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Why, for these cancer survivors in Hong Kong, ‘healing isn’t a solo journey’

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For Clark Chung, a terminal cancer diagnosis is not the end, but the beginning of a new chapter.

“It’s brutal, terrifying for sure, but life doesn’t stop,” he says.

The Hong Kong fitness trainer and actor is one of a group of locals in their thirties – including a musician and an insurance agent – living with a cancer diagnosis who want to share a message of hope.

“We’re not just surviving; we’re learning how to live again, differently, more deeply than ever before,” says Chung, who has lymphoma.

Clark Chung is a Hong Kong fitness trainer and actor with lymphoma. Photo: Instagram/iamclarkcheung

Clark Chung is a Hong Kong fitness trainer and actor with lymphoma. Photo: Instagram/iamclarkcheung

The group came together by chance after they connected at a cancer patient gathering. Their cancer types differ; lung and bone cancer affect some.

But they have a common love of travel, and they do that together, sharing their stories on social media under the name “Travel with 4 Jai”, a wry nod to the Cantonese slang that translates to “dead boy”.

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