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We have selected seven Lifestyle stories from the past seven days that resonated with our readers. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing.
1. 100kg dad struggled to keep up with his 4-year-old. How he lost 27kg in 6 months
Even now, Ayo Canlas can still vividly recall the elite tennis athlete he was as a student, a time that saw him represent the Philippines in the 2006 Junior Davis Cup. Last year, however, the 37-year-old corporate executive found he was struggling to keep up with a four-year-old.
2. Dear You: nostalgic Teochew family drama is a surprise box office hit in China

Boasting a cast of largely unknown actors and playing out almost entirely in the Teochew (Chiu Chow) dialect of eastern Guangdong, Lan Hongchun’s modestly budgeted drama Dear You has become a runaway success at the mainland Chinese box office.
3. Cantopop star, scandal, redemption: Andy Hui’s turbulent 40-year career

“Are Hongkongers forgetful? Not when there’s a scandal,” Andy Hui Chi-on told HK Magazine in 2006. It was a casual, tongue-in-cheek observation at the time, but the Hong Kong pop singer could not have known that those words would come to define the darkest chapter of his life 13 years later.
4. Think matcha is Japanese? Think again, says this Hong Kong tea brand

Just over two years after opening Kinsman, a Hong Kong cocktail bar focused on Cantonese liquor, Gavin Yeung has embarked on another endeavour in his mission to spotlight Chinese culture in the food scene.
5. Men face many health crises in midlife. How can they avoid them and age well?
With an average life expectancy at birth of 82.7 years, men in Hong Kong live long lives by global standards. But a long life is not a guarantee of a long healthspan. On almost every measurable health outcome, Hong Kong women are healthier than their male counterparts.
6. The winding path of a chef marrying Cantonese and Jiangnan cuisines in Macau
At 34, Kevin Zhu has already clocked more kitchen miles and career pivots than many chefs twice his age. He has been a farmhouse wok master, a fledgling apprentice scrubbing floors, a restaurateur-entrepreneur in northern China and the youngest Chinese executive chef in the Shangri-La hotel group’s history.
7. Meet A$AP Eva, Macau-born jeweller who sells bling to A$AP Rocky and Drake

New York City is a paradox in that it is ethnically diverse but defined by its distinct enclaves. Within that global melting pot, communities gravitate towards the familiar, as evidenced by its three Chinatowns in Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn.


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Ayo Canlas with daughter Arya in August 2022 (left) and June 2026. Photo: Ayo Canlas

Li Sitong as the young Nanzhi in a still from Dear You (category IIA, Teochew), directed by Lan Hongchun. Wang Yantong and Wu Shaoqing co-star.

Hong Kong singer and actor Andy Hui Chi-on in 1997. Hui, one of Cantopop’s “New Four Heavenly Kings”, was embroiled in a cheating scandal in 2019 that threatened to destroy his legacy. Photo: Dickson Lee

Gavin Yeung, co-founder of Hong Kong matcha brand Celadon, stirs matcha with a traditional tea whisk. The company uses powder from China’s Zhejiang province to spotlight the green tea’s true Chinese origins, which, the founders say, are contrary to “everything this generation knows about matcha”. Photo: Chloe Loung

A$AP Rocky poses with Eva Sam at Sam’s Chinatown goldsmith shop Popular Jewelry, which has become a hip-hop landmark, in New York City. The rapper has developed a friendship with Macau-born Sam since his first visit in the early 2010s. Photo: Popular Jewelry

TCM for a new generation, Dragon Boat Festival top picks: 7 Lifestyle highlights

Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner Elizabeth Yau at her clinic in Central. Photo: Jonathan Wong

How’s your luck in the Year of the Horse 2026’s fifth month? Feng shui master Andrew Kwan gives his predictions for all 12 Chinese zodiac animal signs. Photo: Shutterstock

A painting of Empress Xiaozhuang (1613-1688), known for most of her life by the title Grand Empress Dowager. Photo: Pictures From History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

A Hong Kong professional who hid a years‑long cocaine habit reveals how meditation helped her overcome her addiction. Illustration: Cameira

How a former model with PMOS who put on 35kg in 6 months handled it without GLP-1s

Ashleigh Martin took up MMA fighting after rapidly gaining weight and experiencing erratic periods due to PMOS, a condition previously known as PCOS. Photo: Ashleigh Martin

Martin took up MMA fighting to help her address her poor body image, and slowly lost the weight she had gained through healthier eating and regular exercise. Photo: Ashleigh Martin

Dr Michelle Tsui believes the shift from PCOS to PMOS represents a massive leap forward. Photo: Dr Michelle Tsui

For those struggling to respond with traditional diet and exercise, Tsui believes GLP-1 receptor agonists like semaglutide could be a powerful aid. Photo: Shutterstock

MMA helped Martin (top) accept her larger body as strong and brilliant. Photo: Ashleigh Martin

K-Stage Festival to give Hong Kong a dose of South Korean culture beyond BTS, Squid Game

A scene from Jump, a comedy about a family of martial arts savants. The stage show will be one of four performed at the K-Stage Festival, running at Hong Kong’s East Kowloon Cultural Centre from June 25-28. Photo: K-Stage Festival

A scene from The Greatest Taekwondo, which will be performed at the K-Stage Festival in Hong Kong. Photo: K-Stage Festival

Jump will be performed at the K-Stage Festival in Hong Kong. Photo: K-Stage Festival

A scene from Inside Me, a musical that will be performed at the K-Stage Festival in Hong Kong. Photo: K-Stage Festival

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From Andy Hui’s career to a Macau chef marrying Jiangnan and Cantonese cuisines, here are seven stories from SCMP’s recent reporting


From Andy Hui’s career to a Macau chef marrying Jiangnan and Cantonese cuisines, here are seven stories from SCMP’s recent reporting.


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Dad loses weight for daughter; Dear You’s box office success: 7 Lifestyle highlights

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}From Andy Hui’s career to a Macau chef marrying Jiangnan and Cantonese cuisines, here are seven stories from SCMP’s recent reporting

1. 100kg dad struggled to keep up with his 4-year-old. How he lost 27kg in 6 months

From Andy Hui’s career to a Macau chef marrying Jiangnan and Cantonese cuisines, here are seven stories from SCMP’s recent reporting