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I had never thought about it until someone asked how, having been born in what was then known as Ceylon, I feel about being categorised in Hong Kong as an “ethnic minority”- different to being a minority, and which all strangers in a strange land are. It’s the word “ethnic” that’s a puzzler. Having mulled- not agonised- over this for a few days, I still don’t know how I feel about being an “ethnic minority”, or from where this term originated and what it even means. Is it a d

“Turn off your mind and float downstream”. John Lennon sang that line on “Tomorrow Never Knows”, one of the most experimental and outré tracks built around one chord from the brilliant and sound-changing Beatles’ album “Revolver”. Everything from the album cover design by close friend, bass guitarist and designer Klaus Voorman to the sudden shifting of gears and upping the levels of creativity in their songs- the compositions, the arrangements and the studio experimentations-