In Hong Kong, people spend an average of 7 hours and 15 minutes on the Internet daily, according to the Digital 2021 report released by Datareportal. In the decade leading up to 2021, mobile use grew a boggling 460% from 45 minutes to 4 hours and 12 minutes a day. This growth in mobile use brings with it a host of detrimental side effects, when we use our smartphones excessively and/or with bad habits over a long period of time. Here, we’ll introduce the main physical side effects of excessive mobile phone use, and discuss how to prevent or counteract…
Author: Danielle Lam
Danielle Lam
Born in Canada, Danielle is deep diving into the things that make Hong Kong a city of intermingling identities, and bridging the information gap as someone trying to navigate the city herself as a cultural inbetweener. Sometimes this means examining culture and local people’s stories, and other times it means drinking all the milk tea and doing walking explorations of peripheral districts.
March is the unofficial Art Month in Hong Kong revolving around two main events, Art Basel and Art Central. Small and medium galleries around the city take the opportunity to curate more explorative exhibitions during this period, as well as the street art and mural festival, HKWalls, occurring during the same period. Read on to learn more about the main arts events to visit this month. Art Basel Art Basel in Hong Kong 2022 (© Courtsey Art Basel) Art Basel is nearly back to full-scale this year. Hong Kong’s premier Art Month event, there will be modern and contemporary art…
In the cultural mixing pot that is Hong Kong, there are new exciting dining and drinking concepts popping up all the time, from innovative fine dining and internationally known restaurants coming to the city for the first time to locally-born exploratory fusion. Stay on top of the need-to-knows of the dining scene with our restaurant and bar opening guide. Yamm — New crab buffet Yamm’s Catch the Crab buffet features nearly 20 crab dishes (© Yamm) Back by popular demand, The Mira’s gourmet buffet restaurant, Yamm, has brought back its crab-centric buffet as a dinner special available only once a…
Ashley Dudarenok is recognized globally as an expert on business trends and digital marketing in China. The founder and thought leader has also been named among the world’s top 100 retail influencers by RETHINK Retail. As a multicultural individual having been born in the Soviet Union, studying in Chongqing, China, and recently naturalizing as a Chinese citizen, The HK HUB chats with Ashley about the International Women’s Day 2023 theme, #EmbraceEquity, the state of gender equality and equity in mainland China and Hong Kong, how she was raised to have a barrier-breaking blindspot for gender biases, and the values she…
In Collaboration With BIRON®When lab-grown diamonds were first introduced in the mid-1900s by researchers in Stockholm, the synthetic diamonds were reserved for industrial use. Today, diamond industry analyst Paul Zimnisky estimates that global sales of lab-grown diamonds grew 40% in 2021 alone. Man-made gems such as lab-created diamonds are up to 10 times cheaper than natural fancy colour gems, according to a Global Diamond Report commissioned by the Antwerp World Diamond Centre. Growing demand for eco-friendly gemstones In 2022, leading fashion jewellery houses like Pandora have added more created gemstones to their repertoire, further pushing against the stigma associated with…
Chinese New Year or Lunar New Year is the beginning of a brand new year in the lunar calendar, which falls on 22 January 2023 this year. The celebration of the new lunar year represents fresh beginnings, during which good luck is accumulated for the rest of the year through ritual practices as well as the exchange of verbal wishes and gifts exchanged between loved ones. In Hong Kong and China, the festival is celebrated over 15 days, during which relatives and friends engage in baai nin (拜年, bai nian in Mandarin). Baai means the respectful clasp of one hand…
In Collaboration With VipopLenia Pérez is a collector of sorts, visiting fashion expos throughout South and Central America searching for resort wear designers to sell under sustainable fashion brand Vipop that she thinks Asian consumers will connect with. Now, her and Co-founder Fabiana González’s online store is also speaking to shoppers in Europe and the USA. Lenia has loved fashion and handmaking things since a young age, with artisan parents. And with its ancient sustainable weaving and dyeing techniques, clothes made by Latin American designers seemed to make sense for a market in which ethical awareness is becoming more important.…
In Collaboration With PayPalThis November, your premier paper-free payment partner PayPal is welcoming new account users with the PayPal Welcome Pack. Users who registering an account for the first time will receive vouchers for five brands that are valid until the end of the year, no strings attached: Google Play, Pixiv, Buyee, Banggood, and DJI Store. What is PayPal? Founded in 1998, PayPal is now trusted as one of the most secure, convenient online payment platforms in the world. It is supported in most countries and serves as an affordable, effective alternative to paper payment methods like cheques. Signing up…
ICHK Hong Lok Yuen Kindergarten & Primary was founded in 1983 after a group of parents decided to start a school in their verdant community of Hong Lok Yuen Estates. It was one of the first international schools to offer a Chinese language programme. Today, ICHK Hong Lok Yuen is a Kindergarten and Primary school. When moving to secondary school, ICHK HLY students have priority places at ICHK Secondary School. The school has recently been shortlisted for the 2023 International School Award. Campus and facilities ICHK HLY’s emphasis on play in the great outdoors sets the kindergarten and primary school apart Located…
We’re not sure there’s a better way to wind down on a weeknight than digging in the back of your brain for the name of the tyrannical head teacher from Roald Dahl’s Matilda with a pint in hand. For some low-stakes fun testing your general knowledge with a group of friends, check out these pub quizzes in Hong Kong. Most of them are centred in the home of British pubs – Wan Chai – but there may be some even regular quizzers haven’t heard of. GRAIN — Kennedy Town Sip Gweilo brews with a side of quiz-ery every second Tuesday…