LONG-TERM ISLANDER LOUISE PRESTON IS POISED TO REST ART LIVING ISLANDS MOVEMENT IN THE WAKE OF A NEW POLICY ADDRESS THAT COULD IMPACT SOUTH LANTAU’S ENVIRONMENT. SHE COULD USE SOME HELP. ELIZABETH KERR REPORTS PHOTOS BY Beatrix Malan – www.atscollective.com It’s still unseasonably warm as Louise Preston sits in Café 8, atop the Hong Kong Maritime Museum. Louise isn’t evangelical, but sit with her for a few minutes and it becomes clear quickly that she… Read More »Guardian Angel
FROM CORPORATE BEHEMOTHS TO THE NEXT GENERATION, MUI WO RESIDENT ANNA ILES IS INFLUENCING THE WAY WE LOOK AT SUSTAINABILITY, AND THE FUTURE. ELIZABETH KERR REPORTS Ask anyone on the street what a ‘futurist’ is and most will stare blankly, before floating some kind of science fiction concept. Is it Star Trek-y? OK, that’s what I’d say. But Anna Iles is a futurist, and you really want her shaping your businesses ideas and ushering your… Read More »The Changemaker
TUNG CHUNGER AGNES PANG BRINGS NEW MEANING TO THE OLD ADAGE OF ONE WOMAN’S TRASH BEING ANOTHER’S TREASURE WITH HER RECYCLED ART. ELIZABETH KEER MEETS THE FREE-SPIRITED ARTIST, EDUCATOR AND ENVIRONMENTALIST PHOTOS BY Tal Shahar – www.magnificent-hkg.com Agnes Pang is probably best described as a ball of energy, a phrase generally reserved for mischievous children, said facetiously. But she is, marching into Starbucks in Citygate decked out in a bright orange sweater and matching tutu-shaped… Read More »AGNES PANG: MIXED MEDIA -PURE ARTIST
Meet Myriem Alnet, Chun-Kit Chan and Kai-Chun Yip, the Peng Chau trio dedicated to celebrating and preserving island life Reporting By Rachel Sadler Photos By Tal Shahar – www.magnificent-hkg.com Tucked down an alleyway on Peng Chau, Islanders Space is an office-come-shop-come-café, and it’s where you’ll find Myriem Alnet, Chun-Kit Chan (Kit) and Kai-Chun Yip (Chun), the founders of the Inter-Island Festival, pretty much 24/7. Kit and Myriem live above Islanders Space with their two-year-old daughter.… Read More »INTER – ISLANDERS
Orchid Bloom, Tong Fuker and Lantau Ren are three names that Shirley Johnson goes by. Meet the Lantau mum, author, life coach, product designer and influencer REPORTING BY Rachel SadlerPHOTOS BY Tal Shahar – www.magnificent-hkg.com Sitting in the garden of the Tong Fuk village house, which she and her husband Neil bought back in 2015, Shirley Johnson is the picture of tranquillity. But don’t mistake tranquil for inactive. Since moving to Lantau, Shirley’s written six… Read More »I DON’T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT!