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Learn all about what makes Hong Kong special: its people, their history, habits and quirks.
As the city courts tourists and investment from the Middle East, the tourism board is considering a new certification system to open doors to more restaurants.
Busy agenda packs Art Basel, a cultural summit, global investors’ symposium and pop-culture festival into one week, soon to be followed by the Rugby Sevens.
East Kowloon Cultural Centre show of white flowers touched up after being mocked as having a ‘funeral vibe’ ahead of tomb-sweeping season in April.
We should welcome a revitalisation of Hong Kong’s Flower Market – but it must be done right. At first glance, plans for its redevelopment don’t preserve its culture or align with the joyful chaos of Mong Kok.
Without Hong Kong’s thriving entertainment industry and open culture, the genius and creativity of the literary giant and his martial arts epics would have no chance to shine.
Officials aim to preserve character of the flower market, saying less than 20 per cent of the shops will be affected. As some heritage sites have been ruined by insensitive renewal projects, balance must be struck between modernisation and conservation in Mong Kok East revitalisation.
While Hong Kong’s creative industries are not quite the ‘Oriental Hollywood’ they once were, it is important to invest in this key economic pillar and foster cultural identity.
- The exhibition at Gate33 in Kai Tak’s Airside uses typography to explore the communities and culture of Wong Tai Sin, San Po Kong, Kowloon City and To Kwa Wan
- The interactive show features works by 10 designers and artists, including graphic designer and sign maker Katol Lo, and industrial designer Lee Chi-wing
Director Sam Wong has tried to pack too much into Suspect, and the result is an incoherent mess. Playing a detective with unusual powers, Nick Cheung endures some frankly stupid set pieces.
Some film fans say going to the cinema in city no longer affordable entertainment, particularly with transport and food added.
In 1998, Rush Hour shot Jackie Chan to international fame. But after making the film with Chris Tucker, Chan ultimately decided not to abandon Hong Kong, and continued to make films in both places.
In Hong Kong, watching a film from a mile away has become another new normal – thanks to the M+ museum’s massive LED screen beaming out across Victoria Harbour every night
Organisers cancel Kuala Lumpur concert due to ‘unforeseen circumstances’, offering to swap tickets for Singapore stop and compensate travel costs.
Everything from songs penned by AI to augmented reality exhibitions come under art tech umbrella, which curators hope will catch eye of young people.
As two Hong Kong films premiere at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, we look back at the city’s cinema history at the event, including Wong Kar-wai’s many hits and Johnnie To’s successes in the 2000s.
Actress rose to fame in TV adaptation of martial arts novel, going on to become household name in mainland China after role in series starring Fan Bingbing.
City is a food paradise, but not for Muslim visitors keen to try Cantonese cuisine and local delights.
What have a London gay cruising hotspot and Hong Kong’s sacred Lam Tseun Wishing Tree got in common? Get down to artist Trevor Yeung’s ‘Soft Breath’ art exhibition at Para Site to find out.
King of Catering CEO Edmund Leung says founder of Itacho Sushi and Itamae Sushi brands died in Tokyo on April 2 after battle with cancer.
Veteran Tony Leung takes best actor prize for his role as a flamboyant con-man in crime thriller The Goldfinger.
Viva Erotica (1996) and Vulgaria (2012) are two contrasting Category III satirical films that reveal a different side of Hong Kong’s once-famed, often crazy adult movie industry.
Urban Renewal Authority managing director Wai Chi-sing says new museum celebrating Hong Kong literature will be housed at 7 Mallory Street in Wan Chai.
Readers discuss the value of making English versions of television series based on novels by Jin Yong, the potential for collaboration between Western and Chinese medicine, and China’s tech advancement.
Martial arts film icon and the 2024 Hong Kong Film Awards’ Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Sammo Hung talks about his movies, stars like Donnie Yen, Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan – and eating.
Readers discuss progress in addressing the needs of the city’s Muslim population, and air pollution from construction work.
Tai Kwun is an unrivalled heritage art space, TeamLab: Continuous and Florentijn Hofman’s Rubber Duck transformed Victoria Harbour, while the West Kowloon waterfront has hosted anthropomorphic grapes
Sandra Ng Kwan-yue, now a respected Hong Kong actress and producer, started out playing minor, unattractive roles in the 1980s. But through hard work and humility, she carved a path to success.
The same five titles dominate the nominations in all major categories of the Hong Kong Film Awards 2024. Post film editor Edmund Lee predicts the winners and reflects on who or what actually should win.
Writer and director Sasha Chuk stars in her debut film Fly Me to the Moon, which follows a young immigrant from mainland China as she struggles to live life in Hong Kong.
April 2024 brings the Earth Dragon month but will it be lucky for you? Read on to learn how your zodiac signs are lining up and what that means for your health, wealth, work and love
Hong Kong actor and director Wu Ma had a prolific career in front of and behind the camera. His best film, The Dead and the Deadly, showed the formula for success.
TeamLab has scattered giant light-emitting ovoids from Tamar Park into the harbour, while the Hong Kong Heritage Museum has a sculpture exhibition that brings to life characters from Jin Yong’s novels
More than 20 programmes planned under theme of ‘Arts and Action’, according to secretary for culture and tourism Kevin Yeung.
Funeral logistics veteran says his company helped up to 150 families move their relatives’ remains overseas or back to city last year, double annual figure from 2019.
Ching Ming is an occasion for Chinese families to honour their dead by burning paper money and objects useful in the afterlife, offering food and wine, and clearing tombs of dust, weeds and debris.
The big mystery about this suspense drama is how a film with such a promising scenario – a star-crossed romance, identity swap and cold-blooded murder – can turn out so dull, nonsensical and awful.
