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In Pictures: Hong Kong’s Muslims mark first Ramadan since Covid-19
“I’m happy to see everyone back, that everything is back to what it was,” KK Khan, a Hong Kong-born Pakistani said.
Fans rush to snap up ‘last’ Hong Kong football jerseys before ‘China’ added to official name
“I thought about how I felt when I attended previous games – the social atmosphere, political environment, and everything else has changed so much,” said football fan Jason. “But what remains unchanged is people’s passion for football.”
EXCLUSIVE: Clockenflap co-founders assert ‘autonomy’ after Live Nation acquisition, eye Asian expansion
Despite losing a controlling stake in Clockenflap Festivals, Music Director Justin Sweeting said: “We still run an independent business. We operate independently outside of that Live Nation touring universe.”
Free Food Flow: How a 60,000-strong community of Hongkongers tackle food waste with online swap scheme
Environmentalists said the Free Food Flow project could reduce waste and help the poorer members of society. While Hong Kong is a relatively wealthy city, some people are forced to collect vegetable scraps from wet markets after the market closes, said Hahn Chu of Green Earth.
INTERVIEWS
Artist Vaevae Chan spent years building a cave in a Hong Kong high rise. Now she is ready to share it with others
Located on the 17th floor of a San Po Kong industrial building, Vaevae Chan’s walk-through installation “She Told Me to Head to the Sea” was born from trauma – hers and the city’s. Opening it to the public is the “next chapter” of her healing process, she says.
Witnesses to war: the Hong Kong journalists on the frontlines in Ukraine
Hong Kong journalists have become so emotionally involved with the plight of the Ukrainian people that they have changed flights and study plans to stay longer. HKFP finds out what motivates them, one year after Russia’s invasion.
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10 years after one of Hong Kong’s longest strikes, dockers’ union struggles to uphold labour rights
The dockers’ union has lost several allies amid a clampdown on civil society. But strike leader Chan Yum-wo said he tells his union friends not to feel discouraged. “If all you’ve got is a spark, then let it slowly ignite. After all, the fire will not go out.”
Snap decision: The street photographers being airbrushed out of an iconic Hong Kong tourist venue
Photographer Mango Tsoi said he would try to continue operating on Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade despite not having a licence because the view across the harbour took his breath away when he saw it for the first time.
Hong Kong suspends applications to change gender marker on ID cards following top court defeat
After undergoing full sex reassignment surgery last November, Ryousuke applied to change the gender marker on his ID card in January. However, his application was suspended in February following a top court ruling ostensibly in favour of transgender individuals.
As masks come off, Hong Kong children may struggle to face the world
With the Covid-19 mask mandate lifted, educators and parents fear anxiety setting in for young children who do not remember a time before their faces had to be covered up wherever they went in public.
‘I can finally breathe’: Some celebrate the end of Hong Kong’s Covid mask rule, but most remain cautious
Ms Chan kept her mask on even when she was sitting alone by the sea. “I’m used to it already. I think I will buy more masks once I have used all my stock,” she said, adding that her choice was both a health decision and a personal preference.
Artist considers legal action to retrieve Tiananmen crackdown monument removed from University of Hong Kong
Jens Galschiøt said he still hopes to get the Pillar of Shame from the University of Hong Kong without taking the matter to court. The sculptor said the university had repeatedly ignored his requests to retrieve the statue.
Hong Kong trans activist Henry Tse fought for the right to be recognised as a man without full surgery – and won
Henry Tse was told that he needed to have an invasive operation to change the female gender marker on his ID card. He has taken the government to court for what he calls an infringement of his right to privacy.
Hongkongers have renewed passion for live music after Covid closures, says singer-producer Cehryl
“I want to learn from and collaborate with other people. I’m not fixated on the idea of being some sort of DIY person all the time; it just so happens that it’s in my personality to try to figure things out myself.”
In Pictures: Hong Kong fabric traders face material losses as they bid farewell to decades-old market
Nostalgic stallholders packed up and left as the Pang Jai fabric market closed for good after some 45 years.
‘The frontline in our homes’: Covid-19’s lasting impact on Hong Kong’s migrant domestic workers
The fifth wave of Covid-19 highlighted the issues faced by migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong – the backbone of many of the city’s families. It also shone a spotlight on the “power of community,” Manisha Wijesinghe, executive director of HELP for Domestic Workers, told HKFP.
Explainer: Hong Kong’s national security crackdown – month 31
Several people arrested by national security police officers, former Stand News editor accused of sedition delivered testimony, and Beijing’s interpretation of the security law continued to stoke debate.
Hong Kong outlet Stand News name cards showed reporters’ political stance, prosecutor argues in sedition trial
Lead prosecutor Laura Ng continued her questioning of former editor-in-chief Chung Pui-kuen at District Court on Friday, presenting pages from Stand News publications with yellow backgrounds and asking whether they signified the media outlet’s politics.
Explainer: Hong Kong’s tourism sector faces long road to recovery despite easing of Covid curbs
HKFP examines how the current state of the city’s tourism sector compares with its pre-pandemic position.
Young business owners in Hong Kong border town brace for rising rents amid resumption of mainland Chinese travel
With the mainland border reopened and parallel traders expected to return to Sheung Shui, young entrepreneurs who opened businesses in the border town during Covid-19 say they fear tough times ahead.
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