The Post wrapped up its annual Spirit of Hong Kong Awards on Tuesday night, recognising the work of a teenager who offers sports classes for underprivileged children, an advocate working with restaurants to create soft food options for people who have difficulties swallowing and an entrepreneur who hires the elderly, among many others. The trio…
Hongkonger Dixon Kwok Kai-yuen was born into a struggling family and diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder at a young age, with his secondary school years seeing his household fracture and depression affect his academic performance. But looking back on those tough times, the civil engineer and social enterprise founder said he eventually managed to…
Hong Kong entrepreneur Edmund Chan Ka-ming enjoys his milk – not the kind that comes from a cow, but that which is made from a previously underrated type of vegetable: tiger nut. The co-founder of green tech company Meat the Next was driven to create an alternative non-dairy product with tiger nuts that tackles not…
When the Covid-19 pandemic struck Hong Kong, the economic impact took away livelihoods and forced some businesses to close down. So a group of women in 2020 stepped in, offering support to their peers through the power of sisterhood. The friends formed a social enterprise called Sisterpeer with the aim of helping women overcome adversity…
When medical volunteers found their efforts to provide consultations and counselling services to remote areas in Hong Kong and overseas were having a limited impact, they changed tactics and set up a new organisation. “So we made a small change, shifting from just medicine to incorporating the arts. We wanted to focus on both physical…
While The Nutcracker is a timeless classic, Hong Kong Ballet has infused the performance with local culture to reflect the city’s “unique identity”. Septime Webre, artistic director of the elite ballet school, said he reimagined The Nutcracker to celebrate early 20th century Hong Kong. “Hong Kong is a fusion city,” he said. “But its soul…
A Hong Kong environmental group dedicated to combating plastic pollution has resorted to flies to compost organic waste. A Plastic Ocean Foundation, founded in 2013, first gained international attention for its award-winning documentary, which exposed the dire impact of plastic pollution on marine life. A Plastic Ocean has inspired millions around the globe, but the…
Over the course of his 15-year career with social enterprise Gingko House, Kenneth Choi Man-kin has transformed the modest Hong Kong restaurant chain that aims to create jobs for the elderly into a flourishing catering group. Employing more than 300 staff members with an average age of 68, Gingko House now operates six branches serving…
In a world where screens dominate attention spans, a novelist in Hong Kong is determined to make Chinese literature and history more engaging and accessible for younger generations by using digital platforms. Chan Mei-to, 29, is the author of 11 novels, the first of which she published at the age of 19, and more than…