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 Li Hongliang
Yip Shin Kee will close the six-square-foot newsstand he has run for 15 years on Des
Voeux Road West in the New Year. With two children of school age to raise, he has to find another
job to support the family.
Click to listen Mr. Yip talk about his difficu... |
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 Derek Yiu Pui-yung
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known as a gourmet paradise, it is not surprising that Hong Kong is home to dozens of traditional Chinese sauce and condiment producers of various
scales. But given that Lee Kum Kee, a 120-year-old multinational sauce
maker, recently laid off 30 of its staff to stay competitive, can indiv... |
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 Xue Jing
A forest of skyscrapers, diverse and flourishing restaurants, and shopping malls packed to the rafters, these are only one side of Hong Kong. Those old-fashioned grocery stores, which create the quintessential Hong Kong charm, would tell you the stories while they struggle along between tradition ... |
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 Christopher DeWolf
"It's like a Hong Kong culture club"
“A lot of the these things were just picked up from the street. They were just junk, literally, from the skip. It’s interesting how once it’s in here people start to take pictures.”
It’s exactly what Douglas Young had hoped for. Th... |
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 Kristina Perez
Hong Kong Cinema Centenary
The Hong Kong Film industry is celebrating its centennial. The very first cinemagraph was shown in the Hong Kong city hall on April 26, 1897.
The first Hong Kong-made film was reportedly "Stealing a Roast Duck," a comedic short produced in 1909 ... |
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