Articles Written by:    JOYCE HOR-CHUNG LAU     

Dragon-Boaters in Hong Kong

Dragon boat races are in remembrance of Chu Yuan, an ancient Chinese scholar/statesman, who drowned around 277 B.C. while denouncing government corruption. Vincent Yu/Associated Press HONG KONG | Rainy season here is schizophrenic — storm-clouds can ...

From JOYCE HOR-CHUNG LAU, International Herald Tribune,  27 May 2009
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An Artistic Quest in High Gear

HONG KONG — Martina Navratilova, looking tanned and fit, bounced a tennis ball a few times hard on the ground, as if preparing for a serve. But the balls were covered in paint, and her target was a canvas. The latest on the arts, coverage of live ...

From JOYCE HOR-CHUNG LAU, The New York Times,  19 May 2009
Related Topics: Damien Hirst,  Martina Navratilova,  Antony Gormley,  Kate Moss,  Marc Quinn

Battle of the Hong Kong Theme Parks

HONK KONG | In one corner, there’s Ocean Park, the beloved locally-run, non-profit theme park that everyone remembers going to as a child. In the other corner is Disneyland Hong Kong, a shiny, new, foreign interloper that popped up in 2005. Both have ...

From JOYCE HOR-CHUNG LAU, International Herald Tribune,  13 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Walt Disney Company

From Atwood, a Dose of Reality

Over coffee one morning here, the conversation jumped from publicists trying to keep her interviews on schedule (“Oh, poo on them”) to women’s fashion (“Structured skirts. Can’t wear them. I’m too short”) to the flood of new writers (“It’s like ...

From JOYCE HOR-CHUNG LAU, The New York Times,  8 Apr 2009

Jackie Chan Movie Kicks Off Hong Kong Film Festival

Courtesy of the Hong Kong International Film Festival Jackie Chan in “Shinjuku Incident.” Hong Kong | The Hong Kong International Film Festival kicks off two weeks of screenings from 55 countries; 250 movies will be shown at 11 different venues around ...

From JOYCE HOR-CHUNG LAU, International Herald Tribune,  20 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Jackie Chan,  Ann Hui,  Kiefer Sutherland,  Oliver Stone,  Jeffrey Katzenberg

Asia-Pacific Issue | Globespotters: The Perils of Hong Kong Jade

A VISITING Frenchwoman once asked me for advice on buying quality jade, one of Hong Kongs best-known commodities. So my mother took her to Chinese Arts & Crafts (www.crcretail.com), which is where we would go ourselves. Our visitor was so horrified by ...

From JOYCE HOR-CHUNG LAU, The New York Times,  13 Mar 2009
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The Perils of Hong Kong’s Jade

Shopping for jade at Hong Kong’s Jade Market in 2006. (Basil Childers) A visiting Frenchwoman once asked me for advice on buying quality jade, one of Hong Kong’s best-known commodities. So my mother took her to China Arts and Crafts, which is where we ...

From JOYCE HOR-CHUNG LAU, International Herald Tribune,  4 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Alex Chan

Hong Kong’s Art, Film and Literary Festivals

The monthlong Arts Festival will be followed by the from March 8 to 18, and the Hong Kong International Film Festival from March 22 to April 13. Both are among the largest events of their kind in Asia. Tucked in there is Hong Kong Art Walk on March 11 — ...

From JOYCE HOR-CHUNG LAU, International Herald Tribune,  5 Feb 2009
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Chinese New Year in Hong Kong

I always wondered what Chinese New Year was like for visitors to Hong Kong. Because many people, like myself, travel to our ancestral villages to pay obligatory visits to grandparents and parents. Meals are prepared and eaten at home, and we are far ...

From JOYCE HOR-CHUNG LAU, International Herald Tribune,  22 Jan 2009

Obama Inauguration - Hong Kong and Elsewhere

Here's how it works: Just find the picture of the city that interests you on our main page and the information flows. For each city there are two resources: First, if you click on "Travel Basics", you'll find current information about things like ...

From JOYCE HOR-CHUNG LAU, International Herald Tribune,  18 Jan 2009

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