【SHARED】Nicolas Petit | ‘We write our future,’ Belgian street photographer tells Hongkongers

To Hongkongers, shopping at wet markets, crossing the Victoria Harbor by ferry, or gobbling up at a cha chaan teng (Hong Kong-style café) are just day-to-day activities that hardly deserve any attention. But to Nicolas Petit, who runs a street photography project called The Hongkongers (IG: @thehongkongers), these mundanities are exactly what make up a unique Hong Kong.

Shared Article, Culture, Hobbies, VideoWe Are HKers29 October 2020nicolas petit, belgian, belgium, street, photographer, photography, future, expat, goldfish tank, goldfish dream, wet markets, market, instagram, foreigner, apple dailyComment

【Video】K Kwong | Witnessing the sunset of an era: Desperation fuels persistence

K Kwong, renowned chemistry tutor and lecturer, retired into a quiet life until the anti-extradition movement when he went public and used his scientific knowledge to counter the fallacies propagated through the community. The future of humanity is worrisome—in this chaotic era, are science and knowledge a blessing or curse?

Video, Politics, ScienceWe Are HKers25 October 2020k kwong, scientist, chemistry, professor, doctor, sunset, era, tutor, lecturer, retired, elders, anti-elab, movement, science, humanity, knowledge, fiona forrester, tea leaf, silver wolf, onehungrycoconutComment

Miss Woo Sze Yan | Remember our calling, protect our students, and defend our conscience

Woo Sze Yan is a secondary school disciplinary teacher. She is not the typical disciplinary teacher with a serious face, but rather exerts a kind and gentle vibe and shows firmness when protecting her students against the white terror in the society.

Education, Career, PoliticsWe Are HKers18 October 2020miss woo sze yan, teacher, secondary school, school, students, conscience, courage, fight, future, pineapplepie, hei ching, sl, rulesComment

【Video】Dare Media | Putting a price tag on publicity: Yell Card as a new form of collective expression

Vivian and her partners founded Dare Media in August 2019. Her team’s project ‘Yell Card’ produces trading cards of protest-related artwork drawn by different designers, promoting the commercialization of political art and graphic designs. Aiming to support designers financially as well as produce trading cards for physical records of the protest movement, the new editions of Yell Card are...

Career, Video, Politics, Arts, EntertainmentWe Are HKers14 October 2020videos, nata, silver wolf, jhn, tina, jake, jenna, dare media, publicity, editorial, cards, print, media, artwork, protest, protests, protester, art, artist, arts, vivian, dark calligrapherComment

Mathew Cheng｜Founder of a Cantonese Mindfulness platform—Bringing Mindfulness closer to people

Mathew has been a meditation practitioner for over 5 years, with accreditation from courses on Mindfulness at several universities and meditation centres. In 2019, he chose Hong Kong as the starting point and established Mr. Stillness, an online platform providing Cantonese meditation training.

Career, Health, HobbiesWe Are HKers11 October 2020mathew cheng, founder, mindfulness, meditation, health, platform, cantonese, language, calm, mind, mental healthComment

【Video】Calif Chong | Filmmaker—Creating a collective database and capturing the Hong Kong spirit

Calif Chong is a filmmaker currently based in the UK. She worked as a scriptwriter at TVB and a documentarian for RTHK. A few years ago, she began her studies in Europe and started her career in the film industry, with the aim of finding a new way to tell the story of Hong Kong.

Career, Video, Entertainment, Overseas, Culture, Politics, ArtsWe Are HKers4 October 2020calif chong, filmmaker, Hong Kong spirit, documentary, documentarian, tvb, rthk, uk, europe, film, industry, story, videos, movie, bruce lee, nata, silver wolfComment

【SHARED】Leung Lo Yik (Chen Kau) | Letter Writer

Chen Kau has been a letter writer for nearly 40 years. Originally from Vietnam, where he worked as an accountant for a film production company, he first came to Hong Kong in 1972 and took a job as a bartender. Given his education and proficiency in English, a customer suggested he become a letter writer.

Career, Shared Article, CultureWe Are HKers1 October 2020sunset survivors, book, traditional, lindsay varty, letter, writer, language, vietnam, film, productions, accountant, elders, shopComment