Lindsay is a half-British, half-Macanese writer, journalist and a former professional rugby player raised in Hong Kong. As the award-winning author of Sunset Survivors, a book that tells the tales of Hong Kong’s traditional tradespeople, Lindsay lives and breathes Hong Kong and is fascinated by its culture and history. She now gives talks and runs local walking tours that focus on the subject of her book.
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Kelvin is the owner of a magic-themed cafe. He is passionate about food, magic, and Harry Potter which inspired him to quit his job a few years ago and open 9¾ Cafe in Mong Kok with his friends. He claims that Harry was able to overcome evil in the first Harry Potter book because of an affinity and openness towards love. He believes that if Hongkongers can share more love, a culture of mutual respect for others will develop and the contradictions and conflicts in Hong Kong society will lessen.
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Sharon is a 30-year-old professor at the University of Kentucky, who teaches and researches politics and rhetoric. At a place with few Hongkongers nearby, she finds every possible way to stand with Hong Kong: from getting an umbrella tattoo on her arm, to advocating for the social movement in Hong Kong through teaching and public speaking.
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Pandora is an art therapist based in the UK, currently studying for a doctorate degree. Her anxiety grew as she watched the anti-ELAB movement unfold. Unable to participate while being overseas, she launched ‘Project Enheartening’, sending postcards gathered in the UK to Hongkongers. Let’s hear from her experience of the power of art.
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Born in Hong Kong, residents of Norway, Jessica (Chairperson) and Steven (Vice Chairperson) set up Hongkongkomiteen | Norge to give a voice to what is happening in Hong Kong.
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Toto is the chairman of the Leadership Training Association (LTA). An 80’s kid, he’s also a full-time engineer. Toto firmly believes that the younger generation needs to be nurtured in a platform that belongs to them. During his downtime, he works with other LTA members to organise leadership training activities and courses for the younger generations.
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Simon Cheng, 29, is a former employee of the UK Consulate in Hong Kong. In August 2019, he was detained and tortured by Chinese authorities while being accused of inciting pro-democracy protests.
Having been forced to confess to soliciting prostitution, he was released following international pressure and now lives in exile in the UK.
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Born in the 80s, Onehungrycoconut has traveled across the globe for seven years, hitchhiking, meeting people from different countries, and experiencing all kinds of lifestyles. She is now back in Hong Kong, job searching while going through over 80,000 photos she has taken while on the road.
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