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‘WHY ARE HONG KONG MEN CHARMING IN OUR OWN WAYS?’—ANDREW PONG, THE DEVOUT ARTIST WORSHIPER OF BRUCE LEE
31-03-20 It is more than a self-consolation. Men do not have to be handsome. A charming man gets more proposals than a handsome man. Men in Hong Kong, a female-dominating society, often feel small as we may not have a face with clean-cut features such as the Japanese. We are not as tall as the…
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THE 9 THINGS THAT ANDY HEI TAUGHT YOU ON COLLECTING ANTIQUES IN HONG KONG
09-03-20 Hong Kong traded some of the most beautiful antiques that the world has ever seen. We are a free port without currency control. Laws to regulate antique trade are almost non-existent. Hollywood Road in Central is like a repository for collectible items from 83 dynasties of China. The road collects and distributes antiques. It…
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MORE THAN A BOOKSTORE OWNER, TINNY CHENG IS TRULY A HONG KONG ‘NON-MAINSTREAM BUFF’
12-12-19 Have you stumbled across someone like this in Hong Kong? He or she is ‘non-mainstream’, belonging to a subculture of men and women that hate to follow the trends such as ostentatious fashion brands and wild indulgence. They value independent thinking, enjoy books, music, art and travel, support reformistic politics and are fond of…
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HONG KONG’S JOE JUNIOR: GOLDEN BOY, GOLDEN DAYS, GOLDEN VIEWS
30-9-2019 The time-honoured principle and order in the singing business: the strongest take the front seats, the weaker the rear and the weakest will disappear. Joe Junior started at the age of 17 and has been singing in Hong Kong since 1960s when he was in St. Joseph’s College. Very few stars of his era…
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UNCOMMON COMMON―THE EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE OF SIMON YAM
28-08-19 Simon Yam is a stylish, energetic, veteran and extraordinary actor in Hong Kong. He has been acting from 1970s and never lived the same year over and over again. For him, life and career are about evolving mentally, spiritually & emotionally. Good appearance and acting are the 2 legs of an actor, though some…
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A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME ENCOUNTER OF THE 2 SUPER STARS: JOEY YUNG (HONG KONG) & ES DEVLIN (LONDON)
22-08-19 What is an encounter? ‘In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit’. Es Devlin is a world renowned stage designer, well-known for creating large-scale performance…
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THE REMARKABLE ROLE OF GALLERY IN THE HONG KONG ART WORLD ―VISION OF FABIO ROSSI
16-08-19 Art galleries and auction houses are the 2 dominant players in the art world apart from art fairs. People look at them positively and negatively. Artist Robert Smithson said, “A work of art when placed in a gallery loses its charge, and becomes a portable object or surface disengaged from the outside world.” In…
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FOREVER SAMMI, FOREVER VENUS
01-08-19 Sammi Cheng is a top pop singer in Hong Kong. In her forties and after 30 years in her singing career since the age of 16, she still retains the peak position as an idol and impacts millions of people in Hong Kong. She sings, leads the fashion trends, donates money, helps the young…
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HONG KONG LIFE AND ART CAN HAVE A ‘3RD DIMENSION’―YANG YUNTAO, OUR INFLUENTIAL DANCE DIRECTOR
28-07-19 Isaac Newton defined, “When one body exerts a force on a second body, the second body simultaneously exerts a force equal in magnitude and opposite in direction on the first body.” Can the 2 forces co-exist and form a new force which is more powerful and good? In life? In art? The Artistic Director…
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THE INVINCIBLE SPIRIT OF ‘KONGALS’―JOSIE HO’S 6 HARD TIMES IN HER LIFE
17-07-19 ‘Kongals’ (or Kong gals) refer to the modern Hong Kong women who are no longer men’s ‘half-time, downtime, spare time or sometimes’. Nowadays, women in Hong Kong are educated, independent, confident and free-spirited. Some ‘Kongals’ may turn annoying by acting like a queen or princess. They make life difficult for others by being demanding,…