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Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Contributors: Virginia Suk-yin NG , Siu Wa Tang

« It is common to say that the process of globalization will end sense of Place, but this seems to be the opposite in Hong Kong. There, the end is just the beginning...The term HongKonger is searching for meaning. » —Siu Wa Tang, A Sense of Place

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A Sense of Place According to Tim Cresswell, Place is a meaningful location, to which specific people are attached in some way. Place is somewhere me or you made meaningful. You have to invest meaning into it, endow it with value. A... media_text	Abstract Oneness The night lasts longer than life Briefer than ice. When everything deforms and evaporates in the dark Meticulous words come only from the stars We are dim and pale like a gray rock. ... media_text	(The Fallacy of and the Pleasure from) Irrelevance In my days of living alone I wander a lot in the parks between Prince Edward District and Yau Ma Tei. It is always late at night when street lights are dim and the silhouette of trees implies a shelter from notice.... media_text
Li Bing Sophie woke up very early and immediately felt the familiar void. In her heart was a hole, and surrounding the hole were fresh flowers. Still half-asleep beside her, Karl felt her stirring... media_text	Getting along with my house The city has its own riddle for the lost. When the sun’s departed, all others stroll along the street, Leaving their own houses behind. Then I always start climbing up, Secretly entering... media_text	Maria Jumped Over the Wall Maria lived in our neighborhood. Her pa’s herbal-tea shop faced my pa’s funeral-wreathes shop. Maria’s surname was Lee and her family was Chiuchow by descent. Her pa did nothing much in the... media_text
Why Rely on the Fictitious Smoke disperses Night has fallen Violet Alice Holds out two hands from the black velvet Pastoral is getting old-fashioned We’re tied up by utterances Growing more clueless day... media_text

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