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Trimming Success
''Trimming Success'' (Traditional Chinese: 飛短留長父子兵) is a TVB modern drama series released overseas in January 2006 and broadcast on TVB Jade Channel in May 2006. Synopsis :The sun shines bright, :The wind blows high; :This is where he can find renewed hope in life! Jason Fan Tin-Long (Kevin Cheng) is a successful hair-stylist and owns a trendy salon in Lan Kwai Fong. Jason has a model girlfriend Choco Ko Cheuk-Kei (Sharon Chan) who is a big money spender. Jason's family is from Stanley, Hong Kong and his father, Fan Kwong-Wing ( Lau Dan) owns an old fashioned barber shop in Stanley Market. Pang Cheng (Nnadia Chan Nadia Chan (; born 21 January 1971) is a Hong Kong actress, singer, model, and spokesperson. Life and career Chan was born to Chinese Ethnic Indonesian parents. Chan's parents are Indonesian Chinese and her family moved to Hong Kong when she ...) is Jason's childhood friend who secretly admires Jason. Jason-Choco-Pang Cheng eventually becomes a love ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Cheng
Kevin Cheng Ka-wing (born 15 August 1969) is a Hong Kong American actor and singer who is currently under the management of the Hong Kong television network Television Broadcasts Limited, TVB. Cheng rose to fame in late 2004 after playing his first lead role in the TVB drama ''Hard Fate''. He is best known for his role as "L.A. Law" in the 2011 TVB legal drama ''Ghetto Justice'', which earned him a TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actor and Asian Television Award#Acting Awards Winners, Asian Television Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Early life Cheng was born in San Francisco, California, but spent most of his childhood in Hong Kong. He attended Pun U Association Wah Yah Primary School, Wah Yan College, Hong Kong, Wah Yan College, the Hong Kong International School, and Alhambra High School (Alhambra, California), Alhambra High School in the United States. During his school days, his mother sent him back to China, where he lived with his uncle for two years before returning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Market
Stanley Market () is a street market in Stanley on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. The street is a typical example of a traditional old open-air market in Hong Kong and has since become a major tourist attraction, well known for its bargains. Many of the stalls or shops in Stanley Market sell Hong Kong souvenirs as well as clothing - particularly silk garments and traditional Chinese dress - toys, ornaments, luggage, souvenirs, paintings, and Chinese arts and crafts. The market grew out of Chek Chu Tsuen Chek or CHEK may refer to: * Chek (brand), soft drink brand of Winn-Dixie * Chek (unit), a traditional Chinese unit of length * CHEK-DT, a TV station in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada * ''chek'', the Hong Kong English spelling of "尺", the '' ..., a nearby village.DeWolf, Christophe"9 Hong Kong tourist traps -- for better or worse"''CNN Go''. 27 October 2010. Retrieved 2012-03-03 There are several small Chinese restaurants in the marketplace and a small old '' dai pai dong'' or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TVB Dramas
Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong SAR. The Company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Cantonese language service, and TVB Pearl as its main English service. TVB is headquartered at TVB City at the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate. TVB commenced broadcasting on November 19, 1967. The Company was incorporated on July 26, 1965 and was co-founded by Sir Run Run Shaw, who was Chairman from 1980 to 2011, together with Sir Douglas Clague and Harold Lee Hsiao-wo of the Lee Hysan family. When TVB first began broadcasting it was commonly known and promoted as "Wireless Television" () in Chinese to distinguish it from the then cable television broadcaster, Rediffusion Television (), which later became ATV (). It is still usually referred to with that name, although ATV later switched to "wireless" (free-to-air) broadcasting as well. TVB is known primarily for its dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Law Lok Lam
Law Lok-lam (, born 20 October 1948) is a veteran Hong Kong character actor currently under Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) management. A versatile actor who has acted in many Hong Kong television dramas since the 1970s. He has been in so many dramas that he became internationally known as "the actor that died 5 times in one day or 24 hours" when five dramas he starred in were broadcast on the same day showing him in dying scenes. Law originally joined TVB in 1976 as a film extra, but left the same year to return to rival station Commercial Television (CTV). Almost a decade with another rival station Asia Television (ATV), he returned to TVB in 1990. He was one of five artistes awarded the "TVB Professional Actor Awards" in 2014 for his many years as a dedicated TVB employee. Early life Law was born in the province of Chaozhou, Guangdong, China and immigrated with his family at the age of 14 to Macao. One of his earliest jobs was working at a plastic factory and accompanying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anita Kwan
Anita or ANITA may refer to: Arts * ''Anita'' (1967 film), an Indian film * ''Anita'' (2009 film), an Argentine film * ''Anita'' (2021 film), a Hong Kong film *'' Anita: Swedish Nymphet'', a 1973 erotic film People *Anita (given name), people with the given name Anita Places *Anita, Indiana, a former town in Johnson County, Indiana *Anita, Iowa, city in Cass County, Iowa *Anita, Pennsylvania *Batey Anita Airport, in Consuelo, Dominican Republic *Lake Anita State Park, state park in Cass County, Iowa, US *Santa Anita (other) Science and technology *''Amblypodia anita'', a species of blue butterfly *ANITA grade, a group of plants consisting of the most basal angiosperm lineages *Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna experiment *Sumlock ANITA calculator Storms *Hurricane Anita, an Atlantic hurricane in 1977 *Tropical Storm Anita (other) See also *Anitta (other) Anitta may refer to: *Anitta (king), Hittite king *Anitta (singer) (born 1993), Brazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Wong Ka-Lok
Stephen Wong Ka-Lok (, born 14 December 1978) is a Hong Kong actor previously contracted to TVB. Biography Prior to joining TVB, Wong wanted to be a customs officer. Wong went on to work in a telecommunication company. He possessed a very good learning attitude and was seen as a very down-to-earth person. During his stint in the telecommunication company, he has constantly been on the look out for opportunity to take up study courses offered by the company, in the quest of upgrading himself. However, as he has only been working there for two years at that time, he was not entitled for such privilege. Wong went to the Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) Station to perform inspection on its telephone systems, he was approached by a personnel of the acting division. Asked if he is interested in being an actor, Wong first thought was how tough life as an artist would be (he has been on modelling jobs at that time and so had some ideas of such a lifestyle). However, he has some time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ching Hor Wai
Ching may refer to: People * Ching (given name), a unisex name * Ching (surname), a romanization of some Chinese surnames such as Cheng and Zhuang * Ching Hammill (1902–1925), American football player * Ivan Ching Johnson (1898–1979), Canadian National Hockey League player * Ching, nickname of Willis Augustus Lee (1888–1945), World War II US Navy vice admiral * Ching Lau Lauro, stage name of an English magician popularly known as Ching (flourished 1827–1840), true identity unknown * Ching Shih (1775–1844), also known as Madame Ching, a notorious and highly successful Chinese pirate Other uses * Ching (instrument), a Thai and Cambodian musical instrument * "Ching" (song), a single from Swami's album ''Equalize'' (2007) * Ching, a fictional 12-year-old Chinese swordswoman in the TV show ''Pucca'' * Ching chong, and ching chang chong, pejorative terms that mock or play on the Chinese language or Asian people perceived to be Chinese or people of Chinese appearance * Qing dy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adia Chan
Nadia Chan (; born 21 January 1971) is a Hong Kong actress, singer, model, and spokesperson. Life and career Chan was born to Chinese Ethnic Indonesian parents. Chan's parents are Indonesian Chinese and her family moved to Hong Kong when she was three years old. She started show business in 1985 at the age of 14, winning a Sally Yeh impersonation contest hosted by TVB, within the show ''Enjoy Yourself Tonight'' (歡樂今宵). Thereafter she hosted many children's show and sang many children's songs which gained her much popularity within the younger generation. Chan stars in films as well as Hong Kong/Singaporean/mainland-Chinese television serials although she is most well known for many of her roles in the TVB series, especially ''Song Bird''. She has also performed alongside Jacky Cheung in the musical ''Snow.Wolf.Lake'', the Mandarin and Cantonese version. In 1995, Chan changed her name from 陳松龄 to 陳松伶. The pronunciation was still the same – Ling – but a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lau Dan
Danny Lau Dan (; born 13 January 1944) is a Hong Kong actor. Works Lau is known to portray good characters, but could play cunning and sly characters with ease (includes ''The Bund'' and ''Land of Wealth''). He is most noted for being the only actor to play the role of Hong Qigong in the TV series adaptations of Louis Cha's novels ''The Legend of the Condor Heroes'' and ''The Return of the Condor Heroes'' for four times in a row. Lau is also well known for playing the role of the patriarch of a family in '' A Kindred Spirit''. He also appeared in the Latvian/Hong Kong film, ''Hong Kong Confidential (Amaya)''. He was formerly an appointed member of Sai Kung District Council. Personal life Lau's son, Hawick Lau, also formerly a TVB actor, was married to the famous mainland actress Yang Mi.http://www.whatsonxiamen.com/ent6679.html Filmography * ''The Water Margin'' (1972) * '' The Romantic Swordsman'' (1978) * '' Over the Rainbow'' (1979) * ''The Bund'' (1980) * '' Lonely Hunt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
