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INTER – ISLANDERS

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

I DON’T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT!

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!

LATCHING ON

Through her #Ittasteslikelove campaign, Cheung Sha resident Liz Thomas champions nursing mothers’ right to breastfeed – however, wherever, whenever REPORTING BY Ray Au PHOTOS BY Teresa Laqua, Teschka Takes Pictures & Karen Holt Photography for #Ittasteslikelove Liz Thomas came up with the idea for #Ittasteslikelove (www.ittasteslikelove.org back in 2019 when she was living in Discovery Bay. Now based in Cheung Sha, with her husband and three children, the full-time working mum continues her mission to… Read More »LATCHING ON