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Love Hotels in an Unlikely Setting Debates over food hawkers Fading of traditional paper Slum tourism Street food peddling both loved craftsmanship A long trip of moral struggles over and banned P12 New light sheds on paper-making paying for stories about poverty industry P24 P28 THE YOUNG REP RTER magazineMay 2015 Love Hotels in an unlikely setting In This Issue 4 One Moment 14 Enjoy retirement through 24 Vitality under the fading Stand up for the pride! work of traditional paper Are employers ready to get the effigies craftsmanship retired ones back to work? Younger craftsmen bring NEWS NEWS new light to the craft-making FRONT industry 6 Love hotels in an unlikely 16 A shortcut to University 26 Nail polishes for children: setting Better-off students gain an edge fact or fraud? Love hotels find it hard to in entering local universities by Water soluble nail polish = no survive in town taking the entrance exam in the harm at all? United Kingdom FEATURE 10 Far from a bike-friendly 18 Not only a policeman but 28 Slum tourism: moral city a hunter and a writer struggles over paying for Hong Kong should provide Retired police inspector looks stories about poverty better infrastructure for people for missing hikers 112 Days, 15 Cities, 12 to enjoy cycling, bike lovers say Countries NEWS 12 Street food hawkers draw 20 Music is a language that sympathy can speak to one and all 34 A utopia in ruins Street food peddling both loved Purpose of playing djembe An esacpe from the urban and banned changes but effect remains jungle PHOTO June 4, 2015 Photo by Crystal Tse THE YOUNG REP RTER Letter from the Editor magazine Hong Kong tops the chart of the aspiration to a desired lifestyle for Editor Section Editors most expensive cities to live in for a space in a high-rise of a suburban Crystal Tse Cora Chan years. Rental and sales prices of area? Catherine Chen domestic properties have become a Deputy Editors Natasha Fernandes Thomas Chan Anne Lau number too big for youth and even Taking a break from the ever- Jane Cheung Joanne Lee working youth to consider. Living so-expensive reality, a nice tour Harry Ng Airis Lin with the parents is not just a social around the world is not exclusive Viola Zhou Iverson Ng norm but an economic strategy. to billionaires. A perfect holiday Jennie Tang Even with all the benefits, like may be a beach session at a Greek Copy Editors Hilary Wu Mari Chow cheap, or no, rent, home food, free island on a warm but breezy Joey Hung Reporters laundry and of course family love, summer day, there are though Nathanial Suen Choco Chan it has its shortcomings - lacking alternative ways to see the world Jonathan Chan personal space. that are more affordable and Social Media and Web Michelle Chan meaningful. Students are more Editors Herbert Cheung For young couples, love hotels encouraged to step out and see the Yanis Chan Jackson Ho Shan Shan Kao may be their go-to to unleash world these days and discounts are Kary Hsu Christy Leung Arisa Lai their young passionate love. But available for almost everything if Fred Lai where are the spaces for those who you have a valid student card. I am Art Directors Rainie Lam simply wants to enjoy their own lucky enough to have visited more Amie Cheng Ann Li company away from the crowd? than ten countries in the previous Jo Lee Hilda Lo The rental index for domestic year and I realise it is the memories Kyle Sun Lindsy Long Sharon Shi properties has risen from 80 in you take away that stays. Not the Public Relation and Janet Sun 2005 to 170 in April, 2015. Should key chains with national flag. Distribution Officer Anna Tang young people compromise their Tina Cheung Candice Tang Kumiko Lau Sharon Tang Crystal Tse Joanna Wong Advisers Editor Natalie Wong Robin Ewing Phoebe Wong CK Lau Julieana Wu Catherine Xu Design Adviser Charlotte Yang Wade Chan Ceci Au Yeung Publisher Printer Alice Lee Department of Journalism School of Communication Hong Kong Baptist The Young Reporter University Volume 47 No. 8 2015 Debate over man-made fur Customers find it hard Flying winemaker lands in Fake fur may cause pollution and to change payment habits Hong Kong other problems P12 Can Alipay be a mainstream Making Hong Kong wine with payment method? P14 foreign grapes P18 THE YOUNG REP RTER EMAIL magazineApril 2015 [email protected] Elderly abuse government-issued WEBSITE health care vouchers tyr.hk Previous issue explores how and why Hong Kong’s elderly abuse government-issued health care vouchers. One Moment housands marched to the streets of London for the annual TPride parade, starting from Baker Street to Whitehall. More than 250 groups showed up to stand for what they believe in. By Sharon Shi 6 •FEATURE Love hotels in an unlikely setting Despite facing little competition, love hotels find it tough to survive in one of Hong Kong’s most expensive districts. FEATURE • 7 Couples are obliged by law to provide their personal information upon using a room. ith its quaint houses and prestigious number of rooms was limited and demand used to Wschools on quiet, leafy streets, Kowloon exceed supply. Tong is without a doubt one of Hong Kong’s most expensive districts. Love hotels, he says, did not need to advertise because people knew how to find them and many Yet, it is also host to over ten love hotels: small- customers were very familiar with them. scaled establishments rented by couples for intimate sessions. During peak seasons such as Christmas or Valentine’s Day, his hotel was always fully occupied Unlike traditional hotels, love hotels allow and walk-in customers had to wait, he says. customers to rent a room on an hourly basis. Although love hotels in Kowloon Tong do not face One might expect fierce competition among the keen competition, they still have to constantly love hotels as they cluster around a small area near upgrade themselves to keep customers satisfied. the Kowloon Tong MTR station. Mr Leung says that every few years, the hotels “But there really isn’t much competition”, said would be renovated to keep up with ever-changing Mr Campbell Leung, sales manager of one of the customer trends. hotels.“ It was even easier for us back when there were 30 to 40 motels in the area.” The hotel that he works for is trying to change a simple and elegant décor, in stark contrast to He explains that he didn’t use to worry about previous designs that focused on vibrant colours losing customers to other motels because the and playfulness. 8 •FEATURE One of the main attractions of love hotels in the past “Most love hotels in Kowloon Tong are built on was their fun equipment. For example, waterbeds privately owned land and it is the only way that they or rotating round beds with electrical mattresses. can survive in the area,” says Mr Leung. In addition, “But those days are long gone,” says Ms Carmen the owner of a love hotel often has several other Wong, the supervisor of another love hotel in the more hotels under his wing. same area. Hiring staff is also challenging for hotel owners. These beds were very hard to maintain, and the Mr Leung says that most of the time they only hire companies that manufactured them have gone out women for daily operations, such as registration of business, she says. and cleaning, because female customers are more comfortable with seeing women on the premises. When she became supervisor over 10 years ago, the motel that she worked for had already replaced all But young women rarely work in these hotels for of their “fun” beds, says Ms Wong. long , so owners can only hire middle-aged women. Outsiders might think that running a love hotel “Young girls who work in this business have a tough in Kowloon Tong is simple, but proprietors say time finding boyfriends, so they leave,” says Mr business is tough. Leung. In 2013, Romantic Hotel shut down after operating for 20 years because of high rent. The premises were then taken over by a bridal shop that reportedly pays $400,000 in rent a month. By Jonathan Chan Edited by Kumiko Lau Love hotels usually install larger mirrors in rooms. FEATURE• 9 A sign outside a love hotel says “leisure hotel, three hours at minium, taxis are welcome.” 10 • NEWS POLITICS Far from a bike-friendly city Hong Kong should provide better infrastructure for people to enjoy cycling, bike lovers say. Mr Monsoon Li commented that Hong Kong’s cycle network is not comprehensive. yclists in Hong Kong are not It is a blow for cyclists like Mr Monsoon Mr Li blames the government’s Chappy as they ride bikes on the Li, a Yuen Long resident with more failure in long-term planning for the choppy trails with cars and buses than eight years’ cycling experience, chaotic construction work today. aside. And they are let down again who believes the Nam Sang Wai section after knowing the keenly-awaited should become part of the cycle track. “The cycling network in Hong cycle trails will not be completed in Kong is not comprehensive at all,” time. “Nam Sang Wai’s rustic scenery he said. “However, it can hardly attracts lots of photographers and be changed now as mistakes have Bike lovers have applauded the cyclists every day,” Mr Li said. “But already been made in the planning release of the New Territories there are many sections where process ten years ago.” Cycle Track Network extension cyclists have to dismount and plan in 2008, but the construction walk, or they have to ride on the Hong Kong does not have bike- of the network, which provides a driveway.
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