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“International-mindedness Is Central To The Cultural Attributes Of Hong Kong”： Wan Pin Chu Who Scored Music For A Chinese Film Nezha Which Earned 700 Million USD!
7-12-2020 In 2020, China’s population is over 1.4 billion. In 2019, a film composer and Erhu(二胡)music player Wan Pin CHU(朱芸編) in Hong Kong, about 28 years old, scored music for an epic animated film Nezha(哪吒之魔童降世)which had an incredible gross box office over 700 million USD in China. When things impossible in Hong Kong are possible…
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6 Common Mistakes That Actors Make In Hong Kong: Shek Sau (石修)’s Tips For Acting Naturally On Camera
25-11-20 Anthony Hopkins said, “The art of acting is not to act. Once you show them more, what you show them in fact is bad acting.” Dylan Bruce remarked, “I think sometimes soap acting gets an unfair label for being bad… you learned from it what worked and didn’t work, what was bad acting and…
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Romantic Prowling In Taipei—In Search Of A Dream City For Your Staycation？
01-08-20 It was said that retirement is wonderful if you have 2 essentials: much to live on and much to dream for. We belong to the golden age. We earned more than our children do nowadays. We live longer than our parents. The advantage of us being 80 years old one day is that we…
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“Stars, Too, Were Time Travellers. The 4 Great Stars That I Have Worked With And Salute.” ——The Respected Film Art Director Of Hong Kong Bill Lui
06-11-20 In film, an ‘Art Director’(美術指導)works directly below the ‘Production Designer’(美術總監) and a large part of his duties are the administrative aspects of the art department. The Production Designer is the superior individual responsible for the overall look and tone of the film project. He works with the art director, set dresser, prop master and…
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Eason Chan Sings To Promote Mental Well Being. My Personal Sharing Too: Shall We Talk?
02-10-20 Mental health is about how we, driven by our brain, act and react cognitively, behaviourally and emotionally. In other words, it affects how we think, feel and behave in our daily life. Every day, most of us stay fit and normal: we can sleep, wake up, work, talk to friends, recognize our family members…
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i’m livin’ it— A Film Serious About McRefugees Of Hong Kong Or Simply Another Soap Opera?
25-9-20 There are residents called ‘McRefugees’ who sleep or even live in 24-hour McDonald’s restaurants in Hong Kong. Some may be homeless. Others face family estrangements. A few are losers. Individuals get mental issues. One answered the reporter like this, “There is no air conditioning in my tiny bunk bed. Here, I can use free…
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Shall We Turn Against Face-To-Face Meeting & Embrace Online Conference?
05-05-20 The coronavirus pandemic changed the world. Everyone is going online. Old ways of doing business have been disrupted. There will be no turning back when we believe virtual meetings and transactions are faster, cheaper and more productive than face-to-face interactions. Research shows that in a face-to-face meeting, people tend to talk more informally and…
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It’s Time To Fundamentally Upgrade The Way That We Do Things In Hong Kong Through Creative Thinking—Edmund Lee, Executive Director Of Hong Kong Design Centre
19-05-20 Creative thinking(創意思維) is not the same as creativity(創作). It is about how anyone of us can solve a problem or understand an issue differently and imaginatively at work or in life. Barack Obama said, “To help build a new foundation for the 21st century, we need to reform our government so that it is…
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STARTUPS ARE NOT FOR MONEY, BUT FREEDOM BEYOND MONEY
20-4-20 With the coronavirus economic recession, we are like facing World War III. We are ransacked by devastating declines in GDP, real income, employment, service production and retail sales. The Irish said, “Don’t grieve for me, for now I’m free! I follow the plan God laid by me.” Now, you are poor and get nothing…
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THE OLD OLD CHERRY OF HOME: ROMANTIC TSIM SHA TSUI OF HONG KONG IN THE 50S & 60S
06-04-20 Hong Kong is small. We do not have hometowns. We have ‘home districts’. We miss our home districts. Where we came from is now gone. But, your heart is obsessively held by the beautiful district that you cannot forget. Let us examine the old old districts of Hong Kong, say around 100 years ago.…