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Jason Y Ng

Jason Y Ng

@jasonyng
Born in Hong Kong, Jason is a globe-trotter who spent his entire adult life in Europe, the United States and Canada before settling back in his birthplace to rediscover his roots. He is a full-time lawyer and a freelance writer who raves and rants about Hong Kong and its people. Jason is the bestselling author of HONG KONG State of Mind and No City for Slow Men.

Same-sex weddings: an insider’s guide to how to plan one

What are the important things to keep in mind when planning a same-sex wedding?

Organising a same-sex ceremony – with few traditions and protocols to follow – often means couples have to make it up as the go along. Here are some tips from a man who’s been through it himself.

5 of Bali’s hottest restaurants offering world-class food

Bali is awash with vibrant, sophisticated restaurants that offer an array of Balinese, pan-Asian and European fusion cuisines. Photo: Jason Y Ng

Whether you’re a discerning Instagram-loving foodie or an expat hipster after Thai cuisine, these are the places to see and be seen in

Opinion | What France’s ‘yellow vests’ can teach Hong Kong activists

Illustration: Timothy Mcevenue

The French president’s concessions to the violent protesters have reignited debate in Hong Kong about whether peaceful resistance is an effective route towards political change.

Behind bars, political activist Joshua Wong in good spirits

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong (left) leaving the High Court last Thursday. Photo: Edward Wong

A visit with the city’s most famous inmate reveals a very different routine far from the public spotlight.

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Why Rimsky Yuen can be this sanguine about joint checkpoint

Rimsky Yuen, Hong Kong’s justice secretary, at a press conference on co-location arrangements at the West Kowloon terminal station of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong express rail link, on July 25. Photo: Sam Tsang
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As I see it | Demosisto undeterred by a year of false starts and setbacks

Demosisto chairman Nathan Law speaks at the party’s first anniversary celebration last month. Photo: Demosisto
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As I see it | Oath-taking pair have done lasting damage to Hong Kong

Lawmakers (from left) Edward Yiu, Nathan Law, Lau Siu-lai and Leung Kwok-hung protest against Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying outside the Legislative Council on December 2 after the government filed judicial writs to disqualify them over improper oath-taking. Photo: Nora Tam
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As I see it | What’s killing Hong Kong bookstores?

An engrossed young reader at the Eslite Spectrum bookstore at Star House in Tsim Sha Tsui on October 2 last year. Visitors can also buy refreshments, jewellery, arts and crafts, handbags, skincare and organic products. Photo: Bruce Yan

As I see it | Jailed editors and kidnapped booksellers: A cautionary tale for all critics of Beijing

A member of Hong Kong’s Labour Party protests near Causeway Bay Books to support Lam Wing-kee, one of the five booksellers detained on the mainland. The sign he wears says “We’re all Lam Wing-kee”. Photo: Edward Wong

Opinion | California Fitness was pumped for growth, but not fit for purpose

California Fitness in Wan Chai. Photo: Sam Tsang

Opinion | After Brexit, Hong Kong voters should take a careful look at what our own localist parties are really selling

Hong Kong localists wave the colonial-era flag in front of the central government's liaison office in Western District. Photo: Dickson Lee

As I see it | Baptism of fire for Joshua Wong and his nascent political party

Joshua Wong at the launch of new political party Demosisto this month. Photo: AP
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As I see it | Is the ‘third road’ a political dead end for Hong Kong?

Smoke rises as rioters start fires on a street in Mong Kok district of Hong Kong on February 9 this year. Photo: AP

Off Centre | Who were the winners and losers in the New Territories East by-election?

Newly elected Legislative Council member Alvin Yeung Ngok-Kiu shake hands with Legislative Council member James To Kun-sun before a swearing-in ceremony at Legco Chamber in Tamar. Photo: SCMP

As I see it | Hong Kong activist’s anti-government tirade goes viral as social media users hail her for voicing Hongkongers’ frustrations

<p>Kwan Wing-yi made the impassioned speech at a special Legislative Council meeting to discuss retirement protection</p>

As I see it | Star Wars, The Force Awakens: how to impress your colleagues when they ask what you think of the latest instalment

This photo provided by Disney/Lucasfilm shows a scene from the new film, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," directed by J.J. Abrams. The movie releases in the U.S. on Friday, Dec. 18, 2015. (Film Frame/Disney/Lucasfilm via AP)
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As I see it | Hong Kong's Latest Epidemic: Ridiculitis

The so-called Watergate - only one of several recent examples of "ridiculitis" to hit Asia's World City. Photo: Felix Gate

As I see it | Comedy of errors at reform vote leaves pro-Beijing camp red-faced ... but is the joke also on us?

Whoops: Pro-Beijing legislators (front, from L-R) Regina Ip, Lau Wong-fat and Jeffrey Lam Kin-fung explain why they walked out of the chamber, leaving the reform proposal to be voted down by a landslide. Photo: May Tse

As I see it | Ultimate cult film: why Mad Max sequel 'Fury Road' lives up to the hype

Max (left; played by Tom Hardy) and a one-armed woman warrior named Furiosa (Charlize Theron) try to outpace and outfox a psychotic gang sent by a cult leader. Photo: Washington Post
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As I see it | The death of a duopoly: who wins and who loses after ATV's spectacular fall and TVB's rise

Various programmes are displayed at ATV's offices. ATV is a far cry from the drama powerhouse and trusted news source that it was during its heyday in the ‘70s and ‘80s Photo: Felix Wong

As I see it | Parallel traders are gone, but for all the wrong reasons

Some protests against parallel traders from the mainland have turned violent. Photo: AFP

As I see it | The unexpected virtue of the Oscars

Lonnie Lynn, aka Common, and John Stephens, right, aka John Legend, perform onstage during the 87th Oscars ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California, on February 22, 2015. Photo: EPA

As I see it | Still Alice (and Julianne Moore’s near-certain Oscar win)

The film stars Julianne Moore and Alec Baldwin.

As I see it | Movie Review - Kingsman: The Secret Service

Actors Colin Firth and Taaron Egerton in the movie Kingsman: The Secret Service . Photo: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

As I see it | Movie Review: American Sniper

Bradley Cooper as Chris Kyle in “American Sniper.” Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures

As I see it | We are Charlie: reflections on the Charlie Hebdo shooting and the free speech debate

Two roses and placards reading "I am Charlie' in French and Italian are put up in front of the French embassy in Farnese Square, Rome 11 January 2015, in solidarity and honor of the victims of the France terrorist attack. Photo: EPA

As I see it | 15 minutes with Mr Lau: One taxi driver’s take on his Occupy 'woes'

Taxi drivers protest against Occupy protesters in Mong Kok on October 22, 2014. Photo: Felix Wong

As I see it | To soldier on, be like water

Citizens “shopping” in Mongkok. Photo: SCMP

As I see it | Million dollar question: What’s next for the Umbrella Movement?

Split within the movement is deepening. Photo: SCMP

As I see it | Searching for Umbrella Man

The statue "Umbrella Man" by the Hong Kong artist known as Milk, stands at a protest site next to the central government offices in Admiralty. Photo: SCMP/May Tse

Edward arrived at the vehicle-free Connaught Road expressway and surveyed the Admiralty protest site, which, until then, he had only seen on CNN. It was October 18th, Day 20 of the largest political event in Hong Kong’s post-Handover history.

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