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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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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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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…
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Chan Kin Bun, retired ED of Hong Kong Repertory Theatre―3 untold Leaders in the arts development of Hong Kong
3-3-19 KB (Chan Kin Bun) devoted 41 years to the arts development of Hong Kong as a prominent, capable and influential art administrator. He worked in the government from 1977 to 2001; and thereafter in the capacity of Executive Director for the biggest drama group, Hong Kong Repertory Theatre till he stepped down this year,…
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Obsession of Oscar winner Tim Yip with a mannequin ‘Lili’
Hong Kong’s international artist Tim Yip held an exhibition in HKDI Gallery titled Blue and the startlement is a mysterious doll ‘Lili’. In 2001, Tim won the Oscar award for the Best Art Direction because of the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, becoming the first Chinese to receive such an accolade. Apart from being an…