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You Are The Legend
(衝出世界) is the official theme song of the 2009 East Asian Games held in Hong Kong. The song was composed by Peter Kam (金培達) and Keith Chan (陳少琪).RTHK.org.RTHK.org" ''衝出世界.'' Retrieved on 2010-02-25. Cantonese version Singers The song was sung by more than 60 performers including singers, celebrities and some athletes. Athletes International version An "international version" was also made. It was performed by Dadawa ( China PR), Eason Chan (Hong Kong), Kousuke Atari (Japan), Chae Yeon (South Korea), and Richie Ren (Chinese Taipei). The recording began from November 17, 2008.2009Eastasiangames.hk.2009EastAsianGames.hk" ''香港2009東亞運動會主題曲「You are the Legend」國際版錄音工作展開 .'' Retrieved on 2010-02-25. See also * '' We are Ready'', theme song of the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multispo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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EAG may refer to: Science and medicine * Electroantennography * Estimated average glucose * European Association of Geochemistry Transport * Eagle Airways, a defunct New Zealand airline * Eaglehawk railway station, in Victoria, Australia * Eaglescliffe railway station, in England Other uses * Ealing Art Group * East Asian Games * Education Action Group, in New Zealand * Education Action Group Foundation, an American school choice advocacy group * En Avant de Guingamp, a French football club * Eurasian Group Eurasia (, ) is the largest continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia. Primarily in the Northern and Eastern Hemispheres, it spans from the British Isles and the Iberian Peninsula in the west to the Japanese archipelago an ..., a member of the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering * European Air Group * European-Atlantic Group * Extended affix grammar {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Cordero
Maria Cordero, MH (), nicknamed Fat Mama (), is a singer, actress, TV Host and DJ from Hong Kong. She grew up in Hong Kong. She also has her own cooking show, Maria's Kitchen (肥媽私房菜) on Cable TV. Her fans nicknamed her "Fat Mama" (肥媽; Fei4 Maa1). Biography Cordero was born to a Macanese family of Portuguese-Chinese heritage at the Hospital Conde S. Januário in Macau in 1954. She is of paternal Portuguese descent. Her family moved to Shelley Street, Hong Kong when she was ten years old. When she was eleven her father died, and she began working to support her seven brothers and sisters. She resorted to using identity cards from friends, because the legal working age in Hong Kong was 14. Her first job was as an usher for a local cinema. While working as a hotel telephone operator, Cordero came across the opportunity to learn the bass guitar. The hotel resident band found out and hired her to play at night after she auditioned. For several years she worked a tripl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niki Chow
Niki Chow (周勵淇, previously 周麗淇; born August 30, 1979) is a Hong Kong actress and singer. Early life Chow was born and raised in Hong Kong. She is fluent in Mandarin. However, netizens have pointed that her Cantonese pronunciation is less than perfect. This is because she grew up speaking Shanghainese in her family. She is the younger sister of the Hong Kong model Kathy Chow. Niki's school life ended when she was spotted by an agent who offered her a modeling opportunity. This was the beginning of her life as an artist. She was just about 17 years old at that time. Acting career Several years later, she began her acting career in movies and television series, working mostly with TVB. Cast by Amy Wong, her first TVB series was ''Hard Fate''. She is well known for her role and performance in Producer Lau Ka Ho's 2005 series ''The Gentle Crackdown'', which stars Moses Chan and her. She won the Most Improved Actress award at the TVB Anniversary Awards (2005) for her per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jade Kwan
Kwan Wai-Man (born 31 July 1979), better known professionally as Jade Kwan Sum-Yin (), is a Cantopop singer and philanthropist based in Hong Kong. Originally from Vancouver, she entered the music industry after winning the 1999 New Talent Singing Awards Canada Finals and the Best Potential Newcomer Award at the New Talent Singing Awards International Finals of the same year. She debuted under BMA Records in July 2002 with the album ''Jade-1,'' winning multiple best new artist awards and has since released more than 13 albums and extended plays. Kwan is known for her philanthropic work and has been awarded the 2012 Ten Outstanding Young Persons Selection and the Hong Kong Volunteer Award in 2011. She is the founder and chairperson of charitable organization Shining Life Limited 妍亮生命慈善基金. Life and career 1979–1999: Early life and career beginnings Kwan was born in Hong Kong on July 31, 1979. She has an older brother. After her parents' divorce when she was eigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elanne Kong
Elanne Kong (, born 30 September 1987) is a Hong Kong actress and singer. On 15 May 2020, she announced that she was changing her stage name from Elanne Kwong Yeuk-lam () to Elanne Kwong Yee-ching (). On 11 September 2021, she announced that she changed to her former stage name Elanne Kwong Yeuk-lam () again. Discography * ''Innocent'' (EP) (2007) * '' Shining'' (Debut Album) (2008) * ''Show You'' (EP) (2009) * ''Elanne Kwong Elanne Kong (, born 30 September 1987) is a Hong Kong actress and singer. On 15 May 2020, she announced that she was changing her stage name from Elanne Kwong Yeuk-lam () to Elanne Kwong Yee-ching (). On 11 September 2021, she announced that she c ...'' (EP) (2011) * 天空之樹 (2012) Filmography TV series Film Awards * (2010) Next Magazine TV Award – Most Promising Female Artiste References External links Official Yahoo! Blog of Elanne KongElanne Kwongat Sina Twitter * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kong, Elanne 1987 births Living people Chinese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Cheng
Stephanie Cheng (born 10 October 1984) is a Hong Kong cantopop singer. She debuted under Go East Entertainment with the song "Grown Up" in 2003 and has since released more than six albums and EPs. She is best known for her song "Traffic Light" 紅綠燈 released in 2006; the song topped all four major radio stations in Hong Kong and garnered many year-end chart awards. Life and career 2003–2006: Career beginnings and breakthrough She was born in Hong Kong and studied at Heep Yunn School and the Australian International School. After her graduation, she began modeling jobs until she was invited to be a singer. She took singing lessons from veteran singer Teresa Carpio. She signed a record deal with Go East Entertainment and a management contract with Starz People. In 2003, she made her debut with the single "Grown Up" 成人對待. She released her EP ''Grown Up'' on 27 November 2003. She released her first studio album ''Step by Step'' on 24 September 2004, promoted by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ella Koon
Ella Koon Yun-na (born 9 July 1979) is a former Hong Kong Cantopop singer and semi-retired actress. Biography Ella Koon was born in the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, and is of Hakka descent. She was raised in Hong Kong and attended high school in Birmingham, England. Koon is multilingual and speaks Hakka, Cantonese, English, Mandarin, and some French. Koon also plays the Guzheng, a traditional Chinese musical instrument with 21 strings, as well as the Guitar and Piano. She is not a French citizen. Entertainment career After completing her studies in England, Koon returned to Hong Kong in 2000 where she began her modeling career for various magazines, advertisements and commercials. Modelling became her full-time profession. In 2001, she landed her first movie role in "I Do". After the movie, she continued modelling; then in 2004 she was invited to attend a singing audition. The audition landed her a contract with Boombeat Music and launched her singing career. Her first fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherman Chung
Sherman Chung Shu-man, (; born 20 June 1984) is a Hong Kong cantopop singer. She started her career after winning the 2005 EEG Singing Contest (aka 24th annual New Talent Singing Awards Hong Kong Regional Finals). During 2006, she underwent a series of intensive training and released her first single "The Throes of Master" (高手過招) in 2007. Summary Sherman Chung's childhood dream was to be painter and pianist. When Chung was 21 years old in 2005, she participated in TVB International Chinese New Talent Singing Championship of Emperor Entertainment Group Co., Ltd. (EEG), and won the championship by singing Faye Wong's original song "Wonderful for Him" (Golden Mi Award), and join Emperor Entertainment Group to practice for a year. In 2007, Chung officially debuted with "The Throes of Master". On October 2, 2009, the hit work "A Letter to Myself" was released, and with this song, it won 11 consecutive awards at the 2009 four major award ceremonies. In mid-March 2015, as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Chan (singer)
Jason Chan Pak-Yu (, born 20 July 1983 as Ivan Chan) is a Hong Kong Canadian singer. He debuted under Sony Music in 2006 and released his debut album '' First Experience'' in 2007 and has since released more than 10 albums. He has been dubbed by the Hong Kong media as the music industry's "hidden master" (樂壇隱世高手). Chan has also ventured into film and television, and business, owning two bars in Hong Kong. Life and career Early life and career beginnings Chan was born in Hong Kong and moved to Canada when he was seven years old with his mother after his parents divorced. He has a younger sister. Chan attended Markville Secondary School in Markham, Ontario, and studied social work in university briefly. He returned to Hong Kong in 2005 and worked in customer service at an IT firm. After his friend sent his demo and recordings from a singing competition in Canada to Sony Music Hong Kong (then known as Sony BMG), he was offered a contract and signed with the label. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfred Lau
Wilfred Lau Ho-Lung is a Hong Kong singer and actor. He is also known as "師兄" (C-Hing, Senpai) in the entertainment industry because he was the winner of the 16th annual New Talent Singing Awards International Finals in 1997, despite not being never actually becoming a singer until 2004. Many have compared his voice to the voice of Eason Chan. Wilfred attended St. Joseph's Primary School (聖若瑟小學), a boys' school for his primary education, which he was schoolmate of Priscilla Chan's younger brother. He graduated from Kiangsu-Chekiang College. As a child, he had always wanted to become a singer due to seeing Priscilla's awards while he visited her brother's home, but his teacher made him give up his dream. At age 21, after seeing the concerts of Anita Mui and Andy Hui, he finally had enough courage to enter the 1997 New Talent Singing Awards International Finals where he won first place (the Gold award), the ''Best Performance Award'' (最佳演繹大獎), and the '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiona Sit
Fiona Sit (; born 11 August 1981) is a Hong Kong singer and actress. Early life In an interview with Hong Kong Newspaper Apply Daily in 2006, Fiona Sit revealed that she has always been interested in singing in front of an audience since a very young age, but growing up as the only child in the family left her with little opportunity to sing in front of people of her own age. So she enjoyed visiting her relatives' homes during her childhood in order to perform in front of her cousins and relatives. She attended Island School and studied Creative Media in City University of Hong KongFiona sit site.Fiona Sit profile." ''Fiona Sit Profile.'' Retrieved on 2008-02-21. until 2004. She used to be a part-time model, posing for adverts and magazines. Her opportunity to sign a deal with Warner Music came through her uncle, Peter Wong, a senior manager at Capital Artists. Career Music After joining Warner Music Group in 2003, Sit first plugged her debut song "XBF" and "Madonna's Kiss", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakho Chau
Pakho Chau Pak-ho (; born 12 November 1984), is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, songwriter, and actor. He signed with Warner Music Group and officially entered the Hong Kong music industry in 2007. He left Warner Music in July 2017 and subsequently joined Voice Entertainment and TVB New Media. He is also the founder of two fashion brands, XPX and CATXMAN. Early and personal life Having once represented Hong Kong in basketball, Chau has also worked as a lifeguard, swimming teacher, and piano teacher. Chau also enjoyed a brief stint as a part-time model signed to Hong Kong modelling agency Starz People, becoming a model and spokesperson for many large companies and brands in Hong Kong. After a while, Chau decided to pursue his long-time passion for music, and saved up money to go abroad and learn more about music and production techniques. However, he was encouraged by his modelling manager to stay in Hong Kong, and was soon introduced to a well-known record producer in Hong Kon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |