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THE OLD OLD CHERRY OF HOME: ROMANTIC TSIM SHA TSUI OF HONG KONG IN THE 50S & 60S
06-04-20 Hong Kong is small. We do not have hometowns. We have ‘home districts’. We miss our home districts. Where we came from is now gone. But, your heart is obsessively held by the beautiful district that you cannot forget. Let us examine the old old districts of Hong Kong, say around 100 years ago.…
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電視娛樂「大哥」吳雨說：「香港藝術和娛樂相通，沒有市場增長，兩者一樣衰亡！」
吳雨在電視、唱片、演藝界，被叫「大哥」，大家尊敬他，除了因為他望尊(在1975年便入行，為商業電台兼職寫劇本，同年進入TVB無綫電視當全職編劇，然後升上高層。1996年，加入「華星唱片」當CEO，捧紅了陳奕迅和楊千嬅。之後，去了英皇娛樂做總裁，提攜了容祖兒、Twins、林峯等，更是香港國際唱片業協會的前主席)，更因為他的為人公平公正、忠厚平和，熱心為香港服務。近年，香港亞洲流行音樂節，是他推動的。2017年，為了表揚吳雨的貢獻，香港政府頒授「銅紫荊星章」給「大哥」。
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“IT IS A BIG MISTAKE TO THINK OF A MARKET WITHOUT A NEW MARKET!” ——HONG KONG TV PATRIARCH NG YU COMPARES ART AND ENTERTAINMENT MARKETS
12-04-20 One market leads to another. Doors are all locked when we cannot keep our own market. Instagrammer Caleb Hsu made this point, “When aesthetic purpose precedes exposure and sales considerations, art wins over entertainment. It starts with artistic intention and results in audience response. Entertainment is more about artifice, whereas art has a strong…
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‘WHY ARE HONG KONG MEN CHARMING IN OUR OWN WAYS?’—ANDREW PONG, THE DEVOUT ARTIST WORSHIPER OF BRUCE LEE
31-03-20 It is more than a self-consolation. Men do not have to be handsome. A charming man gets more proposals than a handsome man. Men in Hong Kong, a female-dominating society, often feel small as we may not have a face with clean-cut features such as the Japanese. We are not as tall as the…
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第二代專家黑國強教路，如何從你收藏的第一件古物，走進無窮藝術和投資的樂趣
姓「白」的人不少，但是姓「黑」的，我第一次認識，他是兩代都經營古董的黑國強(Andy)。Andy叫人難忘的，是他兩條像日本卡通人物的濃眉；而他最聞名的，是主辦了亞洲藝術展覽「典亞藝博」(Fine Art Asia)；當然最特別的，因他不是漢族人，祖先是回民，中國的少數民族…..
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THE 9 THINGS THAT ANDY HEI TAUGHT YOU ON COLLECTING ANTIQUES IN HONG KONG
09-03-20 Hong Kong traded some of the most beautiful antiques that the world has ever seen. We are a free port without currency control. Laws to regulate antique trade are almost non-existent. Hollywood Road in Central is like a repository for collectible items from 83 dynasties of China. The road collects and distributes antiques. It…
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WILL HONG KONG LIVE A POOR LIFE AFTER COVID-19—MAYBE, MAYBE NOT
23-03-20 Coronavirus is disgusting. It is a highly infectious disease and can remain with us with no cure. From epidemic to pandemic, the virus keeps on person-to-person spreading in multiple countries. When will it stop? “How many deaths will it take till he knows. That too many people have died? The answer, my friend, is…
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香港人在肺炎陰影下，為何仍有七處樂觀積極的地方？
越南北部的人瑞說：她活命百年，因為樂觀。 全球都感染新冠肺炎，這種病毒沒有解藥，生死與否，在乎個人抵抗力。生活、工作、唸書、做生意、出入境，無一不受影響，疫情是否受控，還要看七月的夏天。日子流長，怎能沒有一次感冒，如果發燒，就算是杯弓蛇影，準被嚇得半死。 目前，大家什麼都不敢做，更不敢想，過了一天又一關，但當脫下口罩，想一想，今次的壞事是否有「好事」成分？今次COVID-19，其實帶來了七個值得香港人思考的題目；反思有所得，一切不必悲觀…..
