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This week: Discovery Bay, running, HK cinema's triad genre, and Southeast Asian food

Four more pages, closing out this run across Places, Do, Culture and Food.

What's new

  • Places — Discovery Bay, Lantau's car-free, golf-cart planned community. 26 districts now covered.
  • Do — running and the Hong Kong Marathon, from harbourfront routes to hill training.
  • Culture — triads in Hong Kong film and fiction, and why the genre shouldn't shape travel expectations of a genuinely low-crime city.
  • Food — Filipino, Indonesian, Thai and Vietnamese food communities and their long-established presence in the city.

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