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Chinese horoscopes: how’s your luck in November 2024, Water Pig month? Predictions for health, wealth, love and work. Photo: SCMP Graphics

Profile | From songwriter in wife’s shadow to serious actor, Louis Cheung’s rise

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Festivities to be held on November 23 and 24, coinciding with reopening of some giant panda attractions.

What can you expect at a Chinese wedding banquet? All the dishes explained

Chefs in Hong Kong break down the must-eat dishes at Chinese wedding banquets and their names’ auspicious portents for the lucky couple.

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Dayo Wong (left) and Michael Hui in a still from The Last Dance (category IIB; Cantonese), directed by Anselm Chan. Michelle Wai co-stars. Photo: Emperor Motion Pictures

Jollibee parent fully acquires Hong Kong’s famed Tim Ho Wan dim sum chain

Jollibee Food Corporation buys remaining 8 per cent stake in company for S$20.2 million.

Hong Kong restaurant apologises for refusing entry to Paralympic gold medallist

Ho Yuen-kei was refused service at Thai restaurant when a staff member said her wheelchair would affect other diners.

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How Hong Kong’s tailoring industry has evolved through the ages

Whether British, Shanghainese or Indian, Hong Kong’s legions of tailors have been a world-famous source of affordable, high-quality bespoke attire for generations.

Shanghainese tailor George Kay at his shop, Baron Kay’s Tailor, in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, in 1987. Photo: SCMP Archives

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Hong Kong must now build on that success, ensuring the visitors return and the festival is even bigger next time.

Crowds at the recent Hong Kong Wine and Dine Festival. Photo: SCMP / Nora Tam

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Meet the Rubik’s Cube ‘speedsolvers’ of Hong Kong – and beyond

It's the 50th anniversary of the Rubik’s Cube – and for Asia’s youth, the connections formed matter just as much as the speedcubing competition.

Alexander Choi (right) and Roman Choi (left) with their Rubik’s cubes. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Editorial | Halloween crowds show old HK spirit

Celebrations have city bar owners toasting rise in takings and hoping that good times have returned.

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last updated:
9 September, 2024
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