Think about all those times you’ve let your food go bad in the fridge and then thrown it away. Then think of your uncleared plates at the last restaurant you ate in. The uneaten bread basket. The barely-touched buffet. Then multiply that by 7 million. Scary, isn’t it? Each day,...
HK Magazine: Being a private investigator is not a very common career choice. What stimulated your interest?
Philic Man: Some of my relatives worked as private investigators. So when I was a kid, I knew that the profession of private investigator existed in the world. Every summer, I used to follow...
HK Magazine: How did you take up tailoring?
Ho Wai-ming: There were two periods when I worked as a tailor. My father was a tailor, so when I was 14 I learnt tailoring from him and helped him with his business. We made suits. I worked with him for five years. During the Korean War, the American...
More than 200 citizens (and five policemen) are patiently lining up to cast their vote at the polling station in Tai Wai.
The Public Opinion Programme at Hong Kong University has organized a civil referendum allowing Hong Kong citizens a chance to show their pick for the upcoming Chief Executive...
The issue of mainland-Hong Kong integration has become a hot-button topic in the minds of many Hongkongers. Last month, the public was shocked and outraged to learn about the cross-boundary private cars quota trial scheme, which will allow mainland cars onto our congested roads. While the community...
In practical terms, the EOC has to handle complaints, provide legal assistance, promote our values and offer training for different organizations. But if we use one word to describe our work, it’s respect.
But the cases we are dealing with right now are just the tip of the iceberg. A lot of...
I got interested in politics when I was around 11 years old. I loved to read as a child. I was influenced by my relatives, and we would discuss politics.
Amazing and spectacular things do happen in people’s lives, but they didn’t happen in my life. I didn’t have some sort of...
Shanghai Street, one of the longest streets in the city, runs through the aging district of Yau Ma Tei. Dotted with old tenement buildings and traditional shops, at first glance the street seems an unlikely home for contemporary art. But a group of local artists think otherwise. In an attempt to...
I am a disciplined person, and I have this trait because of my childhood experiences. I have five siblings. My parents had to go out to work, and everyone had his or her job to do at home. After school, I had to take my two younger brothers home. Then I started doing my homework. At around six o...
HK Magazine: Why did you start taking pictures of stray cats?
Micros Yip: When I was a kid, I wasn’t sure if I liked cats or not because I had very little opportunity to be around them. My family didn’t keep a cat, my relatives didn’t have cats, and there were none in my...
