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We have selected seven Lifestyle stories from the past seven days that resonated with our readers. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing.
1. Room to be themselves: inside a 2,800 sq ft Mid-Levels family haven
With three independent adults living under one roof, giving each person private space was key to domestic harmony.
2. Alex To’s 40-year Cantopop legacy: R&B origins, comebacks, acting triumphs

Long before he packed out the Hong Kong Coliseum for his 40th-anniversary Get Up concerts last October, Alex To Tak-wai was busy changing the fundamental rhythm of the city’s pop music.
3. What is overthinking? How to recognise it and stop the feedback loop
You have likely experienced some form of the late-night mental loop: replaying a terse exchange with a colleague, wondering about a loved one’s subtle shift in tone, or worrying about a symptom you googled.
4. Is the Year of the Horse’s seventh month lucky for you? Forecasts for all signs

The seventh lunar month brings a powerful wave of cosmic shifts, reshaping fortunes across all 12 Chinese zodiac signs. As the elemental energies transition, this pivotal month introduces smooth qi for some, while presenting volatile trials and planetary clashes for others.
5. The Buddhist text in Taiwan said to bring lifetimes of luck with one glimpse
Could merely glimpsing a 357-year-old Buddhist manuscript really grant you seven lifetimes of good fortune?
6. The world’s only hieroglyphic script still in use today is found in China

Stepping into the Old Town of Lijiang, a city in China’s Yunnan province, feels like entering the set of a Chinese period drama. Passing timber homes dotted with red lanterns, you walk on slick, rain-polished cobblestones worn down by centuries of Himalayan traders’ footsteps.
7. How 2 like-minded chefs are celebrating Chinese diasporic gastronomy in Montreal
In just two years, Christophe Yu Jiulong went from speaking no French to graduating from a French programme at the largest culinary school in Canada after moving from his hometown in Chongqing, China to Montreal.


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2,800 sq ft Mid-Levels haven; Alex To’s 40-year Cantopop legacy: 7 Lifestyle highlights

Interior design studio hoo designed this three-bedroom flat, balancing privacy and modern sophistication, in Hong Kong’s Mid-Levels. Photo: hoo

Alex To performs during the “2021 New Year Concert – Sailing in the Greater Bay Area” in Shenzhen in January 2021. Photo: Weibo

The seventh lunar month of the Year of the Horse 2026 will bring a powerful wave of cosmic shifts, reshaping fortunes across all 12 Chinese zodiac signs, according to feng shui master Andrew Kwan.  Photo: Shutterstock

Dongba script, the world’s only hieroglyphic script still in use today, was created by Naxi shamans for sacred rituals. Photo: Amandayan

Influencers spark Cantonese revival; Stephen Chow’s comedy genius: 7 Lifestyle highlights

Donnie Wong, Andrew Bui and Mihi Matshingana are among a surge of Cantonese-speaking influencers making a splash on social media this year. Photos: Donnie Wong, Andrew Bui, Frites Macau

Olivia Cheng (right) plays pioneering Chinese madam Ah Toy in the US martial arts crime drama series Warrior. Ah Toy was the first recorded Chinese sex worker in San Francisco, who went on to own a chain of successful brothels. Photo: HBO Max

The living area in a Hong Kong property investor’s Tokyo flat designed by Jason Caroline Design. Photo: Time & Style

Jacky Cheung (left) and Stephen Chow in a still from Curry and Pepper (1990), a film that Chow starred in before his breakout role in the God of Gamblers spoof All for the Winner.

An image of Polyphemus, a cyclops who found Odysseus and his men in his cave in Homer’s The Odyssey. Image: Weltgeschichte 1898

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The Red Cuisine owner Joyce Yuen serves dishes at her restaurant in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong. Many restaurants in the city are struggling with falling customer numbers as more locals head to Shenzhen for cheaper meals. Photo: May Tse

Hong Kong actor and TV star Kenneth Chan talks about his experiences with insomnia and depression, the treatment he sought, and how he has been able to return to the entertainment scene. Photo: Courtesy of Kenneth Chan

Spectators watch the Fire Dragon Dance of Sar Kong Mun San Fook Tuck Chee in March 2026. Every three years, the dragon is offered back to the deities through fire, reducing its physical form to ashes. This act is not an end but a renewal. Photo: Yeo GT

Visitors at “The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series: Meet Mona Lisa & Portraying the Renaissance” exhibition at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum in Sha Tin in May 2026. Photo: Dickson Lee

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From Taiwan’s lucky Buddhist text to the world’s only hieroglyphic script in use today, here are seven stories from SCMP’s recent reporting


From Taiwan’s lucky Buddhist text to the world’s only hieroglyphic script in use today, here are seven stories from SCMP’s recent reporting.


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2,800 sq ft Mid-Levels haven; Alex To’s 40-year Cantopop legacy: 7 Lifestyle highlights

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1. Room to be themselves: inside a 2,800 sq ft Mid-Levels family haven

From Taiwan’s lucky Buddhist text to the world’s only hieroglyphic script in use today, here are seven stories from SCMP’s recent reporting