Hong Kong cancer survivors to share message of hope at city’s second Consciousness Festival

Gallivanting group Travel with 4 Jai will share how they turn illness into strength at Eaton HK’s Consciousness Festival starting November 8

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Travel with 4 Jai is a group that uses travel and humour to bring hope amid their battles with cancer. They will share their story on the opening day of this year’s Consciousness Festival, which co-director Joseph Chen says is about exploring “true mindfulness and wellness together”. Photo: Instagram/travel.with.4jai

Chloe Loung

Published: 7:15pm, 7 Nov 2025Updated: 4:56pm, 10 Nov 2025

Corrected [4:54pm, 10 Nov, 2025]

[4:54pm, 10 Nov, 2025]
A previous version of this article gave Clark Cheung's name as Clark Chung.

For Clark Cheung, a terminal cancer diagnosis is not the end, but the beginning of a new chapter.

“It’s brutal, terrifying for sure, but life doesn’t stop,” he says.

The Hong Kong fitness trainer and actor is one of a group of locals in their thirties – including a musician and an insurance agent – living with a cancer diagnosis who want to share a message of hope.

“We’re not just surviving; we’re learning how to live again, differently, more deeply than ever before,” says Cheung, who has lymphoma.

Clark Cheung is a Hong Kong fitness trainer and actor with lymphoma. Photo: Instagram/iamclarkcheung

The group came together by chance after they connected at a cancer patient gathering. Their cancer types differ; lung and bone cancer affect some.

But they have a common love of travel, and they do that together, sharing their stories on social media under the name “Travel with 4 Jai”, a wry nod to the Cantonese slang that translates to “dead boy”.

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