https://www.scmp.com/rss/34438/feed To Time magazine, it’s ‘Asia’s best example of globalisation in action’; to others it’s a scary den of drug dealers, illegal immigrants and dubious restaurants. Chungking Mansions in Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, is a warren of shops, cheap guesthouses and places to eat spread across five blocks of 17 storeys each. A popular destination for visitors on a budget, the mansions famously featured in Wong Kar-wai’s 1994 film Chungking Express. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Kylie Knott Kylie Knott For first-time visitors to Hong Kong, a tram ride to The Peak or a walk up to Lantau Island’s Tian Tan Buddha are usually on their to-do list. But Garance Marillier is not your average visitor. The French actress, who was in the city last week for the ongoing 54th Hong Kong French Film Festival (HKFFF), had a different itinerary. Amid her hectic HKFFF schedule, the 27-year-old squeezed in a visit to Chungking Mansions, a sprawling complex in Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui neighbourhood known for... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3334030/why-french-film-star-garance-marillier-just-had-visit-hong-kongs-chungking-mansions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3334030/why-french-film-star-garance-marillier-just-had-visit-hong-kongs-chungking-mansions?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Nov 2025 09:15:09 +0000 Andrew Sun Andrew Sun MY GRANDPA CAME to Hong Kong in the 1960s. My dad followed suit in the 70s. I was born here in 1985 so I’m a third-generation Hongkonger. We lived in Hung Hom then To Kwa Wan, two very grass-roots districts. I’m of Indian descent but have never lived in India. I’m a minority even among Hong Kong Indians; they are predominantly northerners. We come from the south. I speak Tamil, I have darker skin, plus I’m a Christian. I WENT TO a segregated local school. Growing up, the discrimination I saw... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/passions/article/3325814/jeffrey-andrews-turned-teenage-arrest-life-advocacy-and-change?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/passions/article/3325814/jeffrey-andrews-turned-teenage-arrest-life-advocacy-and-change?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Sep 2025 22:15:07 +0000 Christopher DeWolf Christopher DeWolf For years, a flat sat empty on the top floor of Chungking Mansions, in Tsim Sha Tsui, slowly deteriorating with each passing rainstorm and typhoon. Chinese-American architect Juan Du remembers the first time she saw the place with her colleague Natasza Minasiewicz. “It was mould-infested. There was water dripping into buckets all over the floor. There were electrical wires dangling,” says Du. “So I turned around to Natasza and said, ‘This is fantastic.’” If that was an unusual reaction, it’s... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3295496/crime-diversity-hub-how-rundown-flat-hong-kongs-infamous-chungking-mansions-became-haven-ethnic?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3295496/crime-diversity-hub-how-rundown-flat-hong-kongs-infamous-chungking-mansions-became-haven-ethnic?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 20 Jan 2025 10:15:07 +0000 Harvey Kong,Willa Wu Harvey Kong,Willa Wu More than 24,000 visitors arrived in Hong Kong on Tuesday morning for New Year’s Eve celebrations, with some from mainland China saying they would not stay overnight after the countdown due to steep hotel prices and the extended border opening hours. By 10am on Tuesday, Hong Kong received 24,351 tourists, with 73.7 per cent, or 17,948, coming from the mainland. Among mainland tourists, 3,772 entered the city via high-speed trains, contributing to the steady stream of people at West Kowloon... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3292869/hong-kong-logs-more-24000-arrivals-new-years-eve?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3292869/hong-kong-logs-more-24000-arrivals-new-years-eve?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 31 Dec 2024 06:22:54 +0000 “If memories could be canned, would they also have expiry dates? If so, I hope they last for centuries,” Takeshi Kaneshiro’s character He Zhiwu says in Chungking Express. Three decades after its 1994 release, Wong Kar-wai’s Chungking Express continues to impress and inspire. Considered one of the greatest films not only in Hong Kong cinema but all cinema, Chungking Express follows two lovesick policemen – Zhiwu and “Cop 663”, played by Tony Leung Chiu-wai – adrift in a concrete jungle. Both... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3288469/30-years-3-elements-helped-make-chungking-express-hong-kong-cinema-classic?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3288469/30-years-3-elements-helped-make-chungking-express-hong-kong-cinema-classic?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 28 Nov 2024 23:15:10 +0000 A Hong Kong building where five people died in a blaze on Wednesday had failed to comply with fire safety orders issued 16 years ago, while the latest official data showed fewer than 40 per cent of sites with similar problems had fulfilled such demands. The low compliance rate sparked calls from lawmakers to speed up a legal amendment to give authorities the power to carry out fire safety improvement work on old buildings. An intense fire erupted in the 60-year-old 16-storey New Lucky House in... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3258573/hong-kong-lawmakers-ask-government-boost-fire-safety-rules-cut-risk-more-killer-blazes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3258573/hong-kong-lawmakers-ask-government-boost-fire-safety-rules-cut-risk-more-killer-blazes?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 11 Apr 2024 02:00:25 +0000 Hong Kong film critics love to discuss Days of Being Wild and foreign viewers gush over the sensual In the Mood for Love. But the dizzying and frantic Chungking Express, released in 1994, is arguably the favourite Wong Kar-wai film of Hong Kong film fans. The low-key, low-budget movie captures the energy and excitement of Hong Kong in the early 1990s. It was a time when anything seemed possible with hard work, and life moved so quickly there was scant time to think beyond everyday needs. When... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3218695/how-wong-kar-wais-1994-quickie-film-chungking-express-made-faye-wong-movie-star-and-chungking?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3218695/how-wong-kar-wais-1994-quickie-film-chungking-express-made-faye-wong-movie-star-and-chungking?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 29 Apr 2023 20:15:08 +0000 How do you know a restaurant’s any good? When it’s stood the test of time. Jacky Brar’s family has been serving authentic Indian food in Hong Kong’s Chungking Mansions since 1987, and his dedication to sharing the flavors of his culture with people in the city — so much so he’s perfected his Cantonese — has brought him many fans. Shop address: Shop 96-97, 1/F, Chungking Mansions, 36-44 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong https://www.scmp.com/identity/discover-hks-best-kept-secret-hidden-indian-food-gem-chungking-mansions/article/3218519?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/identity/discover-hks-best-kept-secret-hidden-indian-food-gem-chungking-mansions/article/3218519?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Apr 2023 03:16:04 +0000 From Ghanaian to Indian, Chungking Mansions is home to nearly all of the world’s cuisines. The landmark is also a representation of Hong Kong’s cosmopolitan nature, and what better way to connect people and cultures than through food? https://www.scmp.com/travel/we-went-food-hunt-chungking-mansions-city-bites-hong-kong-edition-ep5/article/3210035?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/travel/we-went-food-hunt-chungking-mansions-city-bites-hong-kong-edition-ep5/article/3210035?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 13 Feb 2023 08:50:19 +0000 Hong Kong police have arrested a man for child negligence after a 14-year-old boy was found dead in his room in Chungking Mansions in Tsim Sha Tsui. Police received a call at about 9.40am on Saturday. The caller said the boy was lying unconscious in a guest house room in the building on Nathan Road. The boy was confirmed dead by an ambulance crew who arrived at the scene. Police arrested the 56-year-old man who rented the room. A police source said the man from the Bahamas, a holder of a... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3203735/14-year-old-boy-found-dead-mans-guest-house-room-hong-kongs-chungking-mansions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3203735/14-year-old-boy-found-dead-mans-guest-house-room-hong-kongs-chungking-mansions?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 18 Dec 2022 16:01:53 +0000 A unique behind-the-scenes look at the life of Anthony Bourdain reveals that it was while filming an episode of his Parts Unknown TV series in Hong Kong that his life seemed to begin to unravel. The American celebrity chef and television personality took his own life in his hotel room, aged 61, while he was filming an episode of his Emmy-winning CNN food and travel series near Strasbourg, in France, in June 2018. In Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography, family, friends and colleagues describe... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3156465/did-anthony-bourdains-parts-unknown-episode-hong-kong-which?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3156465/did-anthony-bourdains-parts-unknown-episode-hong-kong-which?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Nov 2021 10:15:13 +0000 “Do you want curry?” asks a South Asian man handing out fliers to anyone approaching the famed Chungking Mansions in Hong Kong. Many like him linger at its entrance, promoting restaurants and shops within the complex – famed for its cheap accommodation, goods and food – on Nathan Road in Tsim Sha Tsui. Some Hongkongers have never ventured into the large complex that opened in 1961 and includes five blocks of 17 storeys. For others, Chungking Mansions is home. People from across South Asia and... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3152072/insiders-guide-dining-hong-kongs-chungking-mansions-curry?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3152072/insiders-guide-dining-hong-kongs-chungking-mansions-curry?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 14 Oct 2021 23:15:07 +0000 Faye Wong was the ultimate Hong Kong diva of the 1990s. Her nightingale voice, artistic persistence, indifference to fame and unmistakable style made her one of the city’s most singular celebrities. While most of us might know her for that cover of The Cranberries’ Dreams, or providing the vocals to Eyes On Me, the ending theme song for Final Fantasy VIII , Wong didn’t hit the big time until her fourth studio album “Coming Home”. After a modelling stint and coming third in a singing competition,... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/3096472/faye-wongs-18-best-songs-cantopop-grunge-chungking?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/3096472/faye-wongs-18-best-songs-cantopop-grunge-chungking?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 07 Aug 2020 09:04:41 +0000 George Floyd’s murder has inspired worldwide protests, much discussion and individual introspection. People have realised not being racist is insufficient; they must be actively anti-racist. Each of us must challenge our personal beliefs and do away with negative stereotypes of minority groups. This message is what makes Floyd’s death relevant to all societies, including Hong Kong. Fighting injustice is not new here. For instance, when the coronavirus first affected our city, people started... https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/3089647/george-floyd-protests-must-inspire-hong-kong-reflect-its-treatment?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/3089647/george-floyd-protests-must-inspire-hong-kong-reflect-its-treatment?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 21 Jun 2020 00:00:07 +0000 About 20 people who arrived at Hong Kong airport on Monday evening were found to have a fever and were sent to hospital, medical sources said, raising fears that more coronavirus infections could be confirmed in the city. Many were sent to Princess Margaret Hospital in Kwai Chung and, when that became full, cases were diverted to five other facilities across Hong Kong. That came as the city recorded nine new confirmed infections on Monday, raising the total number of Covid-19 cases to 157. About... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3075415/coronavirus-seven-more-confirmed-cases-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3075415/coronavirus-seven-more-confirmed-cases-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Mar 2020 10:00:57 +0000 From Harbour City, Hong Kong’s largest shopping mall, to the storied Chungking Mansions, a clutch of arts and cultural institutions and the famous Temple Street Night Market, Yau Tsim Mong district has it all. But a number of its neighbourhoods have recently been battered by civil unrest. Nathan Road, Prince Edward MTR station, Mong Kok Police Station and Polytechnic University have all been seriously affected by anti-government protests, now in their seventh month. The area now has... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3041977/kowloons-bustling-yau-tsim-mong-district-takes-hit-months?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3041977/kowloons-bustling-yau-tsim-mong-district-takes-hit-months?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 Dec 2019 06:00:13 +0000 Protesters gathered in Tsim Sha Tsui on Wednesday for a singalong in support of local ethnic minority communities, three days after a police water cannon sprayed blue dye on the entrance of nearby Kowloon Mosque. The rally was held after members of the Muslim community said they wanted to move on from what the police force called the accidental dousing of the mosque on Sunday. Ethnic minority community leaders and the mosque’s management had called for the community to accept the apologies... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3034287/hong-kong-protesters-hold-singalong-tsim-sha-tsui-and-flash?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3034287/hong-kong-protesters-hold-singalong-tsim-sha-tsui-and-flash?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Oct 2019 14:44:43 +0000 In Hong Kong’s Kowloon Bay in the 1980s, thousands of Vietnamese lived in sordid and cramped conditions in a refugee camp, sleeping among three-tier bunk beds with only tattered curtains for privacy. This was childhood for Farah Dang, now 38. Dang was born and raised in the camp before she resettled to Britain with her family at 11. A decade ago, she decided to move back to Hong Kong, along with her husband, and has been serving refugees whose struggles remind her of the hardship she... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3004845/why-vietnamese-refugee-returned-hong-kong-give?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3004845/why-vietnamese-refugee-returned-hong-kong-give?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 06 Apr 2019 05:00:07 +0000 In an office on the top floor of Hong Kong’s Chungking Mansions, social worker Jeffrey Andrews has been serving ethnic minorities and refugees for a decade. Andrews, 33, of Indian origin, is the city’s first registered ethnic minority social worker. But 15 years ago, he was a troubled teenager with an identity crisis. “I got into trouble and was arrested. A social worker saved me. I am just trying to give back what was offered to me,” he says. Hong Kong-born and raised, Andrews speaks fluent... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/2187283/confused-teenager-social-worker-jeffrey-andrews-had-brush-law?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/2187283/confused-teenager-social-worker-jeffrey-andrews-had-brush-law?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 23 Feb 2019 05:03:01 +0000 A woman with neck and chest wounds was found lying in a pool of blood in a Hong Kong shopping centre on Wednesday morning, after an argument between a group of drinkers turned violent. Emergency personnel were sent to Chungking Mansions on Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, after the injured woman called police at 10.58am to say she had been attacked. When officers and paramedics arrived, the woman was found on the ground floor of the building. A police spokesman said she was taken unconscious to... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/2168944/injured-woman-found-lying-pool-blood-after-attack-hong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/2168944/injured-woman-found-lying-pool-blood-after-attack-hong?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Oct 2018 07:16:21 +0000 A recent discussion with colleagues about where to find a cheap and tasty curry in Hong Kong had this writer suggesting Chungking Mansions, five blocks and 17 floors on Nathan Road, in Tsim Sha Tsui, that have long been a haven for budget travellers and those looking for an affordable feast. “No way! I wouldn’t eat there,” cried one colleague. “I would never go there either. Not safe,” another insisted.   It’s sad to hear such opinions about a place that provides respite from the many... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/2154989/chungking-mansions-dont-believe-horror-stories?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/2154989/chungking-mansions-dont-believe-horror-stories?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Jul 2018 02:45:30 +0000 If you think the sport of parkour isn’t quite intense enough, we have just the video for you. A clip has emerged of a bunch of British enthusiasts taking parkour to another level by leaping and bounding across what appear to be the rooftops of Chungking Mansions, 17 storeys above Nathan Road in Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui shopping and entertainment district, after they successfully outrun a security guard. 48 hours in Chungking Mansions: life in another world The video was posted online on... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/2131722/parkour-hong-kong-17-storeys-freerunners-leap-across-roofs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/2131722/parkour-hong-kong-17-storeys-freerunners-leap-across-roofs?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Feb 2018 06:47:41 +0000 Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar-wai, director of Chungking Express and In the Mood for Love, has been honoured with a prestigious award at a major film festival in Lyon, France. Wong became the first local director to win the Lumière Award – often described as the “Nobel Prize for cinema” – joining a list of high-profile filmmakers including Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino. The Lumière Festival, which is run by Cannes Film Festival delegate general Thierry Frémaux and French director Bertrand... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/2116414/filmmaker-wong-kar-wai-becomes-first-hong-kong-director-win-lumiere?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/2116414/filmmaker-wong-kar-wai-becomes-first-hong-kong-director-win-lumiere?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 21 Oct 2017 12:00:45 +0000 Hong Kong trader Nelson Tse Shiu-ho has worked full time since he was just 13 years old, so it’s perhaps not surprising that he is looking forward to retirement. Now 70, the father of one has held a shop in Chungking Mansions – a hub for traders from developing countries, backpackers and asylum seekers – for more than four decades. “I want to go and visit my grandchildren in Australia, because so far I have only been able to see pictures on WhatsApp,” he says. Tse, who lives with his wife in Pok... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2111346/meet-one-last-remaining-hong-kong-chinese-traders-chungking?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2111346/meet-one-last-remaining-hong-kong-chinese-traders-chungking?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 16 Sep 2017 08:31:17 +0000 A gang of men wielding knives robbed a foreign businessman of HK$400,000 in an attack in a popular Hong Kong shopping district on Saturday night. The group of four slashed the 61-year-old, who suffered injuries on the head, leg and back, outside Chungking Mansions in Tsim Sha Tsui at about 11.20pm. They stole his watch and his bag, which contained cash in both Hong Kong and US dollars. They then jumped into a getaway car, and sped towards Hung Hom, police said. A large number of police officers... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2095976/masked-hong-kong-gang-robs-foreign-businessman-hk400000?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2095976/masked-hong-kong-gang-robs-foreign-businessman-hk400000?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 28 May 2017 04:06:19 +0000 Bob Kripalani, an electronics goods retailer at Chungking Mansionshas seen his fair share of ups and downs over the past 25 years, but he has never seen a business slump as severe as now. Shopfronts lining the arcade on Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, are mostly vacant and shoppers are few. Kripalani, the owner of Bob Electronics, recalled that when he first opened his store, business was so good that he “did not have time for lunch”. He is among dozens of ­retailers scattered throughout Chungking... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/2043453/slump-shuts-shops-hong-kongs-chungking-mansions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/2043453/slump-shuts-shops-hong-kongs-chungking-mansions?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 07 Nov 2016 00:02:20 +0000 Copy watch? Hashish? Restaurant? We’re at the entrance of Chungking Mansions trying to avoid eye contact with the touts, and Christopher Doyle is on his way. The Hong Kong-based Australian cinematographer arrives with a wide grin, excited to be back at the concrete monolith on Nathan Road’s Golden Mile where he shot scenes for Chungking Express, the film that made his name. Doyle wants us to interview him in the guest house where he worked on the low-budget classic, directed by Wong Kar-wai, its... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/2017088/filmmaker-christopher-doyles-guide-hong-kongs-chungking-mansions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/2017088/filmmaker-christopher-doyles-guide-hong-kongs-chungking-mansions?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 Sep 2016 21:33:48 +0000 Seven pedestrians were slightly injured after being splashed with an unknown solution which fell from a height in a busy shopping district in Hong Kong today, according to police. Police, fire officers and paramedics were deployed to the scene after the incident happened outside Chungking Mansions on Nathan Road in Tsim Sha Tsui at about 3.30pm. “One of the injured suspected the solvent was corrosive acid,” a police spokeswoman said. “Initial investigations showed seven people required medical... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1862780/seven-injured-solvent-falls-height-busy-hong-kong-shopping?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1862780/seven-injured-solvent-falls-height-busy-hong-kong-shopping?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 30 Sep 2015 09:15:00 +0000 Hong Kong police are searching for a gang of robbers who left two German tourists battered and bruised in a dawn attack outside Chungking Mansions today. The two friends, 28 and 29, were assaulted outside the building in Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, at about 5.30am, according to police. The gang is said to be made up of three or four men of South Asian origin. “The two victims were assaulted and robbed of a wallet, mobile phones, HK$300 in cash and a bag carrying three shirts,” police said in a... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1861999/welcome-hong-kong-german-visitors-left-bruised-and-battered?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1861999/welcome-hong-kong-german-visitors-left-bruised-and-battered?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 28 Sep 2015 05:00:00 +0000 I WAS BORN IN FUZHOU, in Fujian province, in 1940. I married an architect but he passed away before reaching the age of 40. On November 19, 1979, I came to Hong Kong with my six-year-old daughter upon the request of my father. MY FATHER OWNED a jade trading business in Hawaii and used to work in Hong Kong a few months every year. I stayed with him for just nine days in Hong Kong before he had to leave for [a trip to] Taiwan. He had a stroke there and, after struggling for 30 days, he died.  I... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1754019/meet-75-year-old-woman-running-hong-kongs-notorious?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1754019/meet-75-year-old-woman-running-hong-kongs-notorious?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 Apr 2015 09:30:00 +0000 WATCH: Hong Kong policeman punched in Chungking Mansions A vicious attack in which a policeman was punched repeatedly in the face and head was captured by CCTV in Tsim Sha Tsui on Tuesday. The officer was struck nine times before the attacker was subdued by his partner and a passerby in Chungking Mansions – a high-rise warren of cheap guest houses and South Asian restaurants – on Nathan Road. The constable, who is attached to the patrol sub-unit of Tsim Sha Tsui police station, was on patrol... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1728530/hong-kong-policeman-punched-nine-times-chungking-mansions-attack?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1728530/hong-kong-policeman-punched-nine-times-chungking-mansions-attack?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 03 Mar 2015 09:15:30 +0000 The deadliest Ebola epidemic in history continued its spread yesterday, as a brief scare in Hong Kong highlighted the risk of an outbreak in the city.  A Nigerian man, 32, who arrived from the Ebola-stricken African country on Thursday, was rushed to hospital yesterday with vomiting and diarrhoea, early symptoms of the virus. However, tests proved negative. While health experts believe Hong Kong is unlikely to see an Ebola outbreak, they have stressed the need for vigilance, given the city’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1570697/nigerian-staying-hong-kongs-chungking-mansions-tests-negative-ebola?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1570697/nigerian-staying-hong-kongs-chungking-mansions-tests-negative-ebola?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 10 Aug 2014 10:47:17 +0000 Chungking Express Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Faye Wong, Takeshi Kaneshiro Director: Wong Kar-wai Shot over two months with writer-director Wong Kar-wai penning the script as he went along, Chungking Express is one of the most romantic films ever made in Hong Kong - and certainly the coolest. It's really two films stitched together with parallels between the two stories. In each there's a lovesick policeman who has been jilted by his girlfriend and both cops hang out at the same takeaway food stall,... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-entertainment/article/1270888/rewind-film-chungking-express-directed-wong-kar-wai?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-entertainment/article/1270888/rewind-film-chungking-express-directed-wong-kar-wai?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 29 Jun 2013 16:00:00 +0000 A Japanese businessman lost 210,000 yuan (HK$264,100) in a Tsim Sha Tsui restaurant after his suitcase containing the cash was swapped for a similar bag. Five suspects were thought to have followed the man from Chungking Mansions after watching him change the money there on Tuesday. The victim, 36, called police at about 7pm, saying that he suspected the bag had been switched by four "non-Chinese" men and a "non-Chinese" woman, officers said. Police did not name the restaurant, saying only that... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1259367/japanese-businessman-loses-210000-yuan-thieves-tst?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1259367/japanese-businessman-loses-210000-yuan-thieves-tst?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Check into a guest house in Chungking Mansions where a student was allegedly raped recently and the shadowy nature of the place comes into focus. The maze of corridors in the five, 17-storey blocks has sat in the heart of Tsim Sha Tsui for more than half a century. But it was the 1994 Wong Kar-wai movie Chungking Express that earned the buildings in Nathan Road their iconic status. Time magazine has called it the best example of globalisation in action. The Economist has compared it to the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1256690/chungking-mansions-study-life-lived-raw?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1256690/chungking-mansions-study-life-lived-raw?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 08 Jun 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Inspired by Wong Kar-wai’s award-winning film Chungking Express, a young journalist surnamed Han had booked herself a room at a hostel in Tsim Sha Tsui's Chungking Mansions out of what she later called “excessive curiosity”. Han, who was visiting Hong Kong with two girlfriends from China's northern Tianjin last week, stayed only one night. She decided she had had enough “adventure” and moved out first thing on Saturday morning to a pricier hotel on Hong Kong Island. The hostel they stayed in is... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1253192/chungking-mansions-trap-wong-kar-wai-movie-fans?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1253192/chungking-mansions-trap-wong-kar-wai-movie-fans?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Jun 2013 04:26:43 +0000 Every day around 2pm, the first floor of Chungking Mansions is covered with boxes ready to be picked up for airfreight. Most are heading to Africa. They are filled with the latest models of mobile phones made by little-known brands such as Nasaki, Admet and jFone. The floor serves as a wholesale clearing centre for ultra-cheap, often used mobile phones made by brands with zero cachet. About HK$8 million of them are sold each week in Chungking Mansions, according to Siby Ismael, a trader, all... https://www.scmp.com/business/money/money-news/article/1119859/chungking-mansions-global-business-hub?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/money/money-news/article/1119859/chungking-mansions-global-business-hub?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 06 Jan 2013 16:00:00 +0000 It can be sweet to be intimate enough to be able to complete each other's sentences. Well, it would be if you knew each other and weren't just strangers crammed together in the typical Hong Kong restaurant. Recently, I had a wonderful evening out at a restaurant that made me realise how hard it can be to have such an experience in this city of supposed gastronomes. The complimentary amuse-bouche of a sharply dressed salad of vibrantly coloured, fresh veggies was on the table within two minutes... https://www.scmp.com/article/996878/finding-my-shangri-la-good-fare-fair-price?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/996878/finding-my-shangri-la-good-fare-fair-price?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:00:00 +0000 The dosa, that venerable rice-and-dal pancake favourite of many an Indian vegetarian restaurant, isn't easy to come by in our small yet cuisine rich city. Limited kitchen space, a reliance on meat-heavy meals and a general lack of calling for the dosa has meant the dish is often relegated to questionable outlets in Chungking Mansions. But in Tsim Sha Tsui there are two fairly hidden vegetarian restaurants that have battled it out over the decades. The dosa is their weapon, each dishing out the... https://www.scmp.com/article/994757/never-mind-size-savour-flavour?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/994757/never-mind-size-savour-flavour?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Waste not, want not: think before you eat Hong Kong may be considered a foodie's paradise, but it is also gaining notoriety for its excessive food wastage. Friends of the Earth, a green group, says that leftover food at two wedding banquets recently in Hong Kong amounted to a total of 400kg. The Environmental Protection Department points out that almost 3,300 tonnes of food are wasted every day across the city. This means that on average each person wastes half a kilogram of food per day.... https://www.scmp.com/article/991412/letters?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/991412/letters?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:00:00 +0000 A legislator who has demanded tighter checks on illegal guest houses had a shock when he learned that an unlicensed hostel was operating in a flat he owned. A 1,200 sq ft flat owned and rented out by Paul Tse Wai-chun, the Legislative Council member for the tourism sector, and his wife Pamela Peck Wan-kam, a district councillor, is listed on the popular website Hostel World as a guest house called 'Pandora after 80s'. Tse and Peck insisted they knew nothing about the flat in Causeway Bay... https://www.scmp.com/article/991150/lawmaker-owns-site-illegal-hostel?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/991150/lawmaker-owns-site-illegal-hostel?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Perhaps Manchester United should consider staying at Chungking Mansions if they visit Hong Kong next summer. After all, it costs first-class accommodation prices to stay at this landmark these days. But this is what the Red Devils want if they are to come here: first-class accommodation, first-class travel, and oh, not to forget, the trifling sum of US$3 million as appearance fees. It is not surprising then that the Hong Kong Football Association has baulked at the absurd price. It is ... https://www.scmp.com/article/988091/asia-should-take-united-stand?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/988091/asia-should-take-united-stand?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:00:00 +0000 There is definitely very little room at the inn this Christmas, with Hong Kong hotel-occupancy rates reaching 98 per cent, prompting room prices to jump a massive 80 per cent. Rooms at the luxury Peninsula are going for more than HK$16,000 a night, and even backpacker favourite Chungking Mansions is said to be charging nearly HK$3,000. The Travel Industry Council, representing the city's travel agents, reports strong sales for inbound and outbound businesses this festive season. Agents' ... https://www.scmp.com/article/987864/room-rates-soar-hotels-cash-christmas?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/987864/room-rates-soar-hotels-cash-christmas?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:00:00 +0000 Chungking 'facelift' fails to impress I refer to the report about the so-called facelift of Chungking Mansions ('Back into the light', November 12). Those who are impressed by what has been done have neglected to look behind the gaudy LED display. If they had ventured up the side alley during the ceremony that marked the building's 'official 50th anniversary', they would have seen mounds of refuse and broken glass and could have followed the unpleasant-smelling trail through to the rear of the... https://www.scmp.com/article/985870/letters?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/985870/letters?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:00:00 +0000 There are dark clouds gathering in the global economy ... We could face a lost decade of low growth and high unemployment International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde I feel good today, but a little bit tired since I have not been in class for over 10 years. I am rusty Basketball star Yao Ming begins a university degree in Shanghai It is a miracle that the building is now standing proud Legislative Council president Tsang Yok-sing, on Chungking Mansions turning 50 https://www.scmp.com/article/984706/quotes-week?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/984706/quotes-week?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:00:00 +0000 To a roll of drums and showers of confetti, Chungking Mansions, once dubbed the 'ghetto at the centre of the world', celebrated its official 50th anniversary yesterday with a ceremony that also marked the first facelift since it was built in 1961. Salina Lam Wai-lung, chairwoman of the incorporated owners, greeted guests and officials in a ribbon-cutting ceremony outside the former eyesore in Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. They included Legislative Council president Tsang Yok-sing, who praised the... https://www.scmp.com/article/984570/back-light?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/984570/back-light?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:00:00 +0000 I'm still quite optimistic about the European situation ... In fact Europeans can rescue themselves Former bank regulator chief Liu Mingkang said the euro-zone debt crisis should be solved by Europeans It is a miracle that the building is now standing proud Legislative Council president Tsang Yok-sing, on Chungking Mansions, which turned 50 yesterday G. Gordon Liddy was a very bright young man in one way, very stupid in others Richard Nixon, on the man (above) who organised the Watergate... https://www.scmp.com/article/984592/who-said-it?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/984592/who-said-it?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:00:00 +0000 Our editors will be looking ahead today to these developing stories ... Chungking Mansions marks half a century Today marks the 50th anniversary of Chungking Mansions, the international city-within-a-city of cheap electronics, watches, food and lodgings. To celebrate, the iconic building in Tsim Sha Tsui has undergone a HK$20 million facelift. Legislative Council president Tsang Yok-sing and the deputy director of the Kowloon sub-office of the central government liaison office, He Jing, are... https://www.scmp.com/article/984517/talking-points?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/984517/talking-points?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:00:00 +0000 Think globalisation, and the first idea that springs to mind is unlikely to be fake mobile phones on sale in a 50-year-old Hong Kong building. Yet the day-to-day business of Chungking Mansions, where people from more than 120 countries mix and mingle, is the true stuff of modern world trade, an anthropologist argues. 'Chungking Mansions is a centre of low-end globalisation - the type that touches most people in the world,' says Professor Gordon Mathews, whose new book Ghetto at the Centre of... https://www.scmp.com/article/980193/citys-own-global-ghetto?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/980193/citys-own-global-ghetto?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:00:00 +0000 Think globalisation, and the first things that spring to mind are unlikely to be fake mobile phones on sale in a 50-year-old Hong Kong building. Yet the day-to-day business of Chungking Mansions, where people from more than 120 countries mix and mingle, is the true stuff of modern world trade, an anthropologist argues. 'Chungking Mansions is a centre of low-end globalisation - the type that touches most people in the world,' said Professor Gordon Mathews, whose new book Ghetto at the Centre of... https://www.scmp.com/article/979764/chungking-mansions-its-world-trade?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/979764/chungking-mansions-its-world-trade?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:00:00 +0000