Goodbye Jumbo Floating Restaurant. After floating in Aberdeen Harbor in Hong Kong for 46 years, the iconic Jumbo Floating Restaurant was towed away, and it unexpectedly capsized at the South China Sea. Millions of guests, including celebrities like Chow Yun Fat and Queen Elizabeth, visited to dine at the establishment. Celebrated by many, it was featured in Hollywood films like the 1974 James Bond movie “The Man with the Golden Gun” and the 1996 classic Cantonese comedy “the God of Cookery.” Although the restaurant is an iconic Hong Kong landmark, it took a massive financial hit during the pandemic. Jumbo temporarily closed by March 2020, and the Aberdeen Restaurant Enterprises permanently closed its door when they couldn’t find a buyer. With no prospective buyer, Aberdeen Restaurant Enterprises got the restaurant towed to be stored for the time being on June 14th, 2022. The floating restaurant started to capsize almost a week after towing - near Paracel Islands. No crew members were injured. Hong Kong lawmakers are now calling on the government to launch a more thorough investigation.

Jem elbowed his way into the hardcore music scene with a face and attitude that Australia had never seen. He recruited Sydney’s hardest Asian men - his brother Aaron, Dennis on guitar, Kane on drums, and his best friend Josh - and formed SPEED. The band was struck by the love it received once the music video dropped. The Sydney Hardcore scene took notice, but more unexpectedly the Asian community resonated with their music. With the rise of Asian hate crimes around the globe, SPEED mirrored how Asians felt. Their music became a calling card forAsians to get involved in the Hardcore scene or even start their own band to relinquish their untapped energy. The outcome? Everything good from multicultural Sydney, including street culture, fashion, Hip Hip, tattoos, and hard Asian men.

Nearly half of the world’s unsafe abortions occur in Asia. Why? Long-standing social shame has led to misinformation / a lack of information about how to get an abortion in Asia safely. Here’s Keshia Hannam on how abortion laws are different, factors that contribute to the attitudes around abortions, and the path forward. Why not make abortions legal in Asia? Because liberal abortion laws alone do not ensure safe abortions. To reduce illness and death from unsafe abortions, experts have suggested Asian countries will need to use multi-pronged approaches that solve challenges from society to law. Just because no one talks about it, doesn’t mean it doesn't happen. Sex education could be taught in school to reduce social stigma and to promote safer sex, service provision guidelines could be adopted and disseminated with women’s mental and physical wellbeing considered, providers must be trained, and governments must be committed to ensuring that safe abortions are available, just to name a few options. Check out more on: https://wgnrr.org/

Many call him their grandpa! Harumichi Shibasaki is more than a regular painter. Through each brushstroke and youtube upload, he heals the hearts of his 1.4 million subscribers. These life lessons were hard-earned through his own life, when as a young painter he faced a serious creative rut and hard past after WWII, but he never gave up. Seeing each watercolor as a battle, he courageously picks up his paintbrush and cheers us on to tackle our own battles, and in the process gained millions of adoring fans who look up to him as a grandpa.

When the fifth pandemic hit Hong Kong this year, the city saw over 200 daily deaths, causing a coffin shortage. Enter Wilson Tong, CEO of LifeArt Asia, Hong Kong’s eco-friendly casket provider. Wilson and his team became one of the few casket manufacturers in Hong Kong that supported the city at a crucial time. This is how Wilson Tong helps families transition their loved ones from earth in the most eco-friendly way.

Your summer just got less spicy. Sriracha maker, Huy Fong Foods Inc, said that we may be in short supply of Sriracha for the next few months. They’ve had to suspend its production because bad weather conditions during the Spring harvest resulted in poor quality chili peppers. The Great Sriracha Shortage is the worst food news of 2022. Are you ready for a Sriracha-less summer?