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Rainy Chan has been executive director at Hong Kong Design Centre for almost a year. Photo: Alexander Mak
Hong Kong

The Peninsula’s first female GM on burnout and the joy of reinvention

A colleague once told her she’d never make it at The Peninsula, ‘an old boys’ club’ – now she’s executive director of Hong Kong Design Centre, which runs Business of Design Week.

Art

T-shirts, TV fame and now a village art takeover: Dominic Johnson-Hill’s wild ride

Hong Kong's music scene

He plays music with his elbows and brings skateboard tricks into his performances

Art

This writer went from dishing dirt in Manila to curating art in Hong Kong

Once infamous for her tell-all novels, Kitty Go has channelled her boldness into meaningful art and impact projects across Asia.

Art collector Kitty Go in her home office in Hong Kong’s Mid-Levels. Photo: Eugene Chan
Hong Kong

His Parsi great-grandfather chose Hong Kong in 1880. 6 generations followed

Jimmy Minoo Master went from importing Indian textiles to running a Swiss asset firm. Now he plays golf and runs a family charity.

Art

He finger-painted until it bored him. Then came the fire

The Filipino designer on his sold-out exhibitions in the 1990s, a terrifying incident with a gas canister, and his daily Hong Kong hikes.

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Books and literature

Can a psychic reading change your life? He thinks so

Angus Donald’s reporting took him from Hong Kong to Kabul. When he finally slowed down, he found love because of a psychic.

Angus Donald at his house in Kent, UK, last month. Photo: James Clarke
Hong Kong's music scene

Andrew Tuason on his music career alongside Cantopop’s biggest stars

The record producer, composer and band leader discusses learning his craft from his father and working with Jacky Cheung and Andy Lau.

Hong Kong police

An ex-policeman recounts fighting triads, kidnappers and counterfeiters

The cop-turned-security consultant on a life of fighting crime in Hong Kong – from investigating tycoon Teddy Wang’s death to dealing with corporate crime.

Hong Kong

How social worker Jeffrey Andrews went from gangs to grass-roots leadership

The third-generation Hongkonger discusses being easy prey for triads, the ‘subtle bias’ of locals, and why Chungking Mansions isn’t ‘a scary horror house’.

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Social worker, activist and former Legislative Council candidate Jeffrey Andrews poses for a portrait on the staircase of Chungking Mansions, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. Photo: Eugene Chan
Hong Kong

This botanical artist’s journey from the ‘garden of England’ to Lantau

British artist and teacher Sally Grace Bunker once spent 7 years creating watercolours of 100 indigenous trees for the University of Hong Kong.

Sally Grace Bunker in her living room in Mui Wo, Lantau Island, Hong Kong. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
Hong Kong

The audition tape she hid under her bed launched this radio DJ’s career

‘I learned English from the Backstreet Boys because I was going to marry one of them,’ says Alyson Hau of her preteen self – years later, she introduced them on stage.

Books and literature

What tailoring and book publishing have in common

Hong Kong art book publisher Mary Chan on her decades-long publishing journey, from journalism and art, to advertising and books.

Hong Kong

Film producer Jessica Kam-Engle talks Disney, John Woo and more

The Hong Kong-born head of CreAsia Studio discusses why she left a booming Silicon Valley and returned to Asia.

Jessica Kam-Engle, Hong Kong film producer and head of CreAsia Studio. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
Cantonese

From a corner shop to cabaret star: Rick Lau reflects on his journey

A clairvoyant told him he was destined for the stage, so he changed his whole career trajectory, but even growing up in Hong Kong, he was inspired by Barry Manilow.

Cabaret show performer Rick Lau grew up in Hong Kong. Photo: Eugene Chan
Hong Kong

From Ireland to Kowloon: one educator’s 70-year journey

Brother Patrick Tierney, veteran of La Salle’s Hong Kong Catholic schools, discusses his devotion to education, his fondness for football and Bruce Lee.

Conservation

Gary Ades speaks on animal conservation and ecology in Hong Kong

Gary Ades, the head of fauna conservation at Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden, on the evolution of animal welfare and conservation in Hong Kong.

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Doing Good

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

Corporate governance activist and newly awarded MBE David Webb reflects on his decades of advocacy, his cancer diagnosis and the legacy he hopes to leave.

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
Hong Kong culture

Rowena Cortes on her life, and working with Elton John and Leslie Cheung

The Filipino-Hong Kong singer and actress talks about cutting her first record at age 5, working with stars, and getting married in front of 3,500 people.

Hong Kong celebrities and icons

The magical, musical, mildly chaotic world of Harry Wong

From passing props to his father, children’s TV host Uncle Calvin, to conducting orchestras in tutus, this Hong Kong radio host has always believed in the power of joyful chaos.

Harry Wong is affectionately known as “Harry Gor Gor” or “Brother Harry”. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
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