Finding God without the church: artist Tozer Pak on religion, harnessing art for good and loving Hong Kong
- Tozer Pak stopped going to church but sees God’s work wherever he goes. He tells Kate Whitehead about using art to inspire young people with autism and ADHD
My parents are both from Fujian province in southeast China. My father moved to Hong Kong for work. In China, Hong Kong was seen as a city where your dreams could come true, it could be life-changing.
Initially, he worked at a Chinese products store and when my rich great-great-uncle, who lived in Singapore, opened the three-storey Sanki Department Store in Western district on Hong Kong Island, he began working there.
In 1984, my mother and I moved to Hong Kong and lived with my father in a very small apartment. My sisters stayed behind and were looked after by our grandparents.
After the freedom and space of growing up in the countryside, the living conditions felt very cramped.
After a couple of years in Hong Kong, my twin brothers were born – all of us living in one room – and a few years after that, my sisters joined us.