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Split Second (TV Series)
''Split Second'' is a 2004 Hong Kong crime thriller television drama produced by TVB and Thailand's TV3, with Marco Law serving as the executive producer. It ran from October 4, 2004 to November 12, 2004, with the total of 30 episodes. This show uses a format similar to the American series '' 24''. Each one-hour episode represents one day in the show's timeline, and an on-screen digital clock appears in the show regularly to remind viewers the time in the storyline. Synopsis This story is about the 30-day game of chasing between the Hong Kong police and the Hong Kong Triads, who are allegedly linked to the Thai mafia. The story starts on April 1, 2004 with an attack on the police commissioner, and ends on April 30, 2004, with the deaths of many good people. Characters *Fung Chi Wai ( Alex Fong (方中信)) — A Hong Kong Policeman tried to find evidence in order to arrest the group of triads in Hong Kong which is also linked with the Thai mafia. *Wong Ka Fai (Kevi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Thriller
Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professional detective, of a crime, often a murder. It is usually distinguished from mainstream fiction and other genres such as historical fiction or science fiction, but the boundaries are indistinct. Crime fiction has multiple subgenres, including detective fiction (such as the whodunit), courtroom drama, hard-boiled fiction, and legal thrillers. Most crime drama focuses on crime investigation and does not feature the courtroom. Suspense and mystery are key elements that are nearly ubiquitous to the genre. History The ''One Thousand and One Nights'' (''Arabian Nights'') contains the earliest known examples of crime fiction. One example of a story of this genre is the medieval Arabic tale of "The Three Apples", one of the tales narrated by Scheherazade in the ''Arabia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of TVB Series (2004)
This is a list of series released by TVB in 2004. Top ten drama series in ratings The following is a list of the highest-rated drama series released by TVB in 2004. The list includes premiere week and final week ratings. First line series These dramas aired in Hong Kong from 8:00 to 9:00 pm, Monday to Friday on TVB. Second line series These dramas aired in Hong Kong from 9:00 to 9:30 pm, Monday to Friday on TVB. Third line series These dramas aired in Hong Kong from 10:05 to 11:05 pm (9:30 to 10:30 pm from 10 April onwards), Monday to Friday on TVB. Weekend Dramas These dramas aired in Hong Kong from 10:00 to 11:00 pm, Sunday on TVB. Warehoused series These dramas were released overseas and have not broadcast on TVB Jade Channel. External linksTVB Official Website {{List of TVB series 2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNES ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benz Hui
Benz Hui Shiu-hung (born 4 November 1948) is a Hong Kong film and TV actor. Hui is credited with over 165 films. Hui is a currently a TV actor with TVB. Early life and family Hui comes from an influential family in Canton. His great-grandfather was a godson of Empress Dowager Cixi and served as an imperial official during the late Qing dynasty. Hui's great-aunt, Xu Guangping (Cantonese: Hui Kwong-ping), was married to the writer Lu Xun. His granduncle Xu Chongzhi (Cantonese: Hui Chung-chi) was a founder of the Whampoa Military Academy, while his other granduncle Xu Chongqing (Cantonese: Hui Chung-ching) once served as an education minister of Canton. His name "Benz" was inspired by "Mercedes-Benz", as he was the first ATV actor to drive a Mercedes-Benz to work. Career In 1972, Hui started his acting career. Hui first appeared in Young People, a 1972 film directed by Chang Cheh. Hui started his acting career in supporting roles of various television series. He also joined the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Li (actor)
Eric Li Ka-Cheung (; born 23 May 1953) is an adjunct professor at the School of Accountancy of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the School of Business of Hong Kong Baptist University. He was formerly a member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council for the accounting functional constituency and Chairman of its Public Accounts Committee. Education Li is an alumnus of St. Paul's Co-educational College and the University of Manchester. He now serves as a member of the Global Leadership Board of the University of Manchester. Director Li is a director of the following listed companies: *Bank of Communications *China Resources *Hang Seng Bank *Sinofert *Sun Hung Kai Properties *SmarTone *Transport International *Wong's International Holdings Honours His honorary awards include: Honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Manchester, Honorary Doctor of Social Sciences from the Hong Kong Baptist University, Honorary Fellow of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Tsang
Raymond Ka-Sing Tsang ( zh, t=曾家星, c=, s=, p=Céng Jiāxīng), better known by his in-game name kaSing, is a British professional ''League of Legends'' player who plays as the support for Excel Esports' academy team, BT Excel. Career KaSing joined H2k-Gaming ahead of the 2015 Spring EU LCS. Tsang joined TSM of the League of Legends Championship Series North America as the support and debuted with TSM at Intel Extreme Masters Season X - San Jose. He left after disappointing results from IEM San Jose and was replaced by former Fnatic player Bora "YellowStar" Kim. Soon afterwards, KaSing was picked up by Team Vitality upon the organization's buying of Gambit Gaming's EU LCS spot. Tournament results Team Vitality * 3rd — 2016 EU LCS Spring Split * 5–6th — 2016 EU LCS Spring Playoffs The 2016 European ''League of Legends'' Championship Series (2016 EU LCS) was the fourth season of the European ''League of Legends'' Championship Series. The Spring Split began ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandy Cho
Mandy Lee Cho (born 2 September 1982 in Sacramento County, California)Date of birth found on the ''California Birth Index 1905-1995'', under Cho, Mandy Lee, on 2 September 1982 in Sacramento County. is a Hong Kong beauty contestant and television personality. Cho studied in San Francisco, United States. She went to Hong Kong in 2003 and competed in the 2003 Miss Hong Kong Pageant. A favorite at the start of the competition, she made it into the semifinals and won the Perfect Team Award. Then in August, she competed in the finals and beat favorites like Selena Li, Rabee'a Yeung, and Carrie Lee for the title. Later Cho appeared in TVB series including Split Second, Guts of Man, and The Charm Beneath ''The Charm Beneath'' (Traditional Chinese: 胭脂水粉) is a TVB period drama series broadcast in October 2005. The series was shown to celebrate TVB's 38th Anniversary. Sheren Tang and Bobby Au-Yeung were originally cast in this series inste .... She also became the seventh co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiona Yuen
Fiona Yuen Choi Wan (; born 20 January 1976 in Cologne) is a German-born Hong Kong model and actress. Yuen went to Hong Kong and took part in the 1996 Miss Hong Kong Pageant, where she was second runner-up and won the Miss International Goodwill award. She speaks German, French, English, Mandarin, Cantonese and Hakka fluently. In 2010, it was announced that she would leave the entertainment and move to Vancouver to start a new life. She is currently under ATV Home, a local Hong Kong television station, as a host and program presenter. Television series * A Kindred Spirit (1995) *Rural Hero (1998) *The Legend Of Lady Yang (2000) * A Matter of Customs (2000) *Crimson Sabre (2000) *Healing Hands II (2000) *Gods of Honour (2001) *At Point Blank (2001) * Lofty Waters Verdant Bow (2002) *The 'W' Files (2003) *The Vigilante in the Mask (2003) * Fight for Love (2004) *Love and Again (2004) * Split Second (2004) *Placebo Cure(2004) * Always Ready (2005) *Just Love (2005) *Guts of Man (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Kwok (actor)
Mark Kwok Yiu Ming (born 28 October 1964) is a TVB actor from 1995. His debuted in TVB in ''A Kindred Spirit A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes' ...'' (1996). He acted in one drama in ATV before moving to TVB. Filmography External linksHong Kong Cinemagic: Mark Kwok Yiu Ming {{DEFAULTSORT:Kwok, Mark 1964 births TVB actors Hong Kong male actors Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lau Kong
Lau Kong () is a Hong Kong actor who worked on the network TVB. Biography Little is known of Lau's private life, but he has been acting since 1976, when he first joined the now defunct network Commercial Television, he later joined RTV (now ATV, Lau would be an actor there from 1979-1982. From 1982 onwards, Lau has been serving as veteran actor there, portraying various types of roles, (mostly as a patriarch, and many TVB actors and actresses have been his "son" or "daughter“, and there are very few actors in TVB that have never worked with him. Filmography Films *'' Last Hurrah for Chivalry'' (1979) *''Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils'' (1982) *''Queen of Kowloon'' (2000) *''Beast Stalker ''Beast Stalker'' () is a 2008 Hong Kong action thriller film directed by Dante Lam (who also wrote the screenplay with Ng Wai-lun, and produced with Candy Leung and Cheung Hong-tat). The film stars Nicholas Tse, Nick Cheung, Zhang Jingchu and ...'' (2008) *'' The Stool Pigeon'' (2010) Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnson Lee
Johnson Lee (; born 11 April 1974) is a Hong Kong-Canadian TVB actor and celebrity impersonator. Born in Hong Kong, Lee immigrated to Canada in 1984 and settled in the Toronto area. He graduated from the University of Toronto and studied animation in Canada before returning to Hong Kong in 1998. He began his entertainment career with Commercial Radio and trained as a comedian. He transitioned to an acting career with TVB in 2003. Lee is the host and producer of the late night talk show '' Sze U Tonight'' () which began airing on TVB in 2015, and in 2021 became host of ''Family Feud Hong Kong.'' Filmography TV dramas Film References External linksJohnson Lee's Official TVB Blog* *Johnson Leeat the Hong Kong Movie DataBase The Hong Kong Movie Database (HKMDB) is a bilingual (English and Chinese) website started in 1995 by Hong Kong resident Ryan Law to provide a repository for information about movies originating from Hong Kong and the people who created them. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claire Yiu
Claire Yiu Ka-lei (born 10 August 1978), is a Hong Kong actress contracted to TVB. Career Yiu started her acting career after being the 2nd runner-up in the Miss Asia Pageant in 1998. After filming some ATV series, such as 海瑞鬥嚴嵩, and Ten Tigers of Guangdong (廣東十虎), she went over to TVB and filmed some minor roles in television dramas such as To Catch The Uncatchable and Healing Hands 3. She began to play more significant roles in television dramas such as To Grow with Love and Steps (TV series). Personal life Yiu is married with former ATV actor, Thomas Lam Cho-fai. Their daughter, Kyra, was born on 20 April 2009. Their son, Kyros, was born on 30 April 2012. Filmography ATV *''海瑞鬥嚴嵩'' (1998) *''Ten Tigers of Guangdong Ten, TEN or 10 may refer to: * 10, an even natural number following 9 and preceding 11 * one of the years 10 BC, AD 10, 1910 and 2010 * October, the tenth month of the year Places * Mount Ten, in Vietnam * Tongren Fenghua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thai Mafia
''Jao por'' (Thai: เจ้าพ่อ, “godfather”) is a term used in Thailand to describe Thai organized crime groups. Meaning of the term ''Chao pho'' or ''jao poh'' literally means “godfather.” Chao pho, mostly based in the provinces, have business interests in both legitimate and criminal activities. Moreover, they have groups of associates and followers, move closely with powerful bureaucrats, policemen and military figures, sit in positions in local administration, and play a key role in parliamentary elections. Activities According to Thai authorities, there are ''chao pho'' groups in 39 of Thailand's 77 provinces. From these provinces they work like a local mafia as they are active in both illegal as well as some legitimate businesses. They are involved in a wide range of criminal activities such as prostitution, drug trafficking, illegal gambling and others. They are known for cooperating with the ''Red Wa'' (who are associated with the United Wa State Army ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
