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Yuen Long cafe’s meat patties skyrockets to fame after viral online copypasta trend
Internet

Video | How a block of online text led to a cafe’s viral stardom

Tai Bo Cafe in Yuen Long has gone viral online thanks to a copypasta trend on Threads recommending their meat patties, and have seen customers from as far as Macau.

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

‘We have this gift’: Hong Kong film shows healing power of city’s nature

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Was Chow Yun-fat’s mainland Chinese film career a success or a flop?

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Struggles of leaving Hong Kong and returning to it depicted in short film

Moving to another country is stressful, but returning home can be just as tough. Kristie Ko’s own experience inspired her short film.

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A still from Kristie Ko Sze-yeuk’s short film, “Homecoming and Going” (2025). Photo: Fresh Wave
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | Under Current: Aaron Kwok, Francis Ng seek justice in fun but silly thriller

This Hong Kong tale of greed and corruption is a watchable portrait of greed and corruption, but it is also thoroughly detached from reality.

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Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | Cantopop icon Alan Tam: from Leslie Cheung’s rival to fans smashing albums

‘Principal Tam’ ruled Cantopop in the late 1970s and ’80s but later vexed fans with his offstage actions. Still, he’s going strong today.

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Fame and celebrity

How Hong Kong heartthrob Moses Chan became one of city’s top TV stars

A star of TV hits such as War and Beauty and Where the Legend Begins, Moses Chan is now also a coffee entrepreneur and dedicated family man.

Actor Moses Chan attends the opening event for the Carro flagship store in To Kwa Wan, Hong Kong, on November 20, 2025. He talks to the Post about acting, family life and more.
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | Road to Vendetta: Jeffrey Ngai plays an assassin in his first lead role

A John Wick-inspired action thriller co-produced by Hong Kong and Japan, Road to Vendetta is a textbook case of style over substance.

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How Johnnie To redefined Hong Kong’s gangster genre with 3 mid-2000s classics

Exiled, Mad Detective and Sparrow show the director at his eclectic best, mixing violence, humour and chaos.

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Hong Kong society

Hong Kong extends martial arts star Bruce Lee’s memorial trail with new monument

Monument, marking the 85th anniversary of his birth, will be constructed at the site of his former family home in Jordan.

Bruce Lee’s younger brother Robert, right, was in attendance as plans for a new monument, extending the memorial trail, were unveiled at the Prudential Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui. Photo: Eugene Lee
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | Someone Like Me: Fish Liew shines as a disabled woman seeking sex

This daring Hong Kong-set drama follows a woman with cerebral palsy who wishes to experience sex before having a hysterectomy.

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Carlos Chan (left) and Fish Liew in a still from Someone Like Me
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

How Bruce Lee hit the big time and other Hong Kong cinema highlights from 1972

Amid Bruce Lee’s rise to stardom, we look at what else made Hong Kong film headlines in 1972, from a Lee challenger to a local ‘Bond Girl’.

Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | How Myolie Wu went from Hong Kong TV stardom to mainland China fame

One of TVB’s ‘Five Great Actresses’, Wu also found considerable success on mainland Chinese screens, though her music career was short-lived.

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | Golden Boy: Louis Cheung anchors hot-blooded yet generic boxing drama

Cheung’s eye-catching central performance is the highlight of Joe Chan’s mildly entertaining drama co-starring Leander Lau and Eric Tsang.

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Louis Cheung Kai-chung in a still from Golden Boy.
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

3 Hong Kong romance films that pushed the boundaries

Sci-fi story Saviour of the Soul, fantasy tale Anna Magdalena and the provocative Isabella went outside the norm for Hong Kong romances.

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Takeshi Kaneshiro (left) and Kelly Chen in a still from quirky Hong Kong romance Anna Magdalena (1998), directed by Yee Chung-man.
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | Against All Odds: Hong Kong-set WWII thriller punches above its weight

A downed US pilot’s rescue entwines with a plot to assassinate a Japanese official in a gripping, intimate WWII thriller set in Hong Kong.

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2025 National Games

Andy Lau, Joey Yung among Hong Kong stars performing at National Games opening

Opening ceremony will showcase regional cultural elements using advanced technologies, including AI and virtual reality.

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Hong Kong’s 1985 horror film The Island was a rare gorefest

This brutal horror story about a field trip to a remote island inhabited by three crazed brothers was a rare outlier for Hong Kong cinema.

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John Sham (front) in a still from gory Hong Kong horror film The Island (1985), directed by Leong Po-chih.
Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | How actor Anthony Wong survived terrible films, ‘shut out’ by mainland China

From humble beginnings, Anthony Wong overcame adversity to become one of Hong Kong’s top actors and a man unafraid to speak out.

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

How Chan Koon-tai, Bruce Lee’s counterpart, wowed with his kung fu skills

Hong Kong’s Shaw Brothers Studio made Chan their answer to Lee in the 1970s. Here are 2 films that put his martial arts prowess to good use.

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Review | Another World: macabre human fable is a new milestone for Hong Kong animation

A haunting, philosophical triumph, Another World is a morally complex film and one of the best out of Hong Kong this year.

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Yuri (left, voiced by Christy Choi Hiu-tung) and Gudo (Chung Suet-ying) in a still from Another World (category IIA, Cantonese). Directed by Tommy Ng.
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Sammo Hung’s directorial debut was a hit. Then came Bruce Lee’s Game of Death

Hung’s first film as director, The Iron-Fisted Monk, led to the daunting task of wrapping up the film Lee had left unfinished when he died.

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Sammo Hung in a still from The Iron-Fisted Monk (1977), which was also his directorial debut. Photo: Eureka Entertainment
Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | How Shirley Kwan, Cantopop’s complex ‘queen of cool’, is a star like no other

Kwan experienced a meteoric rise followed by an artistic metamorphosis in the 1990s, before personal struggles began to take the spotlight.

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Why new documentary on Beyond’s Wong Ka-kui only tells part of the story

Because of You – Ka Kui, about the life of the Hong Kong frontman, is marred by the same issues that tore Beyond apart after his death.

What to do in Hong Kong

‘It hurts a lot’: how Hong Kong’s pro wrestling scene is back with a slam

Hong Kong pro wrestler Getter talks about growing a fan base for wrestling in the city and why flying around the ring is empowering.

Image of Hong Kong wrestlers slugging it out at a previous Hong Kong Wrestling Federation (HKWF) event.
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

How grief inspired Hong Kong’s breakout animated film Another World

Loosely based on a Japanese story, Hong Kong animation Another World explores reincarnation and humanity, says writer-producer Polly Yeung.

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Yuri (left, voiced by Christy Choi) and the spirit Gudo (Chung Suet-ying) in a screen grab from Another World, a new Hong Kong animation written and produced by Polly Yeung and directed by Tommy Ng. Photo: Edko Films
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Jean-Claude Van Damme films with Hong Kong roots, including Bloodsport

Action star Jean-Claude Van Damme has made a number of films either filmed in or linked closely to Hong Kong. Here are four.

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Fame and celebrity

‘We are married!’: Hong Kong stars Terrance Lau and Cecilia Choi wed in Japan

The actor and actress, who met while filming Beyond the Dream in 2019, have shared a series of wedding photos on their Instagram accounts.

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