Ip Man,also known as Yip Man,was a Hong Kong-based Cantonese martial artist and a grandmaster of the martial art of Wing Chun when he was 20. He had several students who later became martial arts masters in their own right,the most famous among them being Bruce Lee.
Sir Donald Tsang Yam-kuen is a former Hong Kong civil servant who served as the second Chief Executive of Hong Kong from 2005 to 2012.
Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee is a Chinese politician. She is currently the Convenor of the Executive Council (ExCo) and a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo),as well as the founder and current chairperson of the New People's Party. She was formerly a prominent government official of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and was the first woman to be appointed the Secretary for Security to head the disciplinary service. She is also the founder and Chairwoman of Savantas Policy Institute,a think-tank in Hong Kong.
Anson Maria Elizabeth Chan Fang On-sang,is a retired Hong Kong politician and civil servant who was the first ethnic Chinese and woman to serve as Chief Secretary,the second-highest position in both the British colonial government and the Hong Kong SAR government under the Chinese sovereignty from 1993 until she retired from the government in 2001,sparking speculations of her growing rift with Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa.
Deanie Ip is a Hong Kong singer and actress. She has won the Hong Kong Film Awards once for Best Actress and three times for Best Supporting Actress. Deanie also won the Golden Horse Awards once for Best Leading Actress and twice for Best Supporting Actress;she also won a Coppa Volpi for the Best Actress at the 68th Venice International Film Festival. Her Cantopop albums were released by Universal Music Group and several local labels. A Hakka of Huiyang ancestry,she speaks Cantonese,Dapeng dialect,Mandarin and English.
Ye is a Chinese-language surname. It is listed 257th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames,and is the 43rd most common surname in China,with a population of 5.8 million as of 2008 and 2019. Ye is usually romanized as "Yeh" in Taiwan based on Wade-Giles;"Yip","Ip","Jip" and "Yeap" in Cantonese;"Iap","Yap","Yapp",and "Yiapp" in Hakka and Hokkien.
The Director of Immigration is the head of the Immigration Department of the Hong Kong Government,which is responsible for immigration issues and controlling entry ports into Hong Kong. Decisions to reject people from entering are made by front-line staff at control points,not made by the Director himself/herself.
Stephen Lam Sui-lung was the Chief Secretary for Administration of Hong Kong and Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs.
Elsie Tu,known as Elsie Elliott in her earlier life,was an English-born Hong Kong social activist,elected member of the Urban Council of Hong Kong from 1963 to 1995,and member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1988 to 1995.
Kai Tak Cruise Terminal is a cruise ship terminal on the former Kai Tak Airport runway in Hong Kong. Its completion date was delayed into 2013 due to re-tendering. Following an international competition,Foster + Partners was chosen to design the cruise terminal. The first ship berthed on 12 June 2013. The terminal has the capacity to berth two large 360-metre (1,180 ft) long vessels,which carry a total of 5,400 passengers and 1,200 crew,as well as anticipating the demands of cruise liners currently on the drawing board.
Foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong are domestic workers employed by Hongkongers,typically families. Comprising five percent of Hong Kong's population,about 98.5% of them are women. In 2019,there were 400,000 foreign domestic helpers in the territory. Required by law to live in their employer's residence,they perform household tasks such as cooking,serving,cleaning,dishwashing and child care.
The 2007 Hong Kong Island by-election was held on 2 December 2007 and was won by Anson Chan with 54.6% of the votes cast. It was precipitated by the death of the then chairman of the Pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) Ma Lik on 8 August 2007.
Matthew Cheung Kin-chung is a former Hong Kong politician who served as Chief Secretary for Administration from 2017 to 2021. Cheung previously served as the Secretary for Labour and Welfare for ten years. He was awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal (GBM) by the Hong Kong SAR Government in 2017.
Ip Kwok-him,GBM,GBS,JP is a former unofficial member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong,served between 2016 and 2022. He is also former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for the District Council (First) functional constituency and Hong Kong delegate to the National People's Congress and the former convenor of the caucus of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) in the Legislative Council. He was awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal (GBM) by the Hong Kong SAR Government in 2017.
The pro-Beijing camp,pro-establishment camp,pro-government camp or pro-China camp refers to a political alignment in Hong Kong which generally supports the policies of the Beijing central government and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) towards Hong Kong. The term "pro-establishment camp" is regularly in use to label the broader segment of the Hong Kong political arena which has the closer relationship with the establishment,namely the governments of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). It is labeled the "Patriotic Front" by pro-Beijing media and "loyalists" by the rival pro-democracy camp.
The New People's Party (NPP) is a conservative political party in Hong Kong. Chaired by Regina Ip,it is currently the fourth largest party in the Legislative Council.
The Fifth Legislative Council of Hong Kong was the fifth meeting of the legislative branch of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. The membership of the LegCo is based on the 2012 election. The term of the session is from 1 October 2012 to 30 September 2016,during the term in office of the Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying. Due to the new arrangements agreed in a contentious LegCo vote in 2010,the session consists of the new total of 70 seats in LegCo,ten more than previously,with 35 members elected in geographical constituencies through direct elections,and 35 members in functional constituencies,in which five District Council (Second) functional constituency seats each represent all 18 District councils of Hong Kong voted for by all resident voters in Hong Kong. The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong remained the largest party while the pan-democrats secured the one-third crucial minority. Notable new members of the LegCo members include Gary Fan from the new established party Neo Democrats and first openly gay councillor,People Power's Ray Chan Chi-chuen.
The 2017 Hong Kong Chief Executive election was held on 26 March 2017 for the 5th term of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong (CE),the highest office of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). Former Chief Secretary for Administration Carrie Lam beat former Financial Secretary John Tsang and retired judge Woo Kwok-hing,receiving 777 votes from the 1,194-member Election Committee.
Ip Man:The Final Fight is a 2013 Hong Kong biographical martial arts film directed by Herman Yau,starring Anthony Wong,Anita Yuen,Jordan Chan,Eric Tsang and Gillian Chung. It is based on the life of the Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man. This film is the sequel of The Legend Is Born:Ip Man but has no connection to the earlier Ip Man films,such as Wilson Yip's Ip Man and Ip Man 2,and Wong Kar-wai's The Grandmaster.
