Sai Kung Magazine February 2014

February 2014

Sai Kung gets creative

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FEBRUARY 2014

PEOPLE 4 Snapped!

Sai Kung’s social life.

THE PLANNER 6 Happening in February Lovey dovey, horsey horsey.

FIVE MINUTES WITH...

10 Once upon a time Meet children’s author Matt Cooper.

COUNTRY PARKS 11 From paradise to battlefield News from the green front.

NEWS 12 What’s going on?

Saving the strays, farmers’ market and more.

LOCAL 14 Hakka house down Pak Tam Chung landmark demolished.

VINES IN SAI KUNG 16 New Year, old attitudes Stephen Vines on cultural differences.

CHARITY FOCUS 18 The Nesbitt Centre Help for those with special needs.

FEATURE 20 Meet the artists Sai Kung’s fledgling art community.

24 Trail running Discover the joy.

EATING 28 Winter warmers Hot plates for cold days. Plus Nibbles for lovebirds.

EDUCATION 32 Teaching children with autism Hong Kong makes progress.

FAMILY 36 Water World plans Ocean Park’s new attractions.

outdoor 38 Surfin’ Sai Kung Hang ten in Tai Long Wan. BIG DAYS OUT 40 Zen in Kowloon Chi Lin Nunnery and Nan Lian Garden.

HEALTH & BEAUTY 42 The machine age Hi-tech treatments at Allure.

PETS 44 Puppy love Sally Andersen recalls her first pup rescue.

MARKETPLACE 47 Your guide to shops and services Cool stuff to buy and do.

CLASSIFIEDS 56 Loads of random useful local stuff.

ULTIMATE GUIDE 60 All you need to know Numbers that make life easier.

ON PATROL 62 Burglary season Step up your security, people.

CREATURE FEATURE 45 Reeves’ turtle The facts. sport 46 Year of the Stingray What’s your sign?

Cover by Tony Cheng

“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass; it’s about learning to dance in the rain” – Vivian Greene

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planner Feb 1 Lunar New Year Fireworks Wahhh! Victoria Harbour, 8pm.

Feb 2 Lunar New Year Race Day Back a horse, watch it run. Sha Tin Racecourse.

First race 12.30pm, www.hkjc.com.

Feb 3 Lunar New Year Cup The annual international soccer tournament pitting Hong Kong against four Asian teams.

Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, www.hkfa.com.

Feb 1-3 Lunar New Year

Public holiday to welcome the Year of the Horse. Let’s hear it for the gee-gees.

Until Feb 16 Blossoming Lunar Fiesta

Until Feb 9 Bamboo Theatre A capella and jazz artists share the stage with Hong Kong’s best Chinese opera troupes.

Western Kowloon Cultural District. Tickets $200-$280 from www.urbtix.hk, 2734 9009.

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Ocean Park celebrates Lunar New Year with water acrobatics, giant drums and lots of lai see. Details at www. oceanpark.com.hk.

Feb 3-7 CNY Sports Camp Sport4Kids’ mixed-sports camp for children aged three to 12 years is a fun-filled introduction to rugby, soccer and Australian Rules football. 9am-12.30pm daily, Hong Kong Academy, Sai Kung. Tickets $150 a day from info@sport4kids.hk, www.sport4kids.hk.

Feb 6 Sai Kung Sampler The monthly pop-up market is back, with a host of new vendors and all your old favourites.

6pm-10pm, Steamers, 66 Yi Chun Street, Sai Kung, 2792 6991.

happening in february Feb 9 Confucius Carnival

Jan 15-Feb 16 Kidsfest!

Stage performances, booths, interactive games, lion dancing, Chinese orchestra, opera and choir performances. 3pm, Paterson and Great George streets, East Point and Lockhart roads, Causeway Bay.

Stage productions of nine favourite children’s stories, including The Gruffalo, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, Horrible Histories and Private Peaceful.

Drama Theatre, HKAPA, Wan Chai.

Tickets $195$395 from www. hkticketing.com, 3128 8288.

Feb 12, 26 Quiz nights Thinking caps on.

8.30pm, Hebe One O One, 112 Pak Sha Wan, 2335 5515.

Feb 13 Avril Lavigne The sk8er girl’s back. AsiaWorld Expo, Lantau.

Tickets $380$780 from www. hkticketing.com, 3128 8288.

Feb 14 Valentine’s Day Love is in the air.

Feb 15 Sai Kung Saturday Hash

Feb 20 Caribbean Night

Join the local hash on its monthly hare around Sai Kung, gunpowderplod@gmail.com.

Join Mandy from Mandy’s Private Kitchen for an evening of Caribbean finger food and rum cocktails. Steamers, 66 Yi Chun St, Sai Kung, 2792 9528.

Feb 16 Hong Kong Marathon Cheer on the thousands of able-bodied and wheelchair racers from Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui (near The Mira) to Victoria Park, Causeway Bay. From 6am. For details, visit www. hkmarathon.com.

Feb 15 Cold Half Swim Hardy swimmers race from Stanley Main Beach to Middle Island, followed by a warming beach party at the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club.

Register by Feb 7 at www.openwaterasia.com.

Feb 21-Mar 2 Restaurant Week Sample the best food in town with cut-price meals at more than 50 top restaurants across Hong Kong, www.restaurantweek.hk.

Feb 21-23 Hong Kong Masters Feb 18-Mar 22 Hong Kong Arts Festival

Feb 15 Lost in Hong Kong Book Launch Meet Matt Cooper, local author of a new children’s book (see p.10). 10am-noon. Dymocks, 7 Man Nin Street, Sai Kung, 2791 9110.

World-class opera, theatre, music and dance.

Highlights include Lohengrin by Savonlinna Opera, Bullet Catch, African Tales by Shakespeare, A Midsummer’s Night Dream, The Magic Piano, Grammy winners Gregory Porter, Roberto Foseca and pianist Maria Joao Pires, Giselle by La Scala Ballet and Highland Fling by the Scottish Ballet. Details at www. hk.artsfestival.org.

Elite showjumping featuring the world’s top 25 riders, plus horse clinics, photo shoots and meet-and-greet opportunities. AsiaWorld-Expo, Lantau. Tickets $190-$980 from www.cityline. com, 2111 5333.

Feb 26-Mar 1 Abigail’s Party Hong Kong Players take on Mike Leigh’s classic comedy. McAulay Studio, Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Road, Wan Chai. Tickets $220-$280 from www.urbtix.hk, 2111 5999.

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Mar 9 The Rolling Stones 14 on Fire A last chance to see Mick and the boys?

Not likely! Cotai Arena, Macau. Tickets $580-$14,880 from www.hkticketing.com, 3128 8288.

Mar 9 Outward Bound Adventure Race 2014 Register now for a one-day adventure race around Hong Kong Island. Including running, kayaking, swimming, orienteering and unexpected challenges. Register at www. outwardbound.org.hk.

Mar 13-15 Beertopia 2014

Mar 28-30 Hong Kong Rugby Sevens

Hong Kong’s international craft beer festival, with live music, great food and more than 400 beers to sample. Tickets $280-$930 from www.beertopiahk.com.

Three days of beer, singing, dodgy dancing, fancy dress and, oh yes, world-class rugby.

Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, www.hksevens.com.

Mar 23 Il Divo Concert Broadway songs, opera voices.

Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Harbour Road, Wan Chai.

Tickets $490$1,590 from www.hkticketing. com, 3128 8288.

Mar 29-30 Bruno Mars The Moonshine Jungle In town for the first time. AsiaWorld Expo, Lantau. Tickets $599-$1,088 from www. hkticketing.com, 3128 8288.

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five minutes with...

once in your upon backyard a time

A Hong Kong tale Children’s author and Sai Kung resident Matt Cooper tells his story to Cherrie Yu. company to scuba diving in Indonesia.

I spend a lot of time reading children’s books and my son is really fascinated with transportation. I wanted to find some books about that in Hong Kong, but couldn’t find anything. So I decided to write one that featured transport in Hong Kong.

Lost in Hong Kong follows a boy called Tim Chen on his journey from Hong Kong Author Matt Cooper and illustrator Fiona Lai with Lost in Hong Kong.

Park to Sai Kung. It follows a realistic route and he has lots I’m a stay-at-home dad so I’m lucky enough of adventures around Hong Kong in chasing his to spend a lot of time with my children mischievous dog.

(Noah, five, and Neve, three). I’ve previously worked as a medical writer but I’ve done all Illustrator Fiona Lai and I met when we sorts of jobs from working for a credit-card worked together at a medical firm in Hong

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Kong. She has been working in commercial artwork since she graduated from an art school in Canada. She’s had two exhibitions and can draw in many different styles.

The process took two years. The best moment was seeing the first illustration for the book. It was different to what I had in mind – but better. It was very exciting.

We self-published as the publishing industry is hard to break into, there aren’t a lot of Englishlanguage publishing companies in Hong Kong.

We started our own company and we already have a few books lined up.

The plan is to start small, releasing the book in Dymocks Sai Kung and working our way from there. We may make the story bilingual.

To contact Matt Cooper and Fiona Lai, please email mattcooper30@hotmail.com.

save our country parks

news from the green front

From paradise to battlefield In a new column, Paul Zimmerman explains the threat to our country parks.

Since the Country Parks Ordinance was enacted in 1976, Hong Kong’s country parks have been sacrosanct as the city’s green escapes. Over the next 38 years, 24 country parks were designated across the territory for water-catchment protection, nature conservation, countryside recreation and outdoor education.

These hilly green lungs covered with woodland, tranquil reservoirs and stunning coastlines are valuable ecological, geological and recreational resources for our dense city.

Former governor, Sir Murray MacLehose, who oversaw the introduction of the country parks, said: “The mountains and the beaches are for the many what the golf course and the yacht are for the few. And if these magnificent natural facilities are to be enjoyed to the full and not to be destroyed by misuse, they must be catered for and administered just as much as, say, the playgrounds and swimming complexes in the urban areas.”

Tables and benches, barbecue sites, children’s play apparatus and campsites help

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visitors enjoy the scenic beauty of the beaches, hills and woods. In 2012, a whopping 12.9 million people visited the parks to hike, run, use the fitness equipment, barbecue, picnic, camp swim and other activities.

But in 2010, Hong Kong became aware of the ongoing destruction and development of agricultural land previously excluded from the country parks. The development just behind the

beach at Tai Long Sai Wan highlighted how the exploitation of loopholes and lack of planning and land controls could result in development that is incompatible with the surrounding country parks.

The government’s promise to protect the parks from the Heung Yee Kuk and small house development has yet to materialize. Then last summer, the government raised the option of taking land from the country parks for the development of new housing estates.

With that the country parks became embroiled in a controversial debate over land supply in Hong Kong. From sanctuary, the country parks became a battlefield and leading green groups joined forces to form the “Save Our Country Parks” alliance. Stay tuned – and enjoy the parks.

Paul Zimmerman is the CEO of Designing Hong Kong, a Southern District Councillor and the co-convenor of Save Our Country Parks alliance.

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news Wardrobe sale Weed out your wardrobe and sell off all those never-worn and nearly new clothes – or buy some more – at a one-day sale this month.

Organised by Emma Burns, Emma Linnitt and Christine Gannon, the sale will be held from noon to 8pm on Friday, February 28 at Zest, above Steamers. All garments should be washed, ironed, hung on a hanger and labelled with a realistic price and dropped off at Zest that morning. Burns, Linnitt and Gannon will take a small percentage of any item sold while the rest of the money goes back to you.

Nothing to sell? This is your chance to bag a designer bargain. Happy shopping!

For details, please email emmalinnitt@hotmail.com.

Waterfront restaurants closed After 10 years of tenancy in Sai Kung Waterfront Park, Sai Square and Freezer have both closed. Word is the two sites, which are in prime positions opposite the pier, will continue to be restaurants. Tender applications closed last month and the Sai Kung District Council will reveal the successful applicants by June with the new restaurants due to open in July after major renovations by the government. (Here’s hoping they include toilets this time around.)

A farmers’ market for Sai Kung A new monthly farmers’ market will start in March in the grounds of Hong Kong Academy.

Organiser Greg Hunt is currently looking for coordinators and vendors, including farmers, gardeners and creative types. Stalls will sell their own locally made, baked, grown and organic food as well as handmade arts and crafts. The markets will be held on the first Sunday of every month. For details, join the Sai Kung Sunday Market group on Facebook or email Hunt at saikungsundaymarket@gmail.com.

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Save the strays Sai Kung Stray Friends, a dog-rescue charity run by volunteers and funded by donations, is looking for a white knight investor. Its kennels in Tai Lam Wu will be closed in April following the sale of the property a year ago, and the charity is looking for $3 million to support the shelter at a replacement location.

According to chairperson Narelle Pamuk (pictured above at the SKSF kennels), the investor would own the land and the charity would pay rent.

The charity is dedicated to rescuing abandoned and stray dogs, providing any necessary medical care, a short term foster home or shelter, and hopefully finding them a new home. Stray Friends also advocates against the unnecessary killing of stray dogs in Hong Kong.

There are up to 60 dogs in the shelter. If no investor is found, the dogs could be put down as there are simply not enough space in Hong Kong facilities to accommodate them all. For more information, please visit www.saikungstrayfriends.net.

Looking for the right venue?

Next time you’re looking for a venue for a party, dinner or other event, check out Venuehub, a handy new website run by three Sai Kung residents and former KGV students.

“We have 152 venues listed in total, all over Hong Kong, including some in Sai Kung,” says founder Adam Whiting. “We’re looking to extend in Sai Kung.”

Venuehub is unique in Hong Kong. It is simple to use and even offers virtual tours of many venues. Entirely free to use, the website has been growing successfully since its inception last September and has since even gone international, with a franchise in Thailand and another soon to be launched in India.

Check it out at www.venuehub.hk.

in your backyard

Orangutan tour with Jackie Peers 3 RD - 4 TH, APRIL, 2014

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Ever wanted to visit the orangutans in Kalimantan? Former Sai Kung Magazine columnist and photographer Jackie Peers, who sailed off into the sunset last year, has dropped anchor in Borneo to run an eight-day tour to photograph the orangutans. The tour starts in Jakarta on April 16.

“From our comfortable base at Rimba Lodge we can hear the dawn chorus, the plaintive cries of gibbons and resident macaques,” Peers says. “The rainforest of the Tanjung Puting National Park is at our doorstep and we have a klotok at our disposal to float along the Sekonyer River. Our days will start early to make best use of the morning light.

Workshops will be held on various aspects of photography with limitless opportunities for practice.”

All profit from the tour goes directly to Orangutan Aid for the orangutans of southern Borneo. For details, email jackie@jackiepeers.com or info@orangutanaid.com.

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Before and after: Honeysuckle Cottage will be replaced by three village houses.

Hakka house demolished A Pak Tam Chung landmark bites the dust. By Hazel Parry.

One of Sai Kung’s most admired old buildings has been demolished, seemingly without the knowledge of the government departments responsible for building, planning and conservation.

The building in Pak Tam Chung village just 500m beyond the Sai Kung Country Park barrier, was reduced to rubble in early January.

It was believed part of the building was more than 150 years old and was built in Hakka style with a pitched tiled roof and wooden beams.

It formed two houses: one known as Honeysuckle Cottage, which had been rented out until September, and the other was the home of the owner, Michael Wong.

The Lands Department confirmed the owner has submitted an application to redevelop the site on three lots.

Already the foundations of three village-sized houses can be seen under construction on the site.

Neither the Lands nor Buildings departments knew about the demolition or could say whether a permit had been granted. The Development Bureau

also declined to comment on the demolition pointing out the building was neither a declared monument, a graded historic building, nor a proposed graded historic building.

“The Commissioner for Heritage’s Office of the Development Bureau has not been notified of any redevelopment proposal for the building,” said a spokesperson.

Owner Mr Wong said he decided to demolish the houses after the roof was damaged by a tree blown over by Typhoon Usagi in September. Photographs taken at the time show the huge tree covering the garden and destroying the fence but little visible damage to the building.

Paul Zimmerman, chief executive of Designing Hong Kong and co-convenor of the Save Our Country Parks Alliance, said he was alarmed to see the old building had been demolished.

“Knowing what can be done, we should ask what will the AMO [Antiquities and Monuments Office] be doing to protect the Hakka heritage in the villages throughout the enclaves?” he said. “It shows a hole in our heritage policy. It is

really scary. All of these properties could be wiped out in a matter of months. We need to ring the alarm bell very quickly.”

The AMO said the building had undergone alterations and was not graded or a declared monument and so was not protected under the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance. It said a territory-wide survey of old buildings conducted from 1996 to 2000 recorded 8,800 buildings, of which 1,444 had been selected for assessment for grading, but the Pak Tam Chung building was not on the list.

“AMO has so far not received any suggestion from the public to grade this building,” it said.

“As the building is not a declared monument nor a graded/proposed to be graded building, AMO has no comment on its demolition.”

The AMO welcomes suggestions on historic buildings or structures that should be assessed for grading.

“Members of the public may give a suggestion together with supporting information and documents to the AMO for consideration,” it said.

vines in sai kung

stephen says...

New Year, old attitudes Bad news for the gloomy: even fatalists tend to be optimists, says Stephen Vines. fortune telling. Temples burst with people trying to ascertain what the year will bring and publishers make a healthy profit pumping out almanacs with other forecasts.

One way of interpreting this is that Chinese people (and other Asians) are more superstitious and fatalistic.

In other words, they are supposed to believe that external forces can be either Praying for a better new year does not mean it’s all in the hands decisive or influential in of the gods. determining what will happen.

If you are fascinated by the cultural differences This maybe so, but especially now, it seems that separate people, there is nothing like New wrong to assume such a high degree of fatalism Year to demonstrate the profound variations in Asian cultures. (and unacknowledged similarities) in the Meanwhile I look at my own culture, thinking of people from different cultures. which is Jewish. We have a new year around The New Year tradition in many Western September by the Western calendar, rapidly cultures is to make pretty obvious resolutions followed by the most important date in the often to try harder, be kinder, be more focused Jewish year, the Day of Atonement. and goodness knows what else. The reality What this means is that the Jews, like the is that most of these worthy intentions are Muslims (we share more things in common forgotten or abandoned pretty soon after they than is generally recognized), tend to view a are made. However, there is a tenacious belief new year as a time to reflect on misdeeds and that the New Year marks an opportunity for a to honour the deceased. This all sounds rather fresh start in all sorts of ways. gloomy and negative, as opposed to the more Hong Kongers are happy to embrace the upbeat approach of most Western cultures and Western New Year and then move on to Lunar Chinese tradition.

New Year a few weeks later. Lunar New Year is However, the bottom line seems to be the also a time to wish for better things. The most same because atonement and reflection on frequently heard festive greeting offers hope for the lives of the deceased implies a hope for a more prosperity. better future. The idea of rebirth and renewal What sets the Chinese festival apart from is a strong thread running through cultures all Western equivalents is the proliferation of over the world. Religions, including Christianity

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and Judaism, are focused around the idea of preparing the ground for the coming of the Messiah or Saviour. In other words, the emphasis is always on making a better world.

I mention all this to celebrate the human spirit, which leans towards optimism, despite the complications of differing customs and rituals. Essentially, people believe the future will be better than the past. Somehow we keep forgetting this reassuring fact.

As I write I can almost hear the voices decrying this statement as nonsense because so many of us are sentimental about the past, saying such things as, “it was much better when…”

The “when” in Hong Kong comes in a variety of forms. It is, for example, frequently suggested there were more opportunities in a previous era; some (politically incorrect) people believe Hong Kong was better run under British colonial rule while others maintain Hong Kong’s new religion is cynicism whereas it used to be hope.

However, as the cliché says, hope runs eternal. Were it not so even the most severe critics of the government would have given up hope for constitutional change, hard-pressed businessman would not be working to turn things around and Hong Kong’s notoriously obsessive parents would not be making such great efforts to educate their children. They do so to give them a better future. So much for fatalism, would you not agree?

Stephen Vines is a journalist, broadcaster and entrepreneur. He is the former editor of the Eastern Express and Southeast Asia correspondent for The Observer.

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charity focus Independence days The Nesbitt Centre helps people with special needs live independently.

By Olivia Lai. centre’s service seekers are local residents and the rest are expats.

The Nesbitt Centre focuses on helping students older than 16 to transition effectively from secondary school to adulthood and to integrate into society. Jacqueline Law, secretary to the board of directors, explains that the centre takes a holistic approach offering day schools, guidance counselling, recreational and educational programmes “The Centre aims to help students achieve independence and develop their own opportunities within the Nesbitt Centre students run The Nest coffee shop. community,” she says.

The Nesbitt Centre was established in 1993, One project, Preparation for Life, allows when founder David Nesbitt realised Hong students to experience independence by Kong offered no English-language tertiary sharing a flat, supported by a key worker. education for students with learning disabilities, In November, the centre successfully such as his daughter. Today, about half the launched The Nest coffee shop in the grounds

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next step of St John’s Cathedral and last month opened a second branch, Cafe 8 at Pier 8. The shops are run as social enterprises to provide vocational training and job opportunities for the centre’s students, who have responded with great enthusiasm.

The centre helps students transition effectively from secondary school to adulthood Attitudes towards people with special needs in Hong Kong and internationally have improved in the past 20 years, Law says.

“Those with special needs need not to be hidden away, they have a voice and equal rights within a society,” she says.

Looking forward, she says the Nesbitt Centre is committed to “working for the best interest for our service users… and we hope that one day our students will be able to run the enterprises on their own”.

For details, please visit nesbittcentre.org.hk.

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the artists Hannah Grogan checks out Sai Kung’s fledgling art community.

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drawn together

Clockwise from left: letterboxes by Sascha Camille Howard; Howard sketching; Sai Kung Shoreline by Tony Cheng; Old Sai Kung house by Gary Yeung.

Hong Kong is fast developing a reputation as an art hotspot. Major international events such as Art Basel Hong Kong, the twice-yearly Sotheby’s art sales, Asia Contemporary Art Show and the Affordable Art Fair draw art lovers from all over the world. In their wake, local artists and cultural districts – Sheung Wan, Fo Tan, Aberdeen – are attracting a lot more attention. And now there are moves afoot to create a fledgling art community in Sai Kung.

This is thanks in part to the opening last year of the Sascha Camille Howard Artist Studio. Best known for ink paintings of Grumpy the bull and other local wildlife, Howard burst onto the scene last year. Except there wasn’t much of a scene to burst on to.

“When I got here it was like, ‘I’m all alone,’” she recalls. “But when you start talking to people you realise there are quite a lot of artists, very talented people quietly getting on with things. Selfishly, I like to hang out with other artists and bounce ideas around.”

So she rented the studio on Po Tung Road and started actively seeking out local artists, inviting them to use the space to work and mount exhibitions. She also holds sketching and life-drawing classes and set up a monthly weekend art and craft market, all aimed at

developing the local art scene. And it’s working.

“Every week, I’m meeting more artists, which is brilliant. The art scene here is developing – and it’s very creative,” she says. “I pay less rent here for the whole year than I paid last year in commissions to galleries, and I have complete control. That’s why I’m doing it this way and it’s worked really well. The sales are getting closer to my vision.

Every week, I meet more artists. The art scene here is developing – and it’s very creative “I would like to have some exhibitions on Hong Kong Island, but it’s expensive. And if you want to take part in public spaces, you have to queue for a year. So I’m keen to share my space because I understand how difficult it is to find somewhere to exhibit your work.”

Among those taking part in Howard’s life-drawing classes is South African artist, Ross Turpin, a tattooist and co-owner of Star Crossed Tattoo in Tsim Sha Tsui, who exhibited his paintings last year in Central gallery Rat’s

Cave. Painting at home in Sai Kung, Turpin is inspired by Japanese art and the juxtaposition of east and west.

“There’s a lot of that in Sai Kung. I really like the old town and the awkward clash between the old style and new Western restaurants,” he says.

“It’s difficult to find young guys experimenting, doing art for art’s sake and making beautiful things, because rent is so high. Kids can’t take that rent. But on the other hand, people have more money so I can sell my art for a lot more.

“I don’t believe in forcing the development of an art community – it’s something that needs to develop on its own. Hong Kong Academy moving in could help. A lot more people are moving into the area and there will be a demand for more interesting things,” he says.

Howard is hardly the first to run art classes in Sai Kung. For years, Australian artist Helen Boyd has been running life-drawing classes out of her Sai Kung home on Saturday mornings ($200 for 150 minutes) as well as a class at the Visual Arts Centre in Hong Kong Park every Wednesday. She previously had her own studio in SoHo, but was forced out eight years ago when it became unaffordable.

“To be honest, the life drawings to me are

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feature about fostering a community and keeping that going,” Boyd says.

Her Saturday sessions attract up to six artists of all abilities and ages from 17 to 73.

One familiar face is Tony Cheng, who works at Jaspas. He attended art school in Britain and, when not waiting tables, can often be found on

Hong Kong is as much an arts city as a commercial city. There are fantastic artists here Sai Kung waterfront. His detailed pen-and-ink drawings of the shoreline – each of which takes 25 to 40 hours to complete – were recently exhibited in the restaurant.

“Working at Jaspas is a great way to meet people,” Cheng says. “Helen and her friend, Lori Foster [a local graphic artist], were chatting and drawing on the tables and I noticed the colours and techniques they used. We got talking and Helen gave me the details for her life-drawing classes and I showed up the next week. It’s nice to have someone to talk to with the same passion. To me, it is lacking in the community. A lot of artists don’t really know each other. I feel it’s a very Hong Kong thing

Life-drawing in the garden at Helen Boyd’s Saturday morning sessions in Sai Kung.

where they keep to themselves. But there’s a lot of stuff happening here.”

Like Howard and Boyd, Cheng is keen to create more of a cultural community in Sai Kung and is taking steps towards organising an art event in the area. It’s early days and he doesn’t want to say too much yet, but he has been developing a few ideas with Boyd and Foster.

“We would love to do a weekend of art and get all the artists to take over a part of the urban environment,” Foster says.

“There’s a lot of talent here, we shouldn’t

have to go all the way to the island to see it.

Hong Kong is coming to terms with its artistic side. It’s still very fractured at the moment. We need our own great art institutions, our own academy of fine arts. Hopefully when Hong Kong starts to develop a real arts hub – like all great cities have – there’ll be more of a realisation that we’re as much an arts city as we are a commercial city. There are fantastic artists here.

It would be beautiful to walk into a massive art museum and see some of the greatest artists of China, Hong Kong and the world. I think to be a

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feature Contacts Sascha Camille Howard sascha@saschahoward.com Helen Boyd helenbronteboyd@hotmail.com Tony Cheung tonyc81@btintenet.com Francis Walker www.franciswalker.viewbook.com Gary Yeung www.studiogario.blogspot.hk From left: Tin Hau Temple, Sai Kung, by Gary Yeung; Lotus Tower by Francis Walker.

‘world city’, Hong Kong has got to develop that.

It’s got a way to go yet,” she says.

Sai Kung-based architect and artist Francis Walker arrived in Hong Kong from Britain a couple of years ago and last year held a joint exhibition with Howard and another local artist, Gary Yeung. He is fascinated by Hong Kong’s urban density – which is reflected in his art – but like Foster, is also frustrated by the city’s public museums.

“The great tragedy about the museums of Hong Kong is that the exhibitions are great but

the buildings are not,” he says. “They’re not destinations within themselves. I would knock them all down and move all the cultural stuff to Kai Tak.” Sai Kung is not immune to global trends.

Old town resident Gary Yeung picked up on the Urban Sketchers trend that began in Seattle and started Urban Sketchers of Hong Kong.

Teacher by day and artist by night, he can often be found leading a group of sketchbookwielding artists around Sai Kung, drawing the streetscape to upload later onto the group’s

Facebook page. The group has more than 300 members and organises regular sketching trips around Hong Kong – for free.

Yeung, who briefly lived in Kowloon Walled City, is keen to sketch the last remnants of old Hong Kong before they too disappear, and plans to release a bilingual book of his artwork, Sketching Hong Kong, in May. “Sai Kung is a good place for artists, it’s not so crowded and has beautiful landscapes,” he says. “I really like the feel of the old town, it reminds me of old Hong Kong.”

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Hit the trail

Claire Price hits her stride in Tai Long Sai Wan.

Jane Wolfers discovers the joys of trail running.

With 42 per cent of Hong Kong designated as country park, criss-crossed by hundreds of kilometres of well-maintained paths, trail running is one of the best ways to explore the territory. It’s fun, challenging and sociable.

Four of Hong Kong’s top trail runners – Dan Parr, Rachel Jacqueline, John Ellis and Claire Price – give us the lowdown on one of the city’s fastest-growing sports.

What’s your favourite thing about trail running in Hong Kong?

Dan Parr: You can leave the office on a Friday night and be only a couple of kilometres away, looking down on the city, and run for four to five hours and not see another human.

Rachel Jacqueline: At its rawest, trail running

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is a primitive adventure – your two feet, nature and a trail. Your resolve and mental fortitude are put to the test through the external environment, as well as internally. Trail running has taught me patience, gratitude, acceptance.

It’s a unique way to explore, absorb and connect with nature. I also love the community.

It’s not just local – it’s a global community.

The people are so accepting, supportive and non-judgmental.

What safety precautions do you recommend?

Claire Price: I never worry about my safety in Hong Kong. If it’s hot, take plenty to drink, know where you’re going, and know a shortcut to get to a taxi or some form of transport

if you’re doing a long run – it’s easy to get exhausted and overheated in the summer. In the mountains, be prepared for changeable weather as it can get cold quickly at altitude.

What are your favourite trails?

John Ellis: On the Island, Dragon’s Back has some amazing views and the Twins from Parkview to Stanley is a great midweek challenge. Further afield, Lantau’s Tung O ancient trail is one of my favourites – not too technical, rolling hills, coastal, and finishing in Tai O is a bonus.

RJ: The beaches on stages one and two of the MacLehose Trail are mind blowing.

DP: Stage four of the MacLehose has some of the most magnificent views in Hong Kong. But

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Clockwise from top: Take the high road – MacLehose Trail stage four; Rachel Jacqueline sets the pace; join a trail running race and discover a new side of Hong Kong.

Meet the panel John Ellis John started trail running in Australia with a few team ultra races including an Oxfam Trailwalker and Wild Endurance, but really got into trail running in Hong Kong. He often runs ultra distance events on back-to-back weekends. He’s also pretty fast on the road, running the New York City marathon in 2013.

Rachel Jacqueline Rachel started trail running in Sydney before she realized what trail running was. After completing her first seven-

hour adventure race in Hong Kong, she swore she’d never again venture into Hong Kong’s wilderness. Somehow she signed up for a trail run in Tai Lam, and was hooked, taking part in races worldwide. Her standout race results include third in the Open Women’s 2013 Lantau 50km and 16th woman in the 2012 Vibram 100km race.

Dan Parr A rugby player in Britain, Dan took part in his first adventure race in Macau. Tail running creeps up on you, he says. His standout races include winning two of the four 250km self-supported Four Deserts Marathon

series across the Gobi and Sahara. He has placed third in the Hong Kong Oxfam Trailwalker, and last year finished 13th in his first 100-mile race at Mount Fuji, Japan.

Claire Price Possibly Hong Kong’s leading female trail runner, Claire set a new women’s record in the 2013 HK100. She came second in two ultra races around Mount Blanc – the CCC in 2011 and the TDS in 2013 – at high altitudes, in difficult weather conditions and with vertical ascents of 7,250m. “I’m still amazed I win anything to be honest, as I didn’t grow up doing much sport!” she says.

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Gear Trail-running shoes were invented for a reason. Heavier and sturdier than regular running shoes, they help maintain grip on uneven terrain. Likewise 2XU compression tights have been shown to improve performance and recovery. Hong Kong has one specialist trail-running store, Lantau Base Camp in Mui Wo (www.lantaubasecamp.com).

It accepts online orders, but newbies should consider making the trek to chat to owners Jeremy and Valerie, who are keen trail runners.

Hydration and nutrition Stay properly hydrated during a run, especially if you’re planning to be on the trail for more than an hour, with a camelbak or water bottle. On longer runs, pack energy gels, energy bars or other snacks.

you’ll never get bored. You don’t need to look far to find new trails.

What was your most memorable run?

JE: The race I am most proud of was the 2013

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Stay connected Always carry a mobile phone in case you run into difficulties.

Better still, take a friend. And always check the weather forecast for incoming typhoons or even strong monsoons. Winter is a great time to get started.

Where to go Explore Hong Kong’s trails by entering a race, which are held most weekends (for details, visit www.hkhiking.com/trailrunning).

Running on trails is less taxing than on roads, with softer surfaces, ascents and descents, and the need to walk at times. As well as having less impact on your body, the scenery and variety of terrain makes it a lot less mentally taxing than a 21km road race.

Ultra Mount Fuji. It’s a brutal course of 100 miles and 9,000m of vertical ascent – that’s more than Mount Everest from sea level. It required massive mental determination. At the last checkpoint, I even had a little cry, but still managed to finish

the top Hong Kong runner in a world-class field.

CP: It was a farewell run for a friend. We ran from Hong Kong Park in Central to Stanley.

We started with just a few people, which initially disappointed him, but friends popped out of the bushes along the way, with sake, schnapps, beer and much merriment. We ended up with about 30 people in a long line of headlamps over Violet Hill and the Twins, down to Stanley, where we had dinner. Trail running is very sociable here. That’s what keeps me coming back – the friendships, camaraderie and shared experiences in beautiful places around the world.

How do you start trail running?

JE: Build up slowly. It’s easy to get injured by doing too much too quickly, especially with all the hills and steps in Hong Kong. Also, really take advantage of the great running weather in winter because it can be so oppressive in summer.

RJ: Enter a race. It’ll give you a goal to work towards and take you to some remote parts of Hong Kong.

DP: Sign up for an 8km, 15km or even 21km event to start with. You’ll be surprised what you can achieve.

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Steamers Warm up over a traditional Sunday roast at Steamers.

One of the best-value deals in town at $128, it includes your choice of roast Olde Hong Kong Tea Cafe’s seafood soup with rice will set you aglow. chicken, beef or lamb, roast Classified potatoes, lashings of gravy So alpine it almost yodels, cheese fondue is plus broccoli, carrots, beans and, of course, back on the menu at Classified. The ultimate Yorkshire pudding. During the week, go for a winter warmer is a gooey mass of melted comte steaming bowl of soup, such as prawn and and emmental cheeses, white wine and kirsch, lobster bisque or creamy clam chowder. With

the outdoor heaters blazing on the patio, you can even eat outside. G/F, 66 Yi Chun Street, Sai Kung, 2792 6991, www.steamerssaikung.com.

Olde Hong Kong Tea Cafe A hearty bowl of warming Chinese soup will soon have you glowing. Olde Hong Kong Tea Cafe has a range of stews and soups including American ginseng chicken soup ($50) and snow fungus seasonal fruit soup ($45) that are warming and prevent inflammation in the body, or try winter classics such as roasted pork and beancurd casserole with shrimp paste ($65) or mixed seafood soup with rice. Pair it with a cup of Chinese tea such as lychee red tea, honey roselle or lemongrass with apple flower green tea ($38-$64). 51 Yi Chun Street, Sai Kung, 2792 3890, www.oldehongkong.com.

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Indian dishes. Go for hearty, rib-sticking house specialities such as lamb shank curry ($98) or rogan josh ($92), South Indian classic chicken or lamb Madras ($92) or deliciously filling vegetarian dishes such as malai kofta ($68) and the more-ish dal makhani ($64). M/F, Bacco, 21 Man Nin Street, Sai Kung, 2574 7477, www.jojofood.com.

AJ’s Sri Lankan Cuisine Hong Kong’s only Sri Lankan restaurant, AJ’s has a wide selection of spicy dishes, including smoked beef tenderloin with spiced honey pepper sauce ($280) and the house special black curry beef ($88) or lamb ($78). One unusual Dutch-influenced dish is Lamprias ($105-$129), flavoured rice, fish cutlet,

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eggplant, sambal, egg and either chicken, beef or mutton baked in a banana leaf. G/F, 14 Sai Kung Hoi Pong Street, Sai Kung, 2792 2555, www.letseat.at/aj-srilankan-hk.

Colour Brown With bikini season still months away, indulge in a hot chocolate ($20) at Colour Brown, the charming coffee specialist in Sai Kung old town. The hot chocolate is extra milky and comes topped with individual foam art (request your favourite) that is sure to bring a smile to your face. Alternatively, go for one of its famously good coffees. The connoisseurs at Colour Brown bring in more than 40 types of beans from all round the coffeegrowing world. They’ll even grind the beans for you to take home. G/F, 34-36 See Cheung Street, Sai Kung, 2791 7128, www.colourbrown.com.

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Cielo’s romantic raspberry and lychee mousse.

Hebe One O One Romantic Hebe One O One has Valentine’s Day covered with soft lighting, classical music and a menu to sigh for. Dinner includes Fine de Claire oysters, cream of parsnip soup, then bacon-wrapped scallop, carpaccio of beef or breaded green tomato.

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champagne, wine or fruit punch. 13 Sha Tsui Path, Sai Kung, 2792 6388.

Cava For a Valentine’s dinner with a European twist, cosy up at Cava. It starts with a glass of sangria (as you do), bruschetta or spinach and feta bread, soup and either chicken breast with parma ham or mushroom and parmesan penne, followed by mango cake. Dinner is $390 each with a gift for every couple. 54 Po Tung Road, Sai Kung, 2217 3389.

Cielo Rooftop Italian restaurant Cielo celebrates Valentine’s Day with a romantic four-course menu. Dishes include pan-fried foie gras on fresh figs, homemade black ink fettuccine, grilled king prawn salad, pan-fried beef tenderloin and Wagyu beef “Porterhouse” (16oz for two) and heart-shaped raspberry and lychee mousse. $1,314 for two. 47/F, Crowne Plaza Kowloon East, 3 Tong Tak Street, Tseung Kwan O, 3983 0688.

Jaspas Jaspas is pulling out all the stops with a special three-course menu. The menu includes roast pumpkin soup with bresaola and crispy parmesan, smoked salmon tartare, grilled chicken breast with porcini mushroom sauce and truffle oil, house-smoked Norwegian salmon with wild salmon caviar and horseradish sauce, perhaps and a heart-shaped chocolate mousse. $438 each, including a glass of

Le Boudoir Single and fabulous? Sexy Central venue Le Boudoir is holding the “I Love Me” party just for you. Held on February 14, the singles party features an open bar (10pm-2am), DJ and a lucky draw with gifts for everybody.

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nurturing potential

Teaching children with autism Carolyn Martin looks at the progress being made in Hong Kong.

As a mother of a child – now a thriving adult – with Asperger’s Syndrome, I have learned a few things about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

Each person living with ASD is an individual with personal skills and challenges. It takes the support of a village to achieve those skills and meet the challenges. That support comes in multiple layers, starting with the education of parents, caregivers, the individual him- or herself and the wider community. To tap into an individual’s needs, it is important to have the collaboration of the full spectrum of support agencies and therapists.

As awareness and understanding of ASD increases, the number of children in Hong Kong being correctly diagnosed with the condition is rising. Discovering your son or daughter has ASD can be emotional and difficult, often accompanied by a form of grieving. But with early intervention and the right support, children with ASD can make great progress.

The nature of the autistic spectrum is that it encompasses a wide range of people, from those with mild difficulties to the severely impaired. Generally speaking, children with ASD need access to a multi-disciplinary team that can address any potential language, social, cognitive, behavioural and occupational difficulties that arise.

Unfortunately, Hong Kong still lags behind countries such as Britain, the US, Australia and Canada in this respect. While it’s rapidly

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Schools... are taking steps to include [autistic children] in mainstream classes improving, most support, especially for nonChinese speakers, is through private practices or privately funded organizations whose quality of service and ethos ranges substantially.

However, over the past five years or so, local and international schools have made great progress in recognizing the difficulties experienced by individuals with ASD and are taking steps to include them in mainstream classes. The Education Department is also making strides towards a more inclusive educational environment.

One example of change in Hong Kong is the advancement in training and capacity in English Schools Foundation (ESF) schools over the past three years. These efforts aim to develop layers of provision for ASD students at all levels of difficulty and move towards an inclusive style of teaching.

Students at the severe end of the spectrum are accommodated at Jockey Club Sarah Roe School in Kowloon. With class sizes of eight-10 students and additional adults in the classroom, ASD children are closely supported to move towards greater independence through

the use of TEACCH workstations and targeted reinforcement. For example, children at a workstation are supported to work through a series of tasks, moving them from a “to do” tray to a “done” tray.

Learning support classes in mainstream schools use Social Thinking strategies to support the development of perspective, flexibility and the thinking that underlies social skills. One activity with young children might be watching excerpts of Disney movies, with their exaggerated eye movements, to teach the idea that people “think with their eyes” and that eye movements give clues about another person’s thoughts and intentions.

In mainstream classes, students learn about expected and unexpected social behaviours, and how to use “whole-body listening” strategies. Classes with younger children use visual timetables to support children with ASD, who find processing verbal language difficult.

In April, ESF will be a partner at the 2014 Hong Kong Inaugural ASD Conference. ESF’s director of education, Pam Ryan, says: “We are committed to developing our provisions for those students with autism and partnering the inaugural ASD conference is another major step in making sure we give our children the best opportunities to achieve.”

Keynote speakers will include clinical psychologists Dr Tony Attwood and Dr Isabelle Hénault, who specialise in Asperger’s and autism. I have personally experienced the immeasurable positive impact these two have had on countless families and believe their contribution will greatly facilitate the progress being made by Hong Kong’s professionals.

Equally important in training our village, the ASD conference is open to parents, caregivers and individuals with ASD. Contributors: Tim Conroy-Stocker, ESF’s senior educational psychologist, and John Shanahan, a clinical psychologist specialising in children and adolescents.

The 2014 Hong Kong Inaugural ASD Conference will be held on April 3-4 at the Cyberport Conference & Exhibition Center, Pok Fu Lam. Please register,

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family Water World II Ocean Park announces 30 new attractions. Cherrie Yu reports.

Water World is back! Ocean Park’s muchmissed waterpark, which closed in 1999, is to reopen in 2017 with twice as many attractions as the old version and will be open year-round.

Of 30 new attractions announced last month, 25 will be in Water World, including the world’s longest lazy river, 13 state-of-the-art giant water slides, two wave pools – plus a surfing simulator – and indoor and outdoor sandy beaches.

The indoor section will feature a wave pool, surfing, beach and water slides The new 440,000-square-foot park will be built into the hillside at Tai Shue Wan overlooking Aberdeen, giving visitors the feeling of shooting down the super-fast slides and into the sea. It will also have a premium zone with

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Adventures in Australia will open with four koalas later this year.

private cabanas and other facilities, and will have a maximum capacity of 7,000 guests.

The climate-controlled, year-round indoor section will feature a wave pool, surfing simulator, beach and several water slides. There will be a

500-seat Chinese restaurant, a food court and several smaller food outlets. It will create 2,900 jobs by 2018.

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Artists' impressions of Water World, which opens in 2017, and the forthcoming Shark Mystic in the multi-storey aquarium that previously housed Atoll Reef.

Australia. Replacing the multi-storey Atoll Reef, the shark aquarium will feature 100 sharks from 15 different species, while koalas will be the focus of the new Adventures in Australia attraction. A gift from the South Australian

government, it will open with four koalas with an additional four plus other Outback animals to come later. Eucalyptus trees have been planted in China to provide the koalas with a fresh supply of their favourite food.

A further three attractions are still to be announced.

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Riding the waves at Tai Long Wan with Surf Hong Kong, which offers surfing lessons (right) and overnight wilderness camps.

Wave hello Send the kids to a Sai Kung surf camp – and set them free.

By Marisa Cannon.

Think of Hong Kong and it’s unlikely that visions of surf and swell will spring to mind. Think again. We may not have the colossal waves of Indonesia or Ireland, but for those who have ever dreamed of recreating sun-soaked Billabong advertisements, Surf Hong Kong can get you there.

The founder of the territory's first and only full-time professional surf school, Kevin Coniam has tapped into a growing pool of keen surfers by offering surf camps for kids and teens, board rental and comprehensive surfing lessons for beginners and pros alike.

Hong Kong-born and bred, Coniam has been surfing since his early teens, and has nursed an infectious enthusiasm for the sport ever since. An outdoor enthusiast to the core, he started Surf Hong Kong in 2011 to recreate his own childhood experiences on local beaches and wilderness.

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jungle kids. That was my experience growing up here. And so part of the reason for starting Surf Hong Kong was to give kids this same outdoor experience in a way that makes it safe, while teaching them the skills to look after themselves in the outdoors.”

Surf Hong Kong’s wilderness camps are its main attraction. Available to children and teens aged nine to 17, the three- or five-day overnight camps are held during school holidays at Surf Hong Kong’s headquarters in Tai Long Sai Wan. While surfing is the focus of the camps, there is a wide range of other activities on offer.

“We kayak, snorkel, canyon… but a big part of being outdoors is its freedom, and we adopt a flexible approach to our activities.

Every day we conduct careful weather checks and at breakfast we decide as a group what our schedule will be. This way, important decisionmaking and teamwork skills are nurtured, and we foster an understanding of the effects of tides, winds and swells so everybody knows when the best waves will be out.”

Given the chance, kids love to get dirty and salty, and just be jungle kids The surf school is about embracing the wilderness and enjoying a natural way of living. Trained and educated in Britain, Coniam understands the importance of operating to international standards, strictly observing outdoor and student safety, first aid and food and camping protocols. But what really differentiates Surf Hong Kong from other outdoor learning institutions is his in-depth experience of the region.

“I grew up in this environment and I understand the differences of doing this sort of thing in Hong Kong. I know the climate, wildlife, flora and fauna, that kind of local understanding is essential in the running of a school like ours,” he says.

tell the teacher we’re surfin’ Working with international schools, Surf Hong Kong has also participated in CAS (Creativity, Action, Service) activities required by the IB curriculum, custom-creating weeklong programmes that integrate service learning, environmental education, geographical and other curriculum-based learning outcomes.

Three years ago Coniam met Kate Rowan of Recognize Foundation, a Shenzhen-based school specialising in occupational and behavioural therapy. With experience in surf and water therapy at Ireland-based NGO Liquid Therapy, Coniam saw an opportunity for collaboration, and Surf Hong Kong has just completed its second consecutive year of camps for children with special needs, and hopes to expand the programme in the future.

As for the benefits of surfing, the testimonials speak volumes.

“Most kids who come on a camp with us have come back again and again,” Coniam says.

“Over the years, I’ve seen some astonishing changes. Kids who at first were anxious, scared and quiet have grown into confident, assertive and enthusiastic kids. Some of the

older ones have even bought a surfboard and taken it up independently. Even more satisfying is when they approach me to volunteer as an assistant camp instructor. It feels great to see the community I’ve always wanted to build and the changes I’ve always wanted to see in Hong Kong, actually begin to happen.”

Prices vary from $300 for a two-hour surfing lesson to $2,600 for a three-day two-night camp and $4,100 for five days, four nights.

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The Pavilion of Absolute Perfection at the heart of Nan Lian Garden. Below: the Pavilion Bridge.

Step back in time Hannah Grogan takes time out in Chi Lin Nunnery and Nan Lian Garden.

Tripadvisor ranks Chi Lin Nunnery as the fourth most popular tourist attraction in Hong Kong, but it’s never been at the top of my to-do list – probably because it attracts all those tourists.

However, with Lunar New Year on the horizon, it seemed like a good time to drop in.

What a revelation! The Chi Lin Nunnery and neighbouring Nan Lian Garden form an oasis in the middle of the city. Visiting feels like stepping back in time into a different world.

It’s a 30,000 sqm Buddhist temple complex that houses 15 elegant cedar halls, gardens, lotus ponds, rockeries and statues, designed around three courtyards, only two of which are open to the public. The complex dates back to 1934 but it was rebuilt in the 1990s in the style of the Tang Dynasty – without using a single iron nail. The only buildings of their kind in Hong Kong, the nunnery is still home to about

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60 nuns (according to Mr Google) and it feels appropriately tranquil, particularly if you take a stroll through the adjacent 3.5-hectare Nan Lian Garden.

This beautifully manicured garden is a sanctuary of quiet in the hubbub of Kowloon, thanks to a series of noise barriers. Even the air feels cleaner under all those trees. It’s designed in Tang style, like the nunnery, with artificial hillocks, water features, poetically named bridges and pavilions, rare old trees and ornamental rocks imported from China. Take a book and find a bench under a tree, or perch in a pagoda facing the pond and watch the koi swimming. It’s all very zen.

There’s a vegetarian restaurant in the garden serving tasty food at tasty prices ($100$150 a head) in a stunning location behind a waterfall. Ask for a window seat. Alternatively, try the traditional teahouse next to the pond, which is a bit more expensive and insists you wear slippers that, I’m guessing, have been on thousands of other feet. (Ick.)

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Take a book and find a bench under a tree or perch in a pagoda – it’s all very zen what the Year of the Horse holds in store.

Fascinating and easy to get to by MTR, it’s a perfect outing for even the most nervous houseguest. This time of year, head first to the temple to beat the crowds (the earlier the better), then walk or take the MTR one stop to Diamond Hill to the nunnery and garden.

Getting there From Sai Kung, take bus 92 to Diamond Hill.

For the temple, take the MTR to Wong Tai Sin and walk three minutes from exit B2. Hollywood Plaza above Diamond Hill MTR has a public car park. The temple halls and the garden are open daily, free of charge. Chi Lin Nunnery closes at 4.30pm; Nan Lian Garden closes at 9pm.

The Tang Dynasty-style Chi Lin Nunnery, built without a single iron nail.

While you’re in the area, make a pilgrimage to Wong Tai Sin Temple, just one MTR stop away. Serving three religions (Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism), it’s beautifully ornamented and a great place to people watch. Famous for

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While nothing (we hope) will ever replace the soothing touch of a therapist’s hands during a massage, the latest crop of beauty machines are promising spectacular results for facials and slimming treatments. When we read that a new machine at Allure Health & Beauty could “melt and shape fat” (giving the lie to that hoary old adage “a moment on the lips, forever on the hips”), we decided to give it a go.

I was met with a friendly greeting and a cup of floral tea before the therapist whipped a tape measure around my waist and directed me to a machine that recorded my weight, current

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body condition and body-mass index. Staff explained how to work with the slimming machine to lose weight – eat less and exercise more (surprise) – and explained the treatment does not literally “melt” fat but helped break it down into fatty acids that are expelled through the lymphatic system.

But first came the Diamond Peel deep-cleanse facial, using a machine with a diamond-tipped vacuum probe that exfoliates dead skin cells and reduces lines and blemishes. I could feel a light suction on my face as the therapist passed the probe back and forth. My skin felt immediately lighter and cleaner.

And, hey, those acne scars

now you see me... shaping, a neck and shoulder massage and a couple of masks to clear the pores and moisturize the skin against winter dryness.

And so to the main event: the slimming treatment. It comes in three separate parts, starting with the RF 360 – a heated wand that is passed over my belly for half an hour. It’s quite relaxing once you get used to the ticklish sensation, and starts the process of sculpting the stomach. With my midsection still warm, the therapist massaged my stomach for about 20 minutes, helping tone the muscles.

The last part of the treatment was the touted Cellu M6, for which I had to don a nylon bodysuit (by that stage, I was beyond being embarrassed). The machine gave me a deep-tissue massage using what is essentially a large roller that moved in suctioning and rolling motions to help shape and tone the body.

Despite my initial skepticism, I could see immediate results.

My stomach was noticeably less flabby and more shapely – and I lost a whole pound in weight.

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Next came the extraction, which was one of the least painful I have experienced, then eyebrow

Allure Beauty & Health is offering a discount to firsttime customers: $268 for one treatment or $588 for two, including the Cellu M6 (35 minutes) and one-hour Diamond Peel facial. Shop 67, 22-40 Fuk Man Road, Sai Kung, 2792 2123.

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pets First came Freddie Sally Andersen recalls her first pup rescue, 30 years ago.

This year is the 30th anniversary of my arrival in Hong Kong. I left London in January 1984 bound for Taiwan as the first stop on a planned round-the-world adventure.

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Thinking back, I suppose my dog rescuing started the day I picked up an injured puppy from a Taipei gutter and took it back to the apartment where I was staying.

I called the pup Freddie and somehow found someone to set his broken bones, although I suspect calling him a vet would have been stretching it a bit.

Freddie healed, and moved with me to the Ta Chao shipyard where the yacht I would later sail to Hong Kong was being built. Freddie enjoyed his life there, I think. I fed him and took care of him as best I could. There were several other dogs around the place and puppies were born on a regular basis, but the shipyard was on a heavily polluted river and most of them died quickly: one lap of that chemical-laden water

Today I would fight tooth and nail to make sure Freddie was safe was all it took. When it was time to sail away I had to leave poor Freddie to his fate.

Today I would fight tooth and nail to make sure Freddie was safe, but at the time I had no idea where I would be going or what I would be doing. And, in any case, I didn’t know anything about animal rescue.

Later, when I moved to Lamma after living aboard boats for two years I agreed to take in a dog someone had picked up from “Dog Island” (as it would later become known), but I didn’t really appreciate the commitment that having a dog meant. Luckily, Bruno was tough, independent and a bit of a rogue, so he coped with living outside and not really being a pet.

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creature feature Reeves’ turtle Chinemys reevesii Found in: Ponds, streams and Mong Kok pet stores.

It was only after I had him castrated on the advice of a vet because of his tendency to fight other dogs, and started keeping him in the house because he (and, by then, my two other dogs) became infected with heartworm, that I began to understand that having a dog meant more than just feeding it once a day and making sure it had water to drink.

Now that I share not just my house, but my sofa, bed and life with so many dogs, I can’t imagine not wanting it that way. As far as I’m concerned, dogs are part of the family and, unless they’re real working dogs, that’s the way it should be.

Sally Andersen is the founder of Hong Kong Dog Rescue, a charity that rescues, rehabilitates and re-homes unwanted or abandoned dogs.

Reeves’ turtle, also known as the Chinese pond turtle or Chinese three-keeled pond turtle, is found in China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan, and is widespread in most Hong Kong reservoirs.

It is a small turtle that grows to about 12.5cm long, with yellow stripes or blotches on the head and neck. The shell varies from yellowish-brown to black, and the skin from olive to black. Males and females are relatively easy to tell apart: males have bumps on the base of the tail that are absent in females. Males also tend to be darker with an unpleasant odour, longer, thicker tails and a vent beyond the carapacial rim.

They darken as they age and lose their neck stripes, until they are almost entirely black.

Reeves’ turtles are omnivorous, feeding on aquatic plants and fruit as well as worms,

insects, fish and meat. To attract a mate, a male follows a female, biting her legs or neck, and prodding her with his head. After breeding, the female lays two or three eggs in a shallow pit of moist dirt or sand.

Once common, sightings have been rare in recent years. While the turtles breed well in captivity, wild animals are at risk in China owing to overhunting. The “plastron” – the flattest part of the turtle’s shell – is used in traditional Chinese medicine.

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what’s your sign?

Year of the Stingray Ray Sting makes predictions for the Year of the Horse.

Rat Player: Smart, sneaky and fast, these try scorers relish applause.

Coach: Sometimes overambitious, but delivers criticism with charm.

Ox Player: The backbone of the team, leading by example.

Ox players are conscientious and listen.

Coach: Unfailingly fair with an authoritative voice, patient with the cloud-gazers and get even more out of star players.

Tiger Player: Demonstrates flair on the field, but could pay more attention to the coach.

Coach: The “cool” coaches, whose egos extend to making their players look good too.

Rabbit Player: Frequent winners of Fair Play awards, Rabbit players are a joy to coach with the ability to read the game and adapt accordingly.

Coach: The Rabbit coaching style is methodical, but with a sense of genuine caring.

Dragon Player: Like Tigers, Dragons enjoy being the centre of attention and being picked

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first. They have boundless energy and make surprisingly loyal teammates.

Coach: Hugely positive, these coaches are energetic and popular. But don’t contradict them; they like their power and influence.

Snake Player: Unlikely to pass the ball unless tackled and unlikely to be tackled, Snakes never give up, ever.

Coach: Single-minded in their desire to create winning teams, they demand a lot from their players – so no slacking, Stingrays!

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Player: Great sportsmen but frustratingly stubborn, which makes them hard to coach but their unpredictability can create glorious moments on the pitch.

Coach: Natural athletes, Horses encourage players to trust their instincts.

Ram Player: No seekers of glory, the Rams’ natural willingness to support makes them useful team members.

Coach: In danger of taking it all personally, Rams nurture their players gradually and gently.

Monkey Player: Confident, quick learners who can improvise mid-game. Monkeys can be cheeky to coaches and should

curb their tendency towards superiority.

Coach: Charming and unpredictable, they mix it up every week making up in flair for a lack of planning. Massive rivalry with Tiger coaches; if you are a Tiger player, switch teams!

Rooster Player: Dedicated Roosters set themselves high standards and tend to achieve them.

Coach: Bossy but often right, they are hard taskmasters who will make a substitution without emotion – players should expect no mercy if they drop below expectation.

Dog Player: Yappy ankle-biter or trusty retriever, the Stingrays Dogs play well with Horses and will not hesitate to tackle a player twice their size.

Coach: The parents’ choice, who believes in building balanced teams whose players take pride in their rugby.

Pig Player: Loyal team members, strong outside and in. May get physical in defense but will be the first to rush to the side of an injured teammate.

Coach: Despite a gruff exterior, Pigs command respect. The last to leave the field after giving individual feedback to every single player.

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on patrol...

kung hei fat choi

Watch out, burglars about Lunar New Year is the most important of all Chinese festivals. It is a long-established custom for families to get together, sit around a table and share food with joy and warmth. It’s a time to review the past year – good and bad – and wish each other all the best for the coming new year.

Unfortunately, it is also a golden period for burglars to fat choi (get rich). As you might be aware, most burglars who break into Sai Kung village houses are Chinese illegal immigrants or two-way-permit holders. In order to ensure a good family reunion back home in China, these burglars typically increase their activity before Lunar New Year.

From past experience, the month before Lunar New Year is the most vulnerable period for burglaries in wealthier villages. This is not only because burglars need to make a quick buck ahead of Lunar New Year but also because there’s a higher chance of wealthier people travelling out of Hong Kong, which makes break-ins easier.

Already we’ve seen two burglaries in luxury village houses in Chuk Kok Road, despite

The month before Lunar New Year is the most vulnerable period for burglaries

Illustration by Forrest Lau

Take extra security measures ahead of the Lunar New Year burglary season, says Joe Au-Yeung Tak.

security measures such as CCTV, alarms and round-the-clock guards. Culprits professionally equipped with balaclavas and gloves interfered with the CCTV before breaking into the house.

In one case millions of dollars worth of goods were stolen. In the second, there were six people in the house when the burglars broke in, which gives an indication of the determination of the culprits.

With this in mind, we have arranged some crime prevention visits this month focusing on luxury villages – keep an eye out for officers spreading the crime prevention message. It’s a good opportunity to seek professional advice about home security, especially if you plan to leave Hong Kong during the holidays.

We will also be increasing active deploy-

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This month’s winner: Roberto Rojas. “We went to Tai Long Wan in December and took many pictures on a wonderful day – blue sky, clear water, white sand, mountains and, of course, our happy dogs.”

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ments, including plain-clothes ambushes in cooperation with other units such as the Police Tactical Unit, as part of anti-burglary operations ahead of Lunar New Year.

If you are going away, secure your home and enjoy your holiday. Leave it to the police to safeguard your family’s safety.

On behalf of Sai Kung Police Division, I wish you a healthy and, more importantly, a safe Lunar New Year.

Joe Au-Yeung Tak is the ADVC OPS for the Hong Kong Police Sai Kung Division Tel: 3661 1630

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