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Where do you call home: Paris or Hong Kong? And what do you like and dislike about each city?

Genevieve Ho, Wong Tai Sin

Hong Kong is home because this is where my roots are. My family and most of my best friends are here, and I've lived in the same flat for the last 12 years. I feel closer to Hong Kong than Paris, but I find I have to leave it once in a while to breathe. Hong Kong really gets on my nerves sometimes but when I'm away I think about it constantly. I know that sounds contradictory. I'm still learning and absorbing a lot of new things about Paris - the language, the culture - so it seems more stimulating. I'm less sure of myself when I'm there but get this great feeling of excitement when I'm on my own, taking the Metro and wandering around with my map. I'm still discovering the city so it's totally different to living in Hong Kong.

In which part of Paris do you live? If I were to come and visit you, where would you take me for sightseeing, eating out and nightlife? Janice Wang, Sai Kung

I live in central Paris. I'd send any visitor off with a map to explore the city on their own. If I had friends coming I'd take them to local places - that's what I find most interesting about Paris. We all know what the Eiffel Tower looks like and of course it's breathtaking to stand underneath it and look up, but I would take friends to little restaurants, shops, markets, pavement cafes for people-watching and to other friends' houses. At night I usually hang out at private house parties. I never really go to 'cool' clubs. The crowd you see at the Buddha Bar, for example, doesn't interest me much. They're just 'fashion-y' and hip, and you know what the night's going to be like before you even go out.

What was it like working alongside Zhang Ziyi and Jet Li on Hero? Rumour has it there were sparks.

Tse Man-chi, Cheung Chau

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