【Video】House of To Kwa Wan Stories | Home uprooted in the name of development - Farewell imminent, but community lives on

House of To Kwa Wan Stories, or “To Home” was established in Hung Fuk Street back in 2014 and now operates alongside Fixing Hong Kong and Community Cultural Concern. To Home is a one-of-a-kind community space, pushing for community development and the recording and archiving of To Kwa Wan’s stories, aimed at entering and being part of the community. With To Kwa Wan as a base camp, To Home hopes to connect the community as if it were a family, and to defend the ecumene that holds countless stories and tales. As To Kwa Wan is designated for urban renewal, and To Home’s fate is sealed along with its neighbours, members of To Home are now racing against the clock to maintain and record the fading area’s culture and vibe. In this interview, we have Sui Ling and Bun sharing their work and feelings as To Home faces the independent fate of urban renewal and eviction.

Ricky | Crossing oceans to find a place with Freedom

Ricky, 31 years old, is an accounting clerk. For freedom, he is willing to leave his home in Hong Kong. As part of the first cohort of the United Kingdom’s “Leave outside the Immigration Rules” (LOTR) program, he hopes to offer help from afar to those who feel trapped. He was diagnosed with depression a few years ago and spent a long time in treatment. He now wants to raise public awareness for mood disorders.

Overseas, Politics, FamilyWe Are HKers2 January 2021UK, london, LOTR, emigration, emigrant, national security law, nsl, depression, emotional health, mental health, bno, europe, overseas, abroadComment

Daring to sacrifice amidst billowing smoke; Finding courage amongst the swells

“There’s no revolution without blood.” Revolution is the heftiest form of resistance. The bravery and sacrifices of revolutionaries are not only captured through camera lenses during confrontation and bloodshed, but also shown in their unyielding souls.

Kelvin Ho-Por Lam | District Councillor—Fighting to preserve the identity of a city and its people

Kelvin Ho-Por Lam, 40s, is a former economist who was elected as the independent democratic councillor for the South Horizons West Constituency in 2019 and also ran to represent the Financial Services functional constituency in the now cancelled 2020 LegCo election. Having moved to the UK as a child, he returned to Hong Kong in 2015 in the aftermath of the Umbrella Revolution.

【Commentary】Hongkongers Self-help

The Hongkonger spirit of helping one another continues to guard and guide our city’s recovery from polarization to pandemic.

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Benny Yuen | Founder of EARTH.er — Telling the story of this land with my heart

Benny is a designer living in Tai O. He has created an environmentally conscious fashion brand with a “Tai O/Hong Kong is our home” theme while being cognizant of environmental and social issues around the world.

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【Video】LumliLumlong | The discipline, therapy and power of art

LumliLumlong are local Hong Kong artists. Their shocking artwork brings about reflection. The two artists care deeply about society and hope to convey a realistic side of Hong Kong society through their artwork.

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【Commentary】Overseas perspective: How long does Hong Kong’s bustling entertainment community have?

Does innovation stop when the ability to explore political themes ends entirely?

Lee Faulkner | Expat and 2020 LegCo candidate - Supporting those who have allowed you to build a new life

Lee Faulkner, 50s, is a British-born actuary who moved to Hong Kong in 2011 after having previously lived in several other countries. In 2020, he joined a number of opposition candidates to run against incumbent legislators of several functional constituencies in the 2020 Legislative Council election, which has since been postponed until 2021.

【Video】K Kwong | Witnessing the sunset of an era: Desperation fuels persistence

K Kwong, renowned chemistry tutor and lecturer, retired into a quiet life until the anti-extradition movement when he went public and used his scientific knowledge to counter the fallacies propagated through the community. The future of humanity is worrisome—in this chaotic era, are science and knowledge a blessing or curse?

Miss Woo Sze Yan | Remember our calling, protect our students, and defend our conscience

Woo Sze Yan is a secondary school disciplinary teacher. She is not the typical disciplinary teacher with a serious face, but rather exerts a kind and gentle vibe and shows firmness when protecting her students against the white terror in the society.

Education, Career, PoliticsWe Are HKers18 October 2020miss woo sze yan, teacher, secondary school, school, students, conscience, courage, fight, future, pineapplepie, hei ching, sl, rulesComment

【Video】Dare Media | Putting a price tag on publicity: Yell Card as a new form of collective expression

Vivian and her partners founded Dare Media in August 2019. Her team’s project ‘Yell Card’ produces trading cards of protest-related artwork drawn by different designers, promoting the commercialization of political art and graphic designs. Aiming to support designers financially as well as produce trading cards for physical records of the protest movement, the new editions of Yell Card are...

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【Video】Calif Chong | Filmmaker—Creating a collective database and capturing the Hong Kong spirit

Calif Chong is a filmmaker currently based in the UK. She worked as a scriptwriter at TVB and a documentarian for RTHK. A few years ago, she began her studies in Europe and started her career in the film industry, with the aim of finding a new way to tell the story of Hong Kong.

YBC | Walking with the Youngsters

YBC is just an ordinary Hongkonger who actively supports a group of ‘youngsters’ since the start of the protests, by listening to and walking along with them.

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Typing… | Expressing strong willpower through gentle calligraphy brush strokes

Typing, a post 90s modern calligraphy artist, is using his unique brushwork to keep a record of Hongkongers' strong will and determination to fight against totalitarianism.

Arts, Hobbies, PoliticsWe Are HKers10 September 2020typing, typing..., calligraphy, design, artist, art, arts, brush, strokes, writing, pineapplepie, modern, dks, protest, protester, protestsComment

Riz | Hardcore metal indie band guitarist daring to speak his mind through music

Riz is a Hongkonger of Pakistani descent. He formed a hardcore indie band called King Ly Chee (1999 - 2017) which was popular in Hong Kong and had a huge following in China. In 2015, he started an Asian punk, hardcore, and metal news website called UniteAsia.org. Then, in 2017, he started a new band called Dagger. He is a husband to a Hongkonger, a father and also a teacher.

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Hin | An arrested protester - When being young is a crime

Despite his young age, Hin has already been arrested twice. Even with several charges on him, he still stands as the vanguard of numerous protests without fear. For the sake of Hong Kong, he brushes off the many insults and taunts thrown at him by the Hong Kong Police Force.

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Miss M | Guarding the City We Call Home

Miss M grew up in Canada and returned to Hong Kong in 2008. She has since taught English at four different schools, witnessing the change of the education sector in Hong Kong from the Umbrella Movement[*1] to the Anti-Extradition Movement[*2]. Hong Kong is full of the CCP’s lackeys, but the seemingly-peaceful Vancouver is also in turmoil. Between Hong Kong and Canada, where does she belong?

【Video】Retroll Hip Hop | The Sequel Of ‘Under Mountain’—The Hardships Of Reaching A Utopian City

Retroll Hip Hop is a new local hip hop group. They performed the song 'Under Mountain' on TV and garnered publicity. The song is based on brotherhood and hopes to use feelings of utopia to heal Hongkongers’ souls. ‘Upper Mountain’, the sequel to 'Under Mountain' portrays the hardships involved in achieving a utopian city. In reality, given Hong Kong’s societal environment, the music system needs..

Winnie | Marketing is also a profession

Winnie, an experienced marketer, is one of the executive committee members of Hong Kong Marketing and Sales Professionals Union, which strives to provide support to fellow marketers who require assistance during this difficult period of pandemic.

Career, PoliticsWe Are HKers18 July 2020marketing, winnie, union, committee, marketer, professional, profession, king kenny, whatever1takes, silver wolfComment