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This is the 50th instalment in a biweekly series profiling major Hong Kong pop culture figures of recent decades.Hong Kong singer and actress Gigi Leung Wing-kei, who is best known as a 1990s Cantopop sweetheart, has had a dynamic career spanning three decades.Initially viewed as an innocent “girl next door” following her appearance in Derek Yee Tung-sing’s action drama Full Throttle (1995) and the release of her first two music albums, she has since established herself as a well-rounded performer on the silver screen and stage.Born in 1976, Leung grew up in Hong Kong, where she attended Maryknoll Convent School. As a teenager, she was given the nickname of “tall girl” because of her height, and even joined her school’s basketball team.Gigi Leung at an interview with the Post in 1996. Phot...

The last time Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman went on a motorcycle adventure, they rode cutting-edge, electric Harley-Davidsons. For their latest trip, they took a trip back in time.The British best friends and actors chose to use vintage bikes this time as they rode through 17 European countries for Apple TV+’s Long Way Home, the fourth instalment of their popular road trip docuseries. It starts airing on May 9.McGregor picked a 1974 Moto Guzzi Eldorado, which was used as a patrol bike by the Los Angeles Police Department and California Highway Patrol. Boorman picked a rusted-out BMW R75/5 and scrambled to make it roadworthy.“I guess there’s just sort of nowhere else to go other than backwards,” McGregor says. “We felt that we hadn’t done a trip on old bikes. I’ve always loved old bikes...

On March 30, 1985, Hong Kong nightclub Canton Disco opened its doors to party-goers.The atmosphere was buzzing: 11,000 people turned up to the 1,500-capacity club in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, where the dress code was whatever you wanted it to be. Some wore Speedos with tuxedo jackets to fit the Midnight Swim theme.Canton Disco co-founder Andrew Bull – known as Hong Kong’s “King Of Disco” – was tasked with launching the event. In the 1970s he had been a DJ at The Scene nightclub in The Peninsula hotel, and later DJ’d at Taipan Club and Disco Disco, also in Hong Kong.If anyone knew how to put on a show, it was Bull.Andrew and Sally Bull (second and third from left) at the opening of Canton Disco. While the dress code was whatever you wanted it to be, some wore Speedos paired with tuxedo jacket...

This article contains minor spoilers.Lead cast: Go Youn-jung, Jung Joon-won, Shin Si-ah, Kang You-seok, Han Ye-jiLatest Nielsen rating: 5.97 per centFollowing their rocky first few weeks on the job, the new obstetrics and gynaecology residents at the Yulje Medical Centre have started to get the hang of things in Resident Playbook, the spin-off series of the hit medical drama Hospital Playlist.Now that we have been introduced to these new characters, the show seems less preoccupied with their personal experiences than their function as our eyes for the emotional scenarios that crop up in their workplace. This proves to be both a blessing and a curse.

The young ginger in the markets in late spring is very different from the old ginger that is available year-round. Yes, they are both a rhizome and come from the same plant but the former is harvested when the shoots are off-white with pink tips.Young ginger is moist and tender with a very thin, edible skin and mild flavour. It is often eaten as a vegetable or made into a pickle.Old ginger has been allowed to mature on the plant and the skin is thicker, the flesh fibrous and the flavour hot and strong, so it is usually used as a seasoning. Old ginger can be dried and then used to make ginger powder.Young and old ginger should be chosen the same way: buy “hands” that have smooth skin and which feel heavy.Pickled ginger is often eaten with sushi. Photo: ShutterstockPickled gingerPickled youn...

Looking for fun things to do in Hong Kong this weekend? Our recommendations include a quirky poster design exhibition, retro selfies pop-up, and a baking event where you can eat and raise money for a good cause at the same time.1. Postapalooza“Postapalooza” is a month-long poster exhibition and festival showcasing “the best, worst, most outrageous graphic design from Asia” at Heath, the venue in the basement of Chungking Mansions in Tsim Sha Tsui.Pop in to get inspired by experimental techniques, innovative typography and the diverse perspectives of Asian graphic designers.Co-organised by independent art space Current Plans and cult magazine YeP YeP, this inaugural festival will celebrate 41 artists. Guests at the opening party can enjoy live sets from Yadin Moha, Jeanut and RTJ.“Postapalo...

Ali Ghorbani is a professional photographer, and a social media and Web3 educator. He spoke to Andrew Sun.I’m Persian by birth, raised in the UK, France, United States and Hong Kong. Despite eating my way through 30-plus countries, I still believe my mom is one of the world’s greatest chefs, blending rich earthy flavours with tons of herbs for a variety of Persian stews. The best word to describe my eating habit is adaptable.I love a no-frills, solid dim sum lunch at Dim Sum Square (LG/F, Tern Centre Tower 2, 78 Jervois Street, Sheung Wan, tel: 3521 0868). I have been coming here for years.At peak hours there’s always a queue. I love standards like har gow and chicken feet.Foie gras xiaolongbao at Man Mo Dim Sum, in Sheung Wan. Photo: Instagram/manmodimsumA more elevated experience is Man ...

Although Japan’s sake industry is facing a crisis thanks to falling domestic consumption, Kenbishi – the country’s oldest sake brand – remains unbending in its commitment to the old ways, seeing it as the best guarantor of quality.At the brewery of Kenbishi Sake Brewing in the Japanese city of Kobe, a bottle of sake is set on the table in the dining room to accompany the staff evening meal. In the kitchen, more sake is warmed in kettles.“It’s all-you-can-drink at dinner,” said Kenbishi president Masataka Shirakashi, who hopes the recent addition of traditional sake-brewing techniques to the Unesco intangible cultural heritage list will encourage a revival of the drink in Japan.Tradition is everything – brewing always takes place during the winter season. Starting in October, 60 brewers sta...

Antifungal resistance – less discussed and well known than antimicrobial resistance – is spreading and leaving people more vulnerable to related infections, some of them deadly.These fungal infections, or mycoses, don’t look much like the brain-controlling fungus that causes a zombie apocalypse in the hit drama series and video game The Last of Us. However, experts are warning they pose a rising threat as fatal diseases spread in hospitals.“Mycoses resistant to antifungal drugs are on the increase,” according to the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), which has linked the growing resistance to overuse and misuse of antifungal treatments.It is a similar story to the causes of antimicrobial resistance – which occurs when bacterial infections are not quelled by antibiotics ...

2.5/5 starsThe dehumanising tendency of corporate finance and the merciless nature of stock market speculation serve as the basis for much of the drama in A Gilded Game, a mildly diverting film presumably made for viewers who won’t mind its predictably moralistic lecturing tone.For admirers of Hong Kong director Herman Yau Lai-to, this mainland Chinese production should be welcomed as a necessary change of pace after he dedicated much of the past decade to making action thrillers, including four produced and headlined by Andy Lau Tak-wah: Shock Wave 1 and 2, The White Storm 2, and Moscow Mission.In A Gilded Game, Lau takes a back seat to finance graduate Gao Han (Oho Ou Hao). A small-town boy with “no connections”, he gets an internship at a top investment bank because he is a friend of Ch...