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The Young Woman Leader In Hong Kong Karen Chan Picks The Cultural Battle Of Preserving Cheongsam: “I Don’t Want Cheongsam To Become Another Collective Memory Of Our Generation!”
German Pool has been a famous brand of electrical appliances in Hong Kong since 1982. It is a family business and the prominent figure is Karen Chan(陳嘉賢)—not only for her contribution to the industry of Hong Kong, but also for her cultural offerings in the form of ‘Cheongsam’(長衫) or ‘Qipao’(旗袍). Cheongsam is a Chinese dress…
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Kowloon Walled City Slept But Kowloon City, A Cultural Territory With Rich Heritage, Never Sleeps With A New Train Rumbling…
Kowloon City is a poetry. It is no mere city in Hong Kong. It is a nostalgically romantic notion, as much as an imperishable nexus of the longest histories and memories in Hong Kong. The vanished Walled City therein is still constantly hurting very deeply the artists all over the world who miss this ‘Gotham…