People

One of Hong Kong's best known and most promising playwrights, Candace Chong Mui Ngam tells Varsity about her journey from exploring the dark recesses of the human psyche in her work, to putting Hong Kong's most pressing social and political issues up on the stage.

Meet Johnee Lau Kwun-yiu, the young creator of Galaman - or Armpit Man - Hong Kong's baddest superhero. Lau tells Varsity how getting a bad grade in his public exams led him to first to question his own ability, and then on a journey to discovering his talent for animation.

Simon Chung Wai-keung flirted with fame after beating Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing in a talent contest 36 years ago, and then faded into obscurity. Varsity meets the 60 year-old rocker who is enjoying his second brush with celebrity despite being knocked out of the national singing contest "Voice of China".

John Tsang Chi-sing, one of Hong Kong's top mountaineers talks to Varsity about the life lessons he learned up on some of the world's highest and most treacherous peaks, and on why you can never be too old to achieve your dreams.

Chang Tieh-chi may not look like a Rock 'n'Roll rebel but beneath the calm exterior of the Editor-in-Chief of Hong Kong's iconic "City Magazine" beats the heart of a former student activist who still wants to change the world. Varsity finds out what makes him tick.

Meet Mo Lai Yan-chi, one of Hong Kong's brightest young drama actors and scriptwriters, a documentary-maker, filmmaker and activist. Here she tells Varsity how abandonment by her birth parents and an unusual childhood in rural China shaped her worldview and inspired her work.

Anchor, voice-actor, day-time TV presenter, sitcom star - Lily Leung Seun-yin has been all of those in a 56 year career. She is known as the First Lady of Hong Kong Television because she has been on our screens for as long as there has been television in Hong Kong. Here, she shares her professional triumphs and personal trials with Varsity.

Kim Mok Kim-ming lost his sight as a teenager. But instead of letting his blindness hinder his life, Mok has become a trailblazer for the blind in the fields of information technology, social work and athletics. Next, he plans to take on the 100 kilometre hike, Trailwalker. Varsity catches up with the 'Fearless Dragon'.

She's just crazy --- about Cantonese that is. Meet Cecile Gamst Berg, the Norwegian who has made it a life mission to make Cantonese a world language, starting with her unconventional language classes and outlandish online videos.

As Marco Ko, he is a keeper of the Magical Kingdom - a social enterprise that brings magic to school-children and the elderly. As Santa Mario, he won third place for Hong Kong at an annual Santa Claus competition in Sweden last year. This holiday season, the unlikely Santa tells us we could all do with believing a bit in magic.