Inside Hong Kong’s Centre for Refugees: Culture and Community
Ahead of Refugee Week 2025, we visit a unique organisation offering support, connections and community to Hong Kong's asylum seekers and refugees....
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The Man Who Fought for Public Education in Hong Kong: Hilton Cheong-Leen
Hilton Cheong-Leen was one of the postwar civic activists who helped shape modern Hong Kong. Now 94 years old, he still takes an active interest in the city's well-being....
Fighting Until the End: Hong Kong’s Vietnamese Refugees
Hong Kong still hasn't reckoned with the painful experience of the Vietnamese refugees who fled to its shores. ...
Island Stories, Part III: Hong Kong’s Outcast Islands
Islands have always been a dumping ground for society's unwanted people and objects – and Hong Kong is no exception....
Why Do Hong Kong Restaurants Serve Borscht? The Overlooked History of Russian Hong Kong
As many as 20,000 Russian refugees passed through Hong Kong in the 20th century. They left behind a fascinating historic legacy....
Why Jason Li is Paying Homage to His Mother’s Childhood in a Hong Kong Shantytown
A Hong Kong comic artist finds creative inspiration in his family's roots....
The Enigma of Hong Kong in the 1950s: Werner Bischof’s Photos at the F11 Photographic Museum
With ethereal images of junk boats next to street scenes from a time of mass migration, Werner Bischof offers a window into the Hong Kong of the 1950s. ...
The Vertical City, Part I: How Hong Kong Grew Up
Not enough land, a catastrophic fire and money, money, money – just some of the reasons why Hong Kong has so many high-rises. ...