Hong Kong Heritage

The General Post Office in Central, built in 1976, is under threat of demolition.  But could the building be used in a different way?  Katty Law, of the Central and Western Concern Group, and Charles Wai, a PhD student in architectural history, thi...

Scotsman Andy Neilson left his native Glasgow in 1977 to come to Hong Kong after five years as a Royal Marine. He came here on a three-contract with the Royal Hong Kong Police. With his then wife and longtime business partner Laura McAllister he woul...

On this weekend's Hong Kong Heritage, China analyst Mark O'Neill continues his look at the run-up to the handover, as 3.3 million Hong Kong people were denied right of abode in the UK and Mark wasn't allowed to talk to the queen, so bent the ear of Sir...

Sports writer Nazvi Careem joins me on this weekend's Hong Kong Heritage to talk about growing up in Hong Kong, playing with his brother in Kowloon Park (he's on the right, here). Those golden days of street snacks and being allowed to play on gr...

Katty Law of the Central and Western Concern Group tells me about Central's tong laus, under threat of demolition for the URA's H19 project. Later in the programme Phil Kenny, who writes the Hong Kong and Macau Film Stuff blog, talks about Roger M...

Chris B, who has been described by Time Magazine as the "tattooed fairy godmother of the Hong Kong scene", joins me on this weekend's Hong Kong Heritage to talk about organising hundreds of live acts here, her singing career, which began at age 10 ...

On this weekend's Hong Kong Heritage, artist Brian Tilbrook talks to Annemarie about designing theatre sets, in the late 70s for West Side Story - Jets and Sharks? Make that Triads! And working for the Carrian Group before it went bankrupt amid murde...

Veteran journalist Ching Cheong was 18 years old when the riots broke out in May, 1967. They began in a plastic flower factory in San Po Kong where there was much discontent about working conditions. But they also would harness radicals influenced b...

Veteran journalist Ching Cheong was 18 years old when the riots broke out in May, 1967. They began in a plastic flower factory in San Po Kong where there was much discontent about working conditions. But they also would harness radicals influenced by ...

Cha chaan tengs are part of our urban landscape.  A café where east meets west, a mix of Chinese and international dishes and a Hong Kong quirky take on what that means.  MR S. Y. Punti (www.mrsypunti.com) is situated in David Lane, Sai Ying Pun, wher...

Walk through Yung Shue Wan on Lamma Island and below your feet could be pottery and other items dating back 6,000 years. Archaeologists Mick Atha and Kennis Yip researched the back beach of Sha Po village on Lamma. Their research tells the story of ...

Walk through Yung Shue Wan on Lamma Island and below your feet could be pottery and other items dating back 6,000 years. Archaeologists Mick Atha and Kennis Yip researched the back beach of Sha Po village on Lamma. Their research tells the story of ...

Walk through Yung Shue Wan on Lamma Island and below your feet could be pottery and other items dating back 6,000 years. Archaeologists Mick Atha and Kennis Yip researched the back beach of Sha Po village on Lamma. Their research tells the story of pe...

Michelle Vosper, who was director of the Hong Kong arts programme at the Asian Cultural Council for years, joins Annemarie to talk about her book where she and other writers have interviewed 16 visionary women in the arts field, including four from Hon...

Go along King’s Road in North Point and there by the tram tracks is the State Theatre. It was created in 1952, as the Empire Theatre. And it’s the vision of Heritage activist Haider Kikhaboy that it could be turned into an arts centre. Haider is th...

Go along King’s Road in North Point and there by the tram tracks is the State Theatre. It was created in 1952, as the Empire Theatre. And it’s the vision of Heritage activist Haider Kikhaboy that it could be turned into an arts centre. Haider is th...

Moyreen Tilbrook moved to Hong Kong in 1965 and worked as a teacher. Her husband is artist Brian Tilbrook.  Moyreen has been active for more than 40 years in improving the lot of women here – highlighting the plight of battered woman, rape victims an...