In a fast-changing city like Hong Kong, we tend to think much more about the future than we do about the past. But a number of longstanding businesses are working extra hard to keep the spirit of old Hong Kong alive. Here are some of our favorites.
Fan Ling Theatre
Opened in 1959, the Fan Ling...
HK Magazine: What made you become a shoe shiner?
Lee: I’m illiterate and I’ve never been to school. I lived in poverty on the mainland so I decided to come to Hong Kong when I was about 14. I couldn’t find a job because I hardly knew any words. That’s why I taught myself...
Tseung Kwan O district has the second youngest population in Hong Kong. It is a fairly new district with 400,000 residents, 120,000 of which are aged 15 to 34, according to the 2006 census. So it might be a little astonishing to many to learn that Tseung Kwan O does not have one single karaoke...
HK Magazine: Why are you organizing this exhibition?
Jimmy Lam: I was researching various animals for another design and saw pictures on a website of an overseas hunting group. They kill animals for sport, hang the heads at home as decorations and dump the bodies. It’s really frightening.
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HK Magazine: How did you get involved with providing schooling for children in China?
Bill Hui: Some fellow Buddhists who had returned from a trip to China came to my restaurant [Cute Fei Vegetarian] in 1996 and showed me photos of undeveloped, rural areas in Guizhou and I was shocked to see how...
The conservation of Hong Kong’s trees has become a contentious issue over the past few years. After a tree fell in Stanley last year, killing a 19-year-old student, people were up in arms, demanding the government prevent such an accident from happening again. But despite the authorities...
For decades, the area around Central’s Theater Lane has been a place where traditional craftsmen ply their trade. Key cutters and cobblers operate out of bright green tin stalls along the side of Pedder Building; while shoe shiners quietly station themselves in the back, ready to buff passing...
