While champagne toasts on New Year’s are as customary as… um…the New Year itself, why not be more avant-garde this year and go for some sparkly alternatives from other parts of the world? Here are a few recession-friendly suggestions that’ll make popping a bottle of Dom...
Carol Wong
Dancer at the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts
For my New Year’s resolution I want to do something different apart from dancing. I want to create something hand-made [to give to others and to sell]. I love to create little things with all my heart, such as chocolate,...
After the consumerism and indulgence of December, it’s time to start 2012 with some karma-cleansing good deeds. Here are just a few Hong Kong organizations looking for your support. From lobbying the government to lending your time as a volunteer to simply donating a few dollars, there are...
(France) Directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner. Starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Mélusine Mayance, Frédéric Pierrot. Category IIA.
It’s not easy to make a Holocaust film these days. Especially after the likes of “Schindler’s List” and “The Pianist,...
HK Magazine: You’ve toured extensively this past year with Belong, even playing in Brazil. Did you basically dominate the world?
Peggy Wang: We kind of crawled wussily. [Laughs.] I wouldn’t say that we dominated or rocked that hard. We have covered a lot ground though.
HK: Have there...
Around 1988, when I was working in a hospital that served children with chronic diseases, I received a referral about a hemophiliac child who was contaminated with HIV after receiving a blood transfusion. The parents told the school what was happening and the school was so scared that they expelled...
Pan de Pascua (Christmas cake)
Recipe courtesy of Jacqueline Fontaine
350 grams butter
250 grams sugar
5 eggs
2 lemons (rind only)
1 teaspoon baking soda
Pinch of salt
350 grams flour
250 grams raisins (corinto)
250 grams raisins (sultanas)
250 grams mix dried fruits (apricots, peaches, figs etc.)...
Merry Tipples
Eggnog
Along with apple cider, eggnog—a sweet, frothy and cold drink typically made from a combination of milk, beaten eggs and liquor—is a common beverage accompaniment to Christmas and Thanksgiving celebrations in North America. While it is unclear exactly how the...
As a record store, music distributor, event promoter and record label, White Noise has been a mainstay of independent music in Hong Kong since its inception in 2004. In April of that year, founder Gary Ieong and his three partners, all music buffs in their own right, opened a store in Causeway Bay...
