https://www.scmp.com/rss/513357/feed A Cultural Studies graduate from Lingnan University, Kayla Chan joined the Post after working as a video journalist at HK01, a feature reporter at Apple Daily, and a videographer at Stand News. She loves human stories and visual journalism. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Kayla Chan Kayla Chan For decades, the rainbow-coloured exterior and massive basketball court of Choi Hung Estate in Hong Kong have been popular tourist attractions. Completed in 1964, the public housing complex has been a silent witness to Hong Kong’s history. As the city developed, so did the close-knit community at Choi Hung Estate. But in 2024, the government announced the massive estate would be completely demolished and redeveloped by 2049. Now, as the project gets under way, residents and business owners are... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3337266/redevelopment-breaks-decades-old-close-community-hong-kongs-choi-hung-estate?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3337266/redevelopment-breaks-decades-old-close-community-hong-kongs-choi-hung-estate?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Dec 2025 03:40:00 +0000 Chinese e-commerce giant Taobao has opened its first physical store in Hong Kong. Located in the city’s popular Tsim Sha Tsui shopping district, PapaHome offers more than 10,000 furniture and home decoration items for customers to view before ordering them online. Taobao is operated by Alibaba Group, which is also the parent company of the South China Morning Post. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3299793/taobaos-first-physical-store-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3299793/taobaos-first-physical-store-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 23 Feb 2025 06:12:03 +0000 Edith Lin,Kayla Chan Edith Lin,Kayla Chan Chinese e-commerce giant Taobao’s first commercial space in Hong Kong, a furniture and lifestyle store co-run with local home repair platform Papabo, has drawn crowds eager to try the products before placing orders online. On Saturday, about 100 shoppers queued outside PapaHome at China Hong Kong City in Tsim Sha Tsui, for the opening of the 2,322 square metre store featuring more than 10,000 furniture products from 100 Taobao merchants. To manage the influx of visitors, the store implemented... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3299759/taobaos-first-physical-store-hong-kong-draws-crowds?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3299759/taobaos-first-physical-store-hong-kong-draws-crowds?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:11:37 +0000 Connor Mycroft,Kayla Chan Connor Mycroft,Kayla Chan Since mainland Chinese discount grocery-chain HotMaxx debuted in Hong Kong in September, it has lured hordes of customers by offering everyday items at prices well below the typical market rate. While a can of Coca-Cola would normally cost between HK$9 (US$1.20) and HK$11 in the city, HotMaxx sells it for only HK$3. It also has bottles of water for HK$2.50, body wash for HK$28 and even a 375ml bottle of whiskey for HK$25. At a time when Hong Kong retail sales are in a prolonged slump, in part... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3289779/can-mainland-china-bargain-bin-grocery-stores-push-out-hong-kongs-dominant-chains?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3289779/can-mainland-china-bargain-bin-grocery-stores-push-out-hong-kongs-dominant-chains?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 07 Dec 2024 01:30:17 +0000 In 1979, novelist and anime creator Yoshiyuki Tomino brought cutting-edge aerospace technology to TV audiences in 1979 with Mobile Suit Gundam. It offered a robot sci-fi depiction of conflicts in outer space with hundreds of soon-to-be classic protagonists and antagonists. In this episode of Cultured, we explore the animation, manga, magazines, toy kits and novels established by Sunrise and Bandai, and how they have morphed into the Gundam world, widely considered the most successful robot anime... https://www.scmp.com/news/article/3255728/what-gundam-how-japanese-robot-anime-morphed-toys-games-and-more?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/article/3255728/what-gundam-how-japanese-robot-anime-morphed-toys-games-and-more?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 18 Mar 2024 03:00:13 +0000