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Mandy Wong
Mandy Wong Chi-man (born 21 December 1982) is a Hong Kong actress contracted to TVB. Wong began her acting career by participating in the Miss Hong Kong 2007 beauty pageant, where she was placed among the top 5 finalists. She gained recognition with her performance in the 2012 dramas '' L'Escargot'' and ''The Hippocratic Crush'', winning the Most Improved Female Artiste award at the 2012 TVB Anniversary Awards. In 2018, Wong earned critical acclaim for her performance in the legal comedy ''Threesome'', winning the Favourite TVB Actress awards in both Malaysia and Singapore at the 2018 TVB 51st Anniversary Gala. Early and personal life Born in Hong Kong, Mandy Wong was raised in a single-parent household and graduated from Cognitio College (Kowloon). Wong is very fond of dancing and has been practising since her teenage years. She had also achieved grade 8 on the piano. She has an older sister, Cathy Wong, who was a former English language specialist at King's Glory Education Cen ... [...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] |
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two regions: Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo's East Malaysia. Peninsular Malaysia shares a land and maritime Malaysia–Thailand border, border with Thailand and Maritime boundary, maritime borders with Singapore, Vietnam, and Indonesia. East Malaysia shares land and maritime borders with Brunei and Indonesia, and a maritime border with the Philippines and Vietnam. Kuala Lumpur is the national capital, the country's largest city, and the seat of the Parliament of Malaysia, legislative branch of the Government of Malaysia, federal government. The nearby Planned community#Planned capitals, planned capital of Putrajaya is the administrative capital, which represents the seat of both the Government of Malaysia#Executive, executive branch (the Cabine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Yuen
Benjamin Yuen Wai-ho (Simplified Chinese: 袁伟豪; Traditional Chinese: 袁偉豪, born May 11, 1981) is a Hong Kong actor and singer contracted to TVB and Shaw Brothers Pictures. Yuen’s career started when he became the winner of Hong Kong's Mr. Hong Kong beauty contest in 2007. Yuen was the first winner from Hong Kong as the previous two winners, Matthew Ko and Francois Huynh came from Canada and France respectively. In 2016, Yuen won Most Popular Male Character award at the TVB Anniversary Awards with his role in the critical acclaimed martial drama ''A Fist Within Four Walls''. In 2018, he won the Favourite Actor awards in both Malaysia and Singapore with his role in '' Stealing Seconds''. Entertainment career Benjamin Yuen started his career when he won the Yes! Magazine's School Grass Contest (校草選舉) in 1997. He was later reached with a contact by model agencies and officially became a model. This opened many other opportunities as Benjamin went on to ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selena Lee (actress)
Selena Lee Sze-wa (, born 12 February 1981), former stage name Selena Lee Sze-Wan (), is a Hong Kong-born Canadian actress and former beauty pageant contestant. After participating in the 2003 Miss Hong Kong Pageant, Lee had signed an artiste contract with TVB and filmed numerous TVB dramas. She left TVB in 2019 and announced in May 2019 that she will be managed by American talent agency Authentic for work in North America. In September 2019, Lee earned critical acclaim for her dual role as Alex and Coco in the supernatural romance drama '' Barrack O'Karma'' and won the Most Popular Female Character award at the TVB Anniversary Awards. In June 2020, she signed an artiste contract with Shaw Brothers Pictures for work in Hong Kong and South-Eastern Asia. Early life Born in Hong Kong, Selena Lee immigrated with her parents to Toronto in 1988. She attended the University of Toronto, earning a Bachelor of Business Commerce with major in Accounting in 2010. Lee had also had achiev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaine Yiu
Elaine Yiu (born 21 November, 1980 in British Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong actress and television host contracted to TVB. Career Elaine Yiu entered the entertainment industry after winning the TVB8 Presentator Contest in 2002, subsequently signing a management and filming contract with TVB. From 2002 to 2004, Yiu hosted Mandarin-language television programmes for TVB8. Yiu's acting debut was in the 2003 teen drama ''Hearts of Fencing'', portraying the nerdy girl Man Man. At the 2015 TVB Star Awards Malaysia, Yiu earned the Favourite TVB Supporting Actress and Favourite TVB Drama Character awards with her role as Vivian Cheung Wai-man (張慧芸) in the legal drama '' Raising the Bar'' (四個女仔三個BAR). Yiu's red-hot winning streak continued two weeks later in Hong Kong when she won the "Best Supporting Actress" award at the 2015 TVB Anniversary Awards with her role as Imperial Consort Yim (炎貴妃) in the ancient drama ''Captain of Destiny'' (張保仔). In 2017, Yiu won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paisley Wu
Paisley Wu (; born 12 November 1971) is a Hong Kong singer and television presenter. She was first discovered by Tats Lau of Tat Ming Pair, and has released 3 albums and 1 EP since the start of her music career in the mid-90s. Since the 2000s, she is mainly known as a TV host on music programmes for TVB. Biography Paisley Wu's formative years were spent in Shanghai, where she received musical training in Italian opera. She later moved to San Francisco where she studied R&B and jazz. Her first release was a jazz album in 1994, which was sung in her native Mandarin and produced by Tats Lau. In 1996, she signed with Musician Ltd, a short-lived sublabel of Polygram Hong Kong which was then home to the newly reformed Tat Ming Pair, and during this period released music that showed a more alternative-rock influence. Her first and only album (就係...) on the label was released to mixed reception in 1997. She was often unfavourably dubbed as a Faye Wong wannabe, though she has personally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Wu
Nancy may refer to: Places France * Nancy, France, a city in the northeastern French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle and formerly the capital of the duchy of Lorraine ** Arrondissement of Nancy, surrounding and including the city of Nancy ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Nancy, surrounding and including the city of Nancy ** École de Nancy, the spearhead of the Art Nouveau in France ** Musée de l'École de Nancy, a museum * Nancy-sur-Cluses, Haute-Savoie United States * Nancy, Kentucky * Mount Nancy, in the White Mountains of New Hampshire * Nancy, Virginia People * Nancy (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Nancy (singer) (born Nancy Jewel McDonie), member of Momoland * Jean-Luc Nancy (1940–2021), French philosopher * Nazmun Munira Nancy, Bangladeshi singer Vessels * * ''Nancy'' (1803 ship), a sloop wrecked near Jervis Bay in 1805 * ''Nancy'' (1789 ship), a schooner built in Detroit in 1789, best known for playing a pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myolie Wu
Myolie Wu Hang-yee (born 6 November 1979) is a Hong Kong actress and singer. She is previously managed by Hong Kong TVB television station and Neway Star. In 2011, she won Best Actress for her role in ''Curse of the Royal Harem'', Most Favourite TV Female Character for her role in ''Ghetto Justice'' and also "Extraordinary Elegant Actress" at the TVB Anniversary Awards 2011, making her the first ever Triple TV Queen of the year. Wu left TVB in 2015. Early years In her schooling days, Myolie Wu received high school education in Boarding School at Methodist College Belfast, Northern Ireland. She later returned to Hong Kong and attended the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, majoring in Biochemistry. During her first year in university, Wu took part the Miss Hong Kong pageant in 1999 and clinched second runner-up. Shortly afterward, she signed on to TVB as a full-time contracted artiste and withdrew from school. Career Acting In her early years, Myolie Wu started ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wan Chai
Wan Chai is situated at the western part of the Wan Chai District on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. Its other boundaries are Canal Road, Hong Kong, Canal Road to the east, Arsenal Street to the west and Bowen Road to the south. The area north of Gloucester Road, Hong Kong, Gloucester Road is often referred to as Wan Chai North. Wan Chai is one of the busiest commercial areas in Hong Kong with offices of many small and medium-sized companies. Wan Chai North features office towers, parks, hotels and an international conference and exhibition centre. As one of the first areas developed in Hong Kong, the locale is densely populated yet with noticeable residential zones facing urban decay. Arousing considerable public concern, the government has undertaken several urban renewal projects in recent years. There are various landmarks and List of tallest buildings in Hong Kong, skyscrapers within the area, most notably the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cosmetics
Cosmetics are constituted mixtures of chemical compounds derived from either natural sources, or synthetically created ones. Cosmetics have various purposes. Those designed for personal care and skin care can be used to cleanse or protect the body or skin. Cosmetics designed to enhance or alter one's appearance (makeup) can be used to conceal blemishes, enhance one's natural features (such as the eyebrows and eyelashes), add color to a person's face, or change the appearance of the face entirely to resemble a different person, creature or object. Cosmetics can also be designed to add fragrance to the body. Definition and etymology The word ''cosmetics'' derives from the Greek (), meaning "technique of dress and ornament", from (), "skilled in ordering or arranging" and that from (), meaning "order" and "ornament". Cosmetics are constituted from a mixture of chemical compounds derived from either natural sources, or synthetically created ones. Legal definition T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King's Glory Education Centre
The King's Glory Education (KGE) Centre is a Cram school in Hong Kong founded in 1986 by Shum Yi-Fai (''aka'' "Dr F. Shum"). It is targeted at students at S.6 level (previously S.5 and S.7 levels) who are sitting the HKDSE (combined from the former HKCEE and HKALE exams). It also provides P.4 to S.5 tutorial classes. History The school started at an address in Ngau Tau Kok and provided tutorial classes to P.1 to F.3 students. In 1994, the school registered as a tutorial school and moved to Kowloon Bay. From that time, the school provided classes to P.3-F.7 students. In 1996, the school registered new branches in Mong Kok and Tsuen Wan. From 1998 to 2002, many of the school's branches were established all over Hong Kong. By 2007, King's Glory Education had established 11 branches, and it is one of the largest education corporations in Hong Kong. K. Oten case In February 2009, it was reported that former 'star teacher' and business partner Karson Oten Fan Karno, better known a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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