Archive for the ‘Video’ Category

• VIDEO – Interview with the Only Resident of Kuk Po Ghost Village

  Date: 2013.05.07 | Category: Blog, History & Abandoned HK, Places & Attractions, Video | Response: 0

  Below is the final part of this series, a Hong Wrong video interview with Mark Sung. Mark is the only resident of Kuk Po, an abandoned ghost village in rural HK. Click here for Part I of the photo series from the ghost town, or click here for Part II. Also, check out Fung Hang – a nearby semi-abandoned village.

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• VIDEO – Epic Compilation of HK International Pillow Fight 2013

  Date: 2013.04.25 | Category: Blog, Video | Response: 0

  2013 marked the Third International Pillow Fight Day in the city – the biggest yet, held in Chater Garden, Central. Below is a compilation of the best clips from participants and news outlets… Click here for photos from the event earlier this month.

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• VIDEO – Press Coverage of HK’s Third Pillow Fight Day

  Date: 2013.04.07 | Category: Blog, Video | Response: 0

  Hundreds gathered yesterday for HK’s Third International Pillow Fight Day in Central.

  

  Hong Wrong will compile a definitive set of photos later next week. In the meantime – here are some media cuttings from the feathery carnage that engulfed Chater Garden yesterday afternoon, starting with BBC News – where the video was the 9th most-watched on their site…

  

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  Oriental Daily (in Chinese)…

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• VIDEO – Liars’ League Hong Kong – March Performances, ‘He & She’

  Date: 2013.02.27 | Category: Blog, Video | Response: 0

  Monday evening saw the second Liars’ League Hong Kong performances – live at ‘Joyce’s Not Here’ cafe, Soho. Eight local actors performed eight original pieces to another packed house. Click here for last month’s videos, or here for a Time Out review.

  

  All March’s performances are below, in full and in HD – the theme was ‘He and She’…

  Alex Milner performs Jervis Street by Steve Dodd.

  Sean Hebert performs He said, She said, Descriptions of the Sky by E. P. Henderson.

  Keon Lee performs Semi-detached by Liam Hogan.

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• HISTORY – National Geographic’s 1978 HK Family Profile

  Date: 2013.02.04 | Category: Blog, History & Abandoned HK, Video | Response: 0

  In 1978, National Geographic profiled a family in Hong Kong during a fiercely competitive time of mass migration from the mainland. The four-part film focuses on an extended family which resides on a houseboat…

  Part 1 of 4…

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• VIDEO – Liars’ League Hong Kong – The First Performances

  Date: 2013.01.25 | Category: Art & Music, Blog, Video | Response: 2

  Tuesday saw the debut of Liars’ League Hong Kong – live at ‘Fill in the Blank’, Wan Chai. Four local actors performed four original pieces to a packed house…

  

  If you missed this rare treat, all four of the performances are below…

  Morality Laws Aboard Noah’s Ark by Jody Callahan. Performed by ‘Featuring Loretta‘ star, Michael Rogers…

  Colours by Graham Buchan. Performed by Alex Milner…

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• BLOG – Shots & Video from Hong Kong SantaCon 2012

  Date: 2012.12.15 | Category: Blog, Events, Video | Response: 0

  Shots and video from Saturday’s SantaCon 2012 – keep up with the group on Facebook. Video coming soon. Donate to Pencils of Promise here.

  
  
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• PLACES – Shing Mun Redoubt, HK’s Secret WWII Tunnels

  Date: 2012.12.12 | Category: History & Abandoned HK, Places & Attractions, Video | Response: 3

  The remains of an extensive British military defensive line used against the Japanese stretch for 18km loosely tracing the border between Kowloon and the New Territories. The ‘Gin-Drinkers Line’ took 2 years to build and fell after just 2 days during the Battle of Hong Kong in December 1941. The deep defensive tunnels with ventilation shafts and observation points were named after London streets to make life easier – and more familiar – for the British soldiers based there.

  If you’re happy to ignore the very real risk of a rogue rhesus macaque ripping one’s face off, many are still intact and can be walked through…

  
  
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• VIDEO – New Time-Lapse of Hong Kong by Edwin Lee

  Date: 2012.11.01 | Category: Architecture & Infrastructure, Blog, Video | Response: 0

  A new motion time-lapse video of the Fragrant Harbour by local Man-with-a-Movie-Camera Edwin Lee. Produced with a Panasonic GH2 with motion slider dolly and pan/tilt head with shots from: Lion Rock Peak, the ICC, 39 Conduit Road, Harbour City, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Fa Yuen Street Market, Allied Plaza, Cosmopolitan Centre, Prince Edward, ICC, Lai King, Statue Square and Ma Wan Beach.

  Click here for four more beautiful time-lapse videos of HK.

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• VIDEO – The Life of a Hong Kong Tai Tai

  Date: 2012.10.15 | Category: Blog, Video | Response: 5

  Update 1: Blissfully unaware of the Streisand Effect, tycoon David Chor Ki-kwong and his Bel-air Tai Tai wife Gloria managed to triple the view count on their regrettable ‘Life of a Hong Kong Tai Tai’ video by taking legal action. Lorea Solabarrieta (who has worked for ABC, CNN, NHK and the ever-detestable CCTV) is behind the FreedomLab.tv clip…

  David Chor Ki-kwong has filed a writ in the High Court in a bid to have Life of a Hong Kong Tai Tai, a short documentary featuring his wife and family, removed from YouTube. He has asked for an injunction against its distribution, claiming CCTV journalist Lorea Solabarrieta had breached confidentiality. The 12-minute clip shows his wife showing off their Ferrari, having a pedicure and manicure, exercising in a gym and shopping at brand-name stores. It had few viewers for months until the media reported on the case. It has now been viewed more than 50,000 times. - SCMP

  Update 2: The couple won the case and the video has since been removed on grounds that the video was ‘embarrassing’, so reports the South China Morning Mouthpiece. Outside court, Solabarrieta said…

  “I am fighting because it damages my integrity and reputation as a journalist. I don’t want to keep quiet… They are deliberately taking away my freedom by doing this… If you have something private, don’t say anything to journalists.”

  What worrying precedent does this set for politicians or other people in the public eye who suddenly feel ‘embarrassed’ by news segments which they actually volunteered to be featured in? It is no coincidence that HK slid in global press freedom rankings last week.

  In the spirit of journalistic freedom, you can watch the banned video below…

  

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  Whilst the production errs on the side of mocking, it’s still difficult to muster much sympathy for self-confessed Tai Tai Gloria Chor. Despite the telling tears at the end, most would probably feel more sorry for their long-suffering maid.

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