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A salt-making workshop on Hong Kong’s Yim Tin Tsai island is part of a programme of guided tours, workshops, performances and art showcases for the Sai Kung Hoi Arts Festival. ....
UPDATED 3:59PM, APR 13 2021 This article is from our new weekly digital newsletter Asia Bloodstock News, published on Wednesday mornings (Asian time). Sign up for a free subscription here. Neil Callan’s suspension saga took a twist on Monday when the rider lodged notice of an appeal against the severity of punishment handed down at last Wednesday’s show cause hearing, which was called after a lively stewards’ inquiry into careless riding at Happy Valley on February 3. The Irish jockey received a lengthy suspension, in excess of three months, after presenting a defence that included support from several Hong Kong racing notables including two champion trainers and big-name owners. ....
In 1991, Ip Wing-chi, who has always been fond of tea appreciation, Chinese calligraphy and Chinese music, set up Lock Cha, which was relocated to its current Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware in Hong Kong Park in 2003. “Lock Cha means the joy of drinking tea whereas Ork Cha (another Cantonese pronunciation for the character “lock”) means music and tea I’m fine with both,” says Ip. In this cream-coloured colonial building surrounded by birds and flowers, diners get to choose from a long menu of 60 types of tea while listening to Cantonese naamyam songs or gu qin music by So See Dai, an expert of the ancient Chinese string instrument (unavailable temporarily due to the pandemic). “I look for the tip-top qualities in both the food and drinks,” Ip says. Each table has its own kettle to brew hot tea, which is served in porcelain cups and clay kettles of various sizes according to the tea leaves’ nature. Ip recommends the aged Zhen Shan brown pu’er, which has a mello ....