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Hong Kong born music conductor Elim Chan. Photo: Willeke Machiels

Elim Chan, acclaimed Hong Kong-born conductor, returns home

She’s conducted cars for Porsche and led the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra – now she’s returned home for her first post-Covid concert

Profile | From ‘picky’ eater to 3-Michelin-star restaurant chef in Hong Kong

The Hong Kong stuntman reviving classic kung fu

Profile | From songwriter in wife’s shadow to serious actor, Louis Cheung’s rise

Hong Kong tabloids painted Louis Cheung as dependent on singer wife Kay Tse, but as an acclaimed actor he’s standing on his own two feet now.

Louis Cheung in an interview with the Post in 2011. At one time , Hong Kong tabloids mocked the singer, songwriter and actor for being less successful than his pop-star wife, Kay Tse. Now he is flying high. Photo: SCMP

How a former bellhop went on to run the renowned Upper House hotel in Hong Kong

Fourth-generation Hong Kong native Kristina Snaith-Lense talks about her career journey, striking a work-life balance, and embracing her multicultural upbringing.

Inside Hong Kong’s famous Thai-Chinese restaurant Samsen’s explosive success

With their third location only just opened, Samsen co-founders Adam Cliff and Bella Kong have built a brand bigger than either of them could have ever imagined.

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How chef Stefanie Leung created a unique, hidden culinary oasis in Hong Kong

The daughter of acclaimed home-grown interior designer Steve Leung has created her own invite-only culinary sanctuary called OOAK Lamma.

Chef Stefanie Leung used to be a lawyer – then she created OOAK Lamma, a culinary oasis in Hong Kong. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

How Prada is driving sustainable change through ocean literacy and Re-Nylon

Former racing driver Lorenzo Bertelli champions sustainability through ocean awareness, promoting recycled Re-Nylon and shaping future consumer behaviour.

How a college dropout and ex-racer became one of Asia’s best bartenders

Ace bartender Sandeep Kumar, a two-time winner of the Bacardi Grand Prix National, found success in Hong Kong with The Wise King and The Blind Spot.

Meet a real-life Mr Miyagi based in Fuzhou – but what is Incense Shop kung fu?

Unlike his Karate Kid counterpart, Lin Shan Quan doesn’t do discretion – instead he’s going all out to bring his particular martial art to the uninitiated masses.

Lin Shan Quan, Fuzhou-based master of Incense Shop kung fu. Photo: Jambo Hui

How Marina Abramovic came full circle with her first China exhibition

Abramovic, now 77, pushed her body to its limits, taking performance art mainstream – for her new Shanghai show, she invites the audience to step into her shoes.

Marina Abramovic performs 7 Deaths of Maria Callas at Gran Teatre Del Liceu in March 2023, in Barcelona, Spain. Photo: Getty Images

Meet the little-known columnist who wrote about Hong Kong history and society

Until recently, writing about local history was the sole preserve of hobbyists whose work went largely unrewarded – just look at Lo Kam.

Iris van Herpen’s eye for innovation means her creations are both fashion and art

She admires the late Azzedine Alaïa for showing his designs at his own home – and perhaps aspires to do the same at her new home outside Amsterdam, where she lives with sound designer Salvador Breed

Profile | From child star to activist, Hong Kong actress Josephine Siao’s career

Josephine Siao began her acting career aged 6 and made over 100 films before becoming deaf. She is an activist against child sexual abuse.

Josephine Siao at an event in Hong Kong in 2011. Photo: SCMP

Antonio Sánchez on composing the soundtrack to the Oscar-winning Birdman

Sánchez’s latest album features Dave Matthews and Trent Reznor on guest vocals; he also hung with Jeff Goldblum and Bill Murray.

Antonio Sánchez went from a respected member of the jazz community to a low-ranking Hollywood celebrity. Photo: Handout

Meet the co-founder and CEO of Jay-Z-backed Wristcheck, Austen Chu

Comedian Kevin Hart also used the marketplace to find the Audemars Piguet Jules Audemars Grande Sonnerie he recently wore on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

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Exclusive | Herbie Hancock on AI, Kamala Harris, and the Kendrick Lamar collab that never was

The 84-year-old legend reflects on his decades-long career ahead of his performance at Hong Kong’s Freespace Jazz Fest

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Meet the Swedish ex-banker pushing eco-friendly paints in Hong Kong

Joakim Cimmerbeck, an ex-banker and the founder of Eicó, an eco-friendly paint company, on why using an environmental-friendly paint is a no-brainer.

Joakim Cimmerbeck poses for a portrait at his studio in Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Profile | Hong Kong singer and actor Jacky Cheung’s rise to God of Songs

Known as one of the ‘Four Heavenly Kings’ of Cantopop, Jacky Cheung has enjoyed a stellar career as an actor and singer since 1984.

This Hong Kong former investment banker burned out … so he turned to comedy

How strategy consultant Ben Quinlan – whose dad was the biggest international selling record artist from Hong Kong – finds respite on the ‘terrifying’ stand-up stage.

Meet the world’s leading Ming furniture collector

Grace Wu, the world’s No 1 Ming furniture expert, traces her journey ahead of her upcoming exhibition at Christie’s Hong Kong.

Grace Wu at her gallery. Photo: Courtesy of Grace Wu

Can you really distil the taste of whisky in an art installation?

When The Fabrick Lab founder was tapped to create an art piece for The Macallan House Hong Kong, she found one crucial connection: colour

Elaine Ng and her whisky-inspired installation, Phantasmagoria. Photo: Alexander Mak

Havana Rose Liu’s unguarded thoughts on joy, grief and growing up

The free-spirited star of teen hit Bottoms and thriller No Exit is putting personal development ahead of her career

Profile | How actress Shu Qi went from soft-porn to mainstream cinema, and now filmmaking

‘A hard-working actress’ who ‘can do anything she wants to do’, a director once said of Shu Qi – a remark borne out by her subsequent career.

How the ‘father of modern art in Nepal’s legacy is being preserved today

The father of modern art in Nepal, Bangdel remains largely uncelebrated outside his homeland. Now, an exhibition in Hong Kong is offering a window into the late master’s legacy

Lain Singh Bangdel’s vast contribution to Nepal’s modern art movement has largely gone unsung among his Asian peers. But now a new exhibition is giving Hongkongers a taste of the late master’s work. Photo: Courtesy of Bibhakar Shakya

Profile | How Design Anthology’s co-founder is giving a vital voice to regional talent

Suzy Annetta chose to launch in print just as publishers around the world were scrambling to go digital, and bucked the prevailing trend with her magazine’s focus on designers and architects from Asia

Meet Suzy Annetta, Design Anthology’s co-founder and the curator of Emerge @ Find at Singapore Design Week, as her groundbreaking magazine turns 10. Photo: Green

Profile | Why Cantopop stars from Faye Wong to Eason Chan love lyricist Albert Leung

Having created lyrics for stars from Anita Mui to Leslie Cheung and Jacky Cheung, Leung is one of Cantopop’s most loved and prolific writers.

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Profile | How rising star Aaron Pierre plays it cool in Netflix thriller Rebel Ridge

Pierre talks about using ‘trickery on my brain’ to play a character who stays calm as he is confronted by Don Johnson’s racist police officer.

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