HK Magazine: I don’t suppose you’ve noticed, but there aren’t many gardens around here.
Emma Rushton: We’re living here – just across the street from the gallery and we’ve been taking lots of photographs of the neighborhood. We’ve been amazed how people...
A is for Anita Mui
This city’s own versatile answer to Madonna was a professional singer since the age of seven. During a life cut down too soon due to cervical cancer (Oct 10, 1963-Dec 30, 2003), Mui released over 40 albums and starred in several films. The whereabouts of her ashes have...
HK Magazine: You started as a photographer when you were really young – how did you get into it?
David Corio: I took my first shots at 15 or 16. I went to college from 16 to18 and then went freelance straight after that. I was just glad to get out of school at the earliest opportunity. I...
HK Magazine: Does it seem strange that your unique music has traveled around the world?
Kjartan Sveinsson: We think it’s amazing. It’s great, especially since we’ve never been to China, and it’s not a place the record companies are thinking about too much. So it’s...
Hong Kong-born Nancy Kwan rocketed to fame aged 18 as William Holden’s co-star in the seminal 1960 movie “The World of Suzie Wong,” about a Wan Chai hooker and her relationship with a struggling western artist. After a successful acting career, she now lives in LA with her husband...
Favorite Hong Kong noise: The “ding ding” of the trams.
Weird Hong Kong quirk: Women in power suits standing on the street with scrunched-up faces, complaining to their boyfriends in kiddy voices.
Reading: “Unleashing the Idea Virus” by Seth Godin.
In your pocket: DJ mix CD...
The art exhibition “Asian Traffic: An Expressway Across Borders” has been zooming around the Asian region since it was first launched in Sydney in July 2004. It features new works by Asian-Australian artists on the theme of diaspora (the dispersion of people and culture). The brainchild...
Oi, you! Shut up and listen. I know more than you do. I’m smarter than you, better than you, more capable than you. I can write better, speak better, live better. I’ve got better philosophies, better politics, better morals. And writing like this, I can make myself heard. You’re a...
This story was sparked by a comment overheard at last year’s Rugby World Cup Sevens: “You’ve got to admit, Hong Kong gives good piss up.” There is one very good reason why what started as a small tournament in 1976 became the game’s favorite touring stop: the crowd....
Favorite Hong Kong sound: Ka-ching!
Favorite Hong Kong thing: The signs: “Thank you for your corporation.” “Beware of people.” The words “NATIVITY DISPLAY” really large on the side of fantasy pseudo-religious park installations.
Least favorite Hong Kong thing:...
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