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Editor’s Letter:
Hong Kong has changed more in the past three decades than most cities change in a century. Through all of it, certain institutions have simply continued - crossing the same harbour, racing on the same turf, opening the same doors they have opened for generations.
This edit is about those institutions, and one new arrival earning its place among them.
A ferry that started in the 1880s as a way for a Parsi baker to move his bread across Victoria Harbour, and now carries 26 million people a year for less than the price of a coffee. A private club opened in 1962 specifically to break down the barriers between nationalities that the city's older institutions were built to preserve. A racecourse running since 1846 on a drained malarial swamp in the middle of the island, still drawing tens of thousands to its floodlit Wednesday nights. A hotel that stripped away the pool, the spa, and even the lobby, and became one of the best in the world by doing so. And a Peking duck restaurant that has quietly turned North Point into a destination.
Five places. One city that keeps what works.
— James
PLACE
Hong Kong Country Club: The club built to break down barriers
Conceived in 1947, opened in 1962, built specifically so that all nationalities could meet without discrimination. Members only — you'll need one to take you.
EXPERIENCE
The Star Ferry: Hong Kong's oldest form of public transport
Founded in 1888 by a baker who needed to move his bread across the harbour. 138 years, two world wars, and a near-closure later, it still costs less than the price of a coffee.
Every World Cup match is a market.
48 games. 32 countries. One tournament. From the group stage through the final, every outcome is tradeable in real time on Kalshi, a federally regulated exchange and official regional partner of the Argentine National Team.
You're not picking a spread. You buy "Yes" or "No" shares on what you think happens: who wins, who advances, who scores first. Earn returns if you're right. Peer-to-peer. No house. Cash out before the final whistle.
Trade $10, get $10 free to start.
Trade responsibly.
LIVING
The Upper House: How a Hotel With No Lobby Became One of the World's Best
No lobby. No pool. And a place in the World's 50 Best Hotels every year. André Fu's career-defining design above Pacific Place, built on subtraction.
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EXPERIENCE
Happy Valley Racecourse: The racecourse Hong Kong built on a swamp
Racing since 1846 on reclaimed malarial swampland in the middle of the city. The Wednesday night meeting at Happy Valley is one of the great urban spectacles anywhere.
PLACE
One Duck Lane: The restaurant that made North Point a destination
A Peking duck restaurant inside the Hyatt Centric that Bloomberg says rivals Hutong and Sha Tin 18. 45-day-old ducks, a custom-built oven, and a chef who trained at the Sheraton.
The Lifestyle Edit is curated by Vitae Wellness — exploring living, place and product through use rather than trend.
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