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Mak Ho Wai
Mak Ho Wai (; 7 January 1946 – 14 April 2022) was a Hong Kong / Singaporean television artiste with TVB and then Mediacorp. Early life and education Mak studied at the National Taiwan Ocean University, receiving a bachelor's degree in electronic engineering. He later earned a master's degree in Chinese language studies at the Beijing Normal University at the age of 60. Career After graduating from National Taiwan Ocean University, Mak was a radio DJ in Taiwan a period of time. Having spent ten years in Taiwan, he was proficient in speaking standard Mandarin. Mak enrolled into the twelfth cohort of the TVB artiste training class in 1982 to fulfil the wishes of his younger brother, , who was also an actor with TVB. Mak Dai Shing died in the CAAC Flight 3303 accident in the same year. After completing the training course, he was retained by TVB as an actor, playing mostly a support role in numerous televised drama in the ensuing years. Notable roles during his time at TVB in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Hong Kong
Hong Kong was a colony and later a dependent territory of the British Empire from 1841 to 1997, apart from a period of occupation under the Japanese Empire from 1941 to 1945 during the Pacific War. The colonial period began with the British occupation of Hong Kong Island in 1841, during the First Opium War between the British and the Qing dynasty. The Qing had wanted to enforce its prohibition of opium importation within the dynasty that was being exported mostly from British India, as it was causing widespread addiction among its populace. The island was ceded to Britain by the Treaty of Nanking, ratified by the Daoguang Emperor in the aftermath of the war of 1842. It was established as a crown colony in 1843. In 1860, the British took the opportunity to expand the colony with the addition of the Kowloon Peninsula after the Second Opium War, while the Qing was embroiled in handling the Taiping Rebellion. With the Qing further weakened after the First Sino-Japanese Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Heavenly Sword And Dragon Sabre
''New Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre'' is a Hong Kong television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel ''The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber''. The series was first broadcast on TVB Jade in Hong Kong in 1986. Plot Cast * Tony Leung as Cheung Mo-kei *Kitty Lai as Chiu Man * Sheren Tang as Chow Chi-yeuk * Ng Hin-wai as Yeung Bat-fui * Yung Wai-man as Kei Hiu-fu * Maggie Shiu as Siu-chiu * Simon Yam as Cheung Tsui-san * Carol Cheng as Yan So-so * Chan On-ying as Yan Lei * Kenneth Tsang as Tse Shun * Wong Sun as Yu-yeung Prince * Lau Kong as Sing Kwan * Liu Kai-chi as Yu Doi-ngam * Chun Hung as Sack Monk * Wilson Tsui as Cheung Chung-kai * Lee Shu-kah as Mok Sing-kuk * Toi Chi-wai as Yan Lei-ting * Bau Fong as Cheung Sam-fung * Lung Tin-sang as Yu Lin-chow * Tam Bing-man as Chu Cheung-ling * Lau Dan as Ho Tai-chung * Wong Man-yee as Ding Man-kwan * Lee Heung-kam as Mit-juet * Wong Wan-choi as Sung Yun-kiu * Ho Shu-wing as Sung Ching-shu * Chun Wong as Chow Din * Mak Tsi-wan as L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Return Of The Condor Heroes (Singaporean TV Series)
''The Return of the Condor Heroes'' is a Singaporean television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel of the same title. It was broadcast from 2 June to 27 July 1998 on TCS Eighth Frequency in Singapore and was later released on other Asian television networks. Cast * Christopher Lee as Yang Guo ** Cai Yiwei as Yang Guo (young) * Fann Wong as Xiaolongnü * Zhu Houren as Guo Jing * Shirley Ho as Huang Rong * Florence Tan as Guo Fu ** He Sixian as Guo Fu (young) * Yvonne Lim as Guo Xiang * Constance Song as Cheng Ying ** Chen Xiaoqing as Cheng Ying (young) * Evelyn Tan as Lu Wushuang ** Zheng Xin'er as Lu Wushuang (young) * Zheng Geping as Jinlun Fawang * Pan Lingling as Li Mochou * Chen Shucheng as Huang Yaoshi * Yang Yue as Hong Qigong * Richard Low as Ouyang Feng * Liang Tian as Yideng * Mak Hiu-wai as Zhou Botong * Huang Shinan as Gongsun Zhi * Deborah Sim as Gongsun Lü'e * Zhu Xiufeng as Qiu Qianchi * Li Nanxing as Lu Liding * Zoe Tay as Lu Erniang * Ix Shen as Huodu * Yang T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guest People
''The Guest People'' () is a Singaporean Chinese drama produced by Television Corporation of Singapore (now Mediacorp Channel 8) in 1997. Set in the 1930s to 1950s, the story is about four young Hakka men who migrated to Singapore from China and were caught in the tumultuous anti-colonial period of the country's history. It stars Christopher Lee, Chen Hanwei, Xie Shaoguang, Jason Oh, Ann Kok and Jacelyn Tay. Others in the cast include Chen Huihui, Li Yinzhu, Chen Shucheng, Huang Peiru, Mai Hao Wei and Liang Wei Dong. The drama was nominated for the Best Drama awards at the Asian Television Awards and the New York Television Festival in 1998. It was dubbed in the Hakka language and broadcast in Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ..., as well as in China. Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambition (TV Series)
''Ambition'' is a Hong Kong thriller television series produced by TVB and starring Gallen Lo, Amy Kwok, Michael Tao and Wong Wai. The series was released overseas in 1993 before airing locally on TVB Jade in 1996. Plot Cheung Man-wai (Gallen Lo) is an outstanding student of the Hong Kong University who conceals the fact that his mother is a madam of a brothel and dreams of prospering in life. Due to his personality, Kwok Ka-bo (Michael Tao) is Man-wai's only friend and confidant. The ambitious Man-wai is bent on putting himself under the patronage of a bigwig and marries Lily Cheung (Noel Leung), daughter of wealthy tycoon Cheung Yiu-tung (Wong Wai). Man-wai murders his girlfriend, Law Siu-fong (Cheung Man-sui), and in a deliberate arrangement, wins Lily's heart. At this time, however, Man-wai discovers that Liy is Yiu-tung's adopted child and has a poor relationship with her father and thus, Man-wai wants to break up with Lily. However, Lily discovers that she is pregnant with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morning Express (Singaporean TV Drama Series)
Morning Express (Simplified Chinese: 阳光列车) is a 20-episode Singaporean television drama series produced by Television Corporation of Singapore in 1995. It revolves around a dedicated secondary school teacher, who, after some bad brushes with the law in the past, seeks to inspire his students. Cast * Chen Hanwei Tan Hung Wee (born 29 August 1969), better known by his Chinese stage name Chen Han Wei (), is a Malaysian actor based in Singapore. Early life Chen Han Wei grew up in Kampung Ungku Mohsin, Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Adopted since birth, Hanwei ... as Fang Ansheng Awards and nominations References Singapore Chinese dramas 1995 Singaporean television series debuts 1995 Singaporean television series endings Channel 8 (Singapore) original programming {{Asia-tv-prog-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Golden Pillow
''The Golden Pillow'' () is a 40-episode epic drama produced by the Television Corporation of Singapore (now MediaCorp) in 1995. Synopsis The story is about Ren Niang, who attempts to find success and happiness in his life. Born in Thailand, Ren Niang goes to Singapore in search of his long-lost biological father Sai Qilin and gets entangled in a love triangle along the way. He chances upon a mysterious "golden pillow" rumoured to possess magical powers. Part of the plot involves various characters trying to get their hands on the golden pillow. Legacy The series was one of earliest Singaporean drama series to be filmed on location overseas (part of it was filmed in Europe). At the Star Awards 2007 anniversary special celebrating 25 years of local Chinese television, the scene of Fann Wong, Zoe Tay and Alex Man "listening" to the golden pillow was named one of the top 5 most memorable scenes. Xie Shaoguang use both this parameter and , birth_date to display the person's date ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NewspaperSG
NewspaperSG is an online newspaper archive launched in 2010 containing newspapers distributed in Singapore, including those published in the 19th century. History The National Library Board and Singapore Press Holdings signed an agreement in 2007 to make digitised articles of ''The Straits Times'' available for public access at NLB libraries. NewspaperSG was launched on 28 January 2010. At the archive's launch, it included 14 newspapers, including the ''New Nation'', '' Sin Chew Jit Poh'', ''The Straits Times'', the ''Singapore Weekly Herald'', the ''Straits Mail'', '' The Business Times'', ''today'', the '' Malayan Saturday Post'', the '' Straits Observer'', and the ''Straits Telegraph and Daily Advertiser''. In December 2017, six more newspapers were added to the archive, the '' Syonan Shimbun'', ''Comrade'', the ''Indian Daily Mail'', the ''Malaya Tribune'', the '' Morning Tribune'', and the ''Sunday Tribune The ''Sunday Tribune'' was an Irish Sunday broadsheet newspaper pub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Legend Of The Condor Heroes (1994 TV Series)
''The Legend of the Condor Heroes'' is a Hong Kong television series adapted from Jin Yong, Louis Cha's The Legend of the Condor Heroes, novel of the same title. The series was first broadcast on TVB Jade in 1994. This series with rating of 32 Points. Cast : ''Note: Some of the characters' names are in Cantonese romanisation.'' * Julian Cheung as Guo Jing, Kwok Ching ** Chu Wai-lin as young Kwok Ching * Athena Chu as Huang Rong, Wong Yung * Gallen Lo as Yang Kang, Yeung Hong * Emily Kwan as Mu Nianci, Muk Nim-chi * Lau Dan as Hong Qigong, Hung Tsat-kung * Felix Lok as Huang Yaoshi, Wong Yeuk-see * Wayne Lai as Zhou Botong, Chow Pak-tung * Chu Tit-wo as Ouyang Feng, Au-yeung Fung * Newton Lai as Yat-dang * Dominic Lam as Yeung Tit-sam * Savio Tsang as Kwok Siu-tin * Iwanbeo Leung as Bau Si-yeuk * Ng Lai-ju as Lee Ping * Wong Wai as Yuen-ngan Hung-lit * Lau Kong as Genghis Khan * Ben Wong as Tolui ** Chor Kin-ban as young Tolui * Chan Pui-san as Wah-tsang ** Chor See-pui as young Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Buddhism Palm Strikes Back
''The Buddhism Palm Strikes Back'' is a Hong Kong ''wuxia'' comedy television series based on Wong Yuk-long's manhua series ''Buddha's Palm''. The series was first broadcast on TVB Jade in Hong Kong in 1993. Plot The legendary Buddha's Palm is the most powerful skill in the '' kong-woo'' (martial artists' community) that a fighter can learn. A long time ago, Lung Kim-fei used the skill to defeat Tin Cam-kiuk, and had since retired from the ''kong-woo''. Lung laid down a family rule, forbidding his descendants from learning the skill, and hid the Buddha's Palm manual, in order to prevent them from misusing it. 70 years later, a mysterious red-haired martial artist known as "For-wun Tse-san" (literally: Fire Cloud Evil Deity) appears and goes on a rampage to kill several people before challenging the five major sects to a fight. The five sects misbelieve that Lung Kim-sang, a descendant of Lung Kim-fei, is responsible for the killings and attack him. In fact, Lung Kim-sang does not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rage And Passion
''Rage and Passion'' is a Hong Kong television series adapted from Louis Cha's novels ''The Legend of the Condor Heroes'' and ''The Return of the Condor Heroes''. It was released overseas on 31 October 1992. Plot The story is an unofficial prequel to Louis Cha's novel ''The Legend of the Condor Heroes''. It tells the story behind the birth of Wong Chung-yeung and his early life. Cast : ''Note: Some of the characters' names are in Cantonese romanisation.'' * Ekin Cheng as Wong Chung-yeung * Fiona Leung as Lam Chiu-ying * Gallen Lo as Yuen-ngan Fung * Eddie Kwan as Tin-sang * Vivian Chow as Ching Yuek-see * Lam Sheung-mo as Yuen-sang * Cheung Yick as Fok King-san * Newton Lai as Seung-sang / Wong Seung * Mary Hon as Lam Ling-so * Money Lo as Fok Mo-seung * Wayne Lai Wayne Lai Yiu-cheung (; born 4 May 1964) is a Hong Kong actor. He became one of Hong Kong's most successful television actors after starring in TVB hit drama series ''Rosy Business''. Lai won three TVB Annivers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A New Life (Hong Kong TV Series)
''A New Life'' is a 1991 Hong Kong action crime drama television series produced by TVB and starring Margie Tsang, Savio Tsang, Donnie Yen and Kitty Lai. Originally released overseas on September 23, 1991, the series is currently rerunning on TVB's Network Vision channel starting from 16 January 2016 on weekends as a part of the special, ''Our... Donnie Yen'' (我們的...甄子丹), that began running on 11 January 2016. Plot Yam Chi-ho (Savio Tsang) was brought up in the triads and have been imprisoned on numerous occasions. Chi-ho was temporarily released from prison to attend his father's funeral, the police are tightly monitoring him, believing he will commit another crime, and thus, Chi-ho feels a great sense of stress. He later meets a passionate social worker, Ha Ching-man (Margie Tsang), who actively leads Chi-ho back on the right path. During one occasion, Chi-ho went to settle a dispute for his triad brother, causing his wife, Pui-kuen (Kitty Lai) to a miscarriage. Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |