HKFP Lens: Hong Kong Shifts draws attention to the workers who keep the city afloat

storytelling mission Hong Kong Shifts His invaluable contributions from avenue cleaners to dock employees and cooks are highlighted by shift employees who usually go unnoticed. Based in 2019 by Cynthia Cheng and Maxime Vanhollebeke, the mission goals to advertise empathy, social inclusion and inclusion within the metropolis.

Jean whispering a buffalo working seven-hour shifts in South Lantau. Photograph: Hong Kong Shifts.

“Throughout Covid, we traveled to each nook of Hong Kong, from the cargo ship to the fishing boat, from the buffalo fields to the floating village, to attach with and get tales from the individuals who work this metropolis tirelessly,” Cheng mentioned.

Siddhesh is a seaman trainee working 12 hour shifts. Photograph: Hong Kong Shifts.

Hong Kong Shifts will share the tales of town’s shift employees by way of images, fireplace chats, refreshments, and a “meet a stranger” occasion, by way of a three-day neighborhood occasion to be held at Soho Home from January 12-14.

Tsan, a styrofoam field collector who works 18 hour shifts in Tsing Yi. Photograph: Hong Kong Shifts.

Yuk, a rice dumpling maker working 11-hour shifts in Yuen Lengthy. Photograph: Hong Kong Shifts.

Ming is a public bathroom cleaner working nine-hour shifts on Lamma Island. Photograph: Hong Kong Shifts.

Tak, a rustic truck driver who works eight-hour shifts. Photograph: Hong Kong Shifts.

Ho., a cardboard collector who works five-hour shifts at Sham Shui Po. Photograph: Hong Kong Shifts.

Kwong Chuen is a cook dinner working 11 hour shifts in Wong Chuk Hold. Photograph: Hong Kong Shifts.

Historical past: 12-14 January 2023.
Location: Soho Home, 33 Des Voeux Street West, Sheung Wan.
Occasions: 12 January 18:00 – 12:00, 13 January 18:00 – 22:00, 14 January 10:30 – 17:00.
tickets: From HK$100.
All the details are here.