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‘My life with Dong Dong the pig’: Justine Kwok, fashion designer-turned-eco warrior, talks physical and mental health – and creating her animal sanctuary

  • Founder of Flow, the experiential farm and animal sanctuary, is one of Hong Kong Adventist Hospital Foundation’s ‘Women of Hope’
  • She says by helping patients in need, the foundation brings awareness to underprivileged people who cannot afford health care

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Justine Kwok, founder of Flow, the experiential farm and animal sanctuary in Zhongshan, in China’s Guangdong province, with ‘resident’ Dong Dong the pig. Photo: Abdela Igmirien

Health talk is all the rage but do people really understand what it means to live a healthy lifestyle?

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Fad diets come and go and fitness trends all promise to make you stronger.

However to Hongkonger Justine Kwok, founder of the experiential farm and animal sanctuary, Flow, in Wenbishan Country Park, in her family’s ancestral home of Zhongshan in China’s Guangdong province, true health is as much about the mind as it is the body.

Justine Kwok in Flow, the experiential farm and animal sanctuary she founded in Zhongshan, Guangdong province. Photo: Abdela Igmirien
Justine Kwok in Flow, the experiential farm and animal sanctuary she founded in Zhongshan, Guangdong province. Photo: Abdela Igmirien

“I think one of the most important aspects for long-term health and wellness is to be mindful of how you choose to feed your body – your inner and outer body,” she says.

For long-term health and wellness ... you should be curious about where your food comes from, how it's processed and what it does to you and for your body
Justine Kwok, founder, Flow

“For starters, you should be curious and conscious about where your food comes from, where it's grown, how it's been processed and transported and what it does to you and for your body.”

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