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"text": "But back to snacks that will test that iron stomach. The best places to find “siu sik” (“small eats” in Cantonese) are in the labyrinthine streets Causeway Bay and Tsim Sha Tsui. There is very little of this in sanitized Central. All these pictures were taken one evening in my neighborhood of Hung Hom.",
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"text": "For a long time, Hong Kong’s frenetic night life scene has centered on fancy hotel bars and glitzy clubs swarmed with corporate bankers. Tai Hang — a quickly gentrifying area southeast of the city’s shiny Causeway Bay district — is now offering more laid-back options.",
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"text": "Black-clad protesters were seen chanting pro-democracy slogans in the city's busy shopping districts of Causeway Bay and Wan Chai, demanding \"Liberate Hong Kong, \"Stand with Hong Kong\" and \"Revolution of our times.\"",
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