City University of Hong Kong English Language Centre

EL0402 Current Issues


Useful websites


This list is influenced by my own web habits. All the sites are free to access. I think it is a good idea to encourage students to search for sites on their own and to evaluate what they find, but the following are OK as a start.


Broadcasting Organisations whose sites feature news pages


Radio Television Hong Kong

www.rthk.org,hk


BBC (British Broadcasting Corportation)

www.bbc.co.uk


RTE (Radio Telefis Eirann)

www.rte.ie


CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Societe Radio Canada)

www.cbc.ca


Australian Broadcasting Commission

www.abc.net.au


Radio New Zealand

www.radionz.co.nz


Al-jazeera

www.aljazeera.net






Print media on the web


The Guardian, London, UK

www.guardian.co.uk


The Irish Times, Dublin, Ireland

www.irishtimes.com


The Times of India, Gurgaon, Delhi, India

www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com


South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, Chin

www.scmp.com - needs a password, I have not tracked it down yet.


New York Times, New York, NY, USA

www.nytimes.com


The Sowetan, Cape Town/Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa

www.sowetan.co.za


The Globe and Mail, Toronto, Canada

www.theglobeandmail.com


Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, Australia

www.smh.co.au