Ms. Pak, 31, is one of the few female bamboo scaffolding workers in Hong Kong, using an ancient Chinese practice that is synonymous with the city even as its use has faded elsewhere in China.

The government cited safety as the main concern—since 2018, bamboo scaffolding has been linked to 23 fatalities. However, many in the community point to other factors behind the decision.

This is the impressive moment builders repaired a building using bamboo poles as scaffolding. Footage shows four construction workers standing on the structure as they fix the Kuang Seafood banner ...

Best known for coming-of-age comic Gleem, Freddy Carrasco is now putting on his first Hong Kong exhibition, ‘Return to Nothing’, at WKM Gallery in Wong Chuk Hang.