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This week: Shau Kei Wan, urban parks, mahjong, and banquet food traditions

Four more pages, spanning Places, Do, Culture and Food.

What's new

  • Places — Shau Kei Wan, home to the Museum of Coastal Defence and the tram line's eastern terminus. 27 districts now covered.
  • Do — urban parks and green spaces, distinct from the country parks already covered.
  • Culture — mahjong, the tile game whose clatter is a genuine, everyday sound in Hong Kong neighbourhoods.
  • Food — banquet and wedding-dinner food, and the symbolism behind specific dishes.

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