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This page is all about what makes Hong Kong special: its people, their history, habits and quirks; its places, from hidden urban gems to places of natural beauty; and its culture.

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The T8 Hash in Hang Hau during Super Typhoon Utor in August 2013.

The Hong Kong Hash House Harriers who go running in typhoons

When the No 8 storm signal is raised, most of Hong Kong hunkers down in a safe place. For a handful of intrepid (or irresponsible) runners, it’s time for a T8 run

1 Nov 2016 - 9:28am

An operation in progress at the Prince of Wales Hospital, in Sha Tin. Picture: SCMP

Doctors: the profiteering cartel poisoning Hong Kong health care

28 Oct 2016 - 7:43am 10

Law Mang-hing, of Sun Fat Heung. Pictures: Edward Wong

The man behind one of Hong Kong’s last tofu factories

21 Oct 2016 - 8:00am 2

People try out the newly opened Mid-Levels escalator in 1993.

Stories behind Hong Kong districts: SoHo before the escalator

29 Sep 2016 - 5:36pm 1

Yick Ping Glass & Mirror (middle) at 170 Yee Kuk Street has operated for more than half a century. Photo: Rachel Cheung.

Stories behind Hong Kong street names: Yee Kuk Street and its benefactor

26 Sep 2016 - 5:04pm

A flower plaque Choi Wing-kei and his team made recently for a client in China.

How a Hong Kong flower plaque maker is bringing the craft to the West

20 Sep 2016 - 12:15pm

Mexican friends Gabriel and Fernandon in their Chungking Mansions hostel. Photos: Kylie Knott

48 hours in Hong Kong’s Chungking Mansions: life in another world

13 Sep 2016 - 3:14pm 10

Meilo So with some of her illustrations. Photos: Edmond So

Hong Kong artist Meilo So illustrates a special book – written by her mum

7 Sep 2016 - 5:31pm

The digital age and the advent of laser cutters have had a huge impact on the city’s dwindling number of stencil makers. We talk to Wu Ding-keung, 80, about an industry that is coming under the hammer

Meet one of Hong Kong’s last working stencil makers

1 Sep 2016 - 1:40pm

From left: fashion designer Hung Ming-kin, retired seamstresses Yip Mee-yung and Kwok Hung-lin, and retired pattern maker Henry Cheung Chi-man with their upcycling products. Photo: Paul Yeung

Mill revamp is cue for Hong Kong textile workers to reminisce, and upcycle

31 Aug 2016 - 6:00pm 1

A craftswoman at work at in Yuet Tung China Works.

Hong Kong’s best-kept secrets: hand-painted porcelain goods

18 Aug 2016 - 5:58am 1

Lau Chun, of restaurant Kin's Kitchen. Pictures: Antony Dickson

What you’ll find on Hong Kong restaurateur Lau Chun’s shelves

12 Aug 2016 - 7:01am

Hong Kong residents queue up in Immigration Tower, in Wan Chai, to apply for British passports before the handover. Pictures: SCMP

Hong Kong Chinese with two passports want best of both worlds

12 Aug 2016 - 10:35am 34

A devil-beater pounds a paper effigy with a shoe under the Canal Road flyover during the Ching Che ferstival in March 2015. Photo: Franke Tsang

Stories behind Hong Kong street names: Canal Road, home of the devil beaters

15 Jul 2016 - 1:23pm

Company’s naturally fermented sauces are made the way they always were, but founder’s grandson is always testing new products and tweaks to traditional foods for today’s health conscious consumers

How Hong Kong soy sauce and vinegar maker Pat Chun has kept up with the times

21 Jul 2016 - 11:49am

Pui Pui at the Hong Kong Wetland Park in the New Territories.

Catching up with Pui Pui, crafty croc who captivated Sars-weary Hongkongers

8 Jul 2016 - 9:18am 1

Cantonese dominates, but Hongkongers speak myriad languages - old and new

Cantonese dominates, but Hongkongers speak myriad languages - old and new

12 Sep 2016 - 12:07pm

Russell Street in Causeway Bay. Photo: Rachel Cheung

Stories behind Hong Kong street names: Russell Street, a.k.a. Rat Street

2 Jul 2016 - 9:47am 1

The winning shot from our #SoHongKong photo contest, by Aaron Anfinson @crop.circles

In pictures: #SoHongKong photo contest winners announced

24 Jun 2016 - 10:08am 2

Laundry hangs outside brothels to dry in Spring Garden Lane in a 1915 photograph.

Stories behind Hong Kong’s street names: Spring Garden Lane and its ‘big number brothels’

23 Jun 2016 - 12:32pm

Drivers of red-top minibuses now earn an average of just HK$10,000 a month, down from HK$30,000 four years ago. Photo: David Wong

Uncertain future for Hong Kong’s red and green minibuses, born of 1967 riots

20 Jun 2016 - 12:31pm 6

For a long time ‘China England Street’, which runs along the boundary between Hong Kong and China, was the only part of the city individual Chinese could visit, and shops did a roaring trade

Hong Kong’s Chung Ying Street, den of smugglers and thieves: the story behind its name

17 Jun 2016 - 8:01am 1

Photo by @the.shy.camera

#SoHongKong photo contest: last chance to enter and this week’s highlights

16 Jun 2016 - 8:00am

Tsat Tsz Mui Road, North Point. Photo: Antony Dickson

Stories behind Hong Kong street names: the haunting past of Tsat Tsz Mui Road

10 Jun 2016 - 10:03am 4

Photo: @derryainsworth

#SoHongKong photo contest: readers’ entries, week 2

9 Jun 2016 - 12:46pm

Residents pin up old photos of the area in Cadogan Street Temporary Garden as part of their battle to retain the green space. Photos: Fionnuala McHugh; SCMP

My 20 years in Kennedy Town, a Hong Kong dump turned destination

5 Jul 2016 - 6:11pm 4

Andy Yeung’s #sohongkong contest entry, A normal day in Mong Kok.

#SoHongKong photo contest: see some of our readers’ entries so far

9 Jun 2016 - 11:52am

Yau ja gwai: you know, Jamie Oliver's 'doughnuts in congee'

Yau ja gwai: you know, Jamie Oliver's 'doughnuts in congee'

28 May 2016 - 10:32pm 3

Send us your photos of what makes Hong Kong unique and tag them #sohongkong for a chance to win

#SoHongKong photo contest: snap your best shot of Hong Kong and win a stay at The Peninsula

3 Jun 2016 - 11:42am 2

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