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After a few beers on the couch in his apartment in Hong Kong's Wanchai district, Fai stands up to adjust his carefully unkempt clothes - gray T shirt and navy cotton flat-front pants worn low on the hips. He's wearing a pair of black-frame glasses and a black terry cloth wristband with a green ganja leaf design that he says lets the ladies know, "I can get you high." With his close-cropped hair, wide cheekbones and enormous grin, Fai may not be the most attractive representative of his gender - he also has the chronic slouch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Night Of the Hunter | 3/19/2001 | See Source »

...Fai and the gang are ready for the chase. With a flourish, Fai slaps on a cool, floppy plaid racing cap, like the ones worn by Cuban jazz trumpeters. It's a bold hat, but it's a bold night and the glint in Fai's gaze makes you think his magnets are spinning full tilt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Night Of the Hunter | 3/19/2001 | See Source »

...artsy Fringe Club in the trendy Central district, Fai has barely sat down with his bottle of Tsingtao, when a bright-eyed girl dances up to him out of the jazz-band din. The hipster aura is already working, but Fai plays it cool. He smiles his big, gummy smile and lets the girl sway back into the jiggling crowd. He turns to the table of men and toasts, "kau lui!" He puts down his bottle and takes the dance floor. But the prey has moved on. Fai has misjudged, and now she's dancing with another, quicker Lothario...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Night Of the Hunter | 3/19/2001 | See Source »

...band at the Fringe packs up, and Fai and his mates head out into the street to find out where the women are. They decide to stop at Home, a Plexiglas and stainless steel dance club several blocks away. There are a few tightly packed groups in the place, but none of those wandering eyes Fai is looking for. "Might as well enjoy the music," he says and goes into the corner to smoke a joint with his friends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Night Of the Hunter | 3/19/2001 | See Source »

...hasn't kept exact count, but Fai has slept with more than 20 women since he lost his virginity at 16. His flatmates never know who is going to walk out of his bedroom on a Sunday morning. He says he always uses a condom when he has sex - to avoid getting the girl pregnant, not as a precaution against AIDS. "Healthy people don't have to worry about that," he says, breezily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Night Of the Hunter | 3/19/2001 | See Source »

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