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Justice Lai looks at the road to democracy for Hong Kong and considers how important an issue it still is.

Activists are suggesting that Edinburgh Place, a relatively forgotten historic corner of Central, should be conserved, writes Winnie Yeung

There’s more than one way to be a man, as the inaugural Mr. Gay Hong Kong 2009 pageant is here to prove.  Johannes Pong checks out the competition.

A once foul and rancid-smelling nullah could be transformed into a haven for birds and nature lovers. It could even become a river. Winnie Yeung reveals how.

I called my solicitor last week. I asked him if I could sue a woman’s voice, which claims itself a “road safety commission”, which had abruptly interrupted my peaceful driving while crossing the Hung Hom tunnel.

Former government minister not too ill for new $3.5m private sector job. - Frederick Ma, the former Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, who stepped down from the position because of health reasons 17 months ago, will take up a new post in the private sector. He will be a

Driving without a license? Yes, you can! - A fatal industrial accident has led to the shocking revelation that no license is needed to operate pickup trucks on construction sites. The accident happened in Kowloon Bay when a 37-year-old pickup truck driver was unloading debris from a first floor podium to the ground floor.

Dorothy So discovers vegetarian versions of luxury treats.

Danish food takes the spotlight at Tiffin. Restaurateur and chef Jesper Paustian (of Copenhagen’s famed restaurant MITT) visits The Grand Hyatt from the 23rd to 28th, bringing with him a lunch buffet of Danish specialties.

The buzz: From the folks behind Nature’s Village and Organic Sense comes a new health-focused bagel store and café on Lyndhurst.

The doctor’s orders were to quit my job.

Those weren’t his words exactly, but he certainly gave me plenty of reasons to start daydreaming about my life as a cartoonist, or some other less life-threatening vocation.

Sure, Hong Kong loves to talk about its new national geopark out in Sai Kung, but Langkawi is still the big boy rock park of Asia, writes Michael Franco.

The latest health and beauty news and deals with Caroline Ritter.

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He’s Golden! - Brown, blue or violet sky, he can be anything you like—behold MIKA!

Swire New Generation - The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra presents 17-year-old musical prodigy Kit Armstrong from the US playing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 17.

Sai Kung Mountain Marathon Race - Start working out now if you plan to race in the new course for the full marathon this year.

3-2-1 Solstice - Ten urban and graphic artists from the UK, USA and Hong Kong, including Bill London and female street art legend Swoon, will be showcasing a selection of originals and prints.

My friend Raymond and I had the good fortune of having an early private tour of the individually crafted rooms of Hullett House last month, when its corridors were eerily unlit and the rooms were still getting their final touches from David Yeo. Love the stuffed peacock. I wouldn’t stay at that former marine police headquarters on my own though. Especially in the suite that is all white.

The buzz: A gloriously spacious, dark, sleek space on Hillwood that isn’t a teenage karaoke lounge or dice bar. Wow.

Peter Kruder - When Peter Kruder plays, everybody listens! As part of electro-outfits Kruder and Dorfmeister, Voom Voom and Peace Orchestra, this man is responsible for some of the finest downtempo electronic music of the past 13 years.

This movie comes with two big gimmicks. The first is director Wong Jing’s decision to hail this as his “first cult film.” It’s emblazoned all over the trailers but sadly makes little sense. He’s not blowing his own trumpet and predicting instant legendary status by saying the film is “cult” and it’s not about some freaky deaky religious sect.

How did Jamie Foxx get himself into this mess of a film?

Travel agency boss Chan Kwong-yu didn’t lose any money when Lehman Brothers went bankrupt last year but he still stepped up to be the chairman of the Alliance of the Lehman Brother Victims. A year on, he is still fighting for their compensation. He talks to June Ng about truth and justice.

On the eve of the opening of his new movie “To Live and Die in Mongkok,” renowned director Wong Jing talks to June Ng about marriage, communism and those infamous “dirty jokes.”

I am a happily married, happily nonmonogamous male. We are not wild swinger types. For us it’s more about the fact that monogamy does not work than about nailing everything that walks by.