Culture

The Rent In Hong Kong Is Too High, Even for the City's Most Famous 'Working' Cat

Not even a super-famous feline can keep this shop open.
Wikimedia Commons/Tango Chan

Making rent is never easy for a shopkeeper in Hong Kong. Even if your assistant manager is the city’s most famous cat.

Tsim Tung Brother Cream (known as “Brother Cream” or “Cream”) hangs around a South Seas Centre convenience store and has attracted an international following since 2012. (He now has over 40,000 Instagram followers.) He has appeared on vans, buses, calendars, in magazines and books, and as a statue.