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New Territories Sunrise (2022), by Lam Tianxing. Photo: Art Hong Kong

Arts & Culture

Art Hong Kong exhibition pairs modern and contemporary Chinese paintings

Art Hong Kong exhibition brings together paintings by 20th-century Chinese modernists and contemporary artists to spark dialogue about traditional Chinese culture.

Vienna Philharmonic orchestra to play in Hong Kong in October

Thousands throng Hong Kong Palace Museum to see 900 precious relics

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Society

Hong Kong composer Gustav Mak celebrates Confucius in new opera

The Legend of Confucius, to be performed in Mandarin, ‘can be a window to understanding China’.

Gustav Mak Ka-lok and his Global Symphony Orchestra make a pre-recorded online concert of The Legend of Confucius. Photo: Handout
Gustav Mak Ka-lok and his Global Symphony Orchestra make a pre-recorded online concert of The Legend of Confucius. Photo: Handout

Society

From egg tarts to the Star Ferry: 25 objects that tell us this is Hong Kong

Trams and cast-iron postboxes speak to the history of the city, while delicacies such as fishballs and egg waffles are street food essentials.

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Food & Drink

25 chefs, from A to Y, who changed Hong Kong’s dining scene

We celebrate 25 chefs who have shaped Hong Kong’s dining scene over the past 25 years, from Bo Innovation’s Alvin Leung with his molecular gastronomy to ‘abalone king’ Yeung Koon-yat.

People & Culture

China television spotlights Hong Kong culture ahead of 25th anniversary of handover

Chinese television has broadcast a handful of shows that celebrate Hong Kong’s culture ahead of the 25th anniversary of the handover, many of which have become some of the most popular programmes on the mainland.

Celebrity singers Sally Yeh and George Lam perform on a mainland Chinese television show dedicated to Canto-pop. Photo: Mango TV/TVB

Entertainment

The 12 movies that defined Hong Kong cinema in the past 25 years

From Made in Hong Kong and Infernal Affairs to Kung Fu Hustle, Ten Years and Anita, these films left a lasting legacy both in Hong Kong cinema and the city’s collective consciousness.

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In the Mood for Love [FEATURES] Photo / HANDOUT
In the Mood for Love [FEATURES] Photo / HANDOUT

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Hong Kong Palace Museum to open on July 2, with security checks in place

Visitors to pass through metal detectors at entrance and belongings to be scanned; daily shuttle service around West Kowloon Cultural District available.

Culture

Explainer | Why Hong Kong uses bamboo scaffolding, meet those who climb it

An ancient practice, suitable only for people with nerves of steel, remains alive and well in a modern city full of skyscrapers.

Culture

Hong Kong art project celebrates handover with messages of peace and unity

Hong Kong’s Art@Harbour project, marking the 25th anniversary of the resumption of Chinese sovereignty, is a collection of sculptures and multimedia installations by local and international artists.

On Hong Kong’s 25th anniversary, the multimedia Art@Harbour exhibition celebrates unity and positivity. Above: the ‘Coral Fractals’ artwork in Tamar Park. Photo: Nora Tam

Politics

Uneasy times for Hongkongers making their home in mainland China

Rising Chinese nationalism and distrust after the city’s social unrest have left some Hong Kong people with an identity crisis.

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Flags of China and the Hong Kong SAR in Tsim Sha Tsui celebrate the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover. Photo: Felix Wong
Flags of China and the Hong Kong SAR in Tsim Sha Tsui celebrate the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover. Photo: Felix Wong

Entertainment

Review | Look Up: bland and patronising celebration of Hong Kong’s past 25 years

Meant to be a celebration of 25 years since Chinese sovereignty over Hong Kong was restored, Look Up tells bland and corny stories about traditional values and the wisdom of elders.

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Society

Where to draw the line? Hong Kong satire from cartoons to internet memes

Hong Kong’s satire today takes the shape of internet memes, cartoons, protest props, chants of clever word plays, and derivative works to express opposition.

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Society

Hong Kong Palace Museum to act as ‘window for promoting Chinese culture’

Museum to amplify global influence of Chinese culture, Wang says two days ahead of opening ceremony.

The Hong Kong Palace Museum at the West Kowloon Cultural District. Photo: Nora Tam

Lifestyle

6 Hong Kong heritage sites that dodged demolition, and 6 that did not

From Queen’s Pier and Ho Tung Gardens to PMQ and Tai Kwun, we look at the old historical buildings that have dominated Hong Kong’s preservation debate during the last 25 years.

The Blue House Cluster in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, consists of three pre-war Chinese tenements buildings – one blue, one yellow, one orange – that faced demolition before being renovated in the mid-2010s. The project won a Unesco award for cultural heritage preservation in 2017. Photo: Edmond So
The Blue House Cluster in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, consists of three pre-war Chinese tenements buildings – one blue, one yellow, one orange – that faced demolition before being renovated in the mid-2010s. The project won a Unesco award for cultural heritage preservation in 2017. Photo: Edmond So

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Olympians the poster children for 25 years of rapid sporting growth

Medal winners Doo Hoi-kem, Cheung Ka-long and Siobhan Haughey were all born months either side of the city’s emergence from British colonial rule. In the years since, government funding for elite sport has risen to more than HK$735 million a year.

Hong Kong

Handover paved way for racing’s ‘international vision’, similar applies post-Covid

Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges sees parallels between racing landscape in city in 1997 and where sport stands after two years of coronavirus

Arts & Culture

Hong Kong Palace Museum lifts veil on some of its opening shows

Ahead of its opening to the public on July 2, the US$450 million museum gives a preview of three of its nine inaugural exhibitions, including national treasures loaned by the Palace Museum in Beijing.

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Ceramic pieces on display as part of “Clay to Treasure: Chinese Ceramics from the Palace Museum”, one of the nine inaugural exhibitions at the Hong Kong Palace Museum opening on July 2, 2022. Photo: Felix Wong

Culture

Top 25 Hong Kong Canto-pop singers - Can you match their faces?

Here are 25 iconic singers who have helped shape the Hong Kong pop music scene since 1997. Can you correctly match their facial features and name them all?

Hong Kong economy

Explainer | Is Hong Kong a great place to live? How quality of life changed post-handover

Crime has come down, city’s transport networks have grown, people have more leisure choices now.

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Entertainment

Is Hong Kong cinema dead? No, an exciting new generation of filmmakers says

Amid an era of mainland Chinese co-productions, films like Anita, Zero to Hero, and One Second Champion are winning over local audiences in a way that hasn’t been seen for years.

Hong Kong economy

No place to go in Hong Kong? See the newly revamped Tai O Heritage Hotel

Boutique hotel was formerly a police station built in 1902 to guard against pirates.

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The revitalised Tai O Heritage Hotel sits on a hillside overlooking the South China Sea. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
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