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Samuel Tai
Samuel Tai (, born 6 November 1966) is a Hong Kong-born Taiwanese singer-songwriter. Tai debuted in 1988 and then released his first solo album ''Good Boys'' (理想男孩) in 1990. In 1993, he wrote the song "999 Roses" (九佰九拾九朶玫瑰), which turned out to be a huge success and big hit. His most popular songs include "999 Roses", "Thousand Origami Cranes" (千紙鶴), "1001 Nights" (一千零一夜) and "Let You Hear My Heart Beating" (心要讓你聽見) etc. He subsequently released 30 albums. His latest album, ''In the Beginning'' was released on 31 August 2012. Early life Tai was born in Hong Kong and spent his childhood on Shanghai Street in Mongkok. He was educated at Min Guang College and Wellington English Secondary School. He admires Bruce Lee and has studied Wing Chun from Lok Yiu for many years. While practicing Taekwondo he is qualified with First-Degree Black Belt. Due to an injury he had to stay at home to rest. During that time, his father bought a g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tai (surname)
Tai is a surname in various cultures. Arabic Tai or al-Ta'i, at-Ta'i (), also spelled al-Ta'i or at-Ta'iy, is an Arabic name. In ancient times it originated as a Nisba (onomastics), nisba indicating affiliation with the Tayy tribe. *Hatim al-Tai (Hatem ibn Abdellah ibn Sa'ad at-Ta'iy, died 578), Arab poet *Dawud Tai (Abu Solaiman Dawud ibn Nosair al-Ta’i, died 770s or 780s), Sufi mystic *Sultan Hashim Ahmad al-Tai (1945–2020), Iraqi Minister of Defense under Saddam Hussein *Ashraf Tai, Burmese-born Pakistani martial artist who states that he is a descendant of Hatim al-Tai Chinese Tái is the Pinyin romanisation of the Chinese surname written using the Chinese character, character . According to traditional stories recorded in the ''Shuowen Jiezi'', it originated as a toponymic surname referring to Tai (city), the city by the same name. *Tai Chih-yuan (; born 1965), Taiwanese comedian *Samuel Tai (; born 1966), Hong Kong-born Taiwan singer Tái is also the Pinyin romanisation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transfer Of Sovereignty Over Hong Kong
Sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China (PRC) at midnight on 1 July 1997. This event ended 156 years of British rule in the former colony. Hong Kong was established as a special administrative region of China (SAR) for 50 years, maintaining its own economic and governing systems from those of mainland China during this time, although influence from the central government in Beijing increased after the passing of the Hong Kong national security law in 2020. Hong Kong had been a colony of the British Empire since 1841, except for four years of Japanese occupation from 1941 to 1945. After the First Opium War, its territory was expanded on two occasions; in 1860 with the addition of Kowloon Peninsula and Stonecutters Island, and again in 1898, when Britain obtained a 99-year lease for the New Territories. The date of the handover in 1997 marked the end of this lease. The 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration had set the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
