{"id":17889,"date":"2025-12-08T19:25:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T11:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=17889"},"modified":"2025-12-08T19:25:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T11:25:37","slug":"how-hong-kong-documentary-never-too-late-shows-the-healing-power-of-the-citys-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=17889","title":{"rendered":"How Hong Kong documentary Never Too Late shows the healing power of the city\u2019s nature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2025\/12\/08\/d486fa02-970e-4392-83b5-42a734b13781_5c4fadb3.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">One of the most poignant scenes in the Hong Kong documentary film <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Never Too Late<\/em> shows a scuba diver cutting away a tangled net to free a trapped fish.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">It is not accompanied by dramatic music or special effects, just a quiet act of kindness that ends happily when the fish is freed and swims off.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Its rescuer is Hidy Yu Hiu-tung, a model-turned-diver who is one of four Hongkongers spotlighted in <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Never Too Late<\/em>, the first feature by Hong Kong director Rikki Choy.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Human Ip, an artist and author who swapped city life for the farm, is also featured, along with nature photographer Fung Hon-shing and Anthony Choy, a property agent with a passion for painting birds.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Through these diverse personal journeys, the documentary showcases Hong Kong\u2019s stunning natural landscapes \u2013 from forests and fields to oceans \u2013 while emphasising the significant impact individual actions can have.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The film\u2019s overarching message is one of inspiration, reminding viewers that it is never too late to care, to act and to protect the environment we live in. In fact, Rikki Choy was so inspired by Yu\u2019s work, she took up diving during filming.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/entertainment\/article\/3335606\/how-hong-kong-documentary-never-too-late-shows-healing-power-citys-nature?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most poignant scenes in the Hong Kong documentary film Never Too Late shows a scuba diver cutting away a tangled net to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[6946,6281,5292,3569,5231,1574,7,1214,5679],"class_list":["post-17889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-citys","tag-documentary","tag-healing","tag-hong","tag-kong","tag-late","tag-nature","tag-power","tag-shows","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17889\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}