Colourful Play in Hong Kong’s Rainbow Estate

O'Connor, Paul and Groves, Julian M. and Du, Yingxin and Sze Nga Ho, Tina

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Paul O’Connor

Paul O’Connor is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Exeter. His recent research has theorised chromatic leisure through the material and symbolic exploration of the grey spaces of urban life.

Dossiers, no. 3, vol. 10November 10, 2025<November 17, 2025

Colourful Play in Hong Kong’s Rainbow Estate

Paul O’Connor, Julian Mcallister Groves, Yingxin Du and Tina Sze Nga Ho

From playable to instagrammable: Paul O’Connor, Julian Mcallister Groves, Yingxin Du and Tina Sze Nga Ho trace the ‘colorful’ history of the Choi Hung Public housing estate, and what that might mean for its future.