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      <author>Anthea Rowan</author>
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      <description>One morning, in the last year of her life, my mother – in the later stages of dementia – offered to make me a cup of tea.
She turned the kettle on and then described what she was doing. “There are four stages to making a mug of tea,” she told me. “I talk myself through them so that I remember: tea bag in cup, hot water, milk, then sugar.”
Her delight at being able to do this small thing for me was evident – she could still play “hostess”, make herself a brew first thing in the morning and...</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 04:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>How cooking can help lower your dementia risk – even just 1 meal a week</title>
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      <author>Chloe Loung</author>
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      <description>For decades, locals and tourists alike in Hong Kong have flocked to Oi Man Sang – a 70-year-old dai pai dong (street food stall) with a loyal following.
Since opening in 1956, it has been recognised by food critics and chefs as the “king of wok hei” – wok hei being the Cantonese term that describes the flavour of the perfect stir-fried dish.
The restaurant gained international fame after appearing on South Korean celebrity restaurateur Baek Jong-won’s Street Food Fighter TV show, as well as Bon...</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 23:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Hong Kong’s famous Oi Man Sang dai pai dong opens dessert shop with a Michelin touch</title>
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      <description>Video game developer Capcom brought forward the release date for its long-awaited space sci-fi adventure Pragmata to April 17 amid global excitement over the successful Artemis II moon mission.
Players slip into the spacesuit of Hugh Williams, a spacecraft engineer in the near future who travels to the Cradle moon station run by the Delphi Corporation.
The base was founded to mine and research the raw material Lunafilament, which is used to expand the base and to build support robots using 3D...</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 11:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Pragmata review: amazing moon-set game released early amid Artemis II buzz</title>
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      <description>It is said that a bowl of soup made of cow bellies and legs can cure ulcers, hangovers and an assortment of other ailments – if you are courageous enough to try it.
And Dimitris Tsarouhas, the owner of a restaurant in the Greek city of Thessaloniki that specialises in patsa, is striving to register the soup with Unesco as a unique and traditional dish of Greece that harks back to the time of Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey.
That has conjured up a new dispute with age-old rival Turkey, which also...</description>
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      <title>Is this tripe soup being culturally appropriated? Dispute boils between 2 nations</title>
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      <description>Women suffering through the hot flushes, night sweats, mood changes and sleep problems that can come with menopause – all while looking in the mirror and noticing signs of ageing – are being bombarded with products.
More open conversations about menopause and the time leading up to it – called perimenopause – are happening just as social media has supercharged marketing.
Women are being confronted by lotions, serums and light masks that promise to rejuvenate their faces and necks, dietary...</description>
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      <title>What menopause products actually work? Doctors share how to buy wisely and stay safe</title>
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      <author>Richard James Havis</author>
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      <description>It was not all John Woo Yu-sum when it came to Hong Kong crime films in the late 1980s – filmmakers were still making a variety of interesting cops-and-robbers movies.
Here, we look at two hidden gems produced by Tsui Hark that were directed by Johnnie To Kei-fung and Kirk Wong Chi-keung, respectively.
The Big Heat (1988)
This skilfully executed police thriller features some gruesome violence – it opens with a dream sequence in which an electric drill rips through a hand – but the sometimes...</description>
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      <title>Why these 1980s Hong Kong crime movies produced by Tsui Hark are hidden gems</title>
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      <author>Kavita Daswani</author>
      <dc:creator>Kavita Daswani</dc:creator>
      <description>When Marie Diamond was 15, she was run over by a truck near her home in Bruges, Belgium.
“They had already covered me with a sheet,” she says. “My father thought I was gone. I was hovering outside my body, watching everything – the ambulance, my mother arriving. Then I moved through what felt like different dimensions into a space of light.”
There, she says, she encountered “nine beings – like angels”, who told her: “You have to go back. You’re here to reach 500 million people.” She woke from a...</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 23:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Feng shui tips for success from a guru who’s helped the Rolling Stones, Steven Spielberg</title>
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      <description>As temperatures rise and cherry blossom petals drift across Seoul’s bustling spring streets, the city’s drama industry is whirring with activity.
Major stars are circling a collection of enticing new shows, including an Australia-set mystery, a Japanese drama remake and a period hitwoman series.
Read on for the latest casting news.
Caution, Hazardous Wife
Lee Hye-ri and Na In-woo have been approached to take on the leading roles in Caution, Hazardous Wife, a remake of the 2017 Japanese series of...</description>
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      <title>K-drama casting news about Lee Hye-ri, Choi Hyun-wook, Kim Da-mi and more</title>
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      <description>Standing in her kitchen, Nicole Fontanez let out a gasp as she cut open a cardboard box, revealing a plastic figure of Yoshi, Mario’s dinosaur-like friend from the popular Nintendo games. The bulky toy was holding a hollow, polka-dotted egg.
Fontanez, 31, and her husband, Brian Fontanez, 36, were filming their reactions as they unveiled the newest addition to their novelty popcorn bucket collection for their YouTube channel, “Our Guilty Collections”, where they chat about films and...</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 09:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>How US$50 popcorn buckets have become the newest collecting craze</title>
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      <description>Fans of William Shakespeare know that the great playwright came from Stratford-upon-Avon, the English riverside town where tourists still throng to see his childhood home.
But he made his name in London – though few traces of him remain in the British capital.
A newly discovered 17th century map sheds new light on the Bard’s London life, pinpointing for the first time the exact location of the only home Shakespeare bought in the city, and where he may have worked on his final plays.
Shakespeare...</description>
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      <title>William Shakespeare’s only London house located with newly discovered 17th century map</title>
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      <author>Hattie Rowan</author>
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      <description>Knee replacement surgery is one of the most common procedures globally. In 2023, about 3.6 million knee replacements were performed worldwide, overtaking hip implants in the joint replacement market.
Ageing populations, rising obesity rates and significant technological advancements all contribute to the increase in knee operations. They are even being performed more frequently on younger patients.
Given the significant recovery time and the finite longevity of the hardware – 82 per cent of...</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 04:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>How knee pain can be fixed with exercise rather than surgery, as a rugby player found</title>
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      <author>Wee Kek Koon</author>
      <dc:creator>Wee Kek Koon</dc:creator>
      <description>It was a familiar situation that I found myself in. I was one of two Singaporeans among half a dozen or more Malaysians, and predictably – and almost always unprovoked – the trashing of Singapore’s food began, especially its supposed unoriginality and blandness vis-a-vis Malaysian fare.
I have learned to grin and bear it, recognising that these barbs are less about food than the complex emotions Malaysians harbour towards their southern cousins, which are shaped by history, resentment and a...</description>
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      <title>What an ancient Chinese dish can teach people about the ‘proper’ way to eat dishes</title>
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      <description>When it comes to daily step goals, 10,000 is the benchmark many of us aim for.
Most smartwatches come preset with this target, and while their reminders can encourage us to stay active, they can sometimes leave us feeling discouraged when we fall short.
With National Walking Month in May approaching, we consulted experts to explore the key benefits and drawbacks of the 10,000-steps-a-day goal.
Where did the 10,000-step goal come from and is it backed by science?
While the standard is widely...</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 23:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Pros and cons of aiming for 10,000 steps a day and why less can be more</title>
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      <description>On social media, English teacher Jak Kurdi often shares his love of books and writing. Growing up in a household that prioritised reading, he could vividly picture the worlds on the page, his imagination carrying him into each scene.
“I remember as a kid having a very, very vivid imagination,” says Kurdi, 28, who teaches at Wilson Middle School in Plano, in the US state of Texas. “I was an avid reader, and then slowly I started to realise that, I think in my adulthood, I’ve lost it.”
He later...</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Do you have trouble visualising things? Maybe you have aphantasia</title>
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      <author>Josiah Ng</author>
      <dc:creator>Josiah Ng</dc:creator>
      <description>Since Bourke’s opened in 2024, its vision has been to bring the energy and culinary excellence of Australian wine bars to Hong Kong. As of this March, the Peel Street outpost has taken that vision to the next level by unveiling a menu with dishes as well as signature cocktails that focus on ingredients native to the Australian continent.
“Our goal was to make native Australian flavours and nostalgic elements accessible to Bourke’s diverse clientele,” says bar manager Aled Burt. The Wattleseed,...</description>
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      <title>Drink in Focus: Wattleseed cocktail at Bourke’s</title>
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      <dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator>
      <description>Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel met like their characters in The Christophers do: with a knock on the door.
Coel, taking a break from writing her upcoming BBC-HBO series First Day on Earth in Ghana, turned up at McKellen’s house in London to go over the script with him and screenwriter Ed Solomon.
“I walked into your house,” Coel says in an interview with her and McKellen. “I knew who you were. You were like, ‘Hello! What are you? What are you then?’”
“You looked interesting and beautiful,”...</description>
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      <title>How Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel found on-screen chemistry in The Christophers</title>
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      <author>Matt Glasby</author>
      <dc:creator>Matt Glasby</dc:creator>
      <description>This is the latest instalment in a feature series reflecting on instances of East meets West in world cinema, including China-US co-productions.
“It’s one of your favourite fantasies, isn’t it: the submissive Oriental woman and the cruel white man?” Chinese opera singer Song Liling (John Lone) says to French diplomat René Gallimard (Jeremy Irons) at the start of their metaphorically freighted affair.
It is a cliché both explored and exploded in director David Cronenberg’s 1993 drama M....</description>
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      <title>How M. Butterfly with Jeremy Irons subverted Western fantasies of Chinese femininity</title>
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      <author>Victoria Burrows</author>
      <dc:creator>Victoria Burrows</dc:creator>
      <description>The steamed dumplings at Peking Restaurant in El Sheikh Zayed City, Cairo, have a filling of soft and salty minced beef inside thick skins, similar to boiled Northern Chinese shuijiao, but even more sturdy. The two dipping sauces served with it are tomato-based; one a thin ketchup, the other a far thicker, spicy sauce studded with chilli seeds.
Instead of chopsticks, knives and forks are set on tables in the dining room, decorated with wooden Chinese lattice work on the ceiling and traditional...</description>
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      <title>How Chinese food took root in Cairo, from 60s Peking Restaurant to ‘Egyptianised’ dishes</title>
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      <author>Advertising partner</author>
      <dc:creator>Advertising partner</dc:creator>
      <description>[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.]
Living in Hong Kong has its challenges. With a mix of residential towers and nature, Hong Kong’s dynamic mix of architecture pushes us to be creative when it comes to home décor.
While it is easy to fill a room with music, finding art for your home is trickier. Below is a guide on how to curate the perfect art collection for three different Hong Kong living spaces.
Small &amp; affordable

Hong Kong is known for our compact...</description>
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      <title>How to Buy Art for 3 Different Hong Kong Homes</title>
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      <author>Chloe Loung</author>
      <dc:creator>Chloe Loung</dc:creator>
      <description>It is officially the Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens weekend, which means event domination in headlines, happy hours and MTR carriages.
But if the frenzy is not your cup of tea, don’t worry. There is always something else in this city.
From a late-night dim sum rave in a century-old teahouse to a pickleball social in West Kowloon and sustainable fashion swaps, there is plenty to do that has nothing to do with the Sevens.
Here are five things to check out this weekend.
1. Dim Sum Rave

On Saturday,...</description>
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      <title>5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, April 17-19</title>
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      <author>Bernard Chan</author>
      <dc:creator>Bernard Chan</dc:creator>
      <description>March is a highlight of Hong Kong’s cultural calendar. Last month, as I welcomed delegates to the International Cultural Summit during Art Week, many told me they had come to network with local and international collaborators and explore Hong Kong’s museums, galleries and performance venues.
Tens of thousands attended Art Basel, Art Central, gallery openings, performances and other events across the city. The month also buzzed with jazz, opera, classical concerts and other performances, with the...</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 01:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>With Art March, Hong Kong is firmly on the global cultural map</title>
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      <author>Lisa Cam</author>
      <dc:creator>Lisa Cam</dc:creator>
      <description>Feng shui master Andrew Kwan says that cosmic energy shifts to a water pillar this month, which clashes with the fire sign of the year. In broader terms, this will be a month of change and purification.
Those who are mature and prudent will gain wealth and authority, but all must be wary of financial fluctuations and major errors in documents and contracts.
According to the stars, the earthly energy will make maintaining the status quo paramount this month. It will be best not to rush things; a...</description>
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      <title>Year of the Horse 2026 third month predictions for all 12 Chinese zodiac signs</title>
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      <author>Pierce Conran</author>
      <dc:creator>Pierce Conran</dc:creator>
      <description>Lead cast: Kim Go-eun, Kim Jae-won
Latest Nielsen rating: 1.7 per cent
Almost four years after the second season of Yumi’s Cells, Kim Go-eun is back as Kim Yumi for a third helping of the partially animated adaptation of the hit webtoon of the same name, penned by Lee Dong-gun.
In the intervening years, Yumi has risen in the world. No longer an employee of Daehan Noodles, she has realised her dormant passion for writing and has become a celebrated author of romance novels, which she writes in...</description>
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      <title>HBO Max K-drama Yumi’s Cells season 3: Kim Go-eun returns for a final romantic chapter</title>
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      <dc:creator>Tribune News Service</dc:creator>
      <description>For Taiwanese-American comedian Sheng Wang, purple is more than a colour; it is a way of being. From his style to the way he floats through the world writing jokes based on the small, fleeting moments of life, the 46-year-old maintains a sense of tranquillity and creates impact with his art by not trying so hard.
It is no shock that his second Netflix special, Purple, is the most revealing of who he is at a time when people are finally paying attention.
Coming off the success of his 2022 Netflix...</description>
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      <title>Asian-American comedian Sheng Wang on Netflix’s Purple, Ali Wong and his love of cooking</title>
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      <description>We have selected seven Lifestyle stories from the past seven days that resonated with our readers. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing.
1. All 7 are dentists and hot. The Asian-American family blowing up social media
The Chen family shot to social media stardom over their shared career, good looks and closeness – all achieved without tiger parenting.
2. Hainanese chicken rice origins and its versions in Singapore, Malaysia and more

With roots in Hainan’s...</description>
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      <title>Asian-American family of ‘hot’ dentists; Hainan chicken rice roots: 7 Lifestyle highlights</title>
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      <author>Natasha Tang</author>
      <dc:creator>Natasha Tang</dc:creator>
      <description>In Hong Kong, where space is always at a premium, the best dining rooms are often the ones that understand how much a meal is impacted by its surroundings. Lighting, table size, chair height and furniture layout all start shaping your experience before the first plate arrives. Thoughtful execution lends a sense of ease and generosity, while less considered choices can distract from even capable cooking.
At Dieci, those choices are woven into the experience from the moment you walk in. Upon...</description>
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      <title>Why thoughtful restaurant design is so important – even in dense Hong Kong</title>
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      <author>James Marsh</author>
      <dc:creator>James Marsh</dc:creator>
      <description>3.5/5 stars
When it premiered in April 2023, the first season of Netflix’s Beef helped solidify an unprecedented moment for Asian-American representation on screen, arriving hot on the heels of Everything Everywhere All at Once’s historic night at the 95th Academy Awards and just weeks after the premiere of Celine Song’s Past Lives at the Sundance Film Festival.
Incidentally, but perhaps not coincidentally, all three of those projects were produced by the pioneering New York-based outfit...</description>
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      <title>Beef season 2 review – Netflix’s chaotic follow-up is more overcooked than well done</title>
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      <author>Hei Kiu Au</author>
      <dc:creator>Hei Kiu Au</dc:creator>
      <description>The meaning of “farm-to-table” has changed in Hong Kong in recent years. The practice used to be more common in down-to-earth places, but has come to be associated with overpriced produce and Michelin-star restaurants.
However, a weekend gathering at Blue Girl Organic Farm in Tai Tong, in Hong Kong’s New Territories, showed that the true concept of farm-to-table is still alive and well.
The farm, which has been run by Flora Wong Wah-fong for the past 13 years, hosted more than 30 guests for an...</description>
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      <title>Authentic farm-to-table experience in Hong Kong reconnects diners to nature</title>
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      <author>Charmaine Mok</author>
      <dc:creator>Charmaine Mok</dc:creator>
      <description>I often think that we take rice for granted. It is seen as a boring blank canvas for a far more exciting palette of flavours coming from side dishes and main proteins of myriad tastes and textures.
In some circles, rice is villainised, painted as a low-value carb that offers calories, a food coma, and not much else.
We often forget that rice was once a luxury – a fact I was reminded of recently when I saw a well-preserved rice ration card, issued during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in...</description>
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      <title>Hong Kong has how many rice varieties? One woman’s drive to celebrate them all</title>
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      <author>Ashlyn Chak</author>
      <dc:creator>Ashlyn Chak</dc:creator>
      <description>From colonial-era red-brick buildings in the shadows of gleaming new skyscrapers to lush hills that roll into the sea, Hong Kong is a city of contrasts. But not all of these juxtapositions are palatable ones.
The Season is a six-episode, English-language revenge thriller miniseries that charts the dark undercurrents flowing beneath Hong Kong’s high-society boating scene.
The PCCW Media production, shot in Hong Kong between April and June 2025, features an international ensemble cast led...</description>
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      <title>How Hong Kong-set series The Season depicts the dark side of the city’s high society</title>
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      <author>Edmund Lee</author>
      <dc:creator>Edmund Lee</dc:creator>
      <description>This year’s Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA) arrives under an unprecedented cloud of controversy, making Sunday’s 44th edition at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre one of the most heavily scrutinised ceremonies in the event’s history.
The industry has been reeling ever since the pre-emptive disqualification of four eligible films in early January: Valley of the Shadow of Death, Vital Signs, Finch &amp; Midland and Mother Bhumi.
This opaque and as-yet-unexplained move by the HKFA effectively removed...</description>
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      <title>Hong Kong Film Awards 2026 predictions: Ciao UFO, Back to the Past and more</title>
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      <author>Josiah Ng</author>
      <dc:creator>Josiah Ng</dc:creator>
      <description>New menus are the focus this weekend. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland-inspired Central cocktail bar The Green Door launches a new series of signatures in collaboration with local indie band Mr Koo. ICYMI, Peridot also launched its second terroir-focused menu, this time paying homage to the mezcal-making mecca of Oaxaca.
Meanwhile, there’s no better way to start the weekend than with a party, so head down to Artifact as the basement speakeasy celebrates its third anniversary.
Friday, April...</description>
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      <title>Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for April 17-19</title>
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      <author>Associated Press</author>
      <dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator>
      <description>Handing down a name over the generations is a central part of the Japanese traditional theatre art of kabuki, and that ceremony gets celebrated at theatres and special events every few years.
Now, the ritual is taking place with the eighth Kikugoro, who is having that honour passed down from his 83-year-old father, the seventh Kikugoro, who in turn got that name from his father.
“Taking on the name is about taking on the spirit and responsibility that’s created and getting passed down over...</description>
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      <title>How Japan’s kabuki theatre legacies are kept in the family</title>
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      <author>Chloe Loung</author>
      <dc:creator>Chloe Loung</dc:creator>
      <description>Setlog is the latest mobile app that is taking South Korea by storm.
Designed to be a real-time vlog app for small groups of friends to document their day together, the video and visual diary format has rapidly gained traction on social media. Users are loving its “forced synchronicity” and no-edit approach when it comes to making videos and sharing content.
Much of the app’s appeal stems from the trending “day-in-the-life” videos, particularly those that compare daily routines of friends side...</description>
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      <title>What is the Setlog app trending in Hong Kong and South Korea?</title>
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      <author>The Korea Times</author>
      <dc:creator>The Korea Times</dc:creator>
      <description>On game days, queues outside a rice cake shop near Gwangju Songjeong Station can stretch more than 50 metres (164ft), a familiar scene that even local taxi drivers anticipate, often naming the destination before passengers finish asking.
“In my whole life, it is my first time seeing people line up like this at a rice cake shop,” one taxi driver says.
The draw is pumpkin injeolmi, a sticky rice cake from the bakery Changeok Tteok that has become a viral sensation, drawing crowds rivalling the...</description>
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      <title>Best things to do in Gwangju, South Korea, from viral food trends to architecture</title>
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      <author>Grace Brewer</author>
      <dc:creator>Grace Brewer</dc:creator>
      <description>As Hongkongers flock to Kai Tak for the Sevens this weekend, the city’s dining scene delivers the perfect match day sides. Think a free-entry rugby village, an ideal spot to recharge over the action-packed weekend; a nourishing luxury sea cucumber set menu at The Murray hotel; and a pop-up featuring famed Singaporean brand Tiong Bahru Bakery for Sunday recovery.
For more dining ideas, see the 2025 100 Top Tables Guide – and watch this space for the 2026 edition.
Friday, April 17

For a...</description>
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      <title>Your Hong Kong Sevens weekend food guide for April 17-19</title>
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      <author>Andrew Sun</author>
      <dc:creator>Andrew Sun</dc:creator>
      <description>Michael Larkin is the co-founder of French bistro Lala in Hong Kong’s Central neighbourhood. He spoke to Andrew Sun.
My dad is Irish, my mum is Romanian. We grew up mostly in Romania, where the food was super hearty, super rustic and very flavourful. In the winter, we had a lot of stew and soups; in the summer, we had a lot of barbecues. At home, my mom could burn cereal, so she never cooked for us.
My dad, on the other hand, worked in food and beverage, and he taught me how to cook.
As for what...</description>
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      <author>Advertising partner</author>
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      <description>[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.]
Melco Resorts &amp; Entertainment has positioned its restaurants as must visit gastronomic destinations for discerning diners. Through culinary innovation, immersive ambience and impeccable service, Melco’s restaurants at City of Dreams, Studio City and Altira now read like a constellation of gastronomic experiences – each one a carefully staged, multi sensory journey.
The accolades speak for themselves. The MICHELIN Guide...</description>
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      <title>Redefining fine dining in Macau: the city’s must-visit restaurants that transform gastronomic experiences</title>
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      <author>Chloe Loung</author>
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      <description>To understand why German-Chinese athlete Sofie Fella felt compelled to design a T-shirt featuring the Chinese character da – Mandarin for “big” – one must understand the rigid expectations of Asian femininity.
In cities like Shanghai, Fella’s hometown, the “ideal” body is more than an aesthetic – it is a signifier of virtue. This mindset is encouraged from a young age.
Even as a Harvard University rugby player and now international competitor – she plays for the German national team – Fella has...</description>
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      <dc:creator>Advertising partner</dc:creator>
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One need not travel thousands of miles to enjoy the very best of Asian cuisine, as Wynn invites guests to explore all the tantalizing flavors of Asia right here in Macao. Discover Michelin-starred Chaoshan fish congee, the best laksa from Singapore’s celebrity-favorite noodle shop, perfectly prepared unagi from a revered century-old Japanese restaurant, and the most sought-after beef noodles from the almost...</description>
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      <title>Gourmet Pavilion  A World Carnival of Vibrant Asian Flavors</title>
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      <description>Rudolf Goetz effortlessly moves the weights up and down on the ab machine.
Pushing 40kg (88lb) weights on the leg press are not a problem for the 100-year-old, either.
“Many others would be groaning under the weight at 50 or 60,” says trainer and gym owner Marc Baldow with a laugh, as he watches his oldest member diligently go through his workout routine.
Goetz trains twice a week at the gym in Fuerstenwalde, a small town east of Berlin in Germany, without making any fuss, despite his story...</description>
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As soon as you arrive at Imperial Court, located in a dedicated corner of MGM MACAU’s VIP lobby, your eyes are inevitably drawn to the striking dragon-carved marble column twisting skyward. A symbol of power, fortune and imperial grandeur, this centerpiece sets the tone for an immersive dining experience in a fine-dining institution where Lingnan Guangfu cuisine meets modern culinary artistry. The restaurant is designed...</description>
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      <title>Imperial Court at MGM MACAU: Rooted in Lingnan Guangfu Tradition, Refined for Today's Palate</title>
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      <author>Pierce Conran</author>
      <dc:creator>Pierce Conran</dc:creator>
      <description>Lead cast: IU, Byeon Woo-seok, Noh Sang-hyun, Gong Seung-yeon
Latest Nielsen rating: 9.5 per cent
With all its slow-motion close-ups, high-society razzle-dazzle and swoon-worthy stars, the new romantic vehicle Perfect Crown, starring IU (When Life Gives You Tangerines) and Byeon Woo-seok (Lovely Runner), has all the trappings of a classic Korean drama, an alternative-history fable the kind of which the industry has been routinely producing for 20 years.
On paper, the concept is a winner. Imagine...</description>
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      <title>Disney+ K-drama Perfect Crown: IU and Byeon Woo-seok lead fantasy romance far from perfect</title>
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      <author>Josiah Ng</author>
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      <description>Among the perks of living in arguably one of the most mixology-literate cities in the world is witnessing the adoption of new flavours, ingredients and techniques in real time. The Savory Project opened in 2024 with an umami-first focus, typified in its signature Thai Beef Salad cocktail, and Hong Kong has since seen an explosion of savoury offerings. Among these, spicy cocktails are beginning to gain particular traction.
Recently, more bars are making spice a mainstay on their menus. Terrible...</description>
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      <title>How Hong Kong’s best bars and mixologists embraced spicy cocktails</title>
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      <author>Charmaine Yu</author>
      <dc:creator>Charmaine Yu</dc:creator>
      <description>At first glance, Natalia Jagielska’s workspace looks like a clash between a scholarly science laboratory and a whimsical art studio. On one hand, she studies reconstructions of 200-million-year-old dinosaurs; on the other, she creates “cute” digital sketches of Jurassic-era creatures.
For Jagielska, a 28-year-old postdoctoral researcher in palaeontology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), the two worlds are inseparable. Apart from research, she also works as a freelance illustrator...</description>
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      <title>How a Hong Kong dinosaur expert is making her mark in what was ‘a gentleman’s science’</title>
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      <description>Worsening wildfires, soaring heatwaves and rising water levels have prompted Greek officials to take a closer look at protecting priceless archaeological sites that draw hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.
The monuments, scattered across the country, earn Greece millions of dollars in tourism revenue. But many of the sites are in rural areas and officials believe better planning is needed in case large crowds of tourists need to be evacuated in an emergency.
After a three-year study by...</description>
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      <title>Greece moves to protect 19 ancient sites like Olympia from wildfires and heatwaves</title>
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      <author>Ashlyn Chak</author>
      <dc:creator>Ashlyn Chak</dc:creator>
      <description>In the historical drama A Foggy Tale, which won the best narrative film and best original screenplay gongs at the 2025 Golden Horse Awards, writer-director Chen Yu-hsun tells the emotional stories of everyday individuals who fight tirelessly to survive against a backdrop of intense political and social turbulence.
Set in 1950s Taiwan during the early years of the White Terror – a time of rampant political persecution under Kuomintang rule – A Foggy Tale follows Yue (Caitlin Fang Yu-ting,...</description>
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      <title>What Taiwan White Terror drama A Foggy Tale taught Will Or and 9m88 about resilience</title>
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      <author>Chloe Loung</author>
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      <description>In January, the American-born artist Nissa Kauppila was accepted into the Hong Kong Artists Association, a professional organisation founded in 2014 to promote traditional Chinese culture, becoming the first non-ethnic-Chinese practitioner admitted into its midst.
The association chairman, Lam Tianxing, an ink painter, has high praise for the 43-year-old Lantau Island resident.
“When I first saw her work, I was particularly impressed,” he says. “She possesses exquisite painting skills while...</description>
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      <author>Rebecca Lo</author>
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      <description>Norman Foster is in high spirits as he strolls into a meeting room on the 15th floor of the HSBC Main Building on Hong Kong’s Queen’s Road Central.
Flying into the city the previous evening, the 90-year-old British architect is in town to celebrate the 40th anniversary of a project that catapulted his firm from small-scale UK residences to global skyscrapers, airports and stadiums.
In 1979, Foster and Partners won an international competition to design the fourth iteration of the Hongkong and...</description>
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      <title>How Norman Foster sees his HSBC Building 40 years after the Hong Kong icon was born</title>
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      <description>By Marlise Kast-Myers
My husband Benjamin and I land in Yerevan, the capital and largest city in Armenia, at 1am and, despite the arrival time, jet lag has us wired, chatting up our driver about everything from politics to population. Nodding, he asks ChatGPT for answers.
Armenia has a population of roughly 3 million, of which Yerevan is home to roughly a third. As we roll into our hotel, it seems most Yerevanites are out that night. Even in the lobby of The Alexander, the bellman explains that...</description>
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      <title>5 days in Armenia: exploring the ‘other side’ through food, hikes and historical sites</title>
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