North Point is colloquially known as “Little Shanghai”, a fascinating nickname that is worth taking a closer look. During the 1920s, China underwent a period of modernisation, with Shanghai being the first city that led the movement. In 1950s, Hong Kong took on the “baton” as it was getting rebuilt after the Second World War. Many Shanghainese people who fled south to Hong Kong settled in North Point, bringing with them slices of Shanghainese culture and lifestyle to the King’s Road area. This gave North Point a distinct character that is until today still palpable. Dance halls, cinemas, night clubs, restaurants, fashion boutiques, photo studios, hair salons, beaches and even playgrounds, they all add to the unique modernity that makes today’s North Point a Modern Tale of Two Cities that is begging to be discovered.
Speaker: Dr. Ng Chun-hung is Honorary Associate Professor of Department of Sociology, The University of Hong Kong, who has long had a keen interest in the relationship between pop culture and the social development in Hong Kong. His publications include the “Cultural Chitchat” series, “Pop Hong Kong: Reading Hong Kong Popular Culture, 2000-2010” and “Here and Now: Sam Hui”, among others. In recent years, Dr. Ng has also created the website “James Wong Study” for the “Hong Kong Memory" project, while hosting an RTHK radio show “The Comeback of Black-and-white Cantonese Films”.
Language: Cantonese
Pax: 60
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