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craig au-yeung ying chai

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Since quitting as creative director at Commercial Radio two years ago, he has become a successful comic-strip artist under the pseudonym Siu Ming. Au-Yeung has published six anthologies, and has weekly cartoons in HK Magazine and a Taiwanese newspaper.

Favourite book: My latest favourite is Representation Of The Intellectual by Edward W. Said, a Palestinian lecturer on culture at Columbia University. It's an analysis of how an intellectual from a cultural minority can battle for philosophical independence from the majority - which should inspire all of us in Hong Kong.

Magazine: Domus, an Italian bilingual monthly magazine on architecture and design with excellent graphics.

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Film: La Notte, directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, an elegant character drama set during one night in Milan. The people, sets and furniture represent everything I like about the '60s.

CD: I'm Your Man by Leonard Cohen, a great poet with a deep, sexy voice. He was always having affairs, then he decided to give it all up and become a Zen Buddhist. It's the way forward for men.

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Car: I don't drive - it's too scary in Hong Kong. But I love the original dark-green Mini Cooper with a white top because it's a simple, honest and humble.

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