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Race Wong
Race Wong is a Singaporean actress, singer and businesswoman. She was one of the former Hong Kong cantopop duo singer group 2R alongside her elder sister Rosanne Wong. Professional background Born in Malaysia, raised in Singapore, she pursued her career in the entertainment industry in Hong Kong with her sister Rosanne Wong which won her various awards for her singing career as the cantopop group 2R, including Most Promising Newcomer and Most Popular Group Award in the Annual Top 10 Song of the Year Awards (2003), Metro Broadcasting Music awards (2004), TVB Top 10 Songs of the Year (2004) and Hong Kong Commercial Radio Music Awards’ (2003). Wong became a spotlight when she was chosen to star alongside Stephen Chow in his famous annual San Miguel TV advertisement. Following that, she rose to fame for her leading role in a TVB youth series ''Hearts of Fencing''. Which jumpstarted both her singing and acting career. Wong hoped to focus her acting on roles beyond her youthfu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuala Lumpur
, anthem = '' Maju dan Sejahtera'' , image_map = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Malaysia#Southeast Asia#Asia , pushpin_map_caption = , coordinates = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = , subdivision_type1 = Administrative areas , subdivision_name1 = , established_title = Establishment , established_date = 1857 , established_title2 = City status , established_date2 = 1 February 1972 , established_title3 = Transferred to federal jurisdiction , established_date3 = 1 February 1974 , government_type = Federal administrationwith local government , governing_body = Kuala Lumpur City Hall , leader_title = Mayor , leader_name = Mahadi bin Che Ngah , total_type = Federal territory , area_footnotes = , area_total_km2 = 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Smiling, Proud Wanderer
''The Smiling, Proud Wanderer'' is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong (Louis Cha). It was first serialised in Hong Kong in the newspaper ''Ming Pao'' from 20 April 1967 to 12 October 1969. The Chinese title of the novel, ''Xiao Ao Jiang Hu'', literally means to live a carefree life in a mundane world of strife. Alternate English translations of the title include ''The Wandering Swordsman'', ''Laughing in the Wind'', ''The Peerless Gallant Errant'', and ''The Proud and Gallant Wanderer''. Another alternative title, ''State of Divinity'', is used for some of the novel's adaptations. Plot In ''jianghu'' or wulin (martial artists' community), there is a highly coveted martial arts manual known as the Bixie Swordplay Manual, the heirloom of the Lin family, which runs the Fuwei Security Service in Fuzhou. The Qingcheng Sect's leader Yu Canghai leads his followers to massacre the Lins and attempts to seize the manual to no success. Yue Buqun, the leader of the Mount Hua Sect—a member of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Night (film)
"Black Night" is a song by English hard rock band Deep Purple, released as a single in June 1970 and later included on the 25th Anniversary version of their 1970 studio album, ''Deep Purple in Rock''. It became a hit following its release, peaking at No. 2 on UK charts, and remains Deep Purple's highest charting UK single. It topped the charts in Switzerland, and is one of only two singles from the band to chart in Ireland, peaking at No. 4, thus making it the group's only Irish Top 10 hit. It was also the second non-album single penned by the band and also reached number 6 in South Africa. Writing process and recording Once ''Deep Purple in Rock'' had been completed, EMI asked for a single to be recorded to help promote the album. Though Roger Glover states that Ricky Nelson's 1962 hard rocking arrangement of the George Gershwin song " Summertime" was the basis for the Mk II Deep Purple single "Black Night," it is also similar to Blues Magoos's 1966 psychedelic hit song "(We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cocktail (2006 Film)
''Cocktail'' is a 2006 Hong Kong film produced and directed by Herman Yau and Long Ching. The film stars Candy Lo, Endy Chow, and Race Wong. Plot Candy, a pensive character, owns the fashionable Hong Kong bar Half Mortal. After she gives a bartender job to Paul, her part-time employee Stella, a psychology student, teaches him. Paul is skilled in being able to mix drinks that are suitable for what his customers are feeling. Paul is from a complicated background. He grieves as just a while ago, his alcoholic father had died. Paul has stopped going to school. A novice with dating women, he has fallen in love with Stella but is incoherent when talking to her. He ponders whether drinking will bring him happiness or in Stella's view just transforms how they will behave. Cast * Candy Lo as Candy * Endy Chow as Paul * Race Wong as Stella * Bobo Chan as Macy * Lawrence Cheng as Yip Chi-feng * Chiu Suet-Fei as Yuki (credited as Suet-fei) * Eric Kot as Tong * Amanda Lee * Johnson Lee as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China's Next Top Princess
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land, the most of any country in the world, tied with Russia. Covering an area of approximately , it is the world's third largest country by total land area. The country consists of 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities, and two Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau). The national capital is Beijing, and the most populous city and financial center is Shanghai. Modern Chinese trace their origins to a cradle of civilization in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain. The semi-legendary Xia dynasty in the 21st century BCE and the well-attested Shang and Zhou dynasties developed a bureaucratic political system to serve hereditary monarchies, or dynasti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moments Of Love
''Moments of Love'' is a 2006 Philippine romance film directed by Mark Reyes. The film stars Dingdong Dantes, Iza Calzado and Karylle. The movie was produced by GMA Pictures. Plot Marco (Dingdong), a photographer, along with his sister (Isabel) and their cousin Duke (Jojo) are on a vacation in an old sleepy town. While strolling around town a mysterious woman is hit by a van while trying to save Marco's life. He visits the woman and is drawn to her granddaughter Lianne (Karylle). Marco and Lianne start to develop a relationship but recent events cause Marco to be withdrawn. He suddenly finds himself haunted by a deep feeling of loneliness. His yearning leads to a telephone conversation with Divina (Iza), the daughter of a haciendero. They find solace in each other. Divina lives in the past (1957) while Marco lives in the present (2006). Cast *Dingdong Dantes as Marco - A photographer from 2006 who is on vacation with his sister and cousin while his parents are in London. He ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Unusual Youth
''The Unusual Youth'' () is a 2005 Hong Kong teen comedy-drama film centering on five disillusioned Hong Kong teenagers living on the island of Cheung Chau as they try to deal with life in spite of family backgrounds. The film stars Race Wong of 2R fame, Yan Ng, Marco Lok and Raymond Wong. Several veteran Milkyway Image actors, which include Law Wing-Cheong, Cheung Siu-Fai, Lam Suet and Simon Yam (in a brief, unbilled appearance) make cameo appearances. ''The Unusual Youth'' marks the writing and directing debut of Dennis Law, a former real-estate developer turned former chairman for Milkyway Image. It is also the first film to be produced by Law's own production company Point of View Movie Production Co. Ltd. Cast * Race Wong as Suki * Yan Ng as May May * Marco Lok as Leung Guy-Cheung, a.k.a. Big Chick * Raymond Wong Ho-Yin as Biggie * Helena Law as Grandma * Kitty Yuen as Siu Yiu * Sammy Leung as Sai Hung * Lam Suet as Uncle Hong * Cheung Siu-Fai as Kwok Sir * Law Win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunshine Heartbeat
{{Infobox television , native_name = 赤沙印記＠四葉草2 , image = SunshineHeartbeat2004.jpg , image_size = 255 , caption = Promo poster , genre = Modern Drama , runtime = 20 minutes (approx.) , creator = , director = , producer = , writer = , starring = Charles Szeto Vin Choi Vivien Yeo Charmaine Li Yoyo Chen Joe Ma Cathy Chui Kelly Fu , opentheme = "Find Your Love" by Fiona Fung, Roxane Lo, & Peggy Lee , endtheme = , country = Hong Kong , language = Cantonese , network = TVB , first_aired = {{start date, 2004, 10, 3 , last_aired = {{end date, 2004, 12, 26 , num_episodes = 13 , preceded_by = , followed_by = , related = Sunshine Heartbeat (Chinese title: 赤沙印記@四葉草.2) is a 2004 Hong Kong television series. The story centres on volleyball and high school. Synopsis This series is based on high school life, love, and one sport - volleyball. When ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Film Award For Best New Performer
The Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer is an annual Hong Kong industry award presented to an actor or actress for the best performance by a new artist. The performance is often, but not obligatory, the debut role of the artist. History The award was established at the 2nd Hong Kong Film Awards (1983) and the first winner in this category was Ma Si-San for her role in the film ''Boat People''. There are 5, sometimes 6, nominations for the category of Best New Performer from which one actor or actress is chosen the winner of the Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer. The HKFA for Best New Performer was sometimes awarded for a very young actor or actress such as Xu Jiao, who was only nine years old at the time of the award, or Goum Ian Iskandar, a nine-year-old Malaysian actor who won in both supporting actor and best new artist categories for his performance in ''After This Our Exile''. Many recipients of this award become famous figures of the Hong Kong film in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Is A Many Stupid Thing
''Love Is a Many Stupid Thing'' is a 2004 comedy film written, produced and directed by Wong Jing and starring Eric Tsang, Chapman To, Natalis Chan, Shawn Yue, Lam Chi-chung and Raymond Wong Ho-yin. The film is a parody of the 2002 hit film ''Infernal Affairs'', which featured Tsang, To and Yue. Plot Inspector Nat (Natalis Chan) send three undercover cops Ray (Chapman To), Tom (Shawn Yue) and Chubbie (Lam Chi-chung) to infiltrate triad boss Sam (Eric Tsang). Sam also sent Watson ( Raymond Wong Ho-yin) as a mole to the police force. During their mission, Ray, Tom and Chubbie fall for three beautiful policewoman Angel (Belinda Hamnett), Leila (Race Wong) and Sharon (Iris Wong). Cast References External links * * Love is a Many Stupid Thing' at Hong Kong Cinemagic Hong Kong Cinemagic, sometimes referred to as HKCinemagic, is a bilingual ( French and English) website providing a repository for information about Chinese language films from Hong Kong, China and Taiwan, and the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sound Of Colors (film)
''Sound of Colors'' () is a 2003 Hong Kong romance film directed by Joe Ma. It is an adaptation of the Taiwanese children's picture book of the same name by Jimmy Lai. Cast * Tony Leung Chiu-wai as Ho Chui-Ming — the untrustworthy owner of a dating agency who inextricably goes blind * Miriam Yeung as Cheung Hoi-Yeuk — a kind blind woman who visits a dating agency in search for love * Chang Chen as Zhong Cheng — an advertising company sales representative in Taipei whose love letter gets sent to an incorrect address * Dong Jie as Dong Lie — a Shanghainese businesswoman who receives the love letter * Wing Fan — angel who sets up Zhong Cheng and Dong Lie Reception Yen Sun-lun for the ''Taipei Times'' wrote, "Unfortunately, the film has turned out to be a colourful and beautiful picture that looks like an extended version of a music video. It may be creative in creating characters and plot for the originally thinly-plotted illustration book and the performances are o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Securities And Futures Commission
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong is the independent statutory body charged with regulating the securities and futures markets in Hong Kong. The SFC is responsible for fostering an orderly securities and futures markets, to protect investors and to help promote Hong Kong as an international financial centre and a key financial market in China. Even though it is considered to be a branch of the government, it is run independently under the authorisation of the laws relating to Securities and Futures. The head office is in One Island East in Quarry Bay. History The SFC was created in 1989 in response to the stock market crash of 1987. In 1997 following the Asian financial crisis, the regulatory framework was further improved. A comprehensive Securities and Futures Ordinance (SFO) was implemented in 2003, which expanded the SFC's regulatory functions and powers. Andrew Sheng served as chairman of the SFC from 1998 until 2005, when he was succeeded by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
