KING OF LKF

My partying days (decades) in Lan Kwai Fong hold very fond, if blurry memories. As my friends and I meandered from one hotspot to another, the streets were just as lively as the clubs. Melvis, aka Elvis Presley impersonator Kwok Lam-sang, was a cornerstone of Hong Kong nightlife until his death last year. My friends and I called him “Chelvis” (Chinese Elvis— he didn’t seem to mind), while he belted out tunes, posed for photos and strutted his stuff in rhinestone regalia. Always in character, never breaking for chit-chat, he just sang, swayed his hips, even in the rain, and then moved on for his next performance, night after night.