BOOKS

In 2023, my book Milk Tea and Migration was recognised with a Best Publication Award.

Chapter on Thailand

One voice on how Bangkok’s centralised development has marginalised the dreams of the milk tea generation.

 

 

Researcher, Kadesiree Thossaphonpaisan

Photographer, Niu Supachai

Photo Editor, Lam Chun Tung

Producer, Tara Hung

Chapter on Malaysia

From the colonial era, when Chinese workers toiled in tin mines and Indian workers on rubber estates, to modern multicultural Malaysia, a cup of milk tea traces two parallel stories of social class.

 

Researcher, Sharon Tan

Photographer, Jules Rahman Ong

Photo Editor, Lam Chun Tung

Producer, Tara Hung

Chapter on Hong Kong

Dating back to the days of tea trading and wartime, the drink came to be known as “silk stocking milk tea” and was co-created by migrants from both China and Britain.

 

 

Researcher, Tara Hung

Photographer, Lam Chun Tung

Photo Editor, Lam Chun Tung

Producer, Curtis Lo