https://www.scmp.com/rss/503717/feed After spending years writing about the world of luxury, Joyce is now a freelance writer obsessed with telling stories about the culture, art, fashion, food and people that shape our city. When not at her desk, she could be found hiking Hong Kong's beautiful trails and chasing after her rescue dogs, Olive and George. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Joyce Yip Joyce Yip Architect Charles Lai Chun-wai still had not finished his pork chop rice – a signature dish at For Kee in Hong Kong’s Sheung Wan neighbourhood – when product designer Kay Chan Wan-ki lifted his melamine plate to read the inscription at the bottom. She shrieked when she saw the words she had been desperately seeking: “Made in Hong Kong”. Melamine tableware was a hallmark of cha chaan tengs – Hong Kong-style cafes like For Kee – in the 1970s, sought after for its ceramic-like appearance, low cost,... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3346969/hong-kongs-cha-chaan-teng-history-designs-and-legacy-celebrated-new-exhibition?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3346969/hong-kongs-cha-chaan-teng-history-designs-and-legacy-celebrated-new-exhibition?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 19 Mar 2026 04:15:08 +0000 Joyce Yip Joyce Yip Summer Wong Man-ting, 31, was ready to sprint into her final race at the 2025 World Obstacle – UIPM OCR World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, last September. Coming off a race in Barbados less than a month before, however, she was still recovering from both jet lag and injuries, and the relentless rain and 12-degree Celsius temperature had aggravated her cold. The horn blared, and the chorus of Banners’ “Someone to You” ripped through the tense air. Wong had one shot against Melia Ochsner,... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/passions/article/3345559/meet-summer-wong-face-hong-kongs-growing-ocr-scene?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/passions/article/3345559/meet-summer-wong-face-hong-kongs-growing-ocr-scene?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 Mar 2026 05:00:09 +0000 Joyce Yip Joyce Yip In a Chai Wan industrial building in late February, food designer Alison Tan Jia-qi was instructing a room of 20 Hong Kong diners on how to eat rice with a pat of Échiré, an artisanal French butter. “She perched a sliver of butter on top of the rice. From one of the sachets of soy sauce that came with the convenience store bento boxes … [she] squeezed a single drop.” Tan’s commands were met with a chuckling crowd, tickled by the stingy amount prescribed. Tan was reading an excerpt from Asako... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3346095/read-or-eat-why-not-both-hong-kong-book-clubs-and-events-pair-dining-reading?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3346095/read-or-eat-why-not-both-hong-kong-book-clubs-and-events-pair-dining-reading?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Mar 2026 04:45:10 +0000 Joyce Yip Joyce Yip This summer’s barrage of severe rainstorms and typhoons wreaked havoc at Kit-ching’s farm. She had planned for a break in August, the honeymoon period between sowing and harvest, but toppled trees, collapsed fences and upheaved topsoil would cost her weeks, if not more, of repairs. “I can’t keep up with climate change,” she says. “Thankfully, most of the crops I planted 10 years ago have developed strong, deep roots to brave these tropical storms. The new seedlings don’t stand a chance.” A... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3326993/can-nam-chung-village-hong-kong-survive-amid-climate-change-and-urban-sprawl?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3326993/can-nam-chung-village-hong-kong-survive-amid-climate-change-and-urban-sprawl?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Sep 2025 11:15:10 +0000 Joyce Yip Joyce Yip Eight years ago, when her mother’s stroke stripped her of the ability to swallow, Pearl Chuin Pui-yee, then 50, had no idea what dysphagia was. She would watch her once sprightly mother wither away from refusing the vomit-coloured goop of blended congee, protein and vegetables served daily at her care home. “I’d visit with my own food so we could share meals together. She’d point at my plate to signal that she wanted mine instead,” says Chuin. “She rarely ate the food the home gave her. It was... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/food-drink/article/3323510/dishing-soft-meal-revolution-hong-kongs-elderly?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/food-drink/article/3323510/dishing-soft-meal-revolution-hong-kongs-elderly?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 31 Aug 2025 07:00:08 +0000 Joyce Yip Joyce Yip Kendrick Lamar’s 2024 hit “Not Like Us” crescendoed, the two battle-ready competitors faced off, and the final round of the Red Bull Dance Your Style university qualifier was under way. Among the 16 contestants at The Burrow in San Po Kong in April, the race for the crown came down to the sultry shoulder rolls and eccentric arm twirls of Chlorine, a whacker repping the red team, and the dips and twitches of Wing, the popper in blue. The two teams’ flags fluttered over the rambunctious crowd of... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3315621/these-youths-are-making-us-question-everything-we-knew-about-street-dance?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3315621/these-youths-are-making-us-question-everything-we-knew-about-street-dance?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 25 Jun 2025 04:45:07 +0000 Joyce Yip Joyce Yip For more than a year, Ryan Lam Chun-hei, 28, practised pickleball at night on deserted badminton courts under a bridge in Kwai Fong, where it was so dark he could barely see the ball. “It’s not easy being an athlete in Hong Kong, never mind that of an emerging sport,” says Lam. And yet, in a sport that many hadn’t heard of until recent years – even recent months – Lam and his teammate, Wong Hong-kit, 26, took gold in the Hong Kong leg of the 2024 World Pickleball Championship series, held late... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3294035/grandmas-game-taking-hong-kong-and-all-ages-storm?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3294035/grandmas-game-taking-hong-kong-and-all-ages-storm?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 15 Jan 2025 03:15:09 +0000 “Fresh tiles after rain”, “fur on the back of bats’ wings” and “burning incense” are just a few of the terms seasoned wine educator Terry Xu Wei might use to describe a tipple – even glasses poured from his collection of fine and rare wines. Better known by his alias Xiao Pi, and with close to 300,000 followers on Chinese social media, Xu wears denim shorts, sips from stemless glasses and breaks the fourth wall when talking about wine in videos often embellished with vibrant graphics and... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3279631/how-language-wine-changing-young-chinese-drinkers-choose-bottles-without-jargon?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3279631/how-language-wine-changing-young-chinese-drinkers-choose-bottles-without-jargon?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Sep 2024 20:15:07 +0000 Camille Glass – co-founder and co-owner of restaurants Brut and Pondi and wine bar Crushed in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong – had hoped that non-alcoholic and low-alcohol wines would be the next big thing. She was wrong. “I was quite excited: I was used to having a glass of wine, if not three, every night, but I didn’t like the way I felt the next day,” she says. In 2022, she brought in zero-proof, organic sparkling chardonnay and rosé produced by Thomson & Scott, a British company that specialises in... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3276562/non-alcoholic-and-low-alcohol-wines-were-going-be-big-they-flopped-what-happened?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3276562/non-alcoholic-and-low-alcohol-wines-were-going-be-big-they-flopped-what-happened?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Sep 2024 04:15:07 +0000 Freelance writer Sandra Göldi and the founder of Finoverse – the organiser of Hong Kong FinTech Week – would often cross paths in the same workout class at Soho House, where they are both members. It was early 2024 and Finoverse was seeking talent like Göldi, who, after a round of interviews, signed a contract to work for the company. Not bad for a few chats after spin class. But in many ways, that is what these members’ clubs are for: informal networking with select strata of society. “This... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3272561/opening-doors-whats-future-hong-kongs-private-membership-clubs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3272561/opening-doors-whats-future-hong-kongs-private-membership-clubs?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 31 Jul 2024 04:31:25 +0000 In a bustling Starbucks in Hong Kong, Dr Dalinda Isabel Sanchez Vidaña and Douglas Affonso Formolo are sitting and staring at three raisins on a napkin. Formolo – a PhD candidate in Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s department of rehabilitation sciences – is told to admire the dried fruit, smell it, caress it with his lips, and go through several other steps before he can actually swallow it. He eats two of them in a span of 10 minutes. This is a glimpse into the kind of mindful eating... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3260140/practise-mindful-eating-lower-stress-say-scientists-smell-feel-and-admire-your-food-you-have-it?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3260140/practise-mindful-eating-lower-stress-say-scientists-smell-feel-and-admire-your-food-you-have-it?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 24 Apr 2024 10:15:29 +0000 In the 2021 Chengdu International Spirits Compe­tition, Bastien Ciocca – co-founder of award-winning cocktail bars Hope & Sesame and SanYou, in Guangzhou, southern China – was one of two foreigners on the baijiu-tasting panel. Nobody paid him any attention, not even when he wrote tasting notes that were similar to those penned by the master distiller of Luzhou Laojiao, a baijiu brand that dates back to 1573 during the Ming dynasty. Heads only turned towards this perceived token foreigner after... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/3254544/how-baijiu-chinas-white-spirit-stopped-being-uncool-thanks-hip-cocktail-bars-are-making-it-part-new?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/3254544/how-baijiu-chinas-white-spirit-stopped-being-uncool-thanks-hip-cocktail-bars-are-making-it-part-new?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Mar 2024 20:15:16 +0000 Maureen Downey still remembers the faxes she received at her first auction-house job from Hardy Rodenstock, an alleged counterfeiter who would later sell US$2 million worth of suspicious wines purported to have belonged to late US President Thomas Jefferson. Rodenstock was inquiring about minute details of 1955 Chateau Gruaud Larose magnums, his favourite. “He asked about the bottles’ measurements, the glass, what’s written on the lower left corner of the label,” Downey says. “That was the... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3253512/champion-wine-sleuth-maureen-downey-talks-about-tracking-down-counterfeiters-and-how-internet-has?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3253512/champion-wine-sleuth-maureen-downey-talks-about-tracking-down-counterfeiters-and-how-internet-has?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 29 Feb 2024 04:15:19 +0000 Almost two decades ago, bookstore owner Hiroshi Eguchi went for a haircut and – as is common with hairdressers in Japan – was served a gin. He was so enamoured by the floral concoction that he sold up and moved his family of four to southern Germany to work under the tutelage of Christoph Keller, the master distiller of Monkey 47 gin. In 2018, the Eguchi returned to Japan – now with a cat and a dog – and took over a derelict municipal garden in Otaki, Chiba prefecture, which had been home to two... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/3234888/its-way-keep-lights-why-japans-traditional-distilleries-are-producing-gin-rum-and-brandy-new-era?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/3234888/its-way-keep-lights-why-japans-traditional-distilleries-are-producing-gin-rum-and-brandy-new-era?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 18 Sep 2023 04:38:14 +0000 In the months that Jean-Marie Fourrier – fourth-generation president of Domaine Fourrier in Gevrey Chambertin, Burgundy, France – couldn’t meet his international distributors because of pandemic-induced travel bans, the uncertainty of what was to come loomed over him. His solution: non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Though admitting that he doesn’t fully grasp Web3 technology, Fourrier became one of the first wine producers to sell on Crurated, an online auction house founded in 2021 that lets... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/3229504/blockchain-your-burgundy-how-nfts-are-being-minted-wine-and-spirits-producers-and-auction-houses-cut?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/3229504/blockchain-your-burgundy-how-nfts-are-being-minted-wine-and-spirits-producers-and-auction-houses-cut?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 31 Jul 2023 10:15:10 +0000 The number of Instagram bakeries that have sprouted up in Hong Kong in the past year is testament to the rapidly growing popularity of the social media phenomenon. These businesses are bakeries mostly without a shopfront that, unlike their bricks-and-mortar counterparts, deliver their baked goods or meet customers at designated spots, and advertise their business mostly through Instagram. They usually start as passion projects, and in Hong Kong must apply for a food factory licence from the Food... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3225547/11-hong-kongs-best-new-instagram-bakeries-pick-cakes-pastries-and-cookies-celebrations-or-just?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3225547/11-hong-kongs-best-new-instagram-bakeries-pick-cakes-pastries-and-cookies-celebrations-or-just?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 27 Jun 2023 10:41:24 +0000 When Carla Martinesi had her Eureka moment about starting a food-rescue service in the summer of 2020, she quit her marketing job – much to her mother’s dismay. Almost three years on, Chomp has saved thousands of meals from 125 vendors including big names such as Slowood, Flash Coffee, Baked by Shangri-La, Levain Bakery, and The Baker & The Bottleman. The Chomp app suggests nearby partner venues that offer discounted food. Users pay via the app and pick up in person within a certain time to... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/3218097/how-reduce-food-waste-hong-kong-food-rescue-apps-are-bringing-innovative-new-ideas-table?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/3218097/how-reduce-food-waste-hong-kong-food-rescue-apps-are-bringing-innovative-new-ideas-table?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Apr 2023 04:45:17 +0000 When Ip Wing-chi, the owner of Hong Kong tea retailer and teahouse LockCha, was asked to serve something with oomph for the June 2018 opening of heritage and cultural centre Tai Kwun – in which one of his Chinese tea-houses resides – he went with something totally off-menu. Filling 5,000 reusable bottles with water, beneath each lid he hid a clip for holding a tea bag. The bottle would be turned upside down when it came time for steeping, and right-side up to avoid prolonged soaking. Ip says he... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/3210582/capsules-beers-app-old-drink-tea-seen-gateway-chinese-culture-evolves-draw-gen-z-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/3210582/capsules-beers-app-old-drink-tea-seen-gateway-chinese-culture-evolves-draw-gen-z-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 19 Feb 2023 05:15:11 +0000 For Chengdu-born design duo Liushu Lei and Yutong Jiang, every garment aims to channel young, feminine power. The 32-year-old Liushu Lei – or Shu Shu – is often photographed in short black hair, subtle jumpers and a pair of black-rimmed spectacles. It’s difficult to imagine that this demure wardrobe belongs to the co-mastermind of Shushu/Tong, a Shanghainese fashion brand known for a saccharine explosion of lace, ruffles and bows on cotton-candied Lolita-like outfits. Here’s what you need to... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/luxury/article/3209615/inside-shushu/tongs-sweet-fashion-bomb-founders-liushu-lei-and-yutong-jiang-shanghai-based-brand?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/luxury/article/3209615/inside-shushu/tongs-sweet-fashion-bomb-founders-liushu-lei-and-yutong-jiang-shanghai-based-brand?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 09 Feb 2023 07:44:20 +0000 ­­­In 2007, more than 80,000 people clamoured outside Sainsbury’s supermarkets across the UK for the instantly iconic “I am not a plastic bag” canvas tote – even though it had a production run of less than a quarter that number. In Taiwan, similar stampedes even sent 30 people to the hospital. The bag’s US$6 (£5) price tag soon multiplied 60-fold, with counterfeits fetching even more in some cases. Inspired by the bestselling book Change the World for a Fiver, the limited-run tote was somewhat... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/3187265/inside-anya-hindmarchs-sustainable-fashion-revolution?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/3187265/inside-anya-hindmarchs-sustainable-fashion-revolution?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 01 Aug 2022 04:27:03 +0000 Within just three years of hanging up her graduation gown at New York’s Parsons School of Design, 27-year-old Chinese fashion designer Zhou Rui has already dressed K-pop superstars Itzy, Hyuna and Blackpink’s Lisa, Taiwanese singer Ouyang Nana, UK singer-songwriter Dua Lipa, and American songstress Solange Knowles. Known for a poetic and theatrical blend between lingerie and sportswear, Zhou’s knitted garments in coral, beige, lavender, fuchsia and cyan blue stretch over the body like rippling... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/luxury/article/3181669/zhou-ruis-provocative-fashion-shes-dressed-blackpinks-lisa?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/luxury/article/3181669/zhou-ruis-provocative-fashion-shes-dressed-blackpinks-lisa?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 15 Jun 2022 00:00:21 +0000 Last December, Sotheby’s Hong Kong announced the launch of its inaugural Puer tea online auction with 20-plus lots, spanning from century-old antiques to modern day tipples. The highest bid of US$71,600 (HK$562,500) went to a 1950 Blue Label tea cake weighing around 330 grams – a lot celebrated not just for its antiquity, but because it is from a rare batch made during the municipalisation of tea production in China. One of the oldest forms of tea, Puer is a variety of fermented black tea... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/3177579/why-old-chinese-tea-can-be-worth-more-wine-or-whisky?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/3177579/why-old-chinese-tea-can-be-worth-more-wine-or-whisky?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 May 2022 08:00:17 +0000 Joyce Yip Joyce Yip The world was shocked when, in March 2021, American digital artist Beeple sold his Everydays: The First 5000 Days at a Christie’s auction for an astronomical US$69.4 million. The sum, and the fact it was the first piece of NFT art to be auctioned by a major auction house, rattled not only the traditional art industry, but also questioned the way we all collect and consume digital assets. An NFT – or non-fungible token – is an irreplaceable unit of data that’s verified on the blockchain. In an... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/3176887/how-are-nfts-disrupting-art-market-beeples-everydays?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/3176887/how-are-nfts-disrupting-art-market-beeples-everydays?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 May 2022 22:00:21 +0000 Mui choy kau yook, or braised pork with preserved vegetables, is the Cantonese phrase Malaysian actress Lin Min-chen recalls most clearly from her latest movie, Table for Six, directed by Chan Wing-sun and starring Dayo Wong, Stephy Tang, Ivana Wong and others. In the movie, she plays Ah Meow – a foodie who joins a family of three brothers in a tale that is as much about gastronomy as it is about family, released just in time for Lunar New Year. This is Lin’s fifth movie made in Hong Kong, and... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3164797/malaysian-pop-star-lin-min-chen-starring-table-six-dayo?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3164797/malaysian-pop-star-lin-min-chen-starring-table-six-dayo?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Jan 2022 02:00:21 +0000 Joyce Yip Joyce Yip Children in Hong Kong were given a peek into the world of magic and the secrets behind popular tricks such as the disappearing coin during a workshop last month. The event, hosted by magician and mentalist Zenneth Kok on November 27, was part of the performing arts theme of Operation Santa Claus (OSC), an annual charity campaign organised by the South China Morning Post and public broadcaster RTHK since 1988. Underprivileged kids learn to become lions with OSC Kok’s eager audience included about... https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/news/hong-kong/article/3164534/operation-santa-claus-hong-kong-underprivileged-children?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/news/hong-kong/article/3164534/operation-santa-claus-hong-kong-underprivileged-children?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Jan 2022 09:19:37 +0000 Hong Kong children were given a peek into the world of magic and the secrets behind popular tricks such as the disappearing coin during a workshop last month. The event, hosted by magician and mentalist Zenneth Kok on November 27, was part of the performing arts theme of Operation Santa Claus (OSC), an annual charity campaign organised by the South China Morning Post and public broadcaster RTHK since 1988. Kok’s eager audience included about 25 underprivileged children from two of OSC’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3164525/operation-santa-claus-hong-kong-underprivileged-children-get?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3164525/operation-santa-claus-hong-kong-underprivileged-children-get?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Jan 2022 08:16:55 +0000 Joyce Yip Joyce Yip A Hong Kong theatre group has given some underprivileged children a lesson on using masks to express themselves. Local theatre group The Nonsensemakers held a two-day mask-making workshop on November 13 and 20 for six primary school children from three beneficiaries of Operation Santa Claus – an annual charity initiative organised by the South China Morning Post and public broadcaster RTHK since 1988. The event, part of OSC’s performing arts theme last year, was sponsored by global banking giant... https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/news/hong-kong/article/3164264/operation-santa-claus-hong-kong-students-use-masks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/news/hong-kong/article/3164264/operation-santa-claus-hong-kong-students-use-masks?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Jan 2022 09:59:17 +0000 A Hong Kong theatre group has given some underprivileged children a lesson on using masks to express themselves. Local theatre group The Nonsensemakers held a two-day mask-making workshop on November 13 and 20 for six primary school children from three beneficiaries of Operation Santa Claus – an annual charity initiative organised by the South China Morning Post and public broadcaster RTHK since 1988. The event, part of OSC’s performing arts theme last year, was sponsored by global banking giant... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3164199/operation-santa-claus-hong-kong-children-learn-how-use-masks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3164199/operation-santa-claus-hong-kong-children-learn-how-use-masks?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Jan 2022 06:30:26 +0000 Joyce Yip Joyce Yip An international school and kindergarten in Tai Po hosted its first-ever on-campus Christmas party last month, with Santa Claus showing up to bring festive cheer to all the children. Taking place over December 10 and 11, 90 pupils and their parents at the Norwegian International School enjoyed two days of carol singing, bake sales, an ornaments workshop and a photo op with Santa himself! Santa’s appearance at Hong Kong school helps raise HK$30,000 for charity In the past, the pupils used to... https://www.scmp.com/yp/native/discover/news/hong-kong/article/3162969/hong-kongs-norwegian-international-school?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/yp/native/discover/news/hong-kong/article/3162969/hong-kongs-norwegian-international-school?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 12 Jan 2022 02:00:11 +0000 Joyce Yip Joyce Yip In the six years that Christopher Chadwick has been principal of the Korean International School Hong Kong (KIS), he has always dressed up as Father Christmas for Santa Fun Day in December. “In different forms, though: I could be sitting for people to take photos, visiting classrooms or greeting families in front of the gate in the morning,” said Chadwick, a proud owner of more than 20 Christmas-themed shirts and 37 such neckties. For last year’s event on December 10, he did all three to boost... https://www.scmp.com/native/yp/discover/news/hong-kong/article/3162820/korean-international-school-hong-kong-raises?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/native/yp/discover/news/hong-kong/article/3162820/korean-international-school-hong-kong-raises?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 10 Jan 2022 12:00:28 +0000 Joyce Yip Joyce Yip Father Christmas made a special appearance at Think International School in Hong Kong last month to pose for photographs with students and raise money for a seasonal charity drive. The photo op at the Kowloon Tong school was in support of Operation Santa Claus – an annual initiative held by the South China Morning Post and public broadcaster RTHK since 1988. Families of the students were also welcomed to join the after-school December shoot, with Father Christmas and pupils decked out in festive... https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/news/hong-kong/article/3162801/father-christmas-appearance-think-international-school?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/news/hong-kong/article/3162801/father-christmas-appearance-think-international-school?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 10 Jan 2022 08:00:15 +0000 Joyce Yip Joyce Yip The coronavirus pandemic might have restricted large-scale activities, but that did not stop students at one international school in Hong Kong from coming up with ways to send messages of kindness on campus while raising money for charity. Students from International College Hong Kong (ICHK) in Sha Tau Kok organised a charity event from November 22 to December 1 last year selling candy cane-grams and Christmas ornaments to raise funds for Operation Santa Claus (OSC), an annual initiative... https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/news/hong-kong/article/3162375/hong-kong-school-brings-community-closer-messages?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/news/hong-kong/article/3162375/hong-kong-school-brings-community-closer-messages?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 Jan 2022 09:14:01 +0000 Joyce Yip Joyce Yip Singapore International School (Hong Kong) is evoking culinary flavours from back home through the publication of a traditional recipe cookbook, released as part of its 30th anniversary celebrations. “Joyful Recipes of Love” contains 34 dishes including Nyonya laksa and bak chor mee that members of the school and wider community hold close to their heart. The examples of classic Singaporean cuisine were personally submitted by parents, student alumni, professional chefs, school staff and... https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/news/hong-kong/article/3162256/hong-kong-schools-recipes-love-evokes-classic?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/news/hong-kong/article/3162256/hong-kong-schools-recipes-love-evokes-classic?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 05 Jan 2022 11:33:22 +0000 Joyce Yip Joyce Yip DSC International School in Hong Kong topped fundraising records – three times its intended target – for charity last year. Its secret? Funky hats, wigs and shaved heads. Sundae cups, clown wigs, a half-metre-long rocket and Hershey’s Kisses were just a few of the get-ups sitting atop students’ heads on December 3 as part of activities to raise funds for Operation Santa Claus (OSC) – an annual charity drive co-organised by the South China Morning Post and public broadcaster RTHK since 1988. The... https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/news/hong-kong/article/3162074/hong-kong-international-school-achieves-triple-its?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/news/hong-kong/article/3162074/hong-kong-international-school-achieves-triple-its?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Jan 2022 08:57:46 +0000 DSC International School in Hong Kong topped fundraising records – three times the intended target – for charity last year. Its secret? Funky hats, wigs and shaved heads. Sundae cups, clown wigs, a half-metre-long rocket and Hershey’s Kisses were just a few of the get-ups sitting atop pupils’ heads on December 3 as part of activities to raise funds for Operation Santa Claus (OSC) – an annual charity drive co-organised by the South China Morning Post and public broadcaster RTHK since 1988. The... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3161978/hong-kong-international-school-achieves-triple-its?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3161978/hong-kong-international-school-achieves-triple-its?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Jan 2022 02:00:26 +0000 Joyce Yip Joyce Yip Four-year-old Dulari Ihalagama came to class at a kindergarten in Hong Kong dressed in red from head to toe, her hair adorned with reindeer horns and bells. And it was all for a good cause. Students, their parents and staff of Discovery Mind campuses in Tung Chung and Discovery Bay turned up for “Dress in Red & Green with Crazy Hair Day” on November 19, 2021, decked out in festive attire such as elf outfits and decorative wigs. The greatest Christmas gift is paying it forward The event raised... https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/news/hong-kong/article/3161951/dress-charity-students-parents-and-staff-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/news/hong-kong/article/3161951/dress-charity-students-parents-and-staff-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 03 Jan 2022 09:13:29 +0000 From grooming future leaders to providing students with a positive learning environment, a Hong Kong charity has made plans to equip its beneficiaries with lifelong skills and training opportunities. Back in September, non-profit Wofoo Foundation was one of two donors to the annual NGO Leadership Programme organised by Chinese University’s social work department and Swiss investment bank UBS. The nine-month programme offers training in management, communications and technology, thanks to... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3161589/hong-kong-wofoo-foundation-funds-training-local?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3161589/hong-kong-wofoo-foundation-funds-training-local?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 31 Dec 2021 02:00:37 +0000 Swedish furniture giant Ikea, which is helping create better homes for underprivileged Hongkongers through an annual charity drive for the third straight year, has added another good cause to its plate: recycling used items to reduce waste. Last year, Ikea Hong Kong donated nearly 2,800 items, including furniture and accessories, to beneficiaries of Operation Santa Claus (OSC) – an annual fundraising drive jointly run by the South China Morning Post and public broadcaster RTHK since 1988. Each... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3161335/ikea-hong-kong-gives-needy-operation-santa-claus-takes-waste?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3161335/ikea-hong-kong-gives-needy-operation-santa-claus-takes-waste?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 29 Dec 2021 02:00:26 +0000 Sportsmanship was the order of the day as more than 200 people turned out for a good cause at a flagship charity soccer tournament for Operation Santa Claus (OSC) last month. OSC, an annual charity drive jointly organised by the South China Morning Post and RTHK since 1988, has been hosting the five-a-side tournament as part of its fundraising activities since 1998. Matches for the U12 Junior Tournament and the Adult Corporate Tournament were held at Happy Valley Recreation Ground on November... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3161174/sportsmanship-display-hong-kong-charity-soccer-tournament?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3161174/sportsmanship-display-hong-kong-charity-soccer-tournament?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 28 Dec 2021 02:00:14 +0000 A Hong Kong catering group has been donating HK$5 (64 US cents) to charity every time a customer orders selected dishes at one of their 18 outlets this December in a bid to promote the idea of sharing through food. Patrons enjoying steamed xiao long bao at Dim Sum Bar in the Nina Mall and Harbour City or sipping sangria at Pickled Pelican British pub in Stanley are among those who have helped Café Deco Group raise money for this year’s Operation Santa Claus. The annual charity initiative,... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3161093/cafe-deco-group-rings-operation-santa-claus-donations?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3161093/cafe-deco-group-rings-operation-santa-claus-donations?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 27 Dec 2021 02:00:27 +0000 It can be hard to say no when your boss asks you to sing for charity in front of all your colleagues, but Hong Kong staff at a global investment bank have come up with a way to get off the hook while still contributing to a good cause. “I donated HK$10,000 [US$1,280] for someone to sing, but they said they’ll give back HK$20,000 to turn down my offer,” UBS Hong Kong chief executive Amy Lo Choi-wan recalled with a laugh as she described the company’s fundraising Christmas party on December... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3160083/good-times-good-cause-ubs-hong-kong-christmas-party-raises?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3160083/good-times-good-cause-ubs-hong-kong-christmas-party-raises?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 17 Dec 2021 06:01:54 +0000 With the soundtrack of the Japanese basketball anime Slam Dunk blaring in the background, two corporate teams at Dah Sing Bank went head to head in an annual fundraising game in Hong Kong. The basketball showdown on December 11 at the Dah Sing Charity Score Challenge 2021 was just one of the events featured at the yearly affair. Other highlights included soccer matches and a sports day held via Zoom. For the past nine years, the challenge has raised funds for Operation Santa Claus (OSC), an... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3159860/slam-dunk-charity-hong-kong-bank-shoots-hoops?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3159860/slam-dunk-charity-hong-kong-bank-shoots-hoops?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 16 Dec 2021 02:00:29 +0000 Multinational investment bank Morgan Stanley has broken its own fundraising records for an annual charity event with cake – lots of it. Multi-tier fondant wonders, sugar-coated Christmas huts and elaborate cupcake towers are just some of the one-of-a-kind pieces that have gone under the hammer at Morgan Stanley’s annual bake auctions. The delicious event known for racking up sales of as much as HK$700,000 (US$89,750) per cake previously rang in its 10th anniversary this year. This year marked... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3159441/piece-cake-morgan-stanley-charity-bake-auction-beats-its-own?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3159441/piece-cake-morgan-stanley-charity-bake-auction-beats-its-own?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 13 Dec 2021 02:00:26 +0000 After a two-year hiatus, the annual “White Christmas Street Fair” held by Swire Properties returned to Hong Kong earlier this month – and this time it went green. The event, themed “Santa’s Whimsical Factory”, ran from December 2 to 5 in Quarry Bay and was organised by university students taking part in the Swire Properties Placemaking Academy – a six-month apprenticeship programme where participants put together the event with the help of mentors. Tim Blackburn, chief executive of Swire... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3159309/operation-santa-claus-swires-white-christmas-goes-green-it?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3159309/operation-santa-claus-swires-white-christmas-goes-green-it?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 12 Dec 2021 02:00:16 +0000 A major Hong Kong restaurant chain has joined hands with university students to make beer out of surplus bread in a bid to help local start-ups and raise funds for charity. The partnership was formed after a news article about a bread-to-beer start-up called Breer – run by students from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology – caught the eye of Maxim’s Group in early 2020. Michael Shung Yu-hin, the company’s senior manager of food procurement and supply chain, said executives had... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3158817/maxims-hong-kong-start-turning-bread-beer-beer-operation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3158817/maxims-hong-kong-start-turning-bread-beer-beer-operation?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Dec 2021 02:00:18 +0000 After a hiatus last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Swedish consulate is back to bringing winter magic to the needy in Hong Kong through its annual Christmas event. The Swedish Winter 2021, held on November 26 and 27 at Tai Kwun – Centre for Heritage and Arts in Central, featured a series of Nordic festivities including a Christmas market, an exhibition of the popular Swedish fictional character Pippi Longstocking, curling and hockey challenges, and workshops on making Christmas... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3158631/operation-santa-claus-swedish-winter-magic-hong-kongs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3158631/operation-santa-claus-swedish-winter-magic-hong-kongs?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Dec 2021 02:00:18 +0000 The luxurious Kowloon Shangri-La hotel this year invited three underprivileged families to come by for a taste of holiday cheer – literally. In partnership with Operation Santa Claus (OSC) – an annual charity drive organised by the Post and public broadcaster RTHK since 1988 – the hotel last month treated three families supported by The Hub Hong Kong to a festive doughnut-making workshop with its chief baker and afternoon tea in its swanky Lobby Lounge. The Hub Hong Kong – one of OSC’s 18... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3158549/kowloon-shangri-la-invites-families-hub-hong-kong-taste?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3158549/kowloon-shangri-la-invites-families-hub-hong-kong-taste?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Dec 2021 02:00:27 +0000 The coronavirus pandemic may have scaled down Credit Suisse’s charity drive over the past two years, but that has not stopped the banking giant’s employees from coming up with ways to reach out to the needy in Hong Kong. Fundraising events remained a priority on the bank’s agenda because staff “expected” and “demanded” philanthropy of their employer, said Liza Green, head of Credit Suisse’s corporate citizenship and foundations in the Asia Pacific. “We miss a lot of the engagement with the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3158047/operation-santa-claus-credit-suisse-charity-drive-pushes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3158047/operation-santa-claus-credit-suisse-charity-drive-pushes?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 Dec 2021 02:00:12 +0000 Pizza slices, supersized coronavirus cells and Goku from Dragon Ball Z – complete with the flaming wig – were just a few of the unlikely players going head to head in a Hong Kong squash tournament earlier this month to raise money for a worthy cause. The 2021 annual Wing Ding Charity Tournament, held on November 20 at the Hong Kong Football Club in Happy Valley, saw 13 teams comprising 169 costumed players, one of them just eight years old, swinging their rackets in support of Operation Santa... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3157647/lighthearted-hong-kong-squash-tournament-raises-serious?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3157647/lighthearted-hong-kong-squash-tournament-raises-serious?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 29 Nov 2021 02:00:25 +0000 An annual charity golf tournament in Hong Kong has raised a record HK$5 million (US$641,350) this year in spite of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, organisers have said. The 34th Cup of Kindness, held on October 24 at the Hong Kong Golf Club’s Fanling course, also saw 256 members competing against one another, an increase from the average of 200 in previous tournaments. The HK$5 million raised this year broke the previous mark of HK$4.6 million in 2017. The event raises money from members... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3157364/hong-kong-golf-club-event-raises-hk5-million-charity-spite?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3157364/hong-kong-golf-club-event-raises-hk5-million-charity-spite?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Nov 2021 02:00:08 +0000