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Throughout its history, Hong Kong has been a place of ever-changing contours and skylines as well as home to a great variety of people. Here we present columns, photo galleries and stories about people who've lived in and helped shape Hong Kong, buildings preserved and long vanished, historical events, the city's changing culture and how the past shapes the present.
From our archives

Hong Kong swimmers braving the cold on New Year’s Day, from the 1970s to 2000s

A perennial test of courage, the city’s New Year Winter Swimming Lifesaving Championships race celebrates its 50th year in 2026.

A fifth-gen shop owner on closing the business despite his umbrella obsession

In pictures: a taste for winter warming fare, Hong Kong style

How Hongkongers keep warm in the winter, from steaming hotpot and snake soup to roasted chestnuts and bowls of crispy claypot rice.

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Exclusive | On the beat with Hong Kong’s highest-ranking colonial-era expatriate officer

Assistant Commissioner David Jordan reflects on bridging cultures, balancing tradition, protests and progress throughout his 30-year career.

Interview with Assistant Commissioner of Police (Ops) of Hong Kong Police Force’s Department Operations Wing,  David Jordan at Police HQ in Wan Chai. Photo: Karma Lo
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