Poetry / September 2016 (Issue 33)
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Remembering Hong Kong as 39 Everyday Objects |
by Antony Huen
Bing sutt’s pastel-coloured plastic plate/tea-coloured plastic cup Dai pai dong’s toothpick/menu holder with the print of a beer brand Cha chaan teng’s order pad with waiters’ scribbles Vitasoy glass bottle Turtle jelly china bowl White paper cup with a maize-field print Clay pot for clay-pot rice Dim sum basket Tea-coloured glass Lazy Susan Long, hand-held barbecue fork
Bamboo pole for scaffolding Bamboo bird-cage Bamboo hat/broom Lancelets the white plimsolls/blue plastic flip-flops Suitcase Red-white-blue bag Post box/traffic light control box from before 1997 Orange rubbish bin Blue ribbon Street railing Yellow ribbon/umbrella Surgical mask
Metal folding chair with a circle wood-print seat Rattan cane Chung Hwa pencil Aeroplane chess/Jungle the board game Mahjong Day calendar made of very thin paper
Tung shing the Chinese almanac Kau cim stick Joss stick Fortune cat a Japanese talisman Fai chun a Chinese New Year decoration
Lai see the red envelope with a trademark Octopus card Plastic 10-dollar note Coin with a bauhinia’s blossom Coin with the Queen’s head
Miss Hong Kong’s tiara |
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