I guess the dating scene in Hong Kong is quite
fun,
challenging.
There's a bit of everything.
Difficult.
Everyone knows everyone, right?
So you can't really screw up too badly.
It's tough.
Not user-friendly.
Tricky.
I don't know.
These actors are starring in a new comedy
called "Hong Kong Love Stories,"
which pokes fun at the city’s dating scene.
Many of the dates in the play, like those in real life,
end like this.
I gotta go to the bathroom
I need to go to the bathroom.
I was gonna go to the bathroom.
No. No?
Bye-bye.
Here’s what the actors think about
finding love in Hong Kong—for real.
Hello my name is Marsha Yuan.
I grew up mostly in Los Angeles.
I was in college in New York City
and then I moved here to Hong Kong.
My name is Marc.
I'm originally born in Melbourne, Australia,
so I've lived there for 20-something years of my life,
and then I've been in Hong Kong for six years.
My name is Catherine Fu.
I'm actually from Houston, Texas,
but I've lived in Hong Kong most of my life.
I've also lived in New York, Boston, and Vancouver.
When I go back to the U.S. I find that
people are a little bit more outgoing
and a little bit more willing to just talk to strangers.
But in Hong Kong
no one's going to come up to you at Starbucks.
You know what I mean?
It's hard to meet girls.
I mean where am I supposed to meet them anyway?
If I talk to them at work, it's harassment.
If I talk to them at a public place, I'm a stalker.
If I talk to them at the gym,
I'm a giant, sweaty pervert.
Yeah. And if it doesn't work out, you have to change gyms.
I have memberships all over Hong Kong.
In Hong Kong, I find people are more
driven by work or something.
We've come to Hong Kong for a reason.
Even local Hong Kong people,
they're aiming to achieve something in their life,
which is a great thing.
I want a normal life,
I want a girlfriend,
I want a wife,
I want children.
I have made my decision.
I am ready.
Oh, about the new washer-dryer?
So I think in Hong Kong the dating scene is more
objective-focused, in terms of we're trying to get somewhere.
Oh wow!
Are you ready?
In Hong Kong there's a lot of family pressure to find love.
And I think partly that's quite an Asian thing.
You don't find that so much in the U.S.
I need to prepare you for an interview with my mother.
I'm afraid she doesn't like you.
Doesn’t like me? Why?
Number one, you work with dogs.
Tell her you work with cats
and that you will quit your job tomorrow
so you can prepare to have her grandchildren.
I do think that that does make it more difficult,
because you're also trying to please not just yourself, right,
but also your parents, hoping that
they like your boyfriend or your girlfriend, all those things.
When you find love, it really should be for you, yourself,
whether your parents like them or not.
The concept of dating.
So in Australia, the concept when you date somebody is
it really is a date.
You might be the right person,
but you might not be the right person.
In Hong Kong, if you're willing to go on a date with them,
they think that already you’re boyfriend material.
It seems that in Hong Kong,
even though it's such a small world,
it's very difficult to meet someone
unless you are on the dating apps.
There's a whole other world out here.
I will show you.
Just check this out.
Oh yeah, here we go.
Oh, wow.
He is really good-looking.
Uh-uh no.
It says here he just arrived from France.
Oh God, bad news.
When a gweilo (foreigner) first arrives in Hong Kong,
he’s like a little kid in a candy store.
He goes from being a perfectly average guy in his country
to a total rock star in Hong Kong.
Yes.
Yes, I think,
I think it's more difficult in Hong Kong.
I think it is possible to find true love.
Because I found my honey.
I'm a late bloomer.
I didn't have my first boyfriend
until I was like 22,
and I don't feel bad about that.
I was once Miss Hong Kong. That's true.
You would think that would be very easy for me to find someone
but actually I have this thing on my forehead
that says f*ck off,
basically.
So after I struck out two times on the dating apps
I finally found him.
And yeah, I think it's possible.
It just takes some time to find the right person.
Is it possible to find true love in Hong Kong?
I think so.
I mean, it's taken me years and years and years,
but I'd like to think I found it.
Having gone through so many relationships,
and seeing so many fail, and all these sort of things,
I've met so many different types of people.
When you commit to someone, it's because you really want to,
and you understand what that commitment means.
So, for me,
yes, it might be harder to find love in Hong Kong,
But when you do find it, you know, it's deeper.
I think you are the one.
Women love it!
Ahh! Super horny.
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