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The local indie music scene may have suffered in the past year with the closing of two iconic venues Backstage Live and Hidden Agenda, but who says Hong Kong’s music scene is dead? Freshly opened on Queen’s Road East is 1563 At The East, a restaurant, bar and lounge, and live music venue rolled into one, with the sole mission to champion Hong Kong’s burgeoning talents. They’ve got five themed music nights a week, offering a stage for local musicians to have a chance to shine.
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The Hong Kong summer is in full swing, and nothing screams hot summer days quite like a junk boat party. But how the hell do you organise one? Lucky for you, our writer Sarah Richard is a self-proclaimed junk queen, and she has narrowed down the complicated process down to six easy steps, complete with plenty of recommendations. It's best to share this article for future reference!
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After recently going through my remaining collection of house music vinyl I realised that there has been some what of a come back of people using vinyl in recent months. HMV in Central now has a whole section of vinyl, much more than when I actually used to order vinyl from the store over 10 years ago. Venues such as MyHouse and Oma still have turntables set up and have nights where local DJs play from their extensive collections.
I have asked other venues over the years why they do not have turntables and usually it comes down to a few reasons. First is the space in the DJ booth as often they only have room for CDJs or turntables, all of their residents use CDJs now with or without a laptop, or they just cannot get certain music that they want to play on vinyl. Another point is that for those DJs travelling to Hong Kong or even local DJs travelling to the different clubs each night, vinyl can get heavy and having USB sticks saves a lot of carrying that weight.
Playing and listening to vinyl is still very different to me and I can imagine more places dusting off their turntables. In the next few weeks I plan to donate all of my vinyl to some lucky Hong Kong DJ so these great gems can actually get played, which is what they were made for!
Article by Nick Buyken
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Secret Island Party is only a week away and we can't be more excited! But if you haven't gotten your tickets yet, then make sure you enter our giveaway because we are sending some lucky #HKClubbers and their friends to SIP2015 for free and for the full three-day weekend experience! Enter now under the cut.
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Love Love Run is a charity run title sponsored by Dah Sing Insurance Company, for aiming to spreading the spirit of Love and Care. All income will donated to AIDS Concern for raising fund to provide education and prevent of HIV/AIDS. Read on and know more!
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So what do you think about our new sister site wcity.com? No lie, we are quite chuffed and as you can see we have quite a few reasons to be! Of course, we have to throw a bash to celebrate the new facelift of our brand new lifestyle & directory site and YOU'RE INVITED!
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PH30 Purmotion™ was developed by Olympic athlete, Purmotion™ is a methodology that combines weight lifting and Eastern martial art style of workout, using a systematic way to train different parts of the body, which is similar to athletic loaded training. The best part of Purmotion™ is that it allows you to reduce or eliminate unwanted joint stress and move with high intensity without the worry of being injured. It combines cardio and strength training, so you won’t need to split your workout into two different sessions. Most importantly, it is a full body workout that let you feel your movements, up your fitness results, and increase the fluidity of your movements. Also, our trainers are trained by the founder from Purmotion™, giving you the confidence you need.
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California Fitness has launched an ultimate program that burns fat faster, and keeps it burning longer, with its new H30 Series. 30 minutes of High Intense Interval Training (HIIT) that works you out and keeps you coming back for more, with different fitness elements in each of the three programs. Spend less time and get more results with the new H30 Series!
H30 Series has 3 programs of: PH30 Purmotion™, featuring Purmotion™ that combines weight-lifting and Eastern martial arts; BH30 Kickboxing, featuring Kickboxing, a classic intense cardio that fits perfectly with HIIT; and DH30 Dynamax Ball, featuring Dynamax medicine ball, which effectively improves coordination of motion and of the mind.
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For this year’s World AIDS Day (1 Dec), AIDS Concern will run a “Be Care Full, Fight Stigma” Campaign, sponsored by Standard Chartered Bank. ‘People are aware that HIV will not be transmitted by daily contact, but they tend to keep a distance from people living with HIV. That is why AIDS Concern wants to run the “Be Care Full, Fight Stigma” Campaign to provide a platform for people to connect with people living with HIV by enjoying a cup of coffee brewed by them. We want to show people that all it takes is a small gesture to show concern and care to people affected by HIV and AIDS,’ says Andrew Chidgey, the Chief Executive of AIDS Concern.
AIDS Concern Coffee Truck (29 Nov – 1 Dec)
This Saturday (29 Nov), AIDS Concern will have a specially designed coffee truck touring around Hong Kong to distribute FREE coffee brewed by people living with HIV and promote anti-stigma messages to the mass public. Identifying with the good cause, Holly Brown Coffee will be the coffee sponsor for this three-day event. You are encouraged to support this meaningful event by taking photos with the“Be Care Full, Fight Stigma” coffee cup and upload to Facebook or Instagram #aidsconcern. For every photo posted, Suzuran Bed (HK) Ltd. will donate HKD1 to AIDS Concern for promoting HIV/AIDS prevention and education in Hong Kong.
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