For the past two weeks, we’ve been running our eye over the stories we ran this year that most interested readers. They range from a true-life tale of mid-air derring do to a checklist of travel taboos, a guide to the best roast goose restaurants in Hong Kong and the merits or otherwise of Kanye West’s fashion collections. Today we get to the five most-read stories of the year - spanning fashion, pollution, property, ghosts, education and more.
Hong Kong photographer Jo Farrell shares a glimpse of her eight-year project to document the last remaining women with bound feet, which culminated in a book – Living History: Bound Feet Women of China
People in Beijing are becoming accustomed to wearing masks during winter since episodes of nauseating smog lasting several days have become increasingly common. Photo: AP
Fashionable face masks first caught our eye in 2013 as they became the must-have item in China among people wanted to look good while trying to avoid the smog. These days they remain a common accessory.
A website with an interactive map showing ‘haunted’ properties where untimely deaths occurred, and the stories behind the deaths, is handy for those in search of a cheap home and who aren’t superstitious
Father Shay is seen with Mak-Mak (centre) and other homeless children, with behind bars in the House of Hope detention centre in Manila. Photo: Red Door News
To ensure Manila was presentable for Pope Francis’ visit, street children as young as five were detained next to convicts in centres notorious for brutality, abuse and neglect. Post Magazine went on a rescue mission with Father Shay Cullen
Students celebrate with their classmates after they achieve 10 As in their exams. Photo: Warton Li
Academic performance: it’s one of Hong Kong’s favourite conversation topics. But while great results at school open doors, no one teaches you how to seize opportunities, as four academic high achievers told us in our most read story this year.
