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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.
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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.
From her Chinese-language covers of The Cranberries, Tori Amos and Cocteau Twins to her iconic statement album Di-Dar, Pledge and 100,000 Whys, Faye Wong left an enduring mark on the Asian music scene – strafing from alternative Western styles to big balling ballads, and embracing Cantonese before returning to her native Mandarin
Hongkongers have shown great community spirit in fighting injustice, but the city has a lingering problem with discrimination against members of ethnic minority communities.
Hongkongers have shown great community spirit in fighting injustice, but the city has a lingering problem with discrimination against members of ethnic minority communities.
About a dozen incoming travellers declared on their declaration form that they had symptoms, a spokesman for the Department of Health said.
About a dozen incoming travellers declared on their declaration form that they had symptoms, a spokesman for the Department of Health said.
District’s image hurt as unrest takes a toll on tourism and the cultural and retail scenes.
District’s image hurt as unrest takes a toll on tourism and the cultural and retail scenes.
Event in Tsim Sha Tsui comes as tensions ease among ethnic minority communities after ‘accidental’ police spraying of Kowloon Mosque on Sunday.
Event in Tsim Sha Tsui comes as tensions ease among ethnic minority communities after ‘accidental’ police spraying of Kowloon Mosque on Sunday.
Farah Dang, 38, has been volunteering with an NGO and came back a decade ago after leaving for Britain in 1992. She has never forgotten how others helped her, and has come to terms with her refugee identity.
Farah Dang, 38, has been volunteering with an NGO and came back a decade ago after leaving for Britain in 1992. She has never forgotten how others helped her, and has come to terms with her refugee identity.
Saved by a social worker as a troubled teenager, Jeffrey Andrews now wants to make a difference for others.
Saved by a social worker as a troubled teenager, Jeffrey Andrews now wants to make a difference for others.
Female suspect arrested at scene after victim suffers neck and chest wounds.
Female suspect arrested at scene after victim suffers neck and chest wounds.
Star of a Wong Kar-wai movie and an icon of urban Hong Kong, Chungking Mansions is too often portrayed as unsafe and a den of vice. Don’t believe a word of it – or you’ll be missing out on some of the city’s best Indian food
Star of a Wong Kar-wai movie and an icon of urban Hong Kong, Chungking Mansions is too often portrayed as unsafe and a den of vice. Don’t believe a word of it – or you’ll be missing out on some of the city’s best Indian food
Storror, British group whose first videos of Hong Kong freerunning went viral in 2016, release film of members evading security guard as they jump and somersault obstacles and shin along pipes between buildings in Kowloon
Storror, British group whose first videos of Hong Kong freerunning went viral in 2016, release film of members evading security guard as they jump and somersault obstacles and shin along pipes between buildings in Kowloon
Director of films such as Chungking Express and In the Mood for Love becomes first Hong Kong filmmaker to win ‘Nobel Prize for cinema’
Director of films such as Chungking Express and In the Mood for Love becomes first Hong Kong filmmaker to win ‘Nobel Prize for cinema’
Doyle, who was cinematographer on Wong Kar-wai’s Chungking Express, looks for the locations in the high-rise where he filmed the award-winning Hong Kong classic and its sequel
Doyle, who was cinematographer on Wong Kar-wai’s Chungking Express, looks for the locations in the high-rise where he filmed the award-winning Hong Kong classic and its sequel
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.
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.
Salina Lam has transformed the Kowloon block once known as a ‘rough, shady place' during her 22 years as owners’ committee chairwoman.
Salina Lam has transformed the Kowloon block once known as a ‘rough, shady place' during her 22 years as owners’ committee chairwoman.
Lam Wai-long, the 75-year-old chairwoman of the Incorporated Owners of Chungking Mansions, reveals to SCMP how she helped make the infamous mansions a safe destination.
Lam Wai-long, the 75-year-old chairwoman of the Incorporated Owners of Chungking Mansions, reveals to SCMP how she helped make the infamous mansions a safe destination.
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.
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.