HK Magazine: So who is this little munchkin?
Lisa Peters: This is Xia. She’s about one year old, and she came from Guangxi Province. Her Chinese given name was Xiang, we just shortened it to Xia and gave her a Chinese middle name, Zhu Li, which means pearl of beauty. Her grandmother’s...
LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Travel writer Bruce Chatwin walked around Australia as he researched and meditated on the indigenous people’s beliefs about what the land was like in the ancient past. He wrote: “Aboriginal creation myths tell of the legendary totemic beings who wandered over the...
Hot Tables
We’ve heard good things about the new Shifu Court in the Holiday Inn Shifu Guangzhou. So we stopped by and had some kick-ass Cantonese in a venue with eight private dining rooms and great daily specials featuring the freshest catch of the day for both lunch and dinner. For an early...
Chris Patten’s just left town after promoting his newest paperback, “Not Quite the Diplomat.” What other books from our public personalities should we be taking to the beach?
How Regina Got Her Groove Back by Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee
When she causes a disaster in her hometown, a...
When Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieslowski died in 1996, it’s fair to say that anyone in the know was a little bit bummed. Kieslowski, after all, was the visionary who brought us the seminal “Three Colours” trilogy, and he was on the verge of starting another: the “Heaven,...
Yes
If you like seeing, then don’t go to Guangzhou. Every bar here is brighter than a regiment of deranged Kumon kids. But some people don’t need eyes. Ray Charles didn’t need them to make great music. Then again, Ray Charles was a genius, and you’re probably not. But if you...
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Donald Tsang Yam-kuen
>> Our Chief Executive took 28.3 percent of the votes. But based on “write-in” votes, one gets the feeling that Bus Uncle would have won if only his...
Grand Openings
We've been waiting with baited breath and depleted energy for the Mix to open on Hollywood Road after Pacific Coffee moved out. Shirtless, sweaty men have been toiling away for weeks to bring to life this bastion of good health and happiness and by the time you read this, it will be...
HK Magazine: You lived in Ho Chi Minh City for a while. Were you trying to kick-start the drum'n'bass scene?
Sonic: I tried but kept coming up against a brick wall. I did put on the first drum’n’bass night in Saigon [Ho Chi Minh City]. And there were Vietnamese people who came up to me...
HK Magazine: The race is about to begin. Nervous?
Becky Tong: I’m alright, since this is not my first time. I’m ready for the 1.1km swim and the 7km run.
HK: How long have you been doing aquathons like this one?
BT: I'm a beginner in triathlons, and this is my second try. I like the...
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