How fast can you enjoy the vogue of fashion? By record in 2015, the Spanish fast-fashion pioneer Zara crowned to be the “fastest” from design to store—all in 25 days. In the business world, conventional wisdom is that speed wins in every competition. From designing on papers to shelving in stores, fast fashion industry […]
Treasure hunt in Hong Kong’s mountains
Lo Kin-man (盧建民) is an ordinary citizen in Hong Kong who hikes every weekend. Having discovered trash all over the place on the way up the hills, he decided to clean up the mountains on his own. The government mainly relies on education and the removal of trash bins as means to alleviate the problem […]
Fading local history preserved in century-old school
After passing through the green corridor with trees lining on both sides greeting incoming visitors in Tung Tau Wan Road, Stanley, you will find a junction hiding amongst the green. Surprising to many, the branch road is the entrance of a local school, St. Stephen’s College, which occupies over 15 hectares of space in the […]
Hundreds to pay tributes to fallen soldiers at the Cenotaph
The weather fitted the sadness of the atmosphere as hundreds gathered at the Cenotaph war memorial in Central last Sunday for the Remembrance Day Ceremony in remembrance of the fallen soldiers in the two World Wars. The Cenotaph, situated between Statue Square and the City Hall, was constructed in 1923 as being almost an exact […]
Hong Kong fishing industry in decay
Hong Kong was just a fishing village when the British landed on the territory. Just a century later, the city has transformed from a place with only cottages and houseboats to an international financial hub concentrated with concrete high-rise. Though having contributed a lot to the city’s prosperity, the local fishing industry have been forgotten […]