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HELEN HYUN-MIN SONG Head of Business and Administration

Guess where the hard copies of Xiao Hua would be without the B&A team! That’s right. Absolutely nowhere. Thanks to the members of the B&A team running around Causeway Bay and Central during the mid-term break, you’re (probably) reading this while holding the magazine right in your hands.

Enjoy this issue and remember to s(low) d(own) my chingu(s)

JAKE CHAN Head of Photography

Photography, to me, has always been the most powerful of art forms – a simple motion of clicking a shutter capturing a moment, frozen in time. It's a way to connect with the past, to preserve memories and share them with others. And I hope our photography has been able to do just that: telling a story for others to see.

AVIVA WANG Head of Features

Molière once said: ‘The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.’ While this quote fittingly identifies with our theme, I would also use it to describe my Features writers - their ingenuity, dedication and passion to the process have reaped pieces which brim with profundity. Getting to personally know each of them and staying up late to edit their work has truly been a labour of love!

CANDICE HUI Head of Media

Slowing down was something our social media team never did. From frantic designing on Canva to filming Vogue interviews, our social media team has worked hard this issue to help connect the XH community to the CIS community. So a special thank you to my media team members and we hope you enjoy this issue!

(I would also like to thank everyone for the immense support on our media platform.. I mean, who knew you guys would like anagrams so much?)

KATHERINE LAW Head of Sports

That feeling you get before scoring a goal, the takeoff phase when jumping a fence, that stride before crossing the finish line– those are the moments where everything slows down.

Enjoy, and take some time to slow down and read this issue of Xiao Hua crafted by a wonderful team of writers and editors!

ELLIOT YUEN Head of News

Hi I'm Elliot and I like News because it's a form of writing that doesn't simply exist within a bubble. Instead, it influences and is influenced by the world around it. I hope that the articles that my News writers produce can have a positive effect, while simultaneously allowing our readers to learn and explore.

JOYCE SUN Head of Chinese

Thanks to everyone from the Chinese XH team, and hope everyone can Slow Down and enjoy this issue.

YI-MEI LIU

Head of Illustrations stop and smell the flowers except its stop and metaphorically smell the wonderful illustrations this team has produced because CIS has a modicum of talent ig

MICHELE LIU Head of Layout

Theme is ‘Slow Down’ but the layout grind never stops

Enjoy this issue folks

BEN COULTER Head of Web Development

It is fantastic to be working with Xiaohua this year and creating a digital home for the incredible articles produced in this issue and all those before. On behalf of the web development team, we hope you all enjoy the new Xiaohua website once it is launched.