Hongkongers often have fond memories of the things we grew up with. If there is nostalgia for old tea houses or retro-style cha chaan teng, there is also nostalgia for the si6 do1 (士多), the “store.” Si6 do1 is yet another English loanword that Hong Kong has made its own; it is the local Cantonese […]...
We are tucked away at a table behind the display walls at Sotheby’s spring 2017 auction, where 17 magnificent jades of the Beasts of Antiquity collection will sell a few days later for an aggregate HK$20 million. Ten of the jades in the collection originally belonged to Chung Wah-pui, a retired 82-year-old civil engineer who is […]...
Hong Kong science fiction writer Albert Tam talks about his influences and anxieties as he prepares for the city’s first international science fiction convention....
