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We have selected five 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. 10 of the best new K-dramas to watch in April 2026
Spring is here and with it an all-new line-up of tantalising K-drama offerings, ranging from fantasy, action and animation to a wide variety of romance.
2. How Leslie Cheung broke all the rules to become a Hong Kong superstar

In the golden age of Hong Kong’s entertainment industry, Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing was a star so bright that he rewrote the rules of conservative Asian society. Affectionately nicknamed Gor Gor – Cantonese for “older brother” – the Cantopop legend’s talent spanned disciplines and extended far beyond the city’s borders.
3. 10 new Hong Kong restaurants to try in April 2026, and a bonus one in Macau

Noodles seem to be the emerging theme of April’s new restaurant openings, as four new specialist eateries join the fray, including one of Tokyo’s top three ramen shops and a plant-based ramen hideaway.
4. The origin of triads, from secret societies to global criminal networks

One man’s terrorist is another’s freedom fighter, or so the saying goes. Similarly, the history of Hong Kong’s triads is not merely a chronicle of crime, but a multilayered saga deeply intertwined with Chinese politics, migration and the city’s unique position. The journey from righteous secret societies to global criminal enterprises reveals much about the turbulent ebbs and flows of Chinese history.
5. From the corporate world to the couch: Hong Kong’s new midlife career pivot
One question haunts many in Hong Kong: what does it mean to age well, professionally, in a city built on work? What comes after the job that once defined you? For a growing number of people in their forties and fifties, the answer is to seek a new purpose and a change in career.


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Suspected members of triad societies are guarded by officers in Tung Tau Estate, Kowloon, in 1973. Hong Kong’s triads have evolved from secret societies into global criminal networks. Photo: SCMP

Cheung at an interview with the SCMP in 1988. Photo: SCMP

Miso Ramen. Photo: Happy Samurai

The Kowloon Walled City, a densely populated, lawless maze where the triads thrived, pictured in 1991. Photo: SCMP

Cow dung hotpot, anyone? China’s ‘dark cuisine’ dish has deep cultural roots

A ladle of Guizhou’s famous cow dung hotpot in the Rong Jiang Niu Bie Huo Wo Dian restaurant in Zunyi city. The dish’s ingredients include bile and undigested grass from a cow’s stomach and intestines. Photo: Llewellyn Cheung

Cow dung hotpot is eaten for its cooling and digestive properties. Photo: Llewellyn Cheung

According to writer Lisa Cam, cow dung hotpot, if anything, smells like Chinese herbal soup. Photo: Llewellyn Cheung

The juice squeezed from the grass for the dish is a concentrated infusion of chlorophyll and digestive enzymes. Photo: Llewellyn Cheung

Guizhou native Alex He, executive Chinese chef of The Ancient Town restaurant in the Anantara Guiyang Resort, will not eat cow dung hotpot. Photo: Anantara Guiyang 

Chicken with chillies served at The Ancient Town restaurant in the Anantara Guiyang Resort. Photo: Anantara Guiyang 

Where does ma lai go come from and why is the classic dim sum dish so special?

Ma lai go, also known as Chinese steamed cake, is a Hong Kong dim sum staple that has roots in British Malaya. Photo: SCMP

Ma lai go was voted one of the worst dim sum dishes to order in a 2023 online post. Photo: Shutterstock

Tony Chow is a chef and senior instructor at Hong Kong’s Chinese Culinary Institute. Photo: Chinese Culinary Institute

Ma lai go is a popular dish in Guangdong and Hong Kong, usually served at traditional teahouses. Photo: Charmaine Yu

At 70, she’s now a powerlifter. How this retired teacher refuses to slow down

Anjali Hazari, a former marathoner and mountaineer, trains at the Stanley Ho Sports Centre complex in Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong, ahead of her first powerlifting competition. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Hazari trains at Stanley Ho Sports Centre complex in Pok Fu Lam. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Anjali Hazari celebrates after finishing the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon in January 2017. Photo: Anjali Hazari

Hazari celebrates after finishing the Hong Kong Marathon in February 2017. Photo: Anjali Hazari

Hazari trains at the Stanley Ho Sports Centre complex in Pok Fu Lam. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Hazari is pictured after climbing Africa’s highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro, in August 2024. Photo: Instagram/akankshahazari

Hazari works out at the Stanley Ho Sports Centre complex in Pok Fu Lam. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Hazari is pictured celebrating her 69th birthday with her daughter Akanksha and son Akhil in February 2025. Photo: Anjali Hazari

What is autism? Understanding the spectrum, gut-brain connection, ‘masking’ and more

Amanda Oswalt Visher, director of psychological services at Spot Children’s Therapy Centre, simulates an autism assessment session with her son, Theodore. The centre provides psychology, counselling, speech therapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and specialist teaching across four clinics in Hong Kong. Photo: Karma Lo

Oswalt Visher simulates an autism assessment session with her daughter Avalyn. Photo: Karma Lo

Professor Siew Ng, director of the school’s Microbiota I-Centre (MagIC), has identified a significant depletion of beneficial microbes in autistic children’s digestive systems. Photo: Edmond So

University students take part in an AP School workshop that looks at ways of working with autistic children from underprivileged families. Photo: Instagram.com/ap_school_hk

Damien Green is the founder of the Hong Kong Autism Institute. Photo: Edmond So

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1. 10 of the best new K-dramas to watch in April 2026

From tracing origins of Hong Kong’s triads to career pivots for midlife professionals, here are five stories from SCMP’s recent reporting