Anita Mui Yim-fong was a Hong Kong singer and actress who made major contributions to the Cantopop music scene and received numerous awards and honours. She remained an idol throughout her career, and is regarded as a Cantopop diva. She was dubbed as the "daughter of Hong Kong" and is considered one of the most iconic Cantopop singers.
Don Li Yat-long is a Hong Kong singer and actor of the Emperor Entertainment Group, Music Icon Records. Don Li was a finalist in Talent Show 2002 in Hong Kong. In 2003, he began his career in the entertainment industry by acting in television series. In 2005, Li and Mandy Chiang began their music careers as a duet couple. In January 2007, Chiang announced that she and Li will both continue their music careers as solo artists.
The Legend of the Condor Heroes is a Hong Kong wuxia television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel of the same title. It was first broadcast on TVB Jade in Hong Kong in 1983. The 59 episodes long series is divided into three parts.The serial was re-aired in 1990, 1995, 2012, and 2024 on TVB Jade.
Elaine Chin Yen-ling, also known as Elaine Kam, is a Hong Kong–Taiwanese actress.
Victim is a 1999 Hong Kong thriller film directed and co-written by Ringo Lam. The film stars Tony Leung Ka-fai, Lau Ching-wan and Amy Kwok and is about a computer programmer named Ma who is found in a haunted hotel by a cop. The programmer begins to terrify his girlfriend Amy Fu, which leads the cops to think that Ma is covering up some larger crime.
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Basic Law Consultative Committee was an official body established in 1985 to canvass views in Hong Kong on the drafts of the Hong Kong Basic Law.
Pal Sinn Lap-man is a Hong Kong musician and actor.
Helen Ma is a Hong Kong actress. Beginning her career in the Hong Kong movie industry since the 1960s, she is known to have appeared in various Hong Kong produced movies and dramas. Ma is currently an actress under television broadcast TVB.
Old Time Buddy: To Catch a Thief is a 1998 Hong Kong period romantic comedy television drama created and produced by TVB, starring Gallen Lo, Gordon Lam, Maggie Cheung, Elaine Ng as the main cast. The series is an indirect sequel to 1997's Old Time Buddy. Filming took place in early 1998 entirely on location in Hong Kong. Original broadcast began on Hong Kong's TVB Jade channel August 3 till September 4, 1998 every Monday through Friday during its 7:30 to 8:30 pm timeslot with a total of 25 episodes.
Trivisa is a 2016 Hong Kong action crime thriller film produced by Johnnie To and Yau Nai-hoi, featuring the directorial debuts of newcomers Frank Hui, Jevons Au and Vicky Wong. The film is a fictionalized story about three real-life notorious Hong Kong mobsters, Kwai Ping-hung, Yip Kai Foon and Cheung Tze-keung, who are portrayed in the film by Gordon Lam, Richie Jen and Jordan Chan respectively. The film had its world premiere at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival's Forum section. The film also opened the 40th Hong Kong International Film Festival on 21 March 2016 and was theatrically released in Hong Kong on 7 April 2016.
Jessie Li, known professionally as Chun Xia, is a Chinese actress. She is best known for starring in Port of Call (2015), which earned her a Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress.
Where the Wind Blows, previously known as Theory of Ambitions, is a 2022 Hong Kong crime thriller film written and directed by Philip Yung and starring Aaron Kwok and Tony Leung Chiu-wai respectively as Lui Lok and Lam Kong, two notorious corrupt Hong Kong police officers during the 1960s.
I'm Livin' It is a 2019 Hong Kong drama film directed by Danny Wong in his directorial debut and starring Aaron Kwok and Miriam Yeung. The film addresses the issues of rich-poor gap in the Hong Kong society, as well as poverty and homelessness and focuses on McRefugees.
Anita is a 2021 Hong Kong biographical musical drama film about Cantopop star Anita Mui directed by Longman Leung, with a script written by Leung and Jack Ng. Louise Wong, in her screen role debut, stars as the titular singer, depicting her life from childhood until her last moments before her death of cervical cancer in 2003. The film features an ensemble cast, including Fish Liew, Gordon Lam and Louis Koo in supporting roles.
Louise Wong Tan-ni is a Chinese-born Hong Kong actress and model. She was born in Shandong, China, then she moved to Hong Kong at a young age. She is best known for her role as Cantopop singer and actress Anita Mui in the 2022 biographical musical drama film Anita, which earned her Best New Performer winning and Best Actress nomination at the 40th Hong Kong Film Awards.
On 27 April 2008, at Shek Kip Mei, Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong, 16-year-old sex worker Wong Ka-mui, alias Kiki Wong, was murdered by strangulation after having sex with her 28-year-old male client Ting Kai-tai, who butchered her body into bits and pieces before flushing most of the body parts down the toilet and throwing her severed head and organs into the sea. Ting was arrested days after the murder and for the charges of preventing the lawful burial of a body and first-degree murder, Ting was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment in 2009.
The 47th Hong Kong International Film Festival is the 2023 edition of the Hong Kong International Film Festival, which took place from 30 March to 10 April 2024, both online and in-person in Hong Kong. HKIFF selected Soi Cheang as the Filmmaker in Focus for this edition and featured masterclasses led by Tsai Ming-liang and Lee Kang-sheng.
