Category — Hong Kong

OneInchPunch wishes all our readers and visitors a Happy Chinese New Year and Valentines Day!

The pot above came from a visit to Hong Kong’s Flower Market in Victoria Park. Below is a split plate of candies and nuts, traditional for Chinese New Year.

Thanks for your support in the last 3 years so far!

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For a look at some of the Chinese New Year lanterns up in Hong Kong at the moment, check out these cartoon themed ones at Shatin Central Park in the New Territories.

More on Chinese New Year Cartoon Lanterns in Hong Kong

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The director of the Jackie Chan film “The Shinjuku Incident“, Derek Yee, has a forthcoming film called “Triple Tap“. It’s a Hong Kong crime movie featuring competitive marksmen and armoured robbery. Trailer below…

Synopsis:

Champion competitive marksman Ken stumbles into the middle of an armoured van robbery. He sees a policeman held hostage and shoots and kills four of the robbers. One of the robbers escapes and the policeman survives. The case is handled by Jerry Chang, whom Ken knows from having recently beaten him in a shooting match. Ken is found not guilty in court – for killing the robbers – but soon after, Ken is attacked by the escaped robber Pang Tao. Their confrontation reveals a very different background story and brings about a myriad of lies and traps and changes in relationships as Jerry and Ken try to outsmart each other.

Via TwitchFilm

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Last year, we posted about Gary Chang’s tiny (330 square foot) apartment in Hong Kong which has lots of cool, space saving features. Planet Green have recently posted a video about it which also highlights how eco-friendly the place is too. Click the link below to watch it – we coudn’t embed the video.

Link to World’s Greenest Homes: Hong Kong Space Saver

I particularly like how Gary used reflective surfaces on the ceiling and floor to take the attention away from the marks that are caused by moving the walls around so much. Hats off to him – this is one way to make living in Hong Kong’s tiny apartments desirable!

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Mongkok in Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places on earth. If it wasn’t for the shopping, I’d avoid the place as much as possible since its packed with people most of the time. However, this (abstract) video below shows Mongkok in a literally different light. I hardly recognise it.

Via Irish Born Chinese

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We were pretty shocked to see that even today, the poor in Hong Kong seem to live in tiny cages that contain all their worldly possessions, stacked with other cages within a tiny flat. Up to 18 strangers being squashed into a tiny 625 square foot flat with just one toilet to share.

Above, Mr. Kam-chuen used to be one of over 400,000 working poor who paid approximately US$167.6 to live in such an environment. According to him, it’s extremely uncomfortable, especially if you get the top bunk: “You hit your head on the ceiling.”

Watch this news report on the situation.

Read more on WeirdAsiaNews

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Just came across this excellent Flickr account of a HK Man who posts photos of locations in Hong Kong from a long time ago (various years) together with photos of the same location today. They make for fascinating viewing where some areas don’t seem to have changed much – surprising for Hong Kong’s legendary speed of urban development – and other areas have obviously moved on.

HK Man’s photostream of Hong Kong Then and Now

Check out all the clothes drying outside the flats below!

This cinema has collected a few exterior decorations since then.

Advertising boards have been reduced…

The basketball court looks similar, but the fashion is superb!

Via Popwuping

Technorati Tags: Hong Kong, old and new, photography, then and now

Kristopher Ho was born in Hong Kong but has just graduated from Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design this year. He has a superb, intricate, illustration style that showcases his imagination whilst leaving nothing to your imagination.

See more on Kristopher Ho’s website

Via LostAtEMinor

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CNN’s Asia travel guide, CNNGo, published their lists for the top hot people in Asia to watch. There are a total of 135 mentioned for you to pore over with all coming from East Asia and also some from India.

The list is a mixture of creative personalities and business people and anything in between so there’s likely to be an entry that will spark your interests. CNNGo starts with a selection of 39 people across the region and then provide separate lists for each country as follows:

39 Hot People in Asia

Tokyo Hot List: 20 People to Watch
Hong Kong: 20 People to Watch
Shanghai: 20 People to Watch
Singapore: 20 People to Watch
Bangkok: 20 People to Watch

Found via 88 Bar, they also posted a link to an entertaining listing of the HOTTEST people on the internet in China.

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Sure, the Hong Kong skyline view from the Peak, across the harbour, has got to be one of the most photographed view points in the city. And the shot below looks no different. However, click on the link to see the full resolution version on Wikimedia and you’ll see a breathtaking level of detail….

Detailed Hong Kong skyline photo

Via Bibzee

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