DEBATE The Weigh-In

Douglas Young, creator of Hong Kong heritage brand Goods of Desire, goes head-to-head with S Alice Mong, executive director of the Asia Society Hong Kong Center, in this month’s great debate

DOUGLAS YOUNG Have restricted travel and closed borders been a positive thing for Hong culture Kong ? YES “By not being able to travel overseas easily [since the pandemic began], I have realised that Hong Kong is full of diversity. I’ve been exploring the New Territories, the outlying islands and even the sea around Hong Kong. In the New Territories, there are ancient villages that I never appreciated before, and these places are never in travel guides. It’s funny that it took a pandemic for me to realise that there are such wonderful things in my city. I’ve been to beaches on the southside of Lantau where you can dig for clams and have them cooked at nearby restaurants for very little money. There’s also an island, Yim Tin Tsai,…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 2022

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