Skip to content
Life on Lantau > 2024

2024

Out & About! What You’ve been up to

At the Valentines Day Race On February 4, the Trail Hub’s annual Valentine’s Day Race headed out from Treasure Island on Pui O Beach. Teams of two chose to run either the 15-kilometre Tough Love or the 9-kilometre Easy Love. [PHOTOS COURTESY OF The Trail Hub.] At the DBIS International Food Fair There was live music and fun for all the famiy at DBIS International Food Fair on March 2, plus the opportunity to sample… Read More »Out & About! What You’ve been up to

Happenings & Events! Stuff to know in April

Reimagining Tai O The hardworking volunteers at Living Islands Movement (LIM) continue to monitor the “Mui Wo Facelift,” meeting regularly with the CEDD and project contractors. They are pleased to report that the project is largely on track, and they have a number of updates. Site formation and piling works for the new buildings in front of the ferry pier (cooked food market, bicycle and car parks) will commence in April. The old parking lot… Read More »Happenings & Events! Stuff to know in April

20 questions: April fools day quiz!

Are you easily fooled? How much do you know about April 1, the internationally celebrated day of pranks and hoaxes BY Nicole Innocenti 1. In which century did people start celebrating April Fools’ Day?A. 14th centuryB. 16th century C. 19th century 3. What prank do the French play on April 1?A. They throw fish at peopleB. They pin a paper fish to people’s clothesC. They leave fish under bus seats 5. Which country does not… Read More »20 questions: April fools day quiz!

Here Be Dragons

Marketing exec, mum and kid-lit author Suzanne Younan is kicking off the Year right by bringing her Green Dragon and his environmental message to Lantau, Elizabeth Kerr reports.  Hongkongers go through over five million plastic bottles every single day. As outrageous as that sounds, it inspired former marketing executive turned children’s author Suzanne Younan to establish the volunteer organisation Green Dragons HK. “I thought that had to be a typo, or an error. I didn’t… Read More »Here Be Dragons