NEIL JENSEN AND CLAIRE O’NEILL ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE ONE-TWO PUNCH OF DBDB AND HYROX TO BE FABULOUS AT 50+. ELIZABETH KERR REPORTS Neil Jensen and Claire O’Neill are easy to spot among those taking an afternoon caffeine shot at Uncle Russ at DB North Plaza. They’re obviously not the uniformed kids cutting class, and it’s unlikely they’re the solo sippers glued to a laptop screen, earbuds firmly in place. No, they’re the duo… Read More »Hyrox Champs
MUI WO JOURNALIST, POET AND CERAMICIST ILARIA MARIA SALA WANTS US TO LIVE OUR BEST LIVES, AND SHE LEADS BY EXAMPLE. ELIZABETH KERR REPORTS Ilaria Maria Sala is on her way to White Cube in Central to see the latest exhibition by Korean artist Lee Jin-woo. She looks suitably summery walking through ifc Mall in a multi-coloured dress she made herself and a straw hat. As is the case in Hong Kong these days the… Read More »Role Model For Change
TUNG CHUNG RESIDENT SABAY LYNAM HAS HER EYES ON COMPETING ATTHE RUGBY WORLD CUP NEXT YEAR – BETWEEN CLASSES. ELIZABETH KERR REPORTS “Yeah, cats are tricky, especially when they’re not used to a lot of movement around them,” says 20-year-old Sabay Lynam, via Google from the clubhouse in her apartment complex in Tung Chung. Sabay is currently a University of Queensland student, studying veterinary technology, and my initial hope was that she’d share some tips… Read More »She’s Got Game
ACTOR, TECH PRO AND RETURNING LANTAUER PHILIPPE JOLY HAS A TON ON HIS PLATE. JUST THE WAY HE LIKES IT. ELIZABETH KERR REPORTS Multi-hyphenate Philippe Joly is sitting outside at an Admiralty bistro, not far from the home he just gave up for Discovery Bay – again. We last spoke to Philippe for Life on Lantau in Before Times, otherwise known as 2019, when he lived in Mui Wo. And even though the RussianFrench actor-stunt… Read More »The Player
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