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Run Run Shaw’s grandniece Claudia Shaw on growing up a ‘Kowloon girl’, working with Celine and Chanel, and becoming a mum
- The grandniece of Run Run Shaw and Chanel’s head of style advisory on growing up a ‘Kowloon girl’ and how her spiritual mentor, Ocean WhiteHawk, has helped her be a better person
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I was born in Hong Kong in 1961 to an Austrian mother and a Chinese father. My father worked in the family business, part of the Shaw Studios, on the distribution side. In those days, respectable women didn’t work and from what I understand my mother wasn’t allowed to work. She would say she was “only” a housewife, but what an incredible job that is. When I was a little girl and people asked me what I wanted to be, I’d always say “A cook and a mummy”. Today, I am a mother to three, grandmother to one, and I have co-written two cookbooks.
A Different Country
I have an older brother and a younger brother. I went to Beacon Hill School in Kowloon Tong and then King George V School in Ho Man Tin. I’m a true Kowloon-side girl. I didn’t move to Hong Kong side until I got married and it was like moving to a different country. Having two brothers and a very active mother, I was pretty much a tomboy. We spent a lot of time on our bikes and did a lot outdoors – climbing, swimming, boating, hiking and picnics. Being Austrian, it was healthy living.
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