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Year of the Pig Fair @ Southorn Playground – 2-4 February, 2019

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An assorted group of students and youth organisations hosted a friendly Lunar New Year carnival at Southorn Playground in Wanchai from the 2-4 February to celebrate the Year of the Pig.

There was a range of imaginatively named stall selling bovine themed goods including stuffed animals, hand decorated notebooks, imitation neon pig signs, balloons and a fun friendly atmosphere.
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Aliens from the Galactic Silk Road

The 3rd Asian Sci-Fi Festival Melon will be held at JW Marriott, Hong Kong on Saturday 23rd March 2019. The festival focuses on science fiction, innovation and the future… Leading science fiction writers, scientists, industry professionals and fans from across Asia, China and the west discuss what’s next in science fiction, entrepreneurship and the future.

Melon 2019 will feature aliens, the future of science fiction writing, filmmaking and gaming as well as exploring the latest scientific research, innovative technology such as AI development, space exploration and Mars terraforming.

Melon 2019: Aliens from the Galactic Silk Road

Date: 8am, 23 March, 2019
Venue: JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong
Tickets: US$450, US$250 (advance)

Hong Kong Day

In late January 1841, during the Sino-British Trade War, the Royal Navy landed on an Island in the South China Coast. Later the territory’s first administrator, Charles Elliot, declared the island as a British territory and named it “Hong Kong”.

Hong Kong Day marks the establishment of Hong Kong on the 26th January, a day worthy of celebration!

Happy 178th Birthday Hong Kong

Image: Hong Kong from Kowloon – Thomas Allom

Upcoming Gigs, Early 2019

Here’s a round-up of some of the recent gig announcements you may have missed over the holiday period. Lots of good bands large and small coming to Hong Kong… Check out the events diary for details of all the local shows.

Kraftwerk return to Hong Kong with their 3-D Show on Monday, 29 April at Kitec’s Star Hall.
Kraftwerk 3-D Show
Date: 8pm, 29 April, 2019
Venue: Kitec, Star Hall
Tickets: $880, $680

Ed Sheeran
Date: 4pm, 17-18 April, 2019
Venue: Hong Kong Disneyland, Fantasy Road Outdoor Venue
Tickets: $1,288, $888 from HKTicketing

John Mayer
Date: 8pm, 8 April, 2019
Venue: HKCEC, Hall5BC
Tickets: $1,198, $898, $698 from HKTicketing

Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe show-off their pop artistry at AsiaWorld Expo on the 29 March.
Pet Shop Boys – The Super Tour
Date: 8pm, 28 March, 2019
Venue: AsiaWorld Expo, Hall 10
Tickets: $1,288, $1,088, $888, $588 from HKTicketing

Inspired by Bowie’s Heroes album, Philip Glass’s Heroes Symphony is his tribute to the musician, performed by the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Philip Glass’s David Bowie
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Date: 8pm, 15-16 February, 2019
Venue: Tsuen Wan Town Hall, Auditorium
Tickets: $320, $280, $180, $120 from Urbtix

Envy
Date: 8pm, 24 February, 2019
Venue: This Town Needs (TTN)
Tickets: $480, $380 (Advance) from Ticketflap

Music from one of the most interesting shows streaming today.
Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein: Perform the Music of Stranger Things
Date: 8pm, 8 May, 2019
Venue: MacPherson Stadium
Tickets: $550, $495, $450

Park Bo Gum – Good Day: May your everyday be a good day
Date: 8pm, 16 March, 2019
Venue: AsiaWorld Expo, Hall 10
Tickets: $1,380, $980, $680 from HKTicketing

Dean Fujioka – Born to Make History
Date: 8pm, 20 April, 2019
Venue: Kitec, Music Zone@E-Max
Tickets: $888, $688 from Cityline

Classic Christmas Eats

The temperature has finally fallen, the shops are packed high with everything Christmas related from decorations to gifts to food. New food production and flavouring techniques have allowed companies to be ever more creative with their seasonal offerings.

As usual Marks and Spencer’s has a massive range of Christmas themed food products and biscuits all nicely packaged to make nice gifts. There are new flavours of crisps: Gluten Free Pigs In Blankets; Glazed Gammon & Whisky; Gluten Free Winter Berries & Sparkling Prosecco Crisps and Port & Stilton which are novel and flavourful, but at $35/150g insanely expensive.

Where Marks & Spencer does shine is with the traditional English favourites, which we found hard to find anywhere else. There’s a range of proper Christmas puddings and a real fruit Christmas cake ($279) topped with marzipan and icing (sadly not royal icing). The fruit cake is heavy moist and delicious. While the cake is a little stingy on the marzipan, short of making your own it’s the best we found.

And last but by no means least Marks has several packages of premixed herbs and spices to create your own mulled wine. They also work very well with spirits to create some tasty homemade cocktails.

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Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost

In 1907 The Honourable Charles Rolls and his intrepid engineer friend Sir Henry Royce together with Claude Johnson took a car they had created and built and drove it between London and Scotland 27 times (almost 15,000 miles) before it broke down. And in doing so created a legend, the Silver Ghost, and an iconic brand Rolls-Royce.

To honour the AX201, Rolls-Royce commissioned a limited edition anniversary edition, one of which arrived in Hong Kong this month and it can be yours for around $7.8million at the Queen’s Road showroom.

The bespoke edition is replete with references to that original Silver Ghost and yet loaded with modern technology and craftsmanship, much of it completed by hand, that has to be seen and touched to be appreciated.

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Explore the World of Wine & Spirits

This year’s Wine & Spirits Fair at the HKCEC runs from the 8-10 November and features pavilions from wine-producing regions, trade organisations and governmental organisations. There are new pavilions from the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Sichuan Council, the Department of Commerce of Zhejiang Province, Ningxia’s General Office of Administrative Committee of Grape Industry Zong of Helan Mountain’s East Foothill Wine Region, the Czech Grape and Wine Producer Association, Gifu Prefecture and the Niigata Sake Brewers’ Association from Japan, and Peru.

If you’re not a wine lover or fancy something different there is Liquor & Beverage Products Zone, a Whisky and Spirits Zone and a Beer Zone. As well as an Organic Wine and Spirits corner and for those wanting something to pair with all this alcohol there’s a food area and also intriguingly a “World of Olive Oil” where you can learn about and taste premium olive oils.

The first two days are for trade only, the public day on the 10 November runs from 10:30am and entry costs $200.

Hong Kong International Wine & Spirits Fair
Date: 8-10 November, 2018
Venues: HKCEC
Tickets: $200

Wine & Dine Festival 2018 – Opening Night, 25 October, 2018

The 10th Wine & Dine Festival opened under a full moon at Central Harbourfront with a dramatic drone dance over the waters of Victoria Harbour. The novel performance was but a momentary distraction to the festival visitors who danced among the booths sampling tasty bites from across the globe paired to a plethora of wines, coffee, spirits and craft beer.
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