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On the small and tranquil island of Peng Chau, just a half-hour ferry ride from bustling Central, Hong Kong zine designer Forrest Lau finds solace and inspiration away from fast-paced city life. The island with just over 5,700 residents “nurtures” and fuels his creative pursuits, the artist said. Inside Lau’s village house is a small studio filled with dozens of books about zine-making and graphic design. More than ten rolls of tape are neatly arranged on his desk, while papers illustrating the effects of various printing techniques are posted on the walls. Lau’s cat sat quietly next to a pile...
Hong Kong Free Press
Hemyar Saad knew no-one in Hong Kong – nor did he speak English or Cantonese – when his family fled unrest in the Middle East and took him to the city in 2014. “The first priority for me was to be safe,” said Saad, now 25, who has worked as a business analyst. “The second thing… I wanted to resume my life. I wanted to adapt to a new society.” Saad is among the handful of successful applicants who have had their claims for “non-refoulement” – the right not to be deported to a home country because of the threat of persecution – substantiated by authorities. He has recently relocated to Canada bu...
Hong Kong Free Press
There is a scene in S. Leo Chiang’s Oscar-nominated documentary short Island in Between where two men discuss a fierce battle. One mentions a memorial for fallen soldiers on the opposite side of the strait that separates them from China. The other seems surprised something like that would exist. “Duh! They fought us. Of course they have one, too,” the first responds. ” Their civilians fought and died, too, like our side.” Their conversation – which plays out against footage of disused military facilities on the Taiwan-governed islands of Kinmen – is one of several vignettes in Chiang’s poetica...
Hong Kong Free Press
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