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Sisley Choi
Sisley Choi (; born 6 February 1991) is a Hong Kong actress contracted to TVB. Early life and career Born Choi Sze-pui, she was born in Hong Kong and her ancestry can be traced back to Zhongshan, Guangdong. Her father was a police officer, which is the reason why Choi has stated her childhood education was quite strict. However, on television, Choi recalled her father's strict discipline was correct so that she can become a good person. Choi attended Po Primary School and St. Paul Middle School and went abroad to study in Oamaru, New Zealand when she was thirteen. She boarded at Waitaki Girls’ High School from 2005 to 2009. The experience encouraged her to continue her adventures abroad; she later went to Germany and spent three years as an au pair and to study ethnology and became fluent with the German language. In 2013, Choi withdrew from her studies and went back to Hong Kong to participate in the Miss Hong Kong pageant and won the first runner-up in the pageant. She ... [...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] |
Winki Lai
Winki Lai (; born 8 July 1986) is a Hong Kong actress and television host. She has been a TVB artiste since 2014. Early life Winki Lai was born in Hong Kong. She studied at ELCHK Ma On Shan Lutheran Primary School and Chinese YMCA College. Lai joined the drama club in secondary school. Although she was admitted to the acting department of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in Form 5, she gave up the opportunity to advance to university. It was not until two years later that one of her A-level scores failed and she could not enter her desired degree, Lai officially enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts with Honours in the Performing Department of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. She won the Hong Kong Bank Foundation Hong Kong-Mainland Exchange Scholarship and the Lai Cho-tin Memorial Scholarship during her schooling. Career After graduating in 2011, Lai became a stage actress and radio host. In 2013, she was recommended by her teacher Lo Koon-lan from The Academy o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fashion War
''Fashion War'' (; literally "Trendsetter") is a 2016 Hong Kong television drama created and produced by TVB, starring Moses Chan, Him Law and Sisley Choi as the main leads. It premiered on Hong Kong's TVB Jade and Malaysia's Astro On Demand on February 29, 2016 airing Monday through Sunday during its 9:30-10:30 pm timeslot and concluding March 20, 2016 with a total of 20 episodes. The show's producer is Dave Fong, and the head writer is Benny Wong. Filming took place from April to July 2015 on location in Hong Kong. The drama centered around the office politics of a fictional high fashion magazine in Hong Kong. It also shows the darker gritty side of the fashion industry. It mainly follows the fashion exploits of magazine editor Ip Long (Moses Chan) and his protege, Yannes Cheung (Sisley Choi). Moses Chan's character Ip Long, was modeled after VOGUE magazine chief editor Anna Wintour and designer Karl Lagerfeld. Synopsis MODES fashion magazine editor-in-chief Ip Long (Moses Chan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speed Of Life (TV Series)
''Speed of Life'' (; literally "Motorcycle, Car") is a 2016 Hong Kong police procedural television drama created and produced by TVB, starring Kenny Wong, Benjamin Yuen, Natalie Tong and Sisley Choi as the main leads. Filming took place from October 2014 till January 2015 on location in Hong Kong. The drama premiered January 18, 2016 on Hong Kong's Jade and HD Jade channels, airing Monday through Sunday during its 9:30-10:30 pm timeslot, concluding February 7, 2016 with a total of 20 episodes. The drama centers on the Hong Kong Police Force traffic branch, Enforcement and Control Unit（E&C）which enforces traffic laws and the Accident Investigation Division (AI) that is responsible for investigating traffic related accidents. Synopsis The Hong Kong Police Force Traffic Branch is divided into two departments. The Enforcement and Control Unit（E&C）is in charge of enforcing traffic laws and arresting those who break them while the Accident Investigation Division (AI) investigat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Charioteers
''Young Charioteers'' () is a 2015 Hong Kong modern, romance, sports drama produced by TVB, starring Him Law, Sisley Choi, Sammy Sum and Michelle Yim as the main leads. Filmed on location in Hong Kong and Taiwan, the series began airing on March 2, 2015 and is broadcast weekly from Monday to Friday on TVB Jade channel 8:30-9:30 pm timeslot. Synopsis Former friends Jedi Yau (Him Law) and Fighting Yip (Sammy Sum) are rivals at work, love and bicycle racing. Jedi and Fighting became friends in high school because of their shared interest in bicycle racing, but lost touch when Fighting had to return to Taiwan for family issues. The two meet again when Fighting becomes Jedi's new colleague at CHUR accounting firm, however Fighting doesn't want to resume his past friendship with Jedi. Their rivalry is further intensified when their work superiors Mucci Lai (Hanjin Tan) and Hillary Ning (Rosina Lam) pit Jedi and Fighting against each other to play office politics. To relieve his stress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Officer Geomancer
An officer is a person who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization. The term derives from Old French ''oficier'' "officer, official" (early 14c., Modern French ''officier''), from Medieval Latin ''officiarius'' "an officer," from Latin ''officium'' "a service, a duty" the late Latin from ''officiarius'', meaning "official." Examples Ceremonial and other contexts *Officer, and/or Grand Officer, are both a grade, class, or rank of within certain chivalric orders and orders of merit, e.g. Legion of Honour (France), Order of the Holy Sepulchre (Holy See), Order of the British Empire ( UK), Order of Leopold (Belgium) *Great Officer of State *Merchant marine officer or licensed mariner *Officer of arms *Officer in The Salvation Army, and other state decorations Corporations *Bank officer *Corporate officer, a corporate title **Chief executive officer (CEO) **Chief financial officer (CFO) **Chief operating officer (COO) *Executive officer Education *Chief academic of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vivien Yeo
Vivien Yeo (; born 20 July 1984) is a Malaysian Chinese actress and businesswoman. She represented Malaysia at the 2004 Miss Chinese International Pageant and made her acting debut in the 2004 youth drama series ''Sunshine Heartbeat''. She is best known for her roles in ''Ghost of Relativity'' (2015) and ''The Learning Curve of a Warlord'' (2018). Yeo is the founder of Vivien Yeo's Beauty Store, a cosmetics store with locations in Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong Kong. Personal life Yeo got married with her out-of-industry boyfriend in 2019. In April 2020, she announced that she had given birth to a daughter in Malaysia. On 14 February 2022, Yeo announced on Instagram that she had given birth to her second daughter. Filmography Television Film Awards *(2003) Miss Astro Chinese International winner (Miss Photogenic, Miss Elegance, Miss Fresh Look, Best Figure Award) *(2004) Top five finalist in Miss Chinese International 2004 pageants Reference External links Officia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roxanne Tong
Roxanne Tong Lok Man () is a Hong Kong actress and former beauty pageant contestant contracted to TVB. Background Roxanne Tong was born in Hong Kong, the older of two children. Her father, Tong Chun Chung, was an actor. She is the niece of Hong Kong actor Kent Tong. She graduated from University College London with a degree in Psychology. Career Roxanne Tong had signed with Primo and became a model. She competed in the Miss Hong Kong 2012 beauty pageant, receiving the Tourism Ambassador, Beauty Sublimation and Most Popular Pageant on Scene awards, and was eventually placed in Top 6. Later, she joined TVB and made her acting debut in the sitcom ''Come Home Love'' as Lee Sze-sze. She co-hosted the education program ''Sidewalk Scientist'' (season 2) as well. In 2014, Tong competed in the Mainland China competition The Chinese Dream Show ( 中国梦想秀). Michael Miu came as the special guest for her. She was eventually placed 4th in the competition. In 2017, Tong won the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
