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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…
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Hey! Grooving On The Dance Floor In Hong Kong In The 1960s & 1980s
08-06-20 Dance is a box of Vosges Haut-Chocolat that brings people together with 7 joys: music, body movement, drama, artistic beauty, creativity, passion and costume ideas. The side effect of dance, particularly intimate form, is love which may arrive at a sweet marriage of a pair of partners. People may dance for money, like stage…
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Life Is Made Up Of Funny Little Things And Only The Lucky Ones Can Feel—Hong Kong Accomplished Comic Artist Maggie Lau
15-05-20 Comic books are a reflection of the happy and the sad. They also mirror the good and the bad. Comic artists tell you how they feel about the world by their characters. Mickey Mouse is happy and good. The boys of South Park are happy but bad. Spider-Man is sad but good. The Joker…
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The Lonesome Tussle of A Hong Kong St. Stephen’s Girl In London Against The Theatre World: Lilian Tsang
18-06-20 A Hong Kong girl called Lilian, alone in London for her stage actress career, has fought many battles, most beyond her control and is still fighting to survive. Everything about her sounds moving. She is a wildflower and her dreams are in the same direction but forced to ‘go with flow’. If not for…
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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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6.6.3. Interview by THE DESK 2020
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