THE PLANNER

MAY 21-30 Steering the Course

Hebe Haven Yacht Club and Sailability HK will host a global women’s sailing festival featuring onand-off-water activities and events to encourage women to start sailing. Pak Sha Wan, Sai Kung.

hhyc.org.hk

THROUGHOUT MAY Cinco De Mayo

Celebrate the popular Mexican festival every Saturday throughout May at Tiki Tiki Bowling Bar. Enjoy a set dinner, live entertainment, games and more. 6-10pm. Adults $199, children $99.

UNTIL MAY 16 Tai Kwun Performing Arts Season

Tai Kwun is shining the spotlight on Hong Kong’s local artists, by hosting a range of performances in the former Central police station. From $250. Tai Kwun, Central.

taikwun.hk

MAY 1 - JUN 26 What’s SUP

A beginner course offering a complete introduction to stand up paddle boarding (SUP), including safety, equipment and fundamental paddling techniques. 1-4.30pm. $590. Deep Water Bay.

asiapacificadventure.com

MAY 1 - JUN 30 Le French May Arts Festival

One of the largest cultural events in Asia with more than 150 programmes across two months. Enjoy heritage and contemporary arts, painting and design and music including classical, hip hop and dance. frenchmay.com The seventh-annual street art and mural festival will be held in Sai Kung. The nonprofit organisation hopes to bring more art and culture to the city walls. Learn more about it in our local story on page 13.

hkwalls.org

MAY 9 Mother’s Day

Treat mum to breakfast in bed this Sunday. Head to page 30 for gift ideas.

MAY 12-14 HKA Open Houses

Tour around Hong Kong Acadamy’s awardwinning campus, gain an insight into daily student life and meet the Principals. Early Childhood, Primary and Secondary school sessions available. hkacademy.edu.hk/

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MAY 19 Buddha’s birthday

Enjoy a mid-week holiday.

MAY 20-23 Art Central

Celebrate the next generation of artists with Art Central’s contemporary art and experimentation exhibition. 11am-6pm. Free. Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.

artcentralhongkong.com

MAY 21-23 Art Basel

Art Basel is back with on-site and virtual exhibitions showcasing artwork from across the globe. $150. Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. artbasel.com

JUN 10-13

Vegetarian Food Asia

A exhibition featuring 4,000 natural, vegan and organic products from across the world. Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. vegfoodasia.com

JUL 14-20

Hong Kong Book Fair

Enjoy book shopping, literary workshops and seminars in the annual week-long fair. 10am- 10pm. Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Harbour Road, Wan Chai. hkbookfair.hktdc.com

JUN 14

Dragon Boat (Tuen Ng) Festival

Enjoy the only sport in Hong Kong with its very own public holiday. Cheer the paddlers from Sai Kung Public Pier throughout the day.

JUN 21 - JUL 30

HKA summer camp

Hong Kong Academy has put together an exciting summer programme featuring a range of creative and sporting activities from Asia Pacific Soccer Schools, Babel Film, Brendan Fitzpatrick, EVA Volleyball, FAUST, ISTA Performing Arts Academy, Mindful Wing Chun, Proactive Sports, Skydance, Tier One Basketball and Top Flight. 3-18 years. From $250.

co-curricular.hkacademy.edu.hk

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Rebuild reefs with discarded oyster shells

The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has announced the launch of Save Our Shells, an initiative to collect discarded shellfish shells from partner restaurants and oyster farmers to build new, native oyster reefs in Hong Kong. So far nine restaurants including The Verandah, Oyster Station and Alibi – Wine Dine Be Social at Cordis Hotel have joined the project. “Shells of oysters and other shellfish consist of calcium carbonate and have traditionally been used as a house building material. Today, we are using the shells to build a new place for baby oysters to settle and for fish and other marine life to call home,” said Lulu Zhou, director of strategic partnerships for TNC in Asia Pacific.

Hong Kong poison patrol

Over the past few months, a large number of dog poisoning cases have occurred around Hong Kong. A total of 15 dogs have been poisoned with eight of them sadly passing away. One of those unfortunate cases was a golden retriever named Gamma. On a mission to prevent any more dogs from being harmed, Gamma’s owner Mia Fong set up a neighbourhood watch Facebook and Instagram group Gamma.hkg. She hopes to encourage people to patrol parks, neighbourhoods and hiking trails and remove poisoned bait. “What we need are more people on the ground, actively looking for potentially poisoned bait,” said Fong.

Quarantine reduced for lowrisk countries

With new daily Covid-19 cases slowing significantly, the Hong Kong Government is making some long-awaited adjustments to quarantine arrangements for overseas arrivals. As of April 14, quarantine for fully vaccinated visitors from low-risk countries was shortened to seven days. The three countries; Australia, New Zealand and Singapore will all be exempt from the current 21-day arrangement. The mandatory quarantine period for visitors from those countries was previously shortened from 21 to 14 days.