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DB PROPERTY TICKING COVID BOXES

Hong Kong’s property market has reinvented itself yet again following the fundamental work and lifestyle shifts of 2020, and larger homes, particularly those with outdoor areas, are moving fast. Discovery Bay’s wide-open spaces and bigger-than-average interiors make it popular, especially for families. Also a plus, people still aren’t compelled to pay HK$100,000 per square foot to buy a home in Discovery Bay, or HK$228 per square foot to rent (as was the case at 73… Read More »DB PROPERTY TICKING COVID BOXES

WISDOM PATH NGONG PING

Once in Ngong Ping, Wisdom Path is easy enough to find – signs from the base of the Big Buddha lead you along a short woodland trail to the gentle slope at the foot of Lantau Peak on which it lies. REPORTING BY Sonal Kulkarni & Rachel Sadler PHOTOS COURTESY OF Unsplash & Adobe Stock Wisdom Path is a landscaped installation of 38 wooden columns inscribed with the Hrudaya Sutra (Heart Sutra), one of the… Read More »WISDOM PATH NGONG PING

COASTEER LANTAU CHALLENGE

Looking for a new way to explore the Lantau coastline, Mui Wo residents Charmian Woodhouse and Cathy Cole decided to coasteer (swim, wade, climb, scramble and boulder) their way around it. The pair, both experienced open-water swimmers, broke up the 126-kilometre loop into 13 sections, with each section taking eight to 10 hours to complete. Starting and finishing in Mui Wo, the Coasteer Lantau Challenge kicked off in March and ended in May this year.… Read More »COASTEER LANTAU CHALLENGE

CHI MA WAN PENINSULA Supplement

Scenic Beauty, Ecological Highlights And The Strangest Housing Development In Hong Kong REPORTING BY Ray Au PHOTOS BY Andrew Spires Nestled deep within Lantau South Country Park in the southeastern corner of Lantau, Chi Ma Wan Peninsula is a remote and seldom-visited outcrop replete with secluded bays, white-sand beaches, untamed hinterland and towering peaks. The scenery is seriously majestic and, since there are no roads to speak of, the best way to see it in… Read More »CHI MA WAN PENINSULA Supplement