Published: 09:35, May 6, 2025 | Updated: 10:26, May 6, 2025
Kwok, Kung emerge champions in HK's bun scrambling festival
By Wang Zhan
Kwok Ka-ming (left) and Kung Tsz-shan pose for a photo with their trophies after emerging champions in the men and women categories at the Bun Scrambling Competition in Hong Kong's Cheung Chau island early on May 6, 2025. (PHOTO / HKSAR GOVERNMENT)

HONG KONG – Kwok Ka-ming and Kung Tsz-shan emerged as champions in an annual bun scrambling contest in Hong Kong’s outlying Cheung Chau island on early on Tuesday.

“Bung king” Kwok scored 1,131 points as he competed with eight men to clinch the title in the finale of the Cheung Chau Bun Festival at Pak Tai Temple Playground soccer pitch. It’s his 10th victory in the men’s category since 2005.

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Meanwhile, Kung beat two other female competitors and earned 446 points to win the title. Following her third champion title in the women's category since 2016, the “bun queen” was crowned "Queen of Queens".

Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Rosanna Law Shuk-pui (fourth right) and Director of Leisure and Cultural Services Manda Chan Wing-man (fourth left) beat a gong to start the competition during the Bun Scrambling Competition in Cheung Chau early on May 6, 2025. (PHOTO / HKSAR GOVERNMENT)

Apart from the individual race, there was also an invitation relay in which three teams from Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Macao competed against seven local teams from Cheung Chau.

In the finals of the annual Bun Scrambling Competition, 12 competitors scaled a bamboo tower, attempting to snatch buns attached to it, with thousands of residents and tourists heading to the island to experience its unique traditions first-hand.

The finalists scramble up the bun tower to snatch as many buns as they can within a three-minute time limit to vie for the championships in the Bun Scrambling Competition in Cheung Chau early on May 6, 2025. (PHOTO / HKSAR GOVERNMENT)

Highlights included a colorful grand parade, and – later in the evening – the finals of the Bun Scrambling Competition.

Afternoon crowds were captivated by the parade, which set off from Pak Tai Temple Playground. It featured children, many dressed as deities, being carried aloft on steel frames, in addition to traditional lion dances.