Comic Vivek Mahbubani was a recipient of the Hong Kong Spirit Ambassador Award in 2013. Photo: SCMP

Meet Ah V, the stand-up comic standing up for Hong Kong

Award-winning comic Vivek Mahbubani is among the rare few Hong Kong artists going public with their support for the city’s protest movement
The Hong Kong-born comedian says amid the frustrations, the protests are sparking healthy discussions of identity and encouraging people to see beyond racial or religious lines

Topic | Ethnic minorities in Hong Kong

Raquel Carvalho

Published: 2:30pm, 26 Oct, 2019

Updated: 4:45pm, 26 Oct, 2019

Comic Vivek Mahbubani was a recipient of the Hong Kong Spirit Ambassador Award in 2013. Photo: SCMP

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Raquel Carvalho

Raquel Carvalho is Asia Correspondent for the Post. She joined the newspaper in 2014. Most of her investigative and in-depth stories have been focused on human rights, cross-border security, illicit trade and corruption. She was previously the chief reporter at a Portuguese daily newspaper in Macau, where she moved to from Europe in 2008.