxi drivers are not in favour of taxi fares. Yet, the taxi fare discounting problem still of taxi-hailing apps. remains unsolved. “I don’t understand why some drivers offer discounts,” said Mr So Ting-bong, a night shift taxi driver who refuses to use taxi-hailing apps. “The taxi fare structure is unfavourable to them. All By Harry Ng drivers should obey the law and charge according to the Edited by Shirley Chan 10 •NEWS People tend to use their smartphones rather than watching the Roadshow.
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