Here are two sets of impressive visuals featuring Hong Kong, both uncovered by the blog Hong Wrong. In the first, by Edwin Lee, we see an array of motion time lapse shots taken from 13 different locations – Lion Rock Peak, International Centre of Commerce, 39 Conduit Road, Harbour City, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Fa... Read more »
Were you somewhere other than Hong Kong this weekend? You mean you weren’t watching the city’s first-ever soapbox derby, sponsored by Red Bull? You sad, sad fool. The blog Hong Wrong says about 30,000 people turned out, and judging by the video, it was quite the spectacle. The Telegraph notes: The teams were judged on creativity, showmanship and... Read more »
What happens when you mix the characters of Super Mario with the mean streets of Hong Kong and classic elements of Triad flicks? The folks at Dayside Productions have an answer for you. From the YouTube video description: Synopsis: Bowser, the shroom drug lord, kidnaps the mayor’s daughter, Peach, to call off a drug investigation. The mayor calls... Read more »
More pictures here via AP. Another Golden Week tragedy, this time out of Hong Kong. Thirty-six people are confirmed dead after a ferry, the Lamma IV, capsized after colliding with a tug boat off Lamma Island. Many of the 120 onboard were off to Victoria Harbor to watch Hong Kong’s annual October 1 fireworks display, one... Read more »
Picture via the Guardian, caption: “Gigi Chao (right) is already taken, having apparently married her partner of seven years, Sean Eav (left), in France recently. Photograph: Apple Daily/AFP/Getty Images.” Gigi Chao says she’s “really quite touched” by her dad’s HK$500 million bounty for her hand in marriage, and with applicants like this, we can see... Read more »
Hong Kong property developer Cecil Chao Sze-tsung, looking very much like a tycoon in the above picture, has offered HK$500 million for the man who marries his daughter, Gigi Chao. Emphasis: man. For you see, there is one slight problem, as reported by South China Morning Post: Rejecting suggestions Gigi, 33, is a lesbian and describing... Read more »
Our man The Good Doctor makes his scheduled expat pilgrimage to Hong Kong: visa run! This video is the result. The music is by IFC Orchestra. Previously: The Creators Project. |Beijing Slice Archives|
Quoting what appears to be an official film synopsis:
Due West: Our Sex Journey describes the internal struggle of a young person seeking “love” and “lust” in contemporary society of Hong Kong. The film reflects the reason why men head North to Mainland to seek pleasure and the general problems exist among Hong Kong girls. It also focuses on the intricate conflict of the two-sided coin of love – affection and lust.
Protesters occupying Hong Kong’s city plaza have won — sort of. Wall Street Journal reports people are feeling “mixed jubilation and frustration” after the city announced yesterday it will make its controversial National Education curriculum “voluntary.” While it’s too early to unravel all the implications of this decision, a direct result is that those on their hunger... Read more »
Eason Chan was never cut in the same mold as other Canto- and Mandopop stars who churn out anodyne, over-produced songs with mass appeal. He wasn't exactly a rebel, but part of his popularity lie in the fact that he was unique, with songs that at least hinted at deeper meaning. Time called his album U87, released in 2005, "a bridge between past and future, showing off a rawness rarely found in Chinese pop."
