Bay Area Notebook: How to Recognise a Hongkonger
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On 27 October 2026, Ming Pao "Bay Area Notebook" columnist Sheung Tung-mei wrote that a colleague who was to conduct street interviews with Hongkongers on the mainland had asked beforehand how to tell mainlanders from Hongkongers by appearance or dress, which stirred a buried memory. The report records only the origin of this question and does not set out the specific subjects, location, time or results of the street interviews, nor does it further explain the content of the author's memory.
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Ming Pao "Greater Bay Area Notebook" columnist Shang Dongmei mentions that a colleague, who earlier had to conduct street interviews with Hongkongers on the mainland, asked before setting off how to tell mainlanders and Hongkongers apart by appearance or dress, stirring up dusty memories.
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