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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…
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Edward Li’s Trump On Show―the confounding Cantonese opera in which Donald Trump can sing Chinese
01-05-19 Edward Li Kui Ming is a legendary and astonishing personality in the performing business of Hong Kong. His initial career was an administrator and scriptwriter with a movie company. In the late 80s, he transformed himself into an expert in numerology and fengshui. Few years ago, he leased an old theatre Sunbeam Theatre in…
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Hong Kong Musical Beyond, Really Love You―Dream it possible
28 April 19 Doing a musical in Hong Kong is bound up with 4 hurdles:(1) who can compose prepossessingly; (2) who can write great lyrics outpouring the composer’s feelings and thoughts; (3) where to find a group of gifted stage multi-talents who can act, sing and dance at the same time; and (4) where to…
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Create Well, Express your Idea Well
17 April 19 To create is to think out of the box and rock the conventional boat. But, a great idea will remain as an angel in the air if it does not spark off a chain of actions―draw up your thought, gather a group of teammates, present the proposal to investors or customers, execute…
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Elekron in Macau: sign of a blind alley or headway?
13-04-19 One may not like entirely the new ‘Las Vegas-prototyped’ Macau city but her present offering of diverse entertainment shows with assorted flavours is surely a redemption for her damage to the former mesmerizing, tranquil and nostalgic Portuguese colonial town. Among all casinos, Melco Resorts & Entertainment has made an appreciable contribution to Macau by…
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17 Steps of Charity Fundraising by Event, Hong Kong Experience
19-3-19 ‘The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep―And miles to go before I sleep’ Good fellows dwell in happiness because they commit themselves to helping the unlucky ones. To no one’s surprise, the artistes in Hong Kong held numerous charitable concerts and…
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Fruit Chan’s Three Husbands: an amazing Hong Kong erotic film of social symbolism
1-4-2019 No Chinese film director has articulated the idea of sex abuses as a social and political message more amazingly than the Hong Kong talent Fruit Chan who received numerous international film nominations or awards for his artistic achievements in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Venice. Despite this, Chan’s name is rarely ever acclaimed publicly, let…
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Maestro Yan Huichang expounds the top priorities of Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
12-3-2019 Maestro Yan is the National Class One Conductor of China and Artistic Director of Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra. His daughter is the pop singer Janice Yan. Having been with the Orchestra since 1997, he concluded 3 top priorities for the group. Every priority is to attain the end and no labour will be deemed…