In Pictures: Hong Kong filmmaker’s quest to document city’s native newt and other wildlife

In Pictures: Hong Kong filmmaker’s quest to document city’s native newt and other wildlife

On a spring night in 2023, Fung Hon-shing was driving on Fei Ngo Shan Road in Sai Kung when he discovered over a hundred newts that had been run over by vehicles. Some had died, while some were on the brink of death. Fung Hon-shing films a Hong Kong newt walking on a road in Sai Kung on April 25, 2025. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. The striking scene deeply moved Fung, prompting him to crowd-fund around HK$300,000 to make a documentary about the life cy…