Culture
New Territories Sunrise (2022), by Lam Tianxing. Photo: Art Hong Kong

Art Hong Kong exhibition pairs modern and contemporary Chinese paintings

Art Hong Kong exhibition brings together paintings by 20th-century Chinese modernists and contemporary artists to spark dialogue about traditional Chinese culture.

18 Nov 2022 - 11:58AM
Austrian Maestro Franz Welser-Möst conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra during one of its traditional New Year’s concerts at the Golden Hall of Vienna’s Musikverein. He will conduct the orchestra on its Asia tour, which begins in Hong Kong on October 24. Photo: AP

Vienna Philharmonic orchestra to play in Hong Kong in October

One of the world’s greatest orchestras, the Vienna Philharmonic will give two concerts in Hong Kong at the start of its Asia tour. It will be the first major international orchestra to visit the city in over two years.

6 Oct 2022 - 3:22AM
A lavish robe for men with motifs of dragons, clouds and bats woven into its design, on display at the Hong Kong Palace Museum. Photo: Sam Tsang

Thousands throng Hong Kong Palace Museum to see 900 precious relics

Enthusiasts were in the queue from 8am, with museum opening its doors from 9am after a one-day delay caused by typhoon.

13 Jul 2022 - 12:58PM
Gustav Mak Ka-lok and his Global Symphony Orchestra make a pre-recorded online concert of The Legend of Confucius. Photo: Handout

Hong Kong composer Gustav Mak celebrates Confucius in new opera

The Legend of Confucius, to be performed in Mandarin, ‘can be a window to understanding China’.

3 Jul 2022 - 9:00AM
Illustration: Kaliz Lee

From egg tarts to the Star Ferry: 25 objects that tell us this is Hong Kong

Trams and cast-iron postboxes speak to the history of the city, while delicacies such as fishballs and egg waffles are street food essentials.

13 Jul 2022 - 12:55PM
Alvin Leung King-lon’s restaurant, Bo Innovation, created a new narrative about modern Cantonese cuisine. He is one of a few chefs to have left an indelible mark on Hong Kong’s rich dining culture. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

25 chefs, from A to Y, who changed Hong Kong’s dining scene

We celebrate 25 chefs who have shaped Hong Kong’s dining scene over the past 25 years, from Bo Innovation’s Alvin Leung with his molecular gastronomy to ‘abalone king’ Yeung Koon-yat.

1 Jul 2022 - 4:27PM
Celebrity singers Sally Yeh and George Lam perform on a mainland Chinese television show dedicated to Canto-pop. Photo: Mango TV/TVB

China television spotlights Hong Kong culture ahead of 25th anniversary of handover

Chinese television has broadcast a handful of shows that celebrate Hong Kong’s culture ahead of the 25th anniversary of the handover, many of which have become some of the most popular programmes on the mainland.

29 Jun 2022 - 7:00PM
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The 12 movies that defined Hong Kong cinema in the past 25 years

From Made in Hong Kong and Infernal Affairs to Kung Fu Hustle, Ten Years and Anita, these films left a lasting legacy both in Hong Kong cinema and the city’s collective consciousness.

29 Jun 2022 - 6:15PM
The Hong Kong Palace Museum in the West Kowloon Cultural District. Photo: Nora Tam

Hong Kong Palace Museum to open on July 2, with security checks in place

Visitors to pass through metal detectors at entrance and belongings to be scanned; daily shuttle service around West Kowloon Cultural District available.

29 Jun 2022 - 11:35AM
Why Hong Kong uses bamboo scaffolding, meet those who climb it

Explainer | Why Hong Kong uses bamboo scaffolding, meet those who climb it

An ancient practice, suitable only for people with nerves of steel, remains alive and well in a modern city full of skyscrapers.

28 Jun 2022 - 11:00AM
On Hong Kong’s 25th anniversary, the multimedia Art@Harbour exhibition celebrates unity and positivity. Above: the ‘Coral Fractals’ artwork in Tamar Park. Photo: Nora Tam

Hong Kong art project celebrates handover with messages of peace and unity

Hong Kong’s Art@Harbour project, marking the 25th anniversary of the resumption of Chinese sovereignty, is a collection of sculptures and multimedia installations by local and international artists.

25 Jun 2022 - 5:45PM
Flags of China and the Hong Kong SAR in Tsim Sha Tsui celebrate the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover. Photo: Felix Wong

Uneasy times for Hongkongers making their home in mainland China

Rising Chinese nationalism and distrust after the city’s social unrest have left some Hong Kong people with an identity crisis.

27 Jun 2022 - 11:43AM
Eddie Cheung (left) plays a strict father in a still from Look Up.

Review | Look Up: bland and patronising celebration of Hong Kong’s past 25 years

Meant to be a celebration of 25 years since Chinese sovereignty over Hong Kong was restored, Look Up tells bland and corny stories about traditional values and the wisdom of elders.

22 Jun 2022 - 5:15PM
Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

Where to draw the line? Hong Kong satire from cartoons to internet memes

Hong Kong’s satire today takes the shape of internet memes, cartoons, protest props, chants of clever word plays, and derivative works to express opposition.

21 Jun 2022 - 8:11AM
The Hong Kong Palace Museum at the West Kowloon Cultural District. Photo: Nora Tam

Hong Kong Palace Museum to act as ‘window for promoting Chinese culture’

Museum to amplify global influence of Chinese culture, Wang says two days ahead of opening ceremony.

20 Jun 2022 - 11:39PM
The Blue House Cluster in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, consists of three pre-war Chinese tenements buildings – one blue, one yellow, one orange – that faced demolition before being renovated in the mid-2010s. The project won a Unesco award for cultural heritage preservation in 2017. Photo: Edmond So

6 Hong Kong heritage sites that dodged demolition, and 6 that did not

From Queen’s Pier and Ho Tung Gardens to PMQ and Tai Kwun, we look at the old historical buildings that have dominated Hong Kong’s preservation debate during the last 25 years.

19 Jun 2022 - 11:15AM
Illustration: Henry Wong

Hong Kong Olympians the poster children for 25 years of rapid sporting growth

Medal winners Doo Hoi-kem, Cheung Ka-long and Siobhan Haughey were all born months either side of the city’s emergence from British colonial rule. In the years since, government funding for elite sport has risen to more than HK$735 million a year.

19 Jun 2022 - 8:30AM
Jockey Club CEO Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, pictured here talking to the press after a race meeting at Sha Tin in December 2021, joined the organisation in 1998. Photo: Kenneth Chan.

Handover paved way for racing’s ‘international vision’, similar applies post-Covid

Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges sees parallels between racing landscape in city in 1997 and where sport stands after two years of coronavirus

18 Jun 2022 - 12:00PM
Ceramic pieces on display as part of “Clay to Treasure: Chinese Ceramics from the Palace Museum”, one of the nine inaugural exhibitions at the Hong Kong Palace Museum opening on July 2, 2022. Photo: Felix Wong

Hong Kong Palace Museum lifts veil on some of its opening shows

Ahead of its opening to the public on July 2, the US$450 million museum gives a preview of three of its nine inaugural exhibitions, including national treasures loaned by the Palace Museum in Beijing.

18 Jun 2022 - 5:41PM
Top 25 Hong Kong Canto-pop singers - Can you match their faces?

Top 25 Hong Kong Canto-pop singers - Can you match their faces?

Here are 25 iconic singers who have helped shape the Hong Kong pop music scene since 1997. Can you correctly match their facial features and name them all?

16 Jun 2022 - 10:45AM