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MORE THAN A BOOKSTORE OWNER, TINNY CHENG IS TRULY A HONG KONG ‘NON-MAINSTREAM BUFF’
12-12-19 Have you stumbled across someone like this in Hong Kong? He or she is ‘non-mainstream’, belonging to a subculture of men and women that hate to follow the trends such as ostentatious fashion brands and wild indulgence. They value independent thinking, enjoy books, music, art and travel, support reformistic politics and are fond of…
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Hong Kong Palace Museum Will Be Significant or relevant?——An Interview with Dr. Louis Ng, The Director
9-12-2019 The best learning about nation or race is to walk through a museum. A visit to the museum is a search for the truth of the past history so that we will digest the meaning of our present existence. It was said that if you do not appreciate your history, you will not know…
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SAD MOVIE MADE ME CRY—MY 5 CUPS OF TEA
04-12-19 I am fond of sad movies. Tears confessed to me that they were apt to go astray when intent on rhyme. Quite contrary to what a well-known song ‘Sad Movies’ said, “And in the middle of the color cartoon, I started to cry. Oh-oh-oh sa-a-a-d movies always make me cry.”, tears can produce positiveness.…
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DELAY IS THE BREACH OF A PROMISE TO BE TRUSTED—A LAWYER’S ADVICE ON THE 12 WAYS TO CHASE PEOPLE
25-11-19 As a lawyer, I often have to struggle up the hill of work through the snow of deadlines. I have to meet the deadlines from clients, court, government departments and of course myself. Enemies are the people who fail to assist me in meeting these deadlines. Delays are the parents of bad consequences and…
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“MISTY WATER COLORED MEMORIES OF THE WAY WE WERE” ——FORMER SINGER AND PRESENT ANTIQUE EXPERT LISA CHUNG LAI SEUNG TALKED ABOUT HONG KONG MUSIC SCENE IN THE 60S
20-11-19 We need heroes for history but we look up to legends in our real life to inspire——giving us a larger-than-life role model. Heroes made us feel like losers but legends transformed us into the second-best winners. Antique expert Lisa Chung Lai Seung is a legend. Born in 1953, she came from an extremely poor…
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“HOW CAN AN ARTIST’S PAINTING BE WISHFULLY SOLD AT HK$ 1 MILLION?”—DISTINGUISHED GALLERIAN CATHERINE KWAI GAVE YOU THE ANSWER
12-11-19 Ms Catherine Kwai is the Co-President of Hong Kong Art Gallery Association. Only her charisma is powerful enough to replace her art reputation. As a child, drawing is one of her most favorite hobbies. Drawing was the drive which made her wake up in the middle of the night and paint to seek sudden…
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OUR WALKING MEDIA DICTIONARY PETER LAM YUK WAH—IS TV IN HONG KONG DYING?
05-11-19 Bill Taylor, an international researcher, said, “The true mark of a leader is the willingness to stick with a bold course of action, an unconventional business strategy, a unique product development roadmap and a controversial marketing campaign—even as the rest of the world wonders why you are not marching in step with the status…
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“WHATEVER I CHANGE, I CHANGE IT TO FURTHER BUT NOT DESTROY OUR HONG KONG HERITAGE”—ASPIRING YOUNG CANTONESE OPERA YOUNG STAR LAI YIU WAI, KEITH
22-10-19 Why do we change a performing art form? There may be 4 reasons. Some believe that the test of a top artist lies in the excellence of the work that he produces. Change from a to b by an artist can mean artistic excellence. When an art form is declining and very little appetite…
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THE GLORIOUS HISTORY OF VOICE DUBBING IN HONG KONG—BY MASTER TING YU, BORN IN 1934
17-10-19 One of the acclaimed contemporary composers is Arvo Pärt, from Estonia. He delights us with music played by a wide range of instruments. He however said, “The human voice is the most perfect instrument of all.” Words mean more than facial expressions but it takes a human voice to infuse words with greater power.…
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TO DEVELOP TECHNOLOGY IN HONG KONG, WE NEED EDUCATION IN FAILURE, NOT ONLY SUCCESS—STANLEY ZHENG
13-10-19 I wrote on creativity. Technology is about creativity. Technology in Hong Kong means the discovery of new scientific knowledge which will bring the new results of methods, systems and devices. They can be used for practical purposes to drive our economic growth and give hopes to the youth. Stanley Zheng is a renowned expert…