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The sun is setting on Hong Kong’s bamboo scaffolding just as the rest of the world is waking up to the material’s myriad qualities. Pictured is a building in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong, encased in the iconic bamboo poles. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
Architecture and design

The world is discovering bamboo scaffolding – as Hong Kong phases it out

Skyscrapers clad in bamboo poles have been an iconic part of the city’s landscape, earning the material a place at the Venice Biennale.

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A private hot-spring jacuzzi at Onsen Bali, overlooking Lake Batur, Bali. Photo: Ian Neubauer
Cabaret show performer Rick Lau grew up in Hong Kong. Photo: Eugene Chan
Paris, France (Sacre Couer) (1983), by Tseng Kwong-chi. Photo: Ben Brown Fine Arts
Young Dabang has over 400 outlets worldwide. Photo: Young Dabang
Lin Yichen (right), owner of Venice’s Bar Foscarini, and barista Sophia with cafe regular Claudio Gatta. Photo: Federico Sutera
Hong Kong’s iconic bamboo scaffolding features on the cover of this week’s print edition. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

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Workers prepare chickens before the market opens in August 1998. Photo: SCMP Archives
Singaporean novelist Jemimah Wei has published a debut that paints an illuminating portrait of life in the city-state. Photo: Amanda Wong
A China Motor Bus double-decker ploughed into a huge crowd in North Point, killing four people and injuring 46. Pictured here are policemen taking statements at the accident site. Photo: SCMP Archives

Culture

All things contemporary culture: art, music, performance and Hong Kong subcultures
The architecture of Sri Lanka’s Galle Fort blends European, Muslim and South Asian traditions. Photo: Shutterstock
Children have their own procession during the end-of-summer Alp Spektakel, in the Swiss Alpine village of Seewis im Prättigau. Photo: Victoria Burrrows
Bamboo baskets of chillies, corn and chrysanthemum petals dry in the sun in Huangling village, in China’s Jiangxi province. Photo: China News Service
At Château Anthonic, owner Jean-Baptiste Cordonnier grows crops between the vines to increase biodiversity. Photo: John Brunton

Travel

Trending destinations, local’s guides and new travel experiences for your radar
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Black Sheep’s Peng Leng Jeng is a tribute to Hong Kong’s vanishing dai pai dong. Photo: Handout
Cornwall-based St Austell Brewery’s Hand Brewed by Robots beer. Photo: St Austell Brewery
The Madara craft-cocktail bar in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Photo: courtesy Madara

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Food trends, restaurant and bar recommendations, plus rising chefs to know
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The things that make life worth living. Entrepreneurship, collecting, social impact and more
Tottenham Hotspur’s South Korean star Son Heung-min could be featuring in the Hong Kong Football Festival. Photo: DPA

Counting down to the Hong Kong Football Festival

On Our Radar
Jeremy Evrard at Roucou, Hong Kong’s “first cheese omakase and bar”. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

How a cheese label collection led to Hong Kong’s first cheese omakase

My Obsession
Hongkonger Antares Au competes in this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. Photo: Jurgen Tapp Photography

Behind the scenes at Le Mans – and what it takes to win

Automobiles
Dr Gary Ades speaks on animal conservation and ecology in Hong Kong. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Gary Ades speaks on animal conservation and ecology in Hong Kong

My Life
David Michael Webb (born 29 August 1965) is an activist investor, transparency advocate and public data archivist/analyst. Long based in Hong Kong, he was formerly an investment banker. He maintains a large, open set of highly synthesised public data records, at Webb-site.com, photographed in Mid Levels Hong Kong, 29May25 SCMP / Jocelyn Tam

He held Hong Kong’s elites to account. Now he’s running out of time

My Life
Brian Yip at the Mother’s Choice Child Care Home in Mid-Levels. Photo: Alexander Mak

Meet the teenage philanthropist behind 1000 Suns and YouthCORE

Hong Kong
Chien-Shiung Wu’s experiment is sometimes referred to as the most important physics experiment ever conducted. Illustration: Samuel Porteous

Wu Chien-shiung, the Chinese scientist who helped make America’s atomic bomb

History
Reina Cheng (left) and Walter Tsui launched CareER in 2014 and have placed scores of people in careers every year since. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

CareER helps Hongkongers with disabilities enter the workforce

Profile
Monti Lai, Hong Kong environmental artist and farmer, at Hong Kong Arts Centre in Wan Chai. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

How this artist uses rice to connect to her community – and ancestors

Art
Who among us does not have at least 26 bags-for-life? Photo: Shutterstock

Are our sustainability efforts actually worth it?

Architecture and design
Physiotherapy isn’t just for the injured: it helps you move better and sets you up for longevity. Photo: Getty Images
When Tim Noonan’s shoulder tore in 2014, stem cell therapy eased his extreme pain – 10 years later, he returns for more of the novel therapy. Illustration: Isidore Vic Carloman
Visitors to The Hideout on Lantau Island enjoy a yoga class. Photo: Courtesy of The Hideout
Sparkling water may have some metabolic benefits, but don’t skip the exercise and healthy eating. Photo: Shutterstock

Wellness

Physical and mental wellbeing, longevity and health trends
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Residential spaces, industrial makeovers and emerging designers
The living area of a Hong Kong flat designed by Gary Chang of the Edge Design Institute. Photo: Christie Chau

Breaking the mould of urban flat design in Hong Kong’s Tin Hau

Interiors
Architect Rocco Yim Sen-kee is responsible for some of Hong Kong’s most iconic spaces. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Architect Rocco Yim designed some of Hong Kong’s most iconic structures

Architecture and design
The pavilion was designed to reflect the history and culture of Tai Kok Tsui in Hong Kong. Photo: Eugene Chan

Revitalising Hong Kong’s Olympian City plaza – in the shade

Architecture and design
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