At the age of 25, Anki quit a job she loved, but which limited her creativity. She became a tattoo artist, taking back her voice in creation and became her own boss. Let’s follow her along this journey.
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Peter Chan is a Hong Kong actor with extensive experience. He was nominated for Best New Performer in the 13th Asian Film Awards and the 38th Hong Kong Film Awards. During the pandemic, he fell into deep despair which prompted self reflection: as an actor, can I do something for humanity?
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Albert Wan left his life as a lawyer in the United States, where he grew up, to become a bookstore owner in Hong Kong, where his parents are from. Together with his wife, he opened Bleak House, one of the few independent bookstores in Hong Kong that specialises in English books.
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Dr Lucci Lugee Liyeung treats numerous orthopedics patients by day, but once she takes off her scrubs, she is an artist that gives life to many popular cartoon characters. When she talks about these characters, her eyes sparkle with excitement. She hopes that her creations will give Hongkongers positive energy during these difficult times.
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Derek Chan 陳嘉昊 grew up in colonial Hong Kong, studied in Norway, and currently lives in Vancouver. He received his BFA in theatre performance from Simon Fraser University. A playwright, director, performer, translator, and producer, Derek has been co-artistic director of rice & beans theatre since 2010.
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Mr. Ng has been a resident of Tsing Yi since childhood. He discusses the island’s best features, describes the changes it has undergone and recounts stories from his childhood.
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Hongkongers continue to uphold their own principles and values, persevere in times of adversity and adapt to changes.
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As opposed to the common notion that art is a pretentious medium, reserved only for talented individuals and unattainable for the rest—creations don’t have to present impressive technical details in order to be deemed ‘art’. Art can take any form that expresses a creator’s ideas.
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Leave bustling shopping centres behind and wander into the nooks and crannies—unearth local shops between the old and the new. Savour the feeling of old Hong Kong in traditional shops, and experience the creativity and vitality of newly established shops.
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Nathan, both a photographer and a writer, is captivated by the stories behind photos. With the belief that photography and writing are inseparable, he interviews different photographers to explore the details behind each of their photos.
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Leung Ming Kai is a Hong Kong director-cinematographer whose recent works include Murmur of the Hearts and Suk Suk. Kate Reilly is an American actor-producer, whose recent works include Therapy and The Path. Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down is the first film co-directed by the couple.
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As long as we share the same belief, and the same passion for Hong Kong and its culture, regardless of our race and language, we are all Hongkongers.
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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.
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Leslie’s refusal to bow to censorship pressures—almost two decades ago—stands out as a brave act of defiance in a time when it was extremely difficult to speak out.
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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.
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The Hongkonger spirit of helping one another continues to guard and guide our city’s recovery from polarization to pandemic.
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Walking into Kowloon Walled City Park, it isn’t difficult to spot the older man chatting with citizens and tourists alike. This is Lei Sing-man: he goes by Uncle Man and wears a “volunteer guide” label on his chest. After moving to Kowloon in 1998, he became interested in the horticultural design and heritage of the park, and shouldered the mission to pass on its history.
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As at Dec. 31, 2018, only 386 newsstands were left from the 1,005 that existed in the ’90s. Newspaper hawkers believe that the industry is vanishing.
Sociological scholar Chong Yuk-sik, who published her thesis “The Newsstands at the Street Corner” in 2010, has been investigating the culture and history of the city’s licensed newsstands.
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Lee Kin Ming is the founder of ‘Li Hon’s street calligraphy conservation project’. He has worked in his father’s signage shop since young and has recently started to digitise Mr Lee Hon’s calligraphy and has started a crowdfund. He wrote the book Looking at Hong Kong’s Signage to record Hong Kong’s signage history.
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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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