Brought to you by Hong Kong’s only independent English-language newsroom, HKFP Yum Cha invites a different guest to join Executive Editor Mercedes Hutton each week and discuss their area of expertise, be that fighting for democracy, researching Hong Kong’s history, or trying to keep its neon craft alive.
Chankalun – A Bright Future for Hong Kong's Neon Heritage – HKFP Yum Cha
The image of Hong Kong's neon-lit streetscapes is, like the signs that lent their glow to those cinematic scenes, largely a thing of the past. But although bureaucracy has stripped many buildings of their illuminated adornments, a new generation of neon artists – like Chankalun – are working to keep the draft alive.
- Chankalun – A Bright Future for Hong Kong's Neon Heritage
- Carol Liang – Happy Hong Kong?
- Astrid Andersson – Wildlife Trade and Alien Invaders
- Xyza Cruz Bacani – Migrant Domestic Workers and the Children Left Behind
- Cynthia Cheng and Maxime Vanhollebeke – An Invisible Web of Workers
- Vaudine England – A City Between East and West
- Regina Ip – Matters of Security
- Emily Lau – Fighting Two Tigers
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HKFP Yum Cha: Hong Kong neon artist Chankalun on bending the rules
“I won’t be doing neon signs,” artist Chankalun told HKFP. “I’m just doing something experimental. I just want to break boundaries of what neon… is and I will keep doing that in my own way.”
HKFP Yum Cha: Carol Liang on fighting stigma surrounding mental health in Hong Kong
Awareness of mental health has risen in Hong Kong in recent years, according to Deputy CEO of charity Mind HK, Carol Liang. But just because people have become more comfortable talking about the issue does not mean they have become more accepting of it.
HKFP Yum Cha: Astrid Andersson on Hong Kong’s critically endangered cockatoo population
Cockatoo researcher Astrid Andersson tells the HKFP Yum Cha podcast where the city’s population may have originated, how they survive in the urban jungle and the threats the species now face.
HKFP Yum Cha: Photographer Xyza Cruz Bacani on domestic workers, Hong Kong and championing migrants
Xyza Cruz Bacani, who worked as a migrant domestic worker alongside her mother in Hong Kong before becoming an artist and photographer, discusses why migrant workers should be celebrated as “champions” rather than being looked on as victims.
HKFP Yum Cha: How Hong Kong Shifts shines a spotlight on ‘invisible’ web of workers who keep the city going
Hong Kong Shifts focuses on shift workers across the city and tells their stories on social media through photography and write-ups in English and Chinese.
HKFP Yum Cha: Historian Vaudine England delves into Hong Kong’s lesser-known origin story
Historian Vaudine England speaks to HKFP about how early Hong Kong was shaped not only by the Chinese and the British, but by immigrants from across Asia and their interracial offspring. How are such influences still felt? Tune into episode 3 of HKFP Yum Cha.
HKFP Yum Cha: 20 years on, Regina Ip says the time has come for Hong Kong’s own security law
“I think the sooner we complete enactment of Article 23 legislation the better,” top government adviser Regina Ip said during the inaugural double bill episode of the HKFP Yum Cha podcast. She added that the government would feel more “relaxed” after it had completed its duty.
HKFP Yum Cha: Democrat Emily Lau recalls early morning visit from Hong Kong national security police
In the inaugural double bill episode of HKFP Yum Cha, a new podcast from HKFP, journalist turned politician Emily Lau discusses blaming the British for the state of democracy in Hong Kong, standing up to Margaret Thatcher, and receiving a 7 am knock from national security police.