{"id":24121,"date":"2020-07-30T13:05:58","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T05:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hongkongliving.com\/?p=24121"},"modified":"2020-07-30T13:05:58","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T05:05:58","slug":"hong-kong-living-bar-awards-2020-behind-the-scenes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hongkongliving.com\/hong-kong-living-bar-awards-2020-behind-the-scenes\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong Living Bar Awards 2020: Behind the scenes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s note: The cover shoot took place earlier this month before tightened social distancing restrictions were imposed. Stay safe and healthy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With bars temporarily shut as Hong Kong battles a third wave of the coronavirus, there&#8217;s no better time to lift up and celebrate those who have shaped the city&#8217;s nightlife industry into what it is today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As such, we&#8217;ve made the decision to go ahead with the Hong Kong Living Bar Awards 2020 \u2013 virtually and through our magazine pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After receiving more than 14,000 votes from our readers, we can&#8217;t wait to reveal the winners of the Hong Kong Living Bar Awards 2020 with you in our upcoming issue, available on August 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For now, enjoy an exclusive behind-the-scenes video with our August cover stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fhongkongliving852%2Fvideos%2F310587270090632%2F&#038;show_text=0&#038;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Feature image courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grahamuden.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Graham Uden (opens in a new tab)\">Graham Uden<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what went down during our August magazine cover shoot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24152,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[561],"tags":[1028,1029,1030,1031,515,893,1032],"class_list":["post-24121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dining","tag-bar","tag-bar-awards","tag-bars-in-sheung-wan","tag-bars-with-views","tag-hong-kong-living","tag-hong-kong-living-bar-awards","tag-nightlife-hong-kong"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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