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Lau Ka-kuen

Lau Ka-kuen

Hong Kong
Graphic designer, illustrator
Lau Ka-kuen joined the Post in 2006 as a graphic artist. He has a special interest in illustration and won an award of excellence from the Society of Newspaper Design in 2016.
Lau Ka-kuen joined the Post in 2006 as a graphic artist. He has a special interest in illustration and won an award of excellence from the Society of Newspaper Design in 2016.
Areas of Expertise:
Graphic design, illustration, Information graphic design
Languages Spoken:
English, Cantonese

Residents passed from pillar to post as warnings before fatal Hong Kong fire went unheeded

The third round of Wang Fuk Court fire hearings, held from April 20 to 30, exposed a “regulatory vacuum” in key areas that contributed to the high death toll, as departments said oversight lay elsewhere.

The second round of hearings from April 8 to April 17 exposed a series of failures that allowed the fire equipment and alarm system in Wang Fuk Court to be deactivated for months, and eventually contributed to the heavy death toll.

As one of the city’s biggest sports events celebrates its legacy, our infographic features some key things that have changed over the years.

See why the fires that ravaged the Wang Fuk Court high-rise tower complex are among the worst in the city’s history.

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New rules, different outfits, more venues – a visual comparison on how the 1924 and 2024 Paris Olympics differ.

The 2024 rugby sevens tournament is expected to be the final one at Hong Kong Stadium. Learn more about the history of the event, the venues and the star players.

The second biggest Chinese holiday of the year is full of tradition – from mooncakes, lanterns to how it’s celebrated, and what the legend is behind the festival.

Rats are quick-thinking, optimistic, and adaptable, which gives them the edge in 2020's rat race. Read our infographic to see why.

Every year, on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, crews of paddlers re-enact the legend of Qu Yuan. They power long, narrow boats, their prows mounted with ferocious dragon heads, through the water, to the frenzied, rhythmic beating of drums

Sixty-five years after Godzilla first stomped onto our screens in the 1954 Japanese film, the radioactive monster is back again.

Every year, on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, crews of paddlers re-enact the legend of Qu Yuan. They power boats mounted with ferocious dragon heads through the water to the frenzied beating of drums.

Pigs loom large in Chinese culture so it is little wonder that the character for pig, an animal central to traditional village life, is written nestled inside the character for home

The deadly explosion that ripped through Bangkok’s Erawan Shrine in a busy tourist area on Monday constituted a rare attack of that scale. Elsewhere in Thailand, however, the violence has been more palpable, with a sequence of bombings attributed to various groups over the past four years and many of the attacks occurring in the country’s restive south.

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