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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.

Commentary, Culture, IdentityWe Are HKers17 January 2021commentary, opinion, hongkonger, hker, hk, hong kong, foreigner, expat, belief, culture, race, language, umbrella movement, revolution, movement, anti-elab, voiceComment

【Video】Lee Kin Ming | Repairing, evolving and circulating Hong Kong fonts

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.

Video, Arts, Culture, HistoryWe Are HKers23 November 2020lee kin ming, fonts, typography, art, create, li hon, calligraphy, calligrapher, conservation, street, sign, signboard, design, designer, history, tradition, traditional, characters, chinese, language, mehporpor, zucchhi, crazy man, lazyass, just.production, sam, firefly, onehungrycoconut, jmComment

Mathew Cheng｜Founder of a Cantonese Mindfulness platform—Bringing Mindfulness closer to people

Mathew has been a meditation practitioner for over 5 years, with accreditation from courses on Mindfulness at several universities and meditation centres. In 2019, he chose Hong Kong as the starting point and established Mr. Stillness, an online platform providing Cantonese meditation training.

Career, Health, HobbiesWe Are HKers11 October 2020mathew cheng, founder, mindfulness, meditation, health, platform, cantonese, language, calm, mind, mental healthComment

【SHARED】Leung Lo Yik (Chen Kau) | Letter Writer

Chen Kau has been a letter writer for nearly 40 years. Originally from Vietnam, where he worked as an accountant for a film production company, he first came to Hong Kong in 1972 and took a job as a bartender. Given his education and proficiency in English, a customer suggested he become a letter writer.

Career, Shared Article, CultureWe Are HKers1 October 2020sunset survivors, book, traditional, lindsay varty, letter, writer, language, vietnam, film, productions, accountant, elders, shopComment