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Better Halves (TV Series)
''Better Halves'' (金牌冰人) is a TVB costume television series, premiered in 2003. Theme song "Beautiful Fate" (美麗緣份) composition and arrangement by Joseph Koo, lyricist by Wong Jim, sung by Steven Ma. Plot summary Chuen Ka Fok (Steven Ma), Lien Bak Hap (Maggie Cheung Ho-yee) and Ling Wu Hei (Joyce Koi) are matchmakers in ancient China. Ka Fok and Bak Hap acting in a private capacity and Wu Hei in an official government capacity. In the course of their business Ka Fok and Bak Hap come into conflict, before deciding that they can maximize profits by working together. Despite finding matches for others Ka Fok and Bak Hap find it impossible to find a spouse for themselves, until they discover that their parents had already long ago arranged a betrothal between the two. Ling Wu Hei is a woman who has to pretend to be a male in order to fulfill her family's hereditary office of court match maker, this leads to difficulties when she falls in love with Ko Fei (Moses Chan) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Ma
Steven Ma Chun-wai (born 26 October 1971) is a Hong Kong actor and singer. In 1993, Ma won a record deal after winning first place at an annual singing contest in Hong Kong, later releasing his debut album, ''Lucky for Meeting You'' (幸運就是遇到你), that December. Not long after his singing debut, Ma joined Television Broadcasts Limited, TVB and began filming television dramas, later achieving fame through his supporting role in 1995's legal drama ''File of Justice, File of Justice IV''. Many of Ma's television works are critically acclaimed and are popular successes in Hong Kong, Mainland China, and Southeast Asia, he has starred in several popular TV series, most notably ''Healing Hands (TV series), Healing Hands'' (1998), ''Return of the Cuckoo'' (2000), ''Where the Legend Begins'' (2002), ''Steps (TV series), Steps'' (2007), ''A Watchdog's Tale'' (2009–10), ''Ghost Writer (Hong Kong TV series), Ghost Writer'' (2010), ''The Life and Times of a Sentinel'' (2011), ''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lily Li
Lily Li () (born 14 June 1950) is a Hong Kong film and television actress. She is best known for her films '' The Wandering Swordsman'', ''Executioners from Shaolin'', ''One Foot Crane'' and ''The Young Master'', and television series ''The Bride with White Hair'', ''Blood Debt'', ''Beyond the Realm of Conscience'' and ''Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils''. Early life Li was born in Hong Kong and was educated at a Christian school. At the age of 11, Li started training with Shaw Brothers Acting School where she was taught Mandarin, contemporary dancing, classical dancing, ballet and martial arts. Career In 1964 at age 14, Li made her feature film debut ''The Last Woman of Shang'' and was signed to an exclusive acting contract with Shaw Brothers Studio in 1966. After a few years playing supporting roles, Li rose to fame when she played her first leading role in the 1970 film '' The Wandering Swordsman'' directed by Chang Cheh and starred David Chiang. Li became one of the more po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Hong Kong Television Series Debuts
3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. The Indian digits spread to the Caliphate in the 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Time
Hong Kong Time (abbreviation: HKT; ) is the time in Hong Kong, observed at UTC+08:00 all year round. The Hong Kong Observatory is the official timekeeper of the Hong Kong Time. It is indicated as Asia/Hong_Kong in the IANA time zone database. Time standards In Hong Kong, Hong Kong Time is defined in the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap 1), Laws of Hong Kong. Section 67(2) of the Ordinance states that: "Hong Kong Time" () means the time used for general purposes throughout Hong Kong namely, 8 hours, or such other period as may be determined by the Legislative Council by resolution under this subsection or under section 16 of the Oil (Conservation and Control) Ordinance (Cap 264), in advance of Universal Standard Time. Currently, Hong Kong time is defined as UTC+08:00. The reference in section 67(2) to the Oil (Conservation and Control) Ordinance is actually a power given to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong to change Hong Kong Time for the purposes of cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lo Hoi-pang
Lo Hoi-pang (born 21 December 1941) is a Hong Kong actor and singer. Lo attended TVB's Training Classes in 1973. Among his classmates are Chow Yun-fat and Ng Man-tat. Lo won the 2012 31st Hong Kong Film Awards for the Best Supporting Actor category for his performance in ''Life Without Principle''. Filmography *'' The Legend of the Book and the Sword'' (1976) *''The Iron-Fisted Monk'' (1977) *''Ups and Downs in the Sea of Love'' (2003) *''Life Without Principle'' (2012) *'' Drug War'' (2012) *'' Blind Detective'' (2013) *''Tales from the Dark 1'' (2013) *''Rigor Mortis'' (2013) *''The White Storm'' (2013) *''Firestorm'' (2013) *''Golden Chicken 3'' (2014) *'' Iceman'' (2014) *''Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2'' (2014) *''Delete My Love'' (2014) *''Z Storm'' (2014) *''12 Golden Ducks'' (2015) *''King of Mahjong'' (2015) *''Second Life'' (2015) (TV series) *''SFC 3'' (2015) (TV series) episode 5 *''Paranormal Mind'' (2015) (TV series) *''Big Fortune Hotel'' (2015) *''From Vegas t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evergreen Mak
In botany, an evergreen is a plant which has foliage that remains green and functional through more than one growing season. This also pertains to plants that retain their foliage only in warm climates, and contrasts with deciduous plants, which completely lose their foliage during the winter or dry season. Evergreen species There are many different kinds of evergreen plants, both trees and shrubs. Evergreens include: *Most species of conifers (e.g., pine, hemlock, blue spruce, and red cedar), but not all (e.g., larch) *Live oak, holly, and "ancient" gymnosperms such as cycads *Most angiosperms from frost-free climates, and rainforest trees *All Eucalypts * Clubmosses and relatives *Bamboos The Latin binomial term , meaning "always green", refers to the evergreen nature of the plant, for instance :'' Cupressus sempervirens'' (a cypress) :''Lonicera sempervirens'' (a honeysuckle) :''Sequoia sempervirens'' (a sequoia) Leaf longevity in evergreen plants varies from a few mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon Chan
Sharon Chan Man-chi (born 17 January 1979) is a Hong Kong actress and model. She is currently under contract with TVB in Hong Kong. Filmography Television dramas Film Books * 陳敏之《戀愛敏感》 TVB Songs *Song Name : Love Steps (逐格重播): At Home with Love (樓住有情人主題曲) (2006) *Song Name : The Circle Game: Glittering Days (東方之珠片尾曲) (2006) References External linksOfficial TVB Blog of Sharon ChanOfficial Yahoo! Blog of Sharon ChanSharon Chanon Sina Weibo Sharon Chanon Instagram * * , - ! colspan="3" style="background: #DAA520;" , TVB Anniversary Awards The TVB Anniversary Awards (), officially known as the TVB Awards Presentation, is an annual awards ceremony honoring TVB's programming achievements in Hong Kong television; despite claims that it is the region's equivalent to the American E ... , - , - ! colspan="3" style="background: #DAA520;" , My AOD Favourites Awards , - 1979 births Living people Hong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Cheng
Kevin Cheng Ka-wing (born 15 August 1969) is a Hong Kong American actor and singer who is currently under the management of the Hong Kong television network Television Broadcasts Limited, TVB. Cheng rose to fame in late 2004 after playing his first lead role in the TVB drama ''Hard Fate''. He is best known for his role as "L.A. Law" in the 2011 TVB legal drama ''Ghetto Justice'', which earned him a TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actor and Asian Television Award#Acting Awards Winners, Asian Television Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Early life Cheng was born in San Francisco, California, but spent most of his childhood in Hong Kong. He attended Pun U Association Wah Yah Primary School, Wah Yan College, Hong Kong, Wah Yan College, the Hong Kong International School, and Alhambra High School (Alhambra, California), Alhambra High School in the United States. During his school days, his mother sent him back to China, where he lived with his uncle for two years before returning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angela Tong
Angela Tong (born 30 June 1975) is a Hong Kong actress. She was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada with family roots in Shunde, Guangdong, China. She was Miss Chinese Montreal 1995. She was educated in Concordia University. Pageant life After winning the 12th place in Miss Chinese Montréal Pageant in 1994, Tong represented Montréal to compete in the Miss Chinese International Pageant 1995. Although she only reached the Top 12 in the pageant, she was approached by TVB with an acting contract. Acting career Tong has been in numerous TVB dramas since 1995, but mostly supporting roles and is mostly cast as a showgirl or " the other woman". After for 10 years, her big break finally came with the TVB series ''Life Made Simple (阿旺新傳)'' playing a physically unattractive girl with a heart of gold and a wonderful singing voice called "Lee Siu Ho (李笑好)". The role won her critical acclaim, winning the Best Supporting Actress award at the TVB 37th Anniversary Awards in Novemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matchmaking
Matchmaking is the process of matching two or more people together, usually for the purpose of marriage, in which case the matchmaker is also known as a marriage broker. The word is also used in the context of sporting events such as boxing, in business, in Matchmaking (video games), online video games and in pairing organ donors. Practice These services often rely on personality tests (but genetics has even been proposed by Michael Arrington, TechCrunh, on July 22, 2008 ), aiming to maximize the identification of the best match. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie Cheung Ho-yee
Maggie Cheung Ho-yee (; born 20 March 1969) is a Hong Kong actress. Career Maggie Cheung Ho-yee competed in TVB's 1994 Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant, reaching the final five but not placing. However she did gain a special award for best "potential artist" (最具演藝潛質獎) and was signed to the channel soon afterwards. Her career spun off to a whirlwind of a start, as she was offered a leading role. However, she wanted to start from the bottom up and hence declined the role, only to accept a subsidiary role in another series. Many will say that her career kicked off with the well accepted ''Old Time Buddy'', but some others say it is with her primary leading role in "One Good Turn Deserves Another". The popularity of artists in the Hong Kong television market depends as much on the popularity of the characters in a series as to the ability of the actors and it was not until 1998 that she achieved mainstream popularity with the series "Old Time Buddy", in which she play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wong Jim
James Wong Jim (; 18 March 1941 – 24 November 2004, also known as "霑叔" or "Uncle Jim") was a Cantopop lyricist and songwriter based primarily in Hong Kong. Beginning from the 1960s, he was the lyricist for over 2,000 songs, collaborating with songwriter Joseph Koo ( Koo Kar-Fai) on many popular television theme songs, many of which have become classics of the genre. His work propelled Cantopop to unprecedented popularity. He was also well known in Asia as a columnist, actor, film director, screenwriter, and talk show host. He took part in creative directing positions within the entertainment industry in Hong Kong. Wong died on 24 November 2004 of lung cancer after a four-year battle at the age of 63. Early life and education Wong was born Wong Jum-sum () in Panyu, in what now is part of Guangzhou, China. He migrated to Hong Kong with his family in 1949. He completed his secondary education at La Salle College. In 1963, he graduated from the Chinese Department, Faculty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
