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This week: the Mid-Levels, tai chi, Hong Kong English, and HK-style toast

Four more pages, spanning Places, Do, Culture and Food.

What's new

  • Places — the Mid-Levels, the steep residential slope served by the world's longest outdoor covered escalator. 29 districts now covered.
  • Do — tai chi and morning exercise culture, and how a visitor might actually join a session.
  • Culture — Hong Kong English and Chinglish loanwords, from "add oil" to Cantonese-influenced sentence structure.
  • Food — Hong Kong-style toast and sandwiches, including deep-fried French toast drenched in condensed milk.

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