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Sarah Vega
Sarah Vega
Hong Kong
Formerly an intern with NBC News, Sarah Vega is a recent Master's of Journalism graduate from the University of Hong Kong. She's a Colombian-American who first came to Asia in 2012 and moved to China in 2016. Sarah was an ESL teacher turned reporter. She recently interned with the Post's culture team, with a focus on travel.
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Neon signs once dominated Hong Kong’s nightscape, but have dwindled with the advent of LEDs. We take a class from one neon artist who’s teaching his craft to preserve it for future generations.

A Post reporter recounts her experience with microneedling and how it differed in the US when compared to Hong Kong, where a lack of familiarity with darker skin types on the part of the spa was an issue.

He has nearly 700 credits, a Hollywood Walk of Fame star and an instantly recognisable voice. James Hong, of Everything Everywhere All at Once and Kung Fu Panda fame, talks to the Post about his life.

The second biggest Chinese holiday of the year is full of tradition – from mooncakes, lanterns to how it’s celebrated, and what the legend is behind the festival.

Free returns are on the out as more fast fashion retailers introduce a charge. Boohoo is the latest to do so and joins Zara, Next and Uniqlo in seeking to reduce the amount of clothing that gets sent back.

The second biggest Chinese holiday of the year is celebrated with the giving of mooncakes, family dinners of auspicious autumn foods and, in two villages on Hong Kong Island, a fire dragon dance usually.

For a fun, sociable night out in Hong Kong at this time of year, squid fishing is hard to beat. The crew show you what little technique there is to master, then shine their bright lights into the water and away you go.

Omega is celebrating the modern woman with its new My Choice campaign that showcases the unique personalities of stars from the track, catwalk and silver screen.

The Hong Kong Sinfonietta will project works by two artists during a concert programme to evoke new feelings in audience members about the music that’s being played.

The Singapore-based hospitality company with Hong Kong roots is in the process of opening five properties in Japan, in Kyoto, Niseko and Hakone, including the first under the Garrya label.

‘So much about Chinese culture came from the outside, and the vehicle? The nomads,’ says Hing Chao, curator of an exhibition in Hong Kong of nomadic art from northern China.

With more than 40 dancers taught via Zoom from Melbourne, Stephanie Lake’s Colossus is finally coming to the Hong Kong stage for the 50th Hong Kong Arts Festival.

Forty 16th and 17th century Baroque paintings by artists including Titian and El Greco, loaned from a museum in Italy, are on display in the Hong Kong Museum of Art’s ‘The Road to the Baroque’ exhibition.

Landscape art has always reflected our relationship with the environment, Swiss pastel artist Nicolas Party says. ‘Red Forest’, his first solo exhibition in Hong Kong, may contain a comment on our warming planet.

And over half have already made a booking, according to an Expedia survey of 1,000 Hongkongers who had travelled abroad for leisure at least once in the past three years.

Starting from Tsim Sha Tsui in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour and looping around Tsing Yi island, the tour aboard the specially adapted World Star ferry takes in some of the city’s most stunning bridges.

Rainy days in Hong Kong don’t have to mean staying at home or being stuck inside a shopping centre. We’ve picked seven indoor activities, from skating to seeing a comedy show, for you to consider.

The Wind of Empty from Beyond Dance Theatre attempts to look beyond recent political and pandemic-related events and capture a perfect state of nothingness that provides clarity of mind.

A new exhibition at Hong Kong Maritime Museum documents Hong Kong’s growth as an international port post-World War II, and showcases the extraordinary spirit of Hong Kong people.

Wellness, sustainability and healing are the aim of the game this summer at M+ in Hong Kong. The museum of visual culture will host a programme aimed at ‘promoting well-being and sustainable living’ in the city.

Hong Kong Disneyland has unveiled its new fireworks show, which is debuting to the public on June 18. It caps a US$1.4 billion renovation of the theme park which includes the new Castle of Magical Dreams.