The life expectancy of an infant with Tay-Sachs disease, which has no cure, is two to four years. The Hong Kong-based parents of Freya Maclay talk about their mission to raise awareness of the disease.
When a partner dies, friends may behave differently, with some staying away or withdrawing from the bereaved. Experts explain why, and the reasons it happens more often to widows.
Hong Kong dog shelter Sai Kung Stray Friends Foundation cares for homeless dogs and desexes strays, but “never-ending” financial burdens are taking their toll, leading founder Narelle Pamuk to appeal for donors.
Seen Aromi encourages her 200,000-plus YouTube followers not to feel guilty about being unmarried and childless, but has drawn backlash in South Korea, which has the world’s lowest birth rate.
A refugee from mainland China who swam to Hong Kong at the third attempt tells Jason Wordie about getting caught, his ‘shocking’ prison experience, and his barrister son who helps asylum seekers.
Jenny describes how unmet childhood emotional needs saw her inner child cause her stress and burnout as an adult, while a clinical psychologist explains the impact of trauma and how to begin healing.
After a heart attack, a Hong Kong resident took charge of his health – changing his diet, exercising more, taking up yoga and meditating. Now he coaches executives in how to safeguard their health.
Heatstroke for a dog is life-threatening. Follow this expert’s advice to prevent heatstroke in your pet, plus what to do if your dog starts showing symptoms and the treatment to seek.
Reading The Joy of Small Things, a compilation of newspaper columns on the small pleasures in daily life, changed Rebecca Ling’s life. The lawyer and founder of womenswear brand Parallel 51 explains how.
Our attention spans shrink as we become overwhelmed by information, a condition known as popcorn brain. It leads to stress and anxiety. Experts offer tips for how to switch off through a digital detox.
Although same-sex unions aren’t legally recognised in China, the first symbolic gay marriages happened in Chengdu.
In 1988, a man killed the son of a triad leader in Hong Kong because he hated his father. A year later, he was convicted for the murder and sentenced to death. He lost his appeal to overturn it in 1990.
It’s tagged the ‘run philosophy’ on social media – single women in their thirties with nothing to hope for in China leaving to study in the West, with no intention of returning. Post Magazine talks to some.
Sex-positivity advocate, entrepreneur and educator Vera Liu tells Kate Whitehead how discovering self-pleasure set her on the road to enlightening Hong Kong about the magic of intimacy.
In his book America’s Lost Chinese: The Rise and Fall of a Migrant Family Dream, Hugo Wong recounts how his forebears and fellow Chinese migrants in Mexico became a force in small business there.
Lantau’s ‘buffalo whisperer’ Jean Leung tells Kate Whitehead about growing up in a haunted house in Cheung Chau, disrespecting a triad boss and the injured beast that changed her life.
Three friends from Hong Kong, all in their 50s, and the son of one of them challenge themselves with an eight-day climb to the top of the world’s highest free-standing mountain in wind, rain and cold.
Korean adults aged 25 to 34 who live with or are supported financially by their parents, are known as the kangaroo tribe, and their numbers are increasing every year.
The death of Alexandra Chan’s father, a Chinese-American engineer for Kodak, so devastated her she began writing a memoir of him, and learned that her grief ran far deeper than the death of a parent.
Having rented the 2,250 sq ft Sai Kung house they eventually bought, a couple knew how they wanted it overhauled. They have a home gym, spacious bathroom, stylish laundry room and tranquil rooftop space.
Star Trek actor George Takei has a new picture book for children out about the three years he spent interned as a child during the second world war – for the crime of being a Japanese-American.