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Eric Wan
Eric Wan Tin-chiu (born 28 October 1964) is a Hong Kong television actor best known for his role as "Fong Tin-yau" in the '' My Date with a Vampire'' television series trilogy produced by the Hong Kong television network ATV. Wan began his acting career after graduating from the ATV Training Course in 1983. He started as a host in television programmes for children before entering the drama department. He has since acted in many films and television series, including '' Century of the Dragon'', '' Horoscope One: Voices from Hell'', '' Ransom Express'', '' 2 Reincarnated 2'', ''Fist of Fury'', and '' DNA''. Filmography Feature Films *Century Hero (Bruce Lee Bio) (1999) *Horoscope One: Voices from Hell (1999) *House of the Dammed (1999) *Century of the Dragon (1999) *Ransom Express (2000) *Ghost Promise (2000) *Sharp Guns (2001) *Yao Wu Yang Wei – Fantasy of Hero (2002) *Shanghai Knights (30s cameo) (2003) *My Honeymoon with a Vampire (2003) *The Peeper Story 2 – The Escape Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta in South China. With 7.5 million residents of various nationalities in a territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world. Hong Kong is also a major global financial centre and one of the most developed cities in the world. Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing Empire ceded Hong Kong Island from Xin'an County at the end of the First Opium War in 1841 then again in 1842.. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 after the Second Opium War and was further extended when Britain obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898... British Hong Kong was occupied by Imperial Japan from 1941 to 1945 during World War II; British administration resume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DNA (British TV Series)
''DNA'' (originally broadcast as ''DoNovAn'') is a British television crime drama, first broadcast on ITV in 2004, starring Tom Conti and Samantha Bond as the main protagonists, Joe and Kate Donovan. Two series were produced – the first of which is a two-part story – and the second, aired in 2006, which features three, unrelated, entirely different cases. The initial series follows the work of Donovan, a retired police forensic pathologist, whose life is turned upside down after being called to a crime scene, only to find his own name scrawled on the wall in blood by the victim. In the second series, Donovan comes out of retirement to head up the FIU (Forensics Investigation Unit). The first series was released on DVD in the UK on 18 May 2009. Despite the blurb, this only contains the two-part first series, not all five episodes as stated. A complete box set containing both series was previously released in the US on 13 May 2008. Cast * Tom Conti as Joe Donovan * Samantha B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964 Births
Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople meet in Jerusalem. * January 6 – A British firm, the Leyland Motor Corp., announces the sale of 450 buses to the Cuban government, challenging the United States blockade of Cuba. * January 9 – ''Martyrs' Day'': Armed clashes between United States troops and Panamanian civilians in the Panama Canal Zone precipitate a major international crisis, resulting in the deaths of 21 Panamanians and 4 U.S. soldiers. * January 11 – United States Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous to one's health (the first such statement from the U.S. government). * January 12 ** Zanzibar Revolution: The predominantly Arab government of Zanzibar is overthrown by African nationalist rebels; a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Date With A Vampire 3
''My Date with a Vampire III'' is a 2004 Hong Kong television series produced by ATV as a sequel to '' My Date with a Vampire'' (1998) and ''My Date with a Vampire II'' (2000). The series starred many cast members from the first two seasons. Like the first two seasons, ''My Date with a Vampire III'' also blends aspects of the Chinese "hopping" corpses of jiangshi fiction with those of western vampires, while injecting elements of Chinese mythology, eschatology and time travel, with more focus on Chinese mythology in this season as compared to the first two. Plot At the end of ''My Date with a Vampire II'', set in early 2001, Fong Tin-yau, Ma Siu-ling, and their allies succeeded in preventing the goddess Nüwa from ending the world. Three years later, another eschatological event is about to happen. In ancient times, Fuxi, the King of Humankind, desired to create a paradise called the Eternal Country in the human world. However, that brought him into conflict with his lover, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thunder Cops
Thunder is the sound caused by lightning. Depending upon the distance from and nature of the lightning, it can range from a long, low rumble to a sudden, loud crack. The sudden increase in temperature and hence pressure caused by the lightning produces rapid expansion of the air in the path of a lightning bolt. In turn, this expansion of air creates a sonic shock wave, often referred to as a "thunderclap" or "peal of thunder". The scientific study of thunder is known as ''brontology'' and the irrational fear (phobia) of thunder is called ''brontophobia''. Etymology The ''d'' in Modern English ''thunder'' (from earlier Old English ''þunor'') is epenthetic, and is now found as well in Modern Dutch ''donder'' (cf. Middle Dutch ''donre''; also Old Norse ''þorr'', Old Frisian ''þuner'', Old High German ''donar'', all ultimately descended from Proto-Germanic *''þunraz''). In Latin the term was ''tonare'' "to thunder". The name of the Nordic god Thor comes from the Old Norse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fist Of Fury (1995 TV Series)
''Fist of Fury'' is a 1995 Hong Kong martial arts television series adapted from the 1972 film of the same title. Produced by Asia Television (ATV) and STAR TV, the series starred Donnie Yen as Chen Zhen (Cantonese: Chan Zan), a character previously portrayed by Bruce Lee in ''Fist of Fury'' (1972) and Jet Li in ''Fist of Legend'' (1994). The series is also related to the 2010 film '' Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen'', in which Yen reprises his role. Plot The series is set in early 20th-century China. Chan Zan travels to Shanghai with his younger sister, Siu-yin, in search of a new life after their hometown is destroyed by a group of bandits. Upon his arrival, he sees that Shanghai is divided into an international settlement under the control of foreign powers, while the martial artists' community in Shanghai is divided into many schools competing for the top position. The status reflects the state of China: the Chinese are pursuing their individual goals and fighti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rise And Fall Of Qing Dynasty
''The Rise and Fall of Qing Dynasty'' is a long-running four part television series about the history of the Qing dynasty. The series was produced by Hong Kong's ATV and was aired on ATV Home from September 1987 to May 1992.Yesasia.com.Yesasia.com" ''滿清十三皇朝.'' Retrieved on 2010-12-27. Four seasons Season 1 * Title: 滿清十三皇朝; literally: ''The Thirteen Manchu Qing Dynasties'' * Covers the reigns of Nurhaci, Hong Taiji, Shunzhi Emperor and Kangxi Emperor * 68 episodes * Airing period: September 7 - December 11, 1987 Season 2 * Title: 滿清十三皇朝2; literally: ''The Thirteen Manchu Qing Dynasties 2'' * Covers the reigns of the Yongzheng Emperor, Qianlong Emperor, Jiaqing Emperor and Daoguang Emperor * 50 episodes * Airing period: June 29 - September 7, 1988 Season 3 * Title: 血染紫禁城; ''Bloodshed Over the Forbidden Palace'' * Covers the reigns of the Xianfeng Emperor and Tongzhi Emperor * 20 episodes * Airing period: April 5 - September 20, 1990 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Legendary Prime Minister – Zhuge Liang
''The Legendary Prime Minister – Zhuge Liang'' is a Hong Kong television series based on the life of Zhuge Liang (Cantonese: Chu-kot Leung), a chancellor (or prime minister) of the state of Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms period. Starring Adam Cheng as the title character, the series not only incorporates stories about Zhuge Liang from the 14th-century historical novel ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms'', but also includes some elements of wuxia and a fictional romance between Zhuge Liang and Xiaoqiao (Cantonese: Siu-kiu). The series was produced by ATV and first started airing in Hong Kong on 9 December 1985. Plot General Liu has 2 sons Liu Qi and Liu Zhong. Both sons are fine in war strategy, except that Qi is kind while Zhong is evil. Qi saves a beautiful maid, Zhi Lan. He likes her but his brother rapes her. Later Zhong ditches her. Qi gets worried when Zhi Lan has Zhong's child and disappears. Knowing that his brother is the scheming type, he gives everything up and tries to l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empress Wu (TV Series)
''Empress Wu'' is a 1984 Hong Kong television serial based on the biography of Wu Zetian (Cantonese: Mou Zak-tin), the only woman in Chinese history to assume the title of "Empress Regnant", starring Petrina Fung as the title character. The serial was produced by ATV and was first aired in Hong Kong on ATV Home from 6 August to 28 September 1984. It was shown with English subtitles in Australia on SBS from 1987 to 1990. A dubbed English version of the serial was broadcast in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 in sixty-five weekly 30-minute episodes from 4 October 1987 to 21 January 1989."Sunday," ''The Times'' (London, England: 3 October 1987), p. 23. "Television and Radio," ''The Times'' (London, England: 21 January 1989), p. 42. Cast : ''Note: Some of the characters' names are in Cantonese romanisation.'' * Petrina Fung as Mou Zak-tin * Tony Liu / Savio Tsang as Ming Sung-yim * Lo Chun-shun as Tong Ko-tsung * Pat Poon as Yu-man Chun * Lau Hung-fong as Sheung-koon Yuen-yee * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fist Of Fury (TV Series)
''Fist of Fury'' is a 1995 Hong Kong martial arts television series adapted from the 1972 film of the same title. Produced by Asia Television (ATV) and STAR TV, the series starred Donnie Yen as Chen Zhen (Cantonese: Chan Zan), a character previously portrayed by Bruce Lee in ''Fist of Fury'' (1972) and Jet Li in ''Fist of Legend'' (1994). The series is also related to the 2010 film '' Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen'', in which Yen reprises his role. Plot The series is set in early 20th-century China. Chan Zan travels to Shanghai with his younger sister, Siu-yin, in search of a new life after their hometown is destroyed by a group of bandits. Upon his arrival, he sees that Shanghai is divided into an international settlement under the control of foreign powers, while the martial artists' community in Shanghai is divided into many schools competing for the top position. The status reflects the state of China: the Chinese are pursuing their individual goals and fighti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St John's Co-education College
ST, St, or St. may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Stanza, in poetry * Suicidal Tendencies, an American heavy metal/hardcore punk band * Star Trek, a science-fiction media franchise * Summa Theologica, a compendium of Catholic philosophy and theology by St. Thomas Aquinas * St or St., abbreviation of "State", especially in the name of a college or university Businesses and organizations Transportation * Germania (airline) (IATA airline designator ST) * Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation, abbreviated as State Transport * Sound Transit, Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, Washington state, US * Springfield Terminal Railway (Vermont) (railroad reporting mark ST) * Suffolk County Transit, or Suffolk Transit, the bus system serving Suffolk County, New York Other businesses and organizations * Statstjänstemannaförbundet, or Swedish Union of Civil Servants, a trade union * The Secret Team, an alleged covert alliance between the CIA and American industry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
