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Ashlyn Chak

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Sep 28, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Ashlyn Chak

    Hong Kong art space Para Site to leave its Quarry Bay home and go nomadic (opens the original)

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    Para Site’s director James Taylor-Foster talks about an upcoming period of experimentation for the 30-year-old independent art organisation After months of speculation, the independent, non-profit art institution Para Site – which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year – has formally announced its departure from Quarry Bay on Hong Kong Island, where it has been based for more than a decade. It will be adopting a fully nomadic model as a response to the evolving arts ecosystem, says its execut

  2. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Ashlyn Chak

    Hong Kong rocker Janice Laujan finds a new medium for a ‘public breakdown’ – art (opens the original)

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    David Boring lead vocalist Janice Laujan says her exhibition, ‘Memory & Punishment’, carries the same sentiment as her music The grimy basements of underground punk music and the pristine white walls of contemporary art galleries are usually opposing forces of the creative world, but to Janice Laujan – the screaming, growling frontwoman of Hong Kong cult band David Boring – they are simply different mediums through which she gets to “have a public breakdown”. “Performance is the only time I can

  3. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Ashlyn Chak

    Profile | How Helena Law Lan, 91, became Hong Kong cinema’s grand dame of horror (opens the original)

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    Law was a Hong Kong TV staple in the 1970s, but it wasn’t until later that she became a cultural icon playing mystical villains in films Few figures are as synonymous with Hong Kong horror films as Helena Law Lan, who has been a household name for over half a century. Remarkably, it was not until her late fifties that Law became Hong Kong cinema’s go-to demoness; for the first few decades of her career, she primarily played minor supporting roles or villains in films and television series.

  4. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Ashlyn Chak

    Pakistani-made ‘micro film’ scoops top prize at Asian festival’s Hong Kong final (opens the original)

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    The event was the first Hong Kong finals of the Inspiring Asia Micro Film Festival, whose 2026 edition champions community empowerment A short film depicting an unexpected friendship between a Pakistani tailor and a Hong Kong florist has scooped the top Hong Kong prize at this year’s Inspiring Asia Micro Film Festival. Between the Unsaid, produced by Kaneeta Arshad and directed by Qasim Khan, champions integration and how different communities in the city should work and learn together. “We see

  5. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Ashlyn Chak

    ‘Easiest music lesson’: Astrid Jorgensen’s Pub Choir proves anyone can sing (opens the original)

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    From a Brisbane pub to America’s Got Talent – Australian vocalist Astrid Jorgensen shares her story ahead of her Hong Kong show “I’ve always been a really musical person looking for that outlet of music and creativity, but I didn’t really find it,” says the 36-year-old vocalist and conductor. Born in Hamilton, New Zealand, to a Singaporean-Chinese mother and a father of European descent, Jorgensen emigrated to Australia as a child, settling in Brisbane. Later, while studying for her arts degree

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