@ LocalHood Events volunteer team
- Jun 28, 2022
- 1 min
EASY NITE HIKE🚶🏻🏃♀️ TO THE PEAK with Julian Groves: Thu, 11th Aug, 7:30pm
LocalHood, connecting HK neighbourhoods invites you to join Pat Fong on a NITE HIKE TO THE VICTORIA PEAK NOTE: Strict Social distancing rules will apply. Date: Thu, 11th Aug, 7:30pm Difficulty: Easy to Moderate Level & Duration: Beginners - 1.5 hours to go up the Peak Optional: For those who don't want to come down the peak on Foot, participants are free to take public buses back to Central from the Peak Galleria. NOTE: For those interested, after our efforts we will go for a
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@Local Events Volunteers Committee
- Jun 28, 2022
- 1 min
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS: Story reading JULY to The Nesbitt Centre's specially abled students (adults)
LocalHood (www.localhood.org) invites you to spread joys and smiles by story reading to The Nesbitt Centre's specially abled students in JULY. Both online and face-to-face options are available in JULY. For online : All July Mondays 10:00 - 12:00; 1:00 - 3:0) + All July Wednesdays 10:00 - 11:00; 1:00 - 2:00 For in-person, All July Tuesdays 11:00 - 12:00 or 1:00 - 2:00 Excited to spread the summer warmth and joy in JULY 😁?? So are we🎉❤. WHERE: If on-line, a zoom link will b
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As conveyed to LocalHood by the Blue Lotus Gallery
- Jun 28, 2022
- 1 min
Home Kong through an artist's 👁️ye: Au Tze Long
Blue Lotus Gallery, established in 2007, is a photography gallery with a strong focus on exploring Hong Kong culture and identity. Different perspectives opens up our minds. In our news letters, different artists from the Gallery will give us a peek into their own HK. Through their perspective, their lens. The Blue Lotus gallery offers an exquisite selection of books, limited edition and vintage prints on old and new Hong Kong by respected master photographers and emerging c
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Golden Scene Cinema in Kennedy Town – a hidden gem of HK cinematheque
Located in the heart of Kennedy Town, sits the ever convenient yet hidden gem, called Golden Scene Cinema. Having opened its doors in the midst of pandemic in Febuary 2021, this movie theatre not only showcases regular box office hits, it also promotes art and culture appreciation through different cinematic experiences. It hosts special movie events like “screen Monday”, Hong Kong Kids International Film Festival (KIFF), not forgetting specific director retrospective program
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Anna Pakula @ Localhood Content volunteers
- Jun 27, 2022
- 5 min
Summer indoor activities for Children 😍
Originally published: June 13, 2019 Updated and Republished: 27 June 2022 Summer is definitely 🍺😎🏊🏼♀️here…and with it, the heat and rain. Those with kids, whether toddlers or school-going ones (who'll be on holiday soon 😬), know the challenge of keeping them entertained indoors in limited-sized HK apartments. Luckily Hong Kong offers many indoor activities for kids of all ages. We have gathered for you some fun activities to make your kids happy and keep you sane and re
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Megan Camper @LocalHood Website Volunteers Team
- Jun 26, 2022
- 5 min
Summer Special: Hair care👩🏻💇🏻in the heat and humidity of Hong Kong
'Spoilt for choice’ is an understatement when you consider the options of hair salons and hairdressers in Hong Kong. But, finding a hairdresser is almost like finding a life partner - once you’ve got a good one, you’d want to stick with them. Many salons hinge on the credentials of a name. And, the most well-known salons are talked about at length in conversations over brunch and on Facebook groups. But, even when you have entered a salon lauded for its impressive hair transf
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@Local Events Volunteers Committee
- Jun 15, 2022
- 1 min
Indoor Movie Nite @ Tues, 5th July @7pm
A Michael Mann movie set in Hong Kong, with action and a dose of comedy/romance. Not wanting to spill the beans but we will give you this: "Blackhat" is a term used for a computer hacker and that's what the movie is about. Excited?? So are we😁! Registration mandatory 🎉❤✌: https://tinyurl.com/y6juze84 WHEN: Join us on Tue,5th July @ 7PM onwards. Movie will start on time so please come 19 mins before show time. Butter Popcorns will be provided. Please feel free to get drinks/
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Sze Yeen Lim, Nicola Cheung @ LocalHood Website Volunteers Team
- Jun 15, 2022
- 3 min
Considerations if travelling for leisure this summer✈️✈️
Will HK’s next CE, John Lee, announce further relaxation of border control measures after his official installation in July? Outgoing CE, Carrie Lam has repeatedly announced there will not be any further relaxation of covid rules during her tenure. However, in her 10th June CNBC interview, Lam admitted that the border control measures have really made people very impatient and undermined Hong Kong’s status as a hub.” She also added, “If you cannot travel freely to other pla
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Anna Pakula-Ranchet @ LocalHood Website Team
- Jun 13, 2022
- 4 min
Our fav' Fathers Day movies of all times🍿🎬
HK celebrates Father’s Day this coming Sunday the 19th of June. For this special occasion, we gathered together 10 best movies to watch and bond with your fathers 😊. Many of them are well known movies in English but we have also added some international movies to give you the taste of different cultures 🎉😉. Some will make you laugh hard and some will squeeze out few tears but definitely there is something for everyone. 1. Mrs. Doubtfire The movie shows how cleverly divo
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As told by David Clarke to the @ LocalHood Website Team
- Jun 12, 2022
- 5 min
Celebrating 25th Anniv of HKSAR with David Clarke: Hong Kong in Transition, a photographic archive
This year marks an important milestone for our beloved city as we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). To celebrate this grand moment, we will be seeing all around us event and activities displaying Hong Kong’s achievements over the past quarter century. But how has Hong Kong evolved in the eyes of the common man? Who better to ask this question than David Clarke. For those who still don't know him, David
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