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here be dragons
Hong Kong might pride itself on being a modern,
material metropolis but it is still a city of dragons… |
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dragon boat tales
Dragon boat races may be stunning to watch, the teams exciting to root for, but the dragon boats themselves have a long fascinating history – intimately known by Chai Wan fisherman Ah Fat. |
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eye on yau nai hoi
Say Milkyway Image and the name of film doyen Johnnie To immediately comes to mind. However, To is not the director of Eye in the Sky, the film production company’s first film for 2007.
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relax x appreciatie x learn
Relax. “No matter how little you know about classical music, it’s important that you’re not scared of going to a concert.” Yip Wing-sie, musical director of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, touches on many people’s almost unreasoned recoil from the thought of going to a classical concert. |
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stanley
The name ‘Stanley’ doesn’t immediately bring forth quite the same picturesque images of white-sand beaches and sunset alfresco dining other nearby day-trip destinations like Lamma or Lantau Island manage to. Instead, the mind pictures, perhaps, a middle-aged Englishman with ruddy nose and a naval uniform tightly squeezing his fair-sized belly.
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hong kong return
Pirates, harem girls, Red Army soldiers and revolutionary heroines – the National Ballet of China must be back in town. |
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