As the coronavirus outbreak continues into its sixth month in Hong Kong, upending work and home lives, the pursuit of career goals has become even more challenging for women.But fulfilling work aspirations is also more important than ever because it allows women to widen their network exposure, achieve financial independence and improve their perception of s […]
2.5/5 stars The Maid starts out as just another tawdry tale of a naive young housemaid tormented by vague supernatural forces in a ridiculously lavish mansion. But Lee Thongkham’s film turns into an audaciously violent revenge slasher of which even the subversive filmmaker Sion Sono might be proud. Only the most dedicated of film-goers will get to appreciate […]
Just like Leonardo: I was born in Hong Kong in 1952, exactly 500 years after da Vinci – I think I have a similar mind to him, I enjoy solving puzzles and making designs. My father was a building contractor and my mother was a housewife. I was the fifth of six children. We were a traditional family and my father expected his children to be successful, which […]
Singaporean blogger and social media influencer Wendy Cheng – better known by her online handle Xiaxue – is no stranger to controversy thanks to her political incorrectness and unpopular opinions on social issues and race. But the 36-year-old is now under intense fire for accusing female Singaporean politician Raeesah Khan in an Instagram story of stirring u […]
Hemp-derived CBD (cannabidiol) may have been trending in the beauty world for a while but now it’s going mainstream with established retailers such as Sephora and Joyce Beauty in Hong Kong starting to stock CBD skincare.The latter recently launched a series of exclusive brands featuring this new power ingredient, which is often confused with its cousins, the […]
Cycling is enjoying a coronavirus-induced boom. From Milan to Kolkata, and New York to Melbourne, cities are investing in pop-up bike lanes. The British government has committed £2 billion (HK$19.33 billion) as part of a cycling and walking package aimed at reducing carbon footprints and waistlines, and even the authorities in the North Korean capital, Pyong […]
Hong Kong’s biggest annual music festival has been cancelled for the second year running, with the coronavirus crisis making it impossible to stage this year’s edition, organisers said.The Clockenflap Festival was to have been held at the Central Harbourfront Event Space over three days in November. Last year’s Clockenflap Festival, at the same venue, was ca […]
Alice Leung picks up a blue sapphire with a pair of tweezers and holds it under a microscope, the enhanced image popping up on a computer screen next to her. “See those marks in the corner, the ones that look like needles? They are what we call ‘inclusions’ and they tell us that this gem has not been processed.”Leung, education manager at L’École, School of […]
Inside a small workshop packed with cupboards and a carpenter’s bench, 76-year-old Tong Man-hak carefully measures pieces of wood and places them precisely before using an electric saw to cut them. His meticulousness is crucial in making an erhu, a traditional two-stringed Chinese musical instrument.“A good erhu resonates well and won’t sound out of tune,” h […]
Jeff Meng, a 25-year-old watch lover from a well-heeled family in China’s Guangdong province, had 160,000 yuan (US$22,800) burning a hole in his pocket. He could not find the Rolex Daytona watch he wanted, dubbed “panda” for its black-and-white face, anywhere in China.The coronavirus pandemic has halted travel and disrupted networks of parallel importers, so […]
Every parent must be terrified of sending their child out into the world unaccompanied, particularly if they are female. These fears are starkly considered in Light of My Life, a post-apocalyptic drama written, directed by and starring Casey Affleck.Set in the wake of a pandemic that has wiped out the world’s entire female population, Affleck plays the unnam […]
A Bollywood actor’s face tattooed on his arm, Sandeep Bacche’s devotion shocks few in India, where film stars enjoy semidivine status. But even here the hallowed silver screen may be losing its shine to streaming services and fears about the coronavirus pandemic.“Whenever things get better and theatres begin operations, I will watch three movies a day for su […]
4/5 starsThis low-budget thriller, produced by Blumhouse and directed by Leigh Whannell ( The Invisible Man ), draws heavily on 1980s science fiction films to deliver an intelligent romp through a near-future digital society.Although its ruminations on the dangers of cybernetics, artificial intelligence, robotics and the Internet of Things are not original, […]
The coronavirus pandemic could cause an additional half a million Aids deaths if treatment is disrupted long term, the United Nations warned, stressing that years of progress against HIV were in jeopardy.At the virtual International Aids Conferences, the UN said the world was already way off course in its plan to end the public health threat even before Covi […]
International art gallery Lévy Gorvy opens its new exhibition in Hong Kong this week with a seminal painting by American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.The untitled work was created in 1982, the year when the Brooklyn-born street artist began to gain recognition in the art world with his large canvas paintings. It was also a milestone year that marked a shift f […]
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