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How Do You Deliver A Good Vocabulary With A Punch? At Home? At Work? With Friends? Good Advice From English Tang
18-09-20 “As I appear on the stage and start to pour my effective vocabulary and punches into the audience, the good show begins,” said English Tang (鄧英敏), one of the most celebrated masters of ceremonies in Hong Kong. He continued, “Speaking well requires skill and an eye for detail. It is composed of 4 elements:…
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Function Singer Ricky Wong—Message For The Depressed Ones In Hong Kong: Work Is Never Too Much Of A Good Thing!
11-09-20 We call the leading actor and actress in a film or TV drama ‘peonies’ and supporting ones ‘green leaves’ in Hong Kong. Peonies are well-rewarded but green leaves are underpaid. To hearten the supporting actors to their task, we usually cite a Chinese idiom to them ‘Peonies can never be beautiful without the green…
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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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How Can You Take Steps To Equip Yourself To Be An International Artist―Experience As Your Reference From Hong Kong’s World Conductor Lio Kuokman (廖國敏)
23-08-20 Hong Kong’s ‘homegrown’ world-class orchestra conductor Lio Kuokman is young and energetic. He speaks like a lawyer, in fact faster, sharper and more precise than lawyers. In 2017, he finished his tenure as Assistant Conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, founded in 1900 and one of the ‘Big Five’ American orchestras. Now, he has a…
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Kong Kong’s Superstar Agnes Chan: Tokyo Is The City Where All Those Diverse Energies Are Incredibly Harnessed
02-09-20 “If Japan is enigmatic, Tokyo will be the heart of that riddle. Its rhythm and essence are so utterly alluring that the city demands to be explored. It has a depth that keeps travellers in a constant state of rapture and delight,” said by Michael Ryan. In Japan, entertainment is all about competition. A…
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The Swot Analysis Of Hong Kong Performing Arts Going Across & Abroad
09-08-20 Hong Kong is small: we have 1,106 sq. km of land and there are more mountains than surrounding flat lands. The population is about 7.5 million. The Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office reported that there are over 1,000 performing art groups in Hong Kong, staging as many as 8,000 performing art shows every year and…
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Alan Kwan: Streaming Technology Is Changing The Way We Consume Music In Hong Kong, Bid Farewell to Cantopop And Say Hello to Indies
16-07-20 In the old days, when we loved a song, we saved pocket money and went to a music store to buy vinyl record, cassette tape and compact disc. Internet has affronted and changed human civilization. We could no longer gently ‘touch’ the songs. Now, online ‘streaming platforms’ such as Spotify offer a huge library…
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Fung Wing: Outdoor Movie? Cinematic Film? Online Movie? What’s Next To Transform Hong Kong’s Movie World?
29-06-20 It was strange. Sorrow started when online films were invading cinematic ones. When coronavirus was affecting Hong Kong, all cinemas were to close. Sorrow ends now as we are relieved to see online platforms still show the latest films. We said, “Thank God! Film was saved!” The death of Chinese abacus(算盤) is a result…
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Never Good At Drawing? Let Ray Chow Break Your Padlock: Why Should You Paint?
15-07-20 Movie star Karena Lam(林嘉欣)once said, “I love art. I can see a lot of fascinating possibilities from a drawing.” Drawing is the art of representing, perhaps interpreting, an object, a scene or even a dream; or outlining a figure, plan or sketch by means of lines, colours and rendering of light and shadow. Does…