https://youtu.be/8XrQDxM_GBU Video Essay: Research and Reflection Public toilets are one of the most accessible spaces in Hong Kong. Shopping malls, MTRs are mostly equipped with public toilets providing for resolving the necessity of the populace (Lynn, 2022). As a realm of contract and exchange between strangers, public toilets are typically classified as public space (Hampton, 2010). However, a deeper examination of its function, design, and people’s feelings reveals that it is more akin to a period of private space for everyone who passes through the public space. First, it serves only the individual as a subjective realm of the body, that

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https://youtu.be/zBFgm70KNqs Background of café in Hong Kong Hong Kong has been described as a fast city, which highlights busy and stressful for tourists (Choi et al, 1999). According to the Work-life Balance Cities Ranking 2021 by BPO, Hong Kong is the world’s most overworked city with 30% of workers working more than 48 hours per week (Arkwright, 2022). To deal with overload, people in Hong Kong have learned how to balance work and life. The rising number of coffee shops in Hong Kong is one indicator of this, which allows people to slow down from overwhelming work. As suggested by

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    Hybrid means having a combination of two or more distinct elements. Hong Kong as a city is a mixture of many different elements.   Haiphong Road Temporary Market is located at Tsim Sha Tsui, situated under the Kowloon Park Drive flyover. The area was produced in 1978 to house hawkers that were displaced by the redevelopment of Canton Road (“Hasn’t the Haiphong Road Temporary Market Been There Forever?” 2015). It was meant to be a temporary location but a permanent location never came up. In a sense, the status of this location is a hybrid of being both

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*Floor*Building*Street—An Inclusive City Theme and Subject This video essay documents minority shops in the mid-levels of commercial or industrial buildings in Hong Kong. Apart from the spatial socioeconomic division regarding income status1, the extent of vertical segregation of Hong Kong’s business layout is also phenomenal: value is produced in illuminated high rises while a vast portion is consumed at international chains and retails near ground level. Independent shops run by highly personalized owners are sandwiched between office lights and neon signs. These stores may display fountain pens or vinyl, sell non-mainstream sports kits, offer bespoke tailoring, merchandise niche, vintage artifacts,

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