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FOREVER SAMMI, FOREVER VENUS
01-08-19 Sammi Cheng is a top pop singer in Hong Kong. In her forties and after 30 years in her singing career since the age of 16, she still retains the peak position as an idol and impacts millions of people in Hong Kong. She sings, leads the fashion trends, donates money, helps the young…
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HONG KONG LIFE AND ART CAN HAVE A ‘3RD DIMENSION’―YANG YUNTAO, OUR INFLUENTIAL DANCE DIRECTOR
28-07-19 Isaac Newton defined, “When one body exerts a force on a second body, the second body simultaneously exerts a force equal in magnitude and opposite in direction on the first body.” Can the 2 forces co-exist and form a new force which is more powerful and good? In life? In art? The Artistic Director…
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THE INVINCIBLE SPIRIT OF ‘KONGALS’―JOSIE HO’S 6 HARD TIMES IN HER LIFE
17-07-19 ‘Kongals’ (or Kong gals) refer to the modern Hong Kong women who are no longer men’s ‘half-time, downtime, spare time or sometimes’. Nowadays, women in Hong Kong are educated, independent, confident and free-spirited. Some ‘Kongals’ may turn annoying by acting like a queen or princess. They make life difficult for others by being demanding,…
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5 GREAT ASIAN FILMS ABOUT POVERTY & SOCIAL INJUSTICE―MUST-WATCH LIST
08-07-19 Grave poverty and social injustice are now a threat to human progress and stability everywhere in the world. Pope Francis said correctly, “Globalization has helped many people rise out of poverty, but it has also damned many others to starve. It is true that wealth is growing in absolute terms, but inequalities have also…
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FOR ME, LAW IS BREAD & ART IS JUICE. HOW ABOUT ANTHONY CHOW AND YOUNG LAWYERS?
26-06-19 Thank goodness. Almost 40 years ago, my family cornered me to becoming a lawyer. If I were a full-time artist in Hong Kong in the early 80s, I would starve and have one foot in the grave. Now, I am a part-time literary man. Art gives me only the spiritual juice of life and…
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HONG KONG FILM DECEPTION OF THE NOVELIST, AN ENTERTAINING THRILLER WHICH INTRODUCES US TO A PROSPECTIVE STAR JUSTIN CHEUNG
29-06-19 Thriller are my indulgent taste of film genre. Writer Josef Wimmer said it wittily about thrillers, “Being able to experience danger without actually being in danger. They may have complex story lines and can be challenging to follow. So, as a viewer, you are always guessing next.” A thriller film is often characterized by…
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The Story of Lyricist Chris Shum & His Ways to Put Story Into Music
31-05-19 Lyrics are magic, being the art of germinating emotions and imaginations. The following, from the song “Windmills of Your Mind”, are my best-loved lyrics, though not written by Chris Shum: Round Like a circle in a spiral Like a wheel within a wheel Never ending or beginning On an ever-spinning reel Like a snowball…
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Mainland ‘Hong Kong’ film The Crossing: the cultural stream has been crossed?
21-05-19 By word of mouth, I was told the Chinese Mainland made a very special and good film The Crossing. It was made by a very gifted Mainland film director Bai Xue. The story and setting were Hong Kong, the characters were Hong Kong, the language was Hong Kong, the style was Hong Kong, few…
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Sheung Wan: Delightful Night Stroll and Music Soul
16-05-19 Life is as fast as a turbojet, isn’t it? When I was a little boy, my mother used to take me to the Western Market in Sheung Wan. It was a wet and smelly place housing humble stalls for pretty much everything, all fresh, including meat, fish, fruit and vegetables. Built in 1850s, the…
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Paul Tam, ED of Hong Kong Ballet: 6 Ways to fulfill at work
10-05-19 Paul Tam is an art booster and the Executive Director of Hong Kong Ballet, the premier ballet company in Asia and a world-class institution that represents Hong Kong’s unique character transforming the western art of ballet. With nearly 50 dancers from Hong Kong and the world, our city, through the performing group, has proudly…