HONG KONG DREAMLAND 4

going back home for the fourth time

from September 7 to September 17 2008 in the homeland of Leslie Cheung

 
This is a city where... the death of an artist could draw thousands to the streets,
a white rose each in torrents of rain.
 
This is a city of Chinese silk, Belgian chocolates, French wine, German cars, Swiss watches.
Scottish mountains in fog give way to Mediterranean sun and laughter.
Foreigners come for a year or two, attend concerts, watch fireworks by the harbour, stay a lifetime.
 
 
This is the city with a history unforetold.
 
This is Hong Kong
my city of poetry.

 

A HOMAGE

 

excerpt from 'My City', a poem written by Agnes Lam on 20 April 2003

 

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