https://www.scmp.com/rss/523290/feed Terence Lam Ka-him, a Hong Kong composer, singer-songwriter, and record producer in the Cantonese music scene. Starting as a composer in 2014, Lam wrote for numerous top artists before becoming a singer-songwriter in 2019. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Jean Iau Jean Iau Under the floodlights of a street football pitch dotted with cement-covered potholes, 69-year-old retiree Lilian Sek beams as she whacks a hollow orange plastic ball through the night sky in the southern neighbourhood of Telok Blangah in Singapore. Behind her, a laminated sign on the back of the court reads “Please lower your volume” and reminds players of the quiet hours between 10.30pm and 7am for those living in the public housing flats that overlook the court. Sek, a former administrative... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3331988/fun-or-nuisance-singapores-pickleball-fever-leaves-neighbours-edge?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3331988/fun-or-nuisance-singapores-pickleball-fever-leaves-neighbours-edge?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 08 Nov 2025 05:30:08 +0000 Eugene Yim Eugene Yim The Last Dance, a Hong Kong movie directed and written by local director Anselm Chan, took the city’s box office by storm after its theatrical release in November last year. The film shattered several domestic box office records, including the highest single-day takings for a Hong Kong and Chinese-language film. It remains the highest-grossing locally produced movie in Hong Kong. The film also received 18 nominations and clinched five awards at the 43rd Hong Kong Film Awards in April. The... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3324242/masterful-take-hong-kong-film-last-dance-taboos-surrounding-death-rites?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3324242/masterful-take-hong-kong-film-last-dance-taboos-surrounding-death-rites?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Sep 2025 01:30:30 +0000 Lo Hoi-ying Lo Hoi-ying Keith Rumjahn was immensely frustrated after failing to get tickets to recent shows in Hong Kong by American comedian Jimmy O. Yang and British band Coldplay. Tickets were available in the secondary market – but cost at least twice their face value. Trying to book a public basketball court is another great source of irritation for Rumjahn, as he and his friends are only able to secure slots from touts who mark up the charge tenfold, from HK$100 to HK$200 to HK$1,000 to HK$2,000. Rumjahn, the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3321139/how-murky-world-ticket-touting-making-life-misery-hong-kong-fans?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3321139/how-murky-world-ticket-touting-making-life-misery-hong-kong-fans?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 08 Aug 2025 00:30:09 +0000